Triumph-Palace (Russian: Триу́мф-Пала́с, transliterated as Triumf Palas) is the name of an apartment building in Moscow. It is sometimes called the Eighth Sister because it is similar in appearance to the Seven Sisters skyscrapers built in Moscow by Joseph Stalin through the 1950s. Construction began in 2001. The 57-story building, containing about 1,000 luxury apartments, [...]
Skyscrapers
Torre Reforma
The Torre Reforma is a Mexico City skyscraper currently under construction. With a height of 244 meters (766 ft) to the roof and housing 57 stories, it will be the tallest skyscraper in Latin America, exceeding both Torre Mayor (740 ft) in Mexico City, located just across the street, and the Parque Central Complex (738ft) [...]
Shanghai World Financial Center
The Shanghai World Financial Center (Abbr: SWFC; simplified Chinese: 上海环球金融中心; traditional Chinese: 上海環球金融中心; pinyin: Shànghǎi huánqiú jīnróng zhōngxīn) is a supertall skyscraper in Pudong, Shanghai, China. It is a mixed use skyscraper which consists of offices, hotels, conference rooms, observation decks, and shopping malls on the ground floors. Park Hyatt Shanghai is the hotel component [...]
Nanjing Greenland Financial Center
The Nanjing Greenland Financial Center (simplified Chinese: 南京紫峰大厦, also Greenland Square Zifeng Tower) is a 450-metre (1,480 ft) supertall skyscraper currently topped-out in Nanjing, China with completion expected in 2009. The 89-story building will feature office space and retail space in the lower section, and restaurants and a public observatory near the top, which will [...]
Shin Kong Life Tower
Shin Kong Life Tower (Chinese: 新光人壽保險摩天大樓) is one of the tallest buildings in Taiwan at 51 stories 244.76 metres (803.0 ft). The rose-coloured skyscraper topped by a pyramid stands in Zhongzheng District, Taipei. Its first twelve floors and two underground floors house a Shin Kong Mitsukoshi Department Store; the remaining floors provide office space and [...]