Thursday, August 16, 2012

1. Empire State Building, New York, United States

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Height: 437 meters Cost to build: US$41 million Completion date: May 1 , 1931 Fast fact: The Empire State Building took only...
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2. China Central Television Headquarters, Beijing, China

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Height: 234 meters Cost to build: US$600 million Completion date : January 2008 Fast fact: A building in the complex was bad...
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3. Commerzbank Headquarters, Frankfurt, Germany

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Height: 300.1 meters Cost to build:   US$414 million Completion date: 1997 Fast fact: There is no observatory or open area on to...
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4. Elephant Tower, Bangkok, Thailand

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Height: 102 meters Cost to build: NA Completion date: 1997 Fast fact: The building contains a swimming pool. If there’s one...
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5. Bitexco Financial Tower, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam

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Height: 262 meters Cost to build: US$220 million Completion date: October 31, 2010 Fast fact: With speeds of seven meters per...
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6. Transamerica Pyramid, San Francisco, United States

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Height: 260 meters Cost to build: US$32 million Completion date: 1972 Fast fact: When The Pyramid's three years of constr...
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7. Bank of China Tower, Hong Kong

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Height: 305 meters Cost to build: NA Completion date: May 1990 Fast fact: The building was criticized by feng shui masters ...

8. Kingdom Center, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

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Cost to build: US$458 million Completion date: 2002 Fast fact: Ladies Kingdom claims to have "almost every thing a female w...

9. Petronas Twin Towers, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

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Height: 452 meters Cost to build: US$1.6 billion Completion date: June 1996 Fast fact: National poet laureate A. Samad Said...

10. Tokyo Mode Gakuen Cocoon Tower, Tokyo, Japan

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Height: 204 meters Cost to build: NA Completion date: October 2008 Fast fact: It's the second-tallest educational building...
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11. Shanghai World Financial Center, Shanghai, China

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Height: 492 meters Cost to build: US$1.2 billion Completion date: August 2008 Fast fact: The square “bottle opener” opening a...

12. Hotel & Casino Grand Lisboa, Macau

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Completion date: 2008 Fast fact: The tower is inspired by the long plumes of a Brazilian girl’s headdress. A golden structure d...
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13. Bahrain World Trade Center, Manama, Bahrain

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Height: 240 meters Cost to build: US$150 million Completion date: 2008 Fast fact: It was the world’s first wind-powered mega-...
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14. Two International Finance Center, Hong Kong

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Height: 415 meters Cost to build: US$2.5 billion Completion date: August 2008 Fast facts: In "Lara Croft Tomb Raider: Th...

15. Burj al Arab, Dubai, United Arab Emirates

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Height: 321 meters Cost to build: US$650 million Completion date: December 1999 Fast fact: The hotel is the only seven-star ho...

16. Taipei 101, Taipei, Taiwan

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Height: 508 meters Cost to build: US$1.8 billion Completion date: 2004 Fast fact: The building is designed to resemble a grow...
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17. Torre Agbar, Barcelona, Spain

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Height: 142 meters Cost to build: US$130 million Completion date: 2004 Fast fact : The design is inspired by the power and ...

18. Burj Khalifa, Dubai, United Arab Emirates

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Height: 828 meters Cost to build: US$1.5 billion Completion date: January 2009 Fast fact: Not only is this the world’s tallest...

19. 30 St. Mary Axe, London, England

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Height: 180 meters Cost to build: US$212 million Completion date: 2003 Fast fact: Despite its curvaceous body, the entire ...
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20. Turning Torso, Malmo, Sweden

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Height: 190 meters Cost to build: US$80 million Completion date: 2005 Fast fact: Tourists are not allowed in the building bec...