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Great Buildings in The World

The document describes several famous buildings and structures around the world, including their location and key details. It discusses landmarks such as the Roman Colosseum and Leaning Tower of Pisa in Europe, the Sydney Opera House in Australia, Big Ben in London, the Giza Pyramids in Egypt, the Gateway Arch in St. Louis, and the Eiffel Tower in Paris. Other structures mentioned include the Burj Al Arab hotel and Burj Khalifa in Dubai, the Empire State Building in New York, Sears Tower in Chicago, and Petronas Towers in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.

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Great Buildings in The World

The document describes several famous buildings and structures around the world, including their location and key details. It discusses landmarks such as the Roman Colosseum and Leaning Tower of Pisa in Europe, the Sydney Opera House in Australia, Big Ben in London, the Giza Pyramids in Egypt, the Gateway Arch in St. Louis, and the Eiffel Tower in Paris. Other structures mentioned include the Burj Al Arab hotel and Burj Khalifa in Dubai, the Empire State Building in New York, Sears Tower in Chicago, and Petronas Towers in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.

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Amazing Buildings /

Structures
of the World.

Teacher JO
Roman Colosseum 48 metres

• Rome, Italy
• Inspired by Emperor
Vespasian
• Builders- Romans
• 70-82 CE
• Built for
Entertainment
• Seated over 50,000
The Colosseum is in Europe.
The Leaning Tower of Pisa
56 metres
• Pisa, Italy
• 1173 A.D.
• 179 feet tall
• World’s most famous tower
• Built out of marble
• Began to teeter while still
under construction
because of soft soil
The Leaning Tower of Pisa
is in Europe.
Sydney Opera House
65 metres
• Sydney, Australia
• Architect Jorn Utzon
• 1957-1973
• Tile-clad and pre-cast
concrete
• Roof sections look
like sails
• Opera House
The Sydney Opera House is in
Australia.
Big Ben, London – 96 metres
• London, England
• 1858
• Famous Landmark
• Clock tower
• Augustus Pugin and
Charles Barry-
architects
• Weighs over 13 tons
• Clock hands are 14
feet and 9 feet long
Big Ben is in Europe.
The Giza Pyramid
146 metres
• Giza, Egypt
• 2600-2480 B.C.E.
• Pharaoh ordered it
• 4,000 men worked on it
• Built to bury kings
• Originally 481 ft. high
• Now 449 ft. high
due to erosion
The Giza Pyramid is in Africa.
The Gateway Arch – 192 metres
• Also called Jefferson
National Expansion Memorial
Arch
• St.Louis, Missouri
• Architect: Eero Saarinen
• To celebrate Western
States
• 1961-1965
• Lookout area at the top
• 630 feet tall
• 630 feet between the legs
• 16,000 tons of steel
• Underground tourist center
The Gateway Arch is in
North America.
Eiffel Tower 301 metres

• Paris, France
• Gustave Eiffel, Builder
• 1887 to 1889
• Built for World’s Fair
• 300 m (985 ft) tall
• Has been hit by lightning
• 300 meters tall (985 feet)
The Eiffel Tower is in Europe.
The Burj Al Arab, Dubai is 321m

• Burj Al Arab was designed by


architect Tom Wright of WKK
Architects. The design and
construction were managed by
Canadian engineer Rick Gregory of
WS Atkins. Construction of the
Island began in 1994. It built to
resemble the sail of a dhow, a type
of Arabian vessel. Two "wings"
spread in a V to form a vast
"mast", while the space between
them is enclosed in a massive
atrium.
The Burj Al Arab is in the Middle
East.
Empire State Building
381 metres
• New York City
• Shreve, Lamb, Harmon-
Architects
• Built from 1929-1931
• 102 floors
• 1,250 feet high to roof
• Built to be the tallest
building in the world and
it was for 41 years
counting the spire which
made it 1,472 feet tall
The Empire State Building is in
North America.
The Sears Towers, Chicago
527 m to tip of aerials and 442 m height of
structure
• The tower is a world-
renowned building, a
Chicago icon. The
eighth-tallest building in
the world, it remains
the tallest building in
the Western
Hemisphere, standing
1,450 feet and 110
stories tall.
The Sears Towers is in North
America.
The Petronas Towers Kuala Lumpur,
Malaysia 452 metres.

• The Petronas Towers, also known as


the Petronas Twin Towers are twin
skyscrapers in Kuala Lumpur,
Malaysia. According to the Council on
Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat
(CTBUH)'s official definition and
ranking, they were the tallest
buildings in the world from 1998 to
2004 and remain the tallest twin
towers in the world replacing World
Trade Center in New York. The
buildings are a landmark of Kuala
Lumpur, along with nearby Kuala
Lumpur Tower.
The Petronas Towers is in Asia.
The Burj Khalifa in Dubai is 828 metres.

• The At over 828 metres (2,716.5 feet) and more than


160 stories, Burj Khalifa holds the following records:

• Tallest building in the world

• Tallest free-standing structure in the world

• Highest number of stories in the world

• Highest occupied floor in the world

• Highest outdoor observation deck in the world

• Elevator with the longest travel distance in the


world

• Tallest service elevator in the world


The Burj Khalifa in Dubai.

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