Taipei 101
Known as the Taipei Financial Center..
It is located in Xinyi District, Taipei, Taiwan..
Ranked officially as the world's tallest from year 2004 until the year 2009.
It was designed by C.Y.Lee and partners and constructed primarlly by KTRT Joint Venture and numerous subcontractors including Samsung C&T.
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Bamboo => Taipei 101
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The next buildings is KLCC..
It was designed by a Argentine architects Cesar Pelli and Djay Cerico under the consultancy of Julius Goldand Filipino engineer Domingo Basa,'
It was completed in 1998 after a seven year build and became the tallest building in the world on the date of completion.
The buildings were built on the world's deepest foundations.
At first, I thought the whole design was using the concept of a corn.
I was wrong. It was part of it but the KLCC was influence by the islamic design, Rub el Hizb.
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Rub el Hizb + Corn => KLCC
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Burj Al Arab is a luxury hotel located in Dubai, United Arab Emirates.
It is the fourth tallest hotel in the world.
It stands on an artificial island out from Jumeirah.
It is an iconic structure whose shape mimics the sail of a ship.
It was built to resemble the sail of a dhow,a type of Arabian vessel.
It was designed by Tom Wright of Atkins.
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Boat design => Burj Al Arab
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All 3 buildings with its own concepts..
-signing out-