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Ocean is a residential skyscraper located at 84 The Esplanade, Surfers Paradise, Gold Coast, Australia. The 78-storey tower includes 722 apartments, is the largest on the Gold Coast. Facilities include a recreation area with swimming pool, spa, fitness courtyard, and barbecue area, located on the top level of a five-level podium.
A seascraper, also known as a waterscraper, is a proposed large building which will function as a floating city.It would generate its own energy through wave, wind, current, solar, etc. and produce its own food through farming, aquaculture, hydroponics, etc. [1] The term "Seascraper" is an analogous derivative of "Skyscraper".
The X-Seed 4000 was a concept for a megatall skyscraper. [1] Its proposed 4-kilometre (2.5 mi) height, 6-kilometre-wide (3.7 mi) sea-base, and 800-floor capacity could accommodate 500,000-1,000,000 inhabitants. This structure would have been composed of over 3 million t (3.3 million short tons) of steel.
In 2019, Ocean Builders said it will be building again in Panama, with the support of government officials. [25] As of 2022, the project's status is uncertain. In April 2019, the concept of floating cities as a way to cope with rising oceans was included in a presentation by the United Nations program UN-Habitat.
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Building skyscrapers in an old and famous town can drastically alter the image of the city. In cities such as London [ 13 ] in the United Kingdom or San Francisco in the United States, [ 14 ] there is a legal requirement called protected view , which limits the height of new buildings within or adjacent to the sightline between the two places ...
The Metropolis of Tomorrow is a 1929 book written and illustrated by Hugh Ferriss.Prominently featuring 60 of Ferriss' drawings, the book is divided into three sections. The first, "Cities of Today", underscores the lack of planning in contemporary cities and the powerful psychological impact that cities have on their inhabitants while also profiling 18 influential modern buildings in five citi
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