Bangalore International Airport (BIAL) Terminal One in India

Bangalore International Airport (BIAL) Terminal One, was designed by HOK International, that located in India . No longer a ‘pensioner’s paradise’, the metropolitan city of Bangalore is expanding at such a rapid pace that its main international transport hub – Bangalore (Bengaluru) International Airport – is already in desperate need of expansion. Having only opened [...]

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CTBUH Ten tallest buildings of 2009. United States

Designed by Editorial, CTBUH Ten tallest buildings of 2009  is located in United States. Building big is nothing new. In 1885, the ten storey Home Insurance Building designed by American architect William Le Baron Jenney, generally credited with the invention of the skyscraper, rose from the streets of Chicago. From then on the aspiration to [...]

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Burj Dubai in Dubai, United Arab Emirates

Located in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, Burj Dubai was designed by Skidmore, Owings and Merrill. Burj Dubai, renamed Burj Khalifa in honour of the ruler of Abu Dhabi who came to Dubai’s rescue during its financial crisis, is currently the world’s tallest building. Designed by the Chicago office of Skidmore, Owings & Merrill LLP (SOM), [...]

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Burj Khalifa and Downtown Burj Dubai land-plan in Dubai, United Arab Emirates

The Burj Khalifa and Downtown Burj Dubai land-plan designed by SWA Group is located in Dubai, United Arab. Visitors are often awe-struck by Burj Khalifa’s sheer height, but the vision for the entire development is what’s often missed. Designed by SWA Group in collaboration with building-architect SOM and other teams, the 11-hectare (27-acre) green oasis [...]

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