Koweit ville (Koweït) - Tour Madinat al-Hareer - 1 001m

un article sur le sujet, de l'Independent (ce qui explique l'anglo centrisme de l'article) :

British architects to construct world's highest skyscraper
By Rob Sharp
Published: 09 December 2005

At more than a kilometre high, it is about to become the world's tallest building.

Set at the heart of a new multi-billion pound Arabian city, the 250-storey tower would form the centrepiece of a development that the Kuwati government hopes will establish it as a serious global player.

London-based architect Eric Kuhne & Associates, the firm behind Bluewater shopping centre in Kent - the largest in Europe - is in talks with Kuwaiti government officials over the project, according to a report published in the Architects' Journal.

The 1,001m tower will form the centrepiece of the Madinat al Hareer, or "City of Silk", that would house 700,000 people.

Kuhne claims constructing the city and its infrastructure - including four ports - would cost $150bn (£75bn) and take 25 years.

The next highest building in the world is the Burj Dubai, the landmark tower in the Middle Eastern tourist hotspot designed by US architect Skidmore Owings and Merrill. Still under construction, its height is likely to be between 700 and 800m when it is completed in 2008.

The tallest completed building is Taipei 101, in Taiwan, which measures 509m. Earlier this week, a geologist from the National Taiwan Normal University claimed that stress from the skyscraper may have reopened an ancient earthquake fault.

The building is thought to have triggered two recent earthquakes because of the force that it exerts on the ground beneath it.

More well-known man-made giants include the Empire State Building, which was the tallest structure in the world for 41 years, and almost 75 years after it was built it remains the world's ninth highest skyscraper at 443m. The Eiffel Tower in Paris measures 320m.

Canary Wharf, One Canada Square, completed in 1991, is the tallest skyscraper in Britain, reaching 237m. The Swiss Re Tower in London, also known as "The Gherkin" for its unique shape, is the capital's seventh tallest skyscraper at 180m. But those are due to be overshadowed by the 309m London Bridge Tower, which is also set to be the tallest building in Europe.

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He is also behind radical plans to turn the Irish dock where the Titanic was built into a £1bn business and leisure complex.

The development would be the biggest ever in Northern Ireland, and the largest waterfront mixed-use scheme in Europe. The project - located on a 185-acre site on the banks of Belfast's River Lagan - is expected to create at least 20,000 new jobs over the next 15 years.

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http://news.independent.co.uk/world/mid … 331975.ece

Moui c'est comme la tour bionique ou la millenium tower... 

Dernière modification par Kartoff (11-12-2005 15:06:29)

C'est dingue cette folie des grandeur en plein desert... D'autant plus que si ils veulent implanter 700 000 personnes d'un coup il faudrait qu'il pense ne serai-ce qu'au problème de disponibilité de l'eau#F3... Apparement comme tu dis Phil, ça à l'air plus concret que les projets asiatiques... Enfin pour le momment !

Merci Thierry je vois que ton intervention technique a été rapide et efficace

en effet 150 milliards ca parait faramineux comme projet, enfin pour eux l'argent n'est pas un problème tant qu'il y a du pétrole, par contre ce qui métonne plus c'est la durée du projet (25 ans) même si des livraisons interviennent entre temps, je pense qu'ils ne sont pas encore sur de faire le plein d'habitants,

la medina devrait selon eux accueuillir 700.000 personnes alors que le pays compte à peine 2.000.000 habitants

quand je vois ce qui se fait à Dubai, cela ne m'étonne pas finalement.

Madinat al-Hareer/City of Silk, Subiya, Kuwait

http://www.worldarchitecturenews.com/in … d_id=10144

C'est c'la ouiiii .   Je n'ai rien d'autre à dire.