QUOTE(hack3line @ Nov 24 2010, 11:37 AM)
MELBOURNE architectural firm Fender Katsalidis has won a design tender in Malaysia for what will be the world's second-tallest tower.
The tower, which will be more than 580 metres high and have more than 100 storeys, will be surpassed only by the Burj Khalifa tower in Dubai, which at 828 metres is still by far the tallest building in the world.
The new structure will be built in Kuala Lumpur, surpassing also Malaysia's current highest building, the Petronas Towers, which are 452 metres tall.
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The cost of the new tower has not been finalised, and detailed drawings are not yet available.
Fender Katsalidis director Karl Fender told The Age it would be a crystalline building with a shape inspired by Islamic patterning.
The people who supported the tower idea are right... Its gonna create plenty of jobs and the architectural part was given to foreigners... Way to go people!!! The tower, which will be more than 580 metres high and have more than 100 storeys, will be surpassed only by the Burj Khalifa tower in Dubai, which at 828 metres is still by far the tallest building in the world.
The new structure will be built in Kuala Lumpur, surpassing also Malaysia's current highest building, the Petronas Towers, which are 452 metres tall.
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The cost of the new tower has not been finalised, and detailed drawings are not yet available.
Fender Katsalidis director Karl Fender told The Age it would be a crystalline building with a shape inspired by Islamic patterning.
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Hopefully, more Malaysians will blindly support government's project which will never benefit the people at all...