Taipei 101

The United Nations estimates that by 2076, the global population will be nearly 11 billion people. Currently, the global population is slightly below 7.5 billion people, which means that in 60 years the amount of people on the Earth will increase by roughly 3.5 billion people. Living accommodations will have to change for this large increase in population, resulting in smaller and more cramped homes. Large cities will have to not only build more apartment complexes, but also build them taller in

Firstly, the craftwork that I would like to review is called Degikup Basket by Louisa Keyser. The artist was also known as Datsolalee who was a Washoe Native American basket maker. Degikup Basket is basically a large basket that consist small flat base but wider in the middle and then same diameter as base for the hole at the top. In other words, the craft produced is almost similar to a bird nest which has the concave side and smaller top. Moreover, the craft work get the people attention after

highest aspirations. The superstructure has reached over 165 stories. the final height of the building is 2,717 feet (828 metres). The height of the multi use skyscraper has “comfortably” exceed the previous record holder, the 509 metre (1671 ft) tall Taipei 101. Body At almost 830 metres and more than 160 stories, Burj Khalifa holds the records for the tallest building in the world, the tallest free

Burj Khalifa is the largest “megatall” skyscraper in the world, standing at an astounding 828 meters (2716.5 feet). It serves as the centerpiece for downtown Dubai, one of the seven emirates that make up its country, and was designed by Adrian Smith, then representing Skidmore, Owings & Merrill. It was under construction from January of 2004, until December of 2009, finally opening its doors on January 4th of 2010. The building is an embodiment of Islamic architecture, incorporating both cultural

construction in the Emirate of Dubai, United Arab Emirates September 21, 2004 was the completion of restructuring of State in the first of October 2009, and formally opened on January 4, 2010, to become the world's highest building immediately replace the Taipei 101 in Taiwan Properties The top of the tower includes a balcony view open to the public, and also the highest mosque, the higher the restaurant, and the highest swimming pool, as well as the numbers belonging to components of the tower, which co-implemented

STUDENT NUMBER: 99127633 TUTUOR’S NAME: Libby Gawith COURSE CODE AND CLASS GROUP: DE4103 DUE DATE: 29 MAY-2016 WORD COUNT: Table of content Executive summary_______________________________________________________4 Introduction_____________________________________________________________5 1. Terms of Reference___________________________________________________5 2. Procedure __________________________________________________________5 3. Finding _____________________________________________________________5

My Summer in Chicago I couldn’t help but to feel anxious and excited. It was my first time being in such a vast city and I couldn’t wait to explore it. The time was near the end of July, this is when my dad usually enjoys taking our summer vacations, primarily outside of our state to somewhere else new and exciting. That summer my dad decided to take a week long road trip and visit, Wisconsin Dells, Chicago, St. Louis, and Madison. My dad said he wanted to show my sisters and I all the adventures

Executive Summary Skyscrapers are continuously increasing in height as new technologies provide solutions to unique problems that arise as a building grows. Technological advances have given rise to categories of towers such as ‘super talls’ (defined as buildings of over 300 metres) and ‘mega talls’ (over 600 metres). The tallest building currently is the Burj Khalifa at 829.8m (Schmidt, 2013) however this will not be the case for long, as the construction of 1km tall Kingdom Tower in Jeddah, Saudi

The seven wonders of the world have a defined theories because of which those influential structures came into being. A regulatory forces that governed their architecture. What are the iconic buildings of this century which would serve as a wonders for the next generation. Iconic buildings are a definition of a city; a statement about its history, ambition or how it wants to be seen. A building is an icon when it is a popularly-recognized symbol of something larger than itself, Iconic structures

The Burj Khalifa is the tallest building in the world, and has been since 2009. It is a work place and a home to many people in Dubai. It was formally known as the Burj Dubai but was changed in recognition to Sheik Khalifa who paid for the majority of the building’s construction. The Burj Khalifa is located in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. The building cost 1.5 billion dollars to build. Construction started on January 6th, 2004 and ended on December 31st, 2009. But 1,325 days after construction