

No one knows if construction will ever continue but most would hope to see many of these beautiful towers come to life. Here are a few towers that are currently abandoned or cancelled due to financial reasons. It’s set to be open to the public in 2015 and be the tallest building in China as well as second tallest in the world. The ongoing construction of the Shanghai Tower has received a lot of fame recently as 2 Russian daredevils climbed to the very top of the 632 m high tower. If completed, it’ll be amongst the tallest skyscrapers in the world. It’s imagined to be 1000 m high with an estimated cost of $3.33 billion set to finish by 2016. The Buenos Aires Forum is a proposed tower with a spiral-like design that will be the centerpiece of Buenos Aires, Argentina. It’s a luxurious residential tower that will have 300 high class apartments with a height of 117 m, making it one of the world’s tallest residential tower.īuenos Aires Forum, Buenos Aires, Argentina The World One tower is currently being built in Mumbai and is set for completion in 2014. It’ll be the centerpiece of the GIFT City that will house offices, schools, homes, hotels, convention centers and retail outlets. The Gujarat International Finance Tec, or GIFT Diamond Tower, will erect the central business district of Gujarat, India. It’ll gather the wind and air around it to be used as heating or cooling, making it a very green-friendly 606 m skyscraper. The Wuhan Greenland Center is designed to be aerodynamic and harness the strong winds that affect these tall buildings. Wuhan Greenland Center, Wuhan, Hubei, China It’ll be America’s tallest building at 541 m and will include office spaces, an observation deck and luxury restaurants. The One World Trade Center is about to open to public sometime in 2014. One World Trade Center, New York, United States Other than being able to occupy offices, it’ll also have a mall and hotel. The Goldin Finance Tower is estimated to be completed by 2020 and will stand at a height of 597 m with 117-storeys, the number included in its name. It’ll have an educational complex, sports and leisure facilities, an outdoor amphitheater, offices and a hotel. Petersburg upon its planned completion in 2020.

The Lakhta Center will be the first supertall skyscraper in the city of St. When it’s set to complete in 2016, it’ll be 115-storeys and 660 m high making it one of China’s tallest building. The Ping An Finance Centre is currently under consctruction in Shenzhen, China. Ping An Finance Centre, Shenzhen, Guangdong, China The building is estimated to be completed by 2024. Lots of tests are ongoing to ensure that this marvel can be built. It’s imagined to be 1000 m tall with 200 floors, 160 of which will be occupiable. The Kingdom Tower is set to erect in Jeddah as the centerpiece of the Kingdom City beside the Red Sea. The entire complex will house 446 apartments, 190 hotel rooms, and 100 serviced apartments over a space of more than 200,000 square meters. The Abu Dhabi Plaza is envisioned to be a mini-town of its own consisting of many towers of different heights the tallest being 382 m with 88 floors. It’s in the running to be the tallest in Beijing at 528 m with 108 storeys, and second tallest in China losing by more than 50 m to the Goldin Finance 117 in Tianjin. The Zhongguo Zun, or China Zun, is currently under construction and set to complete in 2018. It’ll be 638 m tall with 111 storeys that will house an obvservatory, luxury hotel and mall as well as offices. The Signature Tower set to erect in Jakarta is proposed to begin construction in 2014 and estimated to finish in the year 2022. The 555 m high skyscraper will include offices, retail outlets, a hotel and also an observation deck. The 123-storeys high Lotte World Tower is currently under construction in Seoul. With this multi-tiered vertical city, the Peruri 88 will have apartments, hotels, offices, retail outlets, amphitheaters and roof parts that can accomodate sports and recreational activities. Jakarta is a crowded city that lacks greenery and living space. If it’s on schedule, it’ll be the tallest building in the world, beating the current tallest, Burj Khalifa, by 10 m. The builders who planned the 838 m skyscraper says that it needs a total of 210 days for it to be fully erected. Sky City is estimated to be completed by June 2014. The entire city will include stadiums, residences, hotels and retail shops that are scheduled to be completed in 2023. This tower will be the 1001 m centerpiece of the upcoming City of Silk in Subiya, Kuwait.

Building up Read more Madinat al-Hareer, Subiya, Kuwait 20 Stunning Futuristic Skyscraper Concepts You Must SeeĪ way to overcome the ongoing issue of running out of habitable land to develop for the growing numbers of human population is to build up.
