Each one of us has a list of “things we must do or see before we I die”! So what are the things you’d like to do and what are the places you’d like to see!? For me personally, I admire architectural work a lot, so if you’re someone who shares the same interest, this article is worth a read. This article focuses on the world’s most famous buildings & structures that are worth a visit! Read on & enjoy!
World’s Most Famous Buildings
1. Burj Khalifa Bin Zayed (U.A.E)
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Burj Khalifa’s won countless awards & happens to be amongst the tallest buildings in the world. The building stands tall at over 2715 feet. Burj Khalifa’s designed for a variety of purposes, & one can stumble on the highest pool and highest mosque here among other things.
2. Freedom Tower (United States of America)
This building will be ready by the year 2014 and is destined to be an icon for New York (obviously at #2 after NY’s statue of liberty. This building will stand at 1314 ft when complete.
3.Chicago Spire (United States of America)
Ever since the 2000 and the financial crisis it brought along, this skyscraper’s construction has been stalled. Nevertheless, Chicago spire’s a magnificent creation! The building stands at 2000 ft, plus it has over 3 million sq. meters of floor area.
4. Dubai Mall (U.A.E)
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Dubai Mall’s been acknowledged as the globe’s largest center for shopping! Inside this building there are over 1200 stores…furthermore, the building has over 3.77 million sq. meters as the shopping area. This buildings not only the world’s most lavish shopping mall, it is also the world’s largest!
5. John Hancock Center (United States of America)
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This Center (John Hancock) was constructed in the years 1965 to 1970…the construction costs shot up to over $ 100 million. This building has 100 floors, it arranges over 2,799,973 sq. ft. as floor space. No doubt then that this building’s an icon and we often view it on news, TV & even printed on t-shirts!
6. Great Pyramid of Giza
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This happens to be a historical spot…it’s the oldest site amongst the famous Seven Wonders of the World. Also, it happens to be the tallest ever man-made formation that’s been around for over 3,800 years!
7. The Eiffel Tower
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It stands 324 meters tall & has 3 floors that can be easily accessed by either the elevators or the stairs. This Tower was 1st opened to the public on the 31st of March in the year 1889.
8. The Colosseum
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This was built somewhere around the 70 to 80 AD and is known to be the Roman Empire’s greatest legacy. This place has been used in the past to watch Gladiator fights, for public announcements, executions and several public gathering ceremonies.
9. The Great Wall of China (China)
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This wonder runs a length of about 8,851.8 km and is amongst the Seven Wonders of the World. It is believed that close to a million people died while this magnificent wall was being built.
10. The Taj Mahal (India)
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The Taj Mahal is amongst the world’s most remarkable buildings & features as one amongst the Seven Wonders of the World. This magnificent creation was built as the symbol of everlasting love!
World’s Most Famous Structures
1. Aqua in USA
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An innovative concept & enthralling design, the Aqua surely does manage to be a sure-shot show stealer! Aqua’s exterior fluid contours create a distinctive floor plan for each residence & so people have their own exclusive balcony design! No 2 Aqua balconies are built alike and the exterior of this building is breathtakingly stunning!
2. Residence Antilia in India
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This has been a SITE design and no other than the Indian tycoon by the name of Mukesh Ambani is developing this structure. The structure has 40 floors and rises to over 245 meters’.
3. China Central Television Headquarters
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This structure is unique in every which way as it shaped in an amazing Zig-Zag manner, almost like the alphabet ‘Z’! It’s Main Building has a floor space (total) of approximately 380,000 square meters and has been divided in 5 sections: an administration section, a comprehensive section for business, news production as well as broadcasting section, a program production division.
4. Kansas City Public Library in Missouri (U.S.A)
The structure’s located in Kansas City’s heart and it represents a pioneer project behind the revival of downtown. Under this project, people in Kansas City had been asked to pick all the books that they considered highly influential and that represents Kansas City. The titles of these books were then used as ‘bookbindings’ made in innovative designs to inspire the people to make use of the Central Library in downtown.
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