{"id":1012,"date":"2022-03-08T11:32:28","date_gmt":"2022-03-08T11:32:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/crestnetwork.com\/?p=1012"},"modified":"2022-04-01T05:29:55","modified_gmt":"2022-04-01T05:29:55","slug":"the-wow-factor-amazing-architecture","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/crestnetwork.com\/the-wow-factor-amazing-architecture\/","title":{"rendered":"The Wow Factor: Amazing Architecture"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

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The 2,230 ft tall Merdeka 118 skyscraper<\/a> (designed by Australian studio Fender Katsalidis<\/a>) has topped out in downtown capital city Kuala Lampur, Malaysia<\/a>, (population 1.81 million)  becoming the world’s second-tallest building. The 118-story megatall skyscraper<\/a> reached its full height with the completion of its pointed spire. (The Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat<\/a> classifies a building that is over 1,970 feet as megatall.) Construction began in 2016 and is expected to be completed late this year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The building has 2.1 million square feet of floor area and 1.7 million square feet of rentable office space. It will also feature a hotel, retail, and residential facilities.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

Built on a site overlooking \u200b\u200bStadium Merdeka, a historically significant site built for Malaysia’s declaration of independence in 1957, Merdeka 118 claims the title of the world’s second-tallest building overtaking the <\/strong>Shanghai Tower<\/strong><\/a> (designed by Gensler<\/a> in China) with a height of 2,070 feet. The world’s tallest building is the Burj Khalifa<\/a> in Dubai (designed by architect Adrian Smith while at SOM<\/a>) which is  2,720 feet tall.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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