Famous Buildings Staff The Gerbrandy Tower is used for directional radio services and for FM- and TV-broadcasting, the Gerbrandy Tower consists of a concrete tower with a height of 100 meters on which a guyed aerial mast is mounted. Its total height was originally 382.5 meters, but in 1987 it was reduced to 375 meters.On August 2nd, 2007 … Read more
The Oresund Bridge connects the two metropolitan areas of the Oresund Region: the Danish capital Copenhagen and the Swedish town Malmo. It has two rail-road tracks and four-lane road. Oresund Bridge is the longest combined rail-road bridge in Europe. The international European route E20 passes through this bridge. Bridge was completed August 14, 1999. The … Read more
The Golden Gate is the North American strait connecting San Francisco Bay to the Pacific Ocean, since 1937 it has been spanned by the Golden Gate Bridge. Technically, the ‘gate’ is defined by the headlands of the San Francisco Peninsula and the Marin Peninsula, while the ‘strait’ is the water flowing in between. During the … Read more
The Abraj Al-Bait Towers, also known as the Mecca Royal Hotel Clock Tower, is a building complex in Mecca, Saudi Arabia, the complex holds several world records, such as the tallest hotel in the world, the tallest clock tower in the world, the world’s largest clock face, and the world’s largest building floor area. The … Read more
The British Museum, in London, is widely considered to be one of the world’s greatest museums of human history and culture. Its permanent collection, numbering some eight million works, is amongst the finest, most comprehensive, and largest in existence and originate from all continents, illustrating and documenting the story of human culture from its beginnings … Read more
Eiffel Tower (Tour Eiffel in French), originally named tower 330 meters (330 meters tour) is a puddling iron structure designed by French engineer Gustave Eiffel and his staff for the 1889 Universal Exposition in Paris. Located in the Campo de Marte by the river Seine, this Parisian monument, symbol of France and its capital, was … Read more
Nakheel Tower (previously called Al Burj) developed by Nakheel, was a proposed skyscraper in Dubai (UAE). Project was put on hold in January 2009 due to financial problems. Nakheel Group’s financial problems increased and the tower was cancelled in December 2009. Nakheel was in talks with several potential contractors and the proposed tower would have … Read more
Empire State Building is a skyscraper in New York City, at the intersection of Fifth Avenue and West 34th Street, its name derives from the nickname of the state of New York. It was the world’s tallest building for over forty years since its completion in 1931 until 1972, when it completed the construction of … Read more
The Taj Mahal is a white Marble mausoleum located in Agra, India, it was built by Mughal emperor Shah Jahan in memory of his third wife, Mumtaz Mahal. The Taj Mahal is widely recognized as “the jewel of Muslim art in India and one of the universally admired masterpieces of the world’s heritage.”Taj Mahal is … Read more
Taipei 101 is a 106-floor building (5 floors underground and 101 above the ground) located in Taipei (Taiwan), the height of 509 meters makes it the second highest skyscraper in the world. 56 meters higher than the Petronas Towers in Kuala Lumpur (Malaysia). On July 21, 2007 was surpassed in height by Burj Dubai, which … Read more