The project comprises five towers and a retail podium, with one of the towers set to become the tallest building in the Commonwealth of Independent States formed by the former Soviet Republics. The design credited to Buruoj Engineering Consultancy is notable for its twisting form and it is claimed that, once completed, it will be the only building in the world to twist a full 360 degrees along its height.Ību Dhabi Plaza is a mixed-use development taking shape in the Kazakh capital, Nur-Sultan. If it does, the 93-story tower will become the second tallest building in Saudi Arabia and one of the tallest residential buildings in the world. Its bevelled silhouette references the bud of the Yulan magnolia and it is topped with a symbolic lantern.ĭetails are sparse about the projects currently under construction in Saudi Arabia, but while we await updates on the progress of Jeddah Tower, it appears this 432-metre residential supertall is likely to top out in 2020. The design by global architecture firm 5+design is inspired by Dongguan’s natural surroundings in the Pearl River Delta, and the building is situated to provide a direct line of sight to the nearby Huanggi Mountain. Part of a complex of five separate buildings in downtown Dongguan, this 432-metre tower will rise above a six-story retail podium containing stores and restaurants. As with Jeddah Tower, the project has been beset by a raft of problems, including the need to scale down its proposed height to 475 metres due to airspace regulations. It might seem naive to keep including this tower in Shanghai in our list, but following a recent suspension of construction work, progress is set to resume and the tower may yet reach its full height in 2020. However, recent noises hint that construction may be stepped up in the coming months so there remains a possibility that the building designed by Adrian Smith + Gordon Gill Architecture might reach its final height of around 1,000 metres by the end of the year. In 2019, the 106-story Exchange 106 became Kuala Lumpur’s – and Southeast Asia’s – then-tallest skyscraper, despite being embroiled in the 1MDB financial controversy that landed the country’s former prime minister, Najib Razak, with criminal charges including money laundering and abuse of power.Could this be the year that the tallest manmade structure of all time finally tops out? Construction of the Jeddah Tower in Saudi Arabia has been plagued by political, economic and labour issues, with the proposed completion date of 2020 deemed unrealistic for many years now. The 1,483-foot Petronas Towers stood as the world’s tallest buildings between 19, when they were surpassed by Taiwan’s Taipei 101. Kuala Lumpur’s skyline has been transformed by skyscrapers in recent decades, and the Malaysian capital is now the 13th tallest city in the world, according to the Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat. Though the building was expected to open this year, work was temporarily halted in March 2020 when the Malaysian government introduced strict lockdown measures to combat the spread of Covid-19. Announced in 2010, the project broke ground five years ago, despite concerns voiced by some local heritage campaigners about the impact it could have on the historic neighborhood.
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