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Wedding Palace in Ashgabat, Turkmenistan

September 14, 2015 by Yein Jee

Photo of the Wedding Palace in Ashgabat, the capital city of Turkmenistan. The eleven-storey building is a civil registry centre. It’s constructed by Turkish company Polimeks and opened in 2011.

Wedding Palace in Ashgabat, Turkmenistan

Besides registration of marriage and other civic services, the “palace” has wedding halls, banquet rooms, and a hotel. It also has boutiques and shops that provide essential items for a proper wedding.

The cube on top has the form of an eight-pointed star on each side. The star is a common Islamic geometry pattern; it’s also the background of the national emblem of Turkmenistan. The shiny “ball” at the centre of the cube depicts planet earth, not sure what’s the hidden meaning behind that though.

Interesting architecture regardless. It’s a mix of traditional and futuristic elements.

Filed Under: General Tagged With: Architecture, Central Asia, Turkmenistan

China unveils world’s largest building

July 15, 2013 by Yein Jee

Dubbed as the world’s largest building (or the largest standalone structure by floorspace, to be precise), the New Century Global Centre in Chengdu, China, has opened its doors to public last month. Photos by 郭红元@Baidu [Cn]…

New Century Global Centre, Chengdu, China

With 1,700,000 square metres of floorspace, the building consists of a large shopping area, and also offices, conference hall, two hotels, entertainment facilities, ice skating rink, a Mediterranean village, and a theme park with an artificial beach.

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Filed Under: Travel & Living Tagged With: Architecture, Chengdu City, China blog, East Asia, Megaprojects and Megastructures, Sichuan Province, World records

Tokyo Sky Tree time-lapse

March 11, 2012 by Yein Jee

Time lapse video of Tokyo Sky Tree by Darwinfish105 [Jp]. The construction of the tower – the world’s tallest (634m) – was completed on February 29.

Tokyo Sky Tree skyline at night

The definition of “tower” differs from “building”, with the later mainly habitable. For many years the world’s tallest tower is taller than the tallest building, but it changed in 2010 with the completion of Burj Khalifa (830m) in the United Arab of Emirates.

Filed Under: Travel & Living Tagged With: Architecture, Asia travel, Asian videos, East Asia, Japan blog, Japan travel, Skyscrapers, Time Lapse, Tokyo Metropolis, World records

30-storey building built in 15 days

January 10, 2012 by Yein Jee

Broad Sustainable Building, the Chinese firm that assembled a hotel in just six days in 2010, has recently achieved another feat by constructing a 30-storey building in 15 days. Time lapse video below (with information on various specs)…

Filed Under: General Tagged With: Amazing and cool, Architecture, Asian videos, Broad Group, China blog, East Asia, Time Lapse

China highway construction fail

December 29, 2011 by Yein Jee

In Nanning, China, where engineers realised (way too late) that a block of flats are higher than the road ring’s bridge. Brilliant…

Highway construction fail in Nanning, China

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Filed Under: Offbeat Tagged With: Architecture, China blog, East Asia, Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, Nanning City, Unusual and weird

Kingdom Tower will be world’s tallest

August 3, 2011 by Yein Jee

The construction of the new world’s tallest skyscraper – the Kingdom Tower – is officially underway in Jeddah, the second largest city in Saudi Arabia.

Kingdom Tower, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia

The Kingdom Tower is designed by Adrian Smith + Gordon Gill Architecture – the same designer of Burj Khalifa, the current world’s tallest structure. The Kingdom Tower will be over 1000 metres, at least 173m taller than Burj Khalifa (828m).

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Filed Under: Lifestyle Tagged With: Architecture, AS+GG, Jeddah City, Makkah Province, Saudi Arabia, West Asia, World records

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