The Chinese pavilion was the largest national pavilion at the Expo and most expensive, costing an estimated US$220 million. The 63-meter high pavilion, the tallest structure at the Expo, is called "The Crown of the East," and was meant to resemble an ancient Chinese crown. The chief architect of the pavilion was He Jingtang. It contained exhibits about all the provinces of the Peoples Republic of China except for Hong Kong and Macau which were represented with their own pavilions.
The Expo Axis is the world’s largest membrane roof, which spans the entrance and boulevard building of the World Exposition 2010 in Shanghai.
The combination of the membrane structure, which has a surface of 65,000 m2 in total with a span of 100 m, and the six steelglass funnels of 45 m height, formed of a freeform double-curved framework, constitutes the landmark of the Expo Shanghai 2010.
The Urban Planet pavilion is located in the Theme Pavilion central exhibition building on the Expo Axis. The concept and design were contributed by the German communication agency Triad Berlin Projektgesellschaft. The company, which had already designed a pavilion for the Expo 2000 in Hanover, won an international bidding contest against more than 150 competitors. Triad Berlin was responsible for construction management and the supervision of the artistic aspects of the pavilion. The company cooperated with Chinese partners.
One Island East, is a supertall skyscraper that is located in TaiKoo Place on Island East, Hong Kong. The skyscraper is a commercial office building that rises 308 m (1,011 ft) and has 59 stories of habitable office space and two basement levels. The building has 70 total floors. There is a sky lobby on the 37th and 38th floors. In addition, there are 28 high speed passenger lifts and 6 high speed shuttle lifts between Main (G – 1/F) and Sky (37 – 38/F) Lobbies. The building is the 6th skyscraper over 1,000 ft. (305 m) completed in Hong Kong. Part of the site was previously occupied by Melbourne Industrial Building and Aik San Factory Building which were acquired by the developer in 2002 and 2001 respectively.
Bitexco Financial Tower, owned by Bitexco Group, a wholly Vietnamese company, is a skyscraper of 68 floors above ground and 3 basements which is currently under construction in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam. The building was designed by Carlos Zapata Studio, and is located in business district 1 of the city. The groundbreaking ceremony was held in September 2005. Construction of the tower was started in June, 2007 and the tower is due to finished by the end of 2010.
The tower will have more than 16 elevators of the latest generation that can reach any position and any floor in the building within 45 seconds. When the building comes into operation, about 10,000 people will work there. Because of its size, the project is designed with seven basements covering 33,000 square meters for parking and for equipment for the building’s operation. The tower is located on an area of 6,000 m² with the floor area of over 100,000 m². Total estimated cost of this project is more than $220 million. Upon completion, this will be the tallest building in Ho Chi Minh City, reaching 265.5m height.
Hanoi Landmark Tower is a skyscraper under construction in Hanoi, Vietnam. This tower will have 65 floors and features a modern architectural style. The architect of the tower is Callison, an American company. Once completion, this tower will be among one of the highest buildings in Vietnam. As of 2007, the highest building in Vietnam is Saigon Trade Center in Ho Chi Minh City with 33 stories only. Upon completion, this tower will include offices, entertainment, shopping malls, convention center.
During 2000-2007, Vietnam has achieved an economic growth of 8-8.5%, thus leading to the increasing demand of office and shopping spaces in its big cities like Ho Chi Minh City, Hanoi, Danang, Haiphong has been in rapid rise. Land and housing cost in these cities still keep expensive compared with GDP per capita in the country.
Keangnam Hanoi Landmark Tower is a supertall skyscraper under construction in Pham Hung Boulevard, Cau Giay district, Hanoi, Vietnam. The area is reserved for big companies to set up their headquarters there such as Agribank and VNPT. This tower is part of a complex of residences and office towers, including a 70-story office tower with the height of 336 m and two 47-story residence towers. The compound is located on an area of 46,000m2 and the total floor area is 579,000 m2, ranking 5th for the floor area of a single building in the world. The investor of this complex is a South Korea-based Keangnam. The investment capital for this complex is estimated US$ 1.05 billion.
According to the master plan, this complex features a 5-star hotel, offices, entertainment areas, retail spaces, clinics, convention centers, and is scheduled to be completed by 2010. Upon completion, Hanoi Landmark Tower will be the world’s 17th highest building, and will be the highest building in Vietnam. The second highest skyscraper in Hanoi and Vietnam will be the 65-story Hanoi City Complex.
Vyborg Railway Station (Russian: ста́нция Вы́борг; Finnish: Viipurin rautatieasema) is a railway station located in the town of Vyborg, Leningrad Oblast, Russia.
The original station building was built in 1913 but was destroyed in the Continuation War. The current station building was built in Soviet times.
The Federation Tower (Russian: Башня «Федерация») is a skyscraper currently under construction as part of the Moscow International Business Center in Moscow, Russia. Construction of the towers began in 2003. In December 2009, the taller East Tower suffered a height reduction from 360.4 m (1,182 ft) to 242.4 m (795 ft), the same height as the West Tower.
The complex, designed by the German firm NPS Tchoban Voss, is being developed by Mirax Construction and is owned by the Mirax Group. The construction company for the East Tower is the China State Construction Engineering Corporation, while the construction company for the West Tower is Turkish Ant Yapi. The Italian Company Busi Impianti SpA is the contractor for the Mechanical, Electrical and Plumbing Systems of the East Tower. The curtain wall for both towers was designed by the New York office of Thornton Tomasetti under the direction of Jean-Pierre Kocher AIA.
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, was topped out on 20 December 2003, making it Europe’s tallest building at 264.1 metres (866 ft) until the inauguration in 2007 of Moscow’s 268 metre Naberezhnaya Tower block C.