With over 2000 years of history, Guangzhou was the first stop on the Maritime Silk Road, the trade route that connected the East and the West. In the first decade of the 21st century, Guangzhou built a beautiful and significant architectural landmark. Located in the center of the new district on the banks of the […]
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Starting April 1st, 2025, the World Federation of Great Towers will have a new requirement for membership. Towers can only remain in the Federation, or be eligeble to become a member tower, if they install a tower roller coaster that loops around the tower, allowing visitors to experience the thrill of a roller coaster while
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The Eiffel Tower, one of the most iconic monuments in the world, celebrates its 134th anniversary today. Built for the 1889 Universal Exhibition, the tower was a technological marvel of its time and is still considered an engineering masterpiece. Gustave Eiffel, the French engineer behind its construction, designed the tower to showcase French engineering to
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We are thrilled to welcome the Sky Tower Bucharest to the World Federation of Great Towers! With 37 floors and a height of 137 meters, the SkyTower is the tallest building in Romania. Defining the skyline of Bucharest since 2012, this iconic office building is the embodiment of the expansion of Bucharest’s business environment. It
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“With this building we seem to have succeeded in proving once again that it is possible to design a technical necessity in an aesthetic form that gives pleasure to people as well as being of service to them.” – Fritz Leonhardt Stuttgart, Germany is home to one of the most iconic structures in the world
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When you think of London, you think of the Shard. The Shard was designed by Italian architect Renzo Piano and was completed in 2012, becoming the tallest building in the Europe at the time, with 72 stories and a staggering height of 1,016 feet. Its unique design, with its sharply angled facades and open top,
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The Burj Khalifa is the tallest building in the world, standing at 828 meters (2,722 feet) tall in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. The Burj Khalifa was completed and officially opened on January 4, 2010, to mark the fourth anniversary of Sheikh Mohammed Bin Rashid Al Maktoum’s accession day. The building was developed by Emaar Properties
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Today we congratulate the 338 m / 1108.92 ft high Macau Tower, inaugurated on 19 December 2001! The tower is located in Macau, a Special Administrative Region of the People’s Republic of China, which was the first and last European colony in China. Macau was a Portuguese colony from the first official Portuguese settlement in
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It is the last day of November, and before we embark on a new month filled with holiday joy, we want to take a moment to note the anniversary of the completion of the Haeundae LCT The Sharp building in Busan, South-Korea, home to our beloved member Busan X the Sky, which took place on
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When picturing Shanghai, chances are that you are immediately seeing this incredible structure in your mind’s eye: the Shanghai Oriental Pearl Radio & TV Tower, situated at the tip of Lujiazui on the eastern shore of the Huangpu River of Shanghai. The tower’s unique architectural design, consisting of eleven steel spheres, make it a one-of-a-kind
