BUILDING TALLER THAN BURJ KHALIFA (part- 1)

If you think burj khalifa the tallest skyscraper in the world well then think again cause the upcoming project is going to topped burj khalifa.
     BURJ KHALIFA is situated in DUBAI, UAE .its total structural height is 828 meter. it is design by  Adrian Smith an american architect.it is used for mixed purpose.It is the tallest building since 2010.




    Before reveling the list i making one thing clear that burj khalifa is still the tallest. the name i will named are the projects that are under construction,proposed or vision . this is the part 1, another part will coming on it's way.with wasting time let's roll


20.  MILLENNIUM TOWER ;

MILLENNIUM TOWER proposed in 1989 in Tokyo,Japan . it will be 840 meter long and will have  1000000 sq. meter floor area. it will have 150 floors.

(MILLENNIUM TOWER)
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    This super structure design by the firm Foster + Partners. where main architect was Sir Norman Foster.  it is based helical design and open lattice at tower top to reduce aerodynamics action.its perimeter has 12 helical members combined with vertical 
members.
        
                  the design based upon the technology called AVCIS (Active vibration counter system).
it main challenge withstand the force from the earthquake . to resist the wind force the structure designed to remain elastic and the avics help to move with vibration.

19;  BUENOS AIRES FORUM:


We have a very little information about this building. it will be constructed in Buenos Aires'Argentina.it will consist 200 floors with 850000 sq meter floor area. this will be 999 meter long designed by GRUPO TORCELLO . This vision building will be taken into multiple use.
BUENOS AIRES FORUM

18; EUROPA TOWER 

The europa tower is designed 1000 m long by L35 ARQUITECTOS GROUP IN BRUSSELS, BELGIUM. Just imagine 1 km straight building in the sky.how gigantic it will be.
this plan was proposed in 1993.
  it will have 200 hundred floors consist of office,residential,school,malls.



17; OBLISCO CAPITAL TOWER;


Oblisco capital tower will also be 1000 m long will be constructed in CAIRO,EGYPT.
  The developer  EL NASR DEVELOPMENT PROPOSED THIS PLAN IN 2017.
  the designing firm IDIA design the structure from ancient Egyptian obelisks. here is a post from IDIA DESIGN on instagram 



    
   








16. SKY CITY.

     SKYCITY is a hypothetical 1000 meter long architectural vision which has to be made in metropolitan city ,Tokyo, Japan.  this plan announced in 1989. this design proposed by TAKENKA CORPORATION. Developer has plan to have 35000-36000 residential house in there. In 80's japan land price hike so much that people had to invest 90% of their budget in land and the rest in materials.
      too solve the land issue engineer had to plan this skyscraper.
it was feature in DISCOVERY CHANEL SHOW EXREME ENGINEERING IN 2003 for its complexity .

SKY CITY


Here a glimpse from discovery network show










15; GREEN FLOAT; 
        green float is actually a futuristic city model that will literally float on water, will have a carbon negative city, most of its electric machine will run on renewable energy. it will be constructed on EQUATORIAL PACIFIC OCEAN IN JAPAN . 
 
SKY CITY


Every green circle is a floating cell they will join with each other and make a large cell.the 1000 meter long tower will be at center .

GREEN FLOAT TOWER


here is a YouTube video of the green float city overview







14 NAKHEEL TOWER
   NAKHEEL TOWER Previously known as AL BURJ which mean THE TOWER, now nakheel tower proposed to be a 1000m tall skyscraper in DUBAI,UAE. 
COMPANIES INVOLVED 

  1. DEVELOPER                                      :                        NAKHEEL
  2. ARCHITECT                                       :                       WOODS BAGOT
  3. STRUCTURAL                                   :                        WSP GROUP

   Some designed image from the designer woods bagot






The construction of this 1000 m tall building has been started in 2008. this building will be used as residential, office, and shopping malls.click the link for the video of this project
  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=30DDUuJg3cE








13. JEDDAH TOWER;


jeaddah tower previously known as the kingdom tower is situated at the north side of jeaddah tower.this is also a 1km long skyscraper.This skyscraper design by Adrian Smith who also designed The BURJ KHALIFA with Gordon Gill Architect. unlike the others projects this is not only proposed but this is under construction. construction of this skyscraper begin in April 1, 2013 . but the owner JEC (jeddah ecconomic company) halted their progress  due to labor issue with contractor and also for Saudi Arabia purge between 2017- 2019 after the one third work was finished.in 2020 the developer promised to start the project very soon in 2020.
Jeddah tower in August 2019


here is a YouTube video. 




12. MURJAN TOWER;
      Murjan tower planed to be a 200 story 1022 meter tall skyscraper .this project proposed in 2009 in Manama, Bharin. The design of the structure will headed by Henning Larsen a danish architect.where the building will be owned and operated by Prosec Architect (a Sweden based company)


11.  AZERBIJAN TOWER; The azerbaijan tower proposed to be a 1050 meter tall skyscraper in BAKU. this project was proposed in 2011.the plan is to a city on island while the tower will be 189 floors above ground .The developer AVESTA GROUP plan to the city on artificial archipelago shores of the Caspian sea south east side of Azerbaijan. 





developer planed to take 41 island across 2000 hectare of land.they will provide everything a city needs including a Formula1 racing track.
    developer team had estimated expanses of 2 billion us dollar on the the tower and 100 billion on the whole city.
   the construction began in 2015 and will finish in 2022 according to newatlas.com portal. 




  
           

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