Article

2015-11-29 Iraq

World's Tallest Towers Planned for ---Basra, Iraq?

AMBS Architects has proposed a 1,152-metre-tall skyscraper for Iraq's Basra Province, which would surpass Jeddah's Kingdom Tower and Dubai's Burj Khalifa to become the tallest building in the world. Basra is located in the south of Iraq, and is a rapidly growing business center.

The firm described its skyscraper as "the first vertical city in the world", saying it will not only be the tallest structure but will break new ground in engineering and vertical transportation.

It is designed to house offices, hotels, residential areas, commercial centers, parks and gardens, and even its own rail network across the 1,550,908 square meters of floor space.

"In contrast to a conventional tower, the towers will be a place that may be enjoyed by all, not only for the ones that live and work there, but also the rest of the public," the firm said in a statement.
The mid boggles. In Iraq?
The development is planned to be a net-zero structure â meaning it would produce as much energy as it consumes. No start date for construction has been set.
Several nifty renderings at the site. The article was linked in my civil engineer's newsletter.

Posted by Bobby 2015-11-29 07:22|| || Front Page|| [11139 views ] Top

#1 what could possibly go wrong?

Posted by Frank G 2015-11-29 12:22|| 2015-11-29 12:22|| Front Page Top

#2 Rebuilding Babylon?

Posted by BrerRabbit 2015-11-29 14:29|| 2015-11-29 14:29|| Front Page Top

#3 World's tallest inhabited target, is more on the mark.

Posted by Alaska Paul 2015-11-29 16:52|| 2015-11-29 16:52|| Front Page Top

#4 At Babel, down by the Euphrates,
They scrabble to top the Kuwaitis,
And jones for a trumpet
Through which the old strumpet
Can gabble her hits from the Eighties.

Posted by Zenobia Floger6220 2015-11-29 18:48|| 2015-11-29 18:48|| Front Page Top

#5 None of the pre-existing onesin the ME look safe, even, or even stable to me.

Someone will have to pay me a Milyuhn or more big bucks USD, or in altern non-consensually drug me like the A-TEAM'S "B.A. BARACUS" on TV, just to get me to try 'em.

Posted by JosephMendiola 2015-11-29 22:18|| 2015-11-29 22:18|| Front Page Top

09:43 Mullah Richard
09:27 Warthog
09:11 Mercutio
09:07 AlmostAnonymous5839
08:52 Matt
08:24 Matt
08:20 SteveS
07:43 Procopius2k
07:42 BrerRabbit
07:42 Procopius2k
07:39 Procopius2k
07:36 Procopius2k
07:35 Procopius2k
07:34 trailing wife
07:31 Procopius2k
07:30 NN2N1
07:22 NN2N1
07:18 trailing wife
07:14 Richard Aubrey
07:10 NN2N1
07:09 Besoeker
07:03 NN2N1
06:58 NN2N1
06:58 Besoeker