10 most expensive skyscraper in the world

International real estate database Emporis made a rating of the most expensive skyscrapers. In it were assessed as already constructed high-rise, and are under construction.

Chifley Tower

Price: $ 1, 000, 000, 000

City: Sydney (Australia)

Height: 244 meters

Floors: 50

Built: 1992

This skyscraper - the most prestigious office and commercial complex in Australia. The tower was built on one of the highest places in Sydney. The building set steel pendulum weight of 400 tons, to counteract the influence of strong winds on the structure.

Bank of America Tower

Cost: $ 1, 000, 000, 000

City: New York (USA)

Height: 365 meters

Floors: 58

Built: 2009

Bank of America has insisted that the skyscraper was built using recycled materials. In the future, they can also be disposed of. For example, in the construction of the building used recycled concrete with slag.

Elbphilharmonie

Cost: $ 1, 027, 510, 000

City: Hamburg (Germany)

Height: 110 meters

Floors: 25Ctroitsya: 2016Ctroitelstvo skyscraper will be completed in 2016. The first floors of the buildings to be constructed on the basis of the old walls of the warehouse, which is an architectural monument.

CapitaGreen

Price: $ 1, 400, 000, 000

City: Singapore

Height: 242 meters

Floors: 40Ctroitsya: 2014

The building is not yet built. At the top of the office tower planted forest. Project developers have promised that the smell of the forest will fall in the air conditioning system and to saturate all the rooms of the building.

Sheraton Huzhou Hot Spring Resort

Price: $ 1, 500, 000, 000

City: Huzhou (China)

Height: 102 meters

Floors: 163

Built: 2013

This hotel is a ring-shaped illuminated at night 19 thousand. LED lights, and on the idea of ​​the architects, should look like a bright moon rising over the lake.

Burj Khalifa

Price: $ 1, 500, 000, 000

City Dubai (UAE)

Height: 828 meters

Floors: 163

Built: 2013

The tallest building on the planet there are offices, a hotel and apartments. During the construction of the building of 330 thousand. Cubic meters of concrete were used, and 31, 4 ths. Tons of reinforcement. As the elevation of the tower from one level to its cross-sectional area decreases. At the top of the steel tower is topped spire weighing 4 th. Tonnes and 180 meters long.

Taipei is 101

Price: $ 1, 760, 000, 000

City: Taipei (China)

Height: 509 meters

Floors: 101

Built: 2004

building design is inspired by traditional Chinese architecture, skyscraper resembles a pagoda. Outdoor observation deck is the highest in the world (located on the 91 th floor level). During the construction of the tower consulted with renowned experts in Feng Shui.

The Palazzo (The Venetian Resort Hotel & Casino)

Price: $ 1, 900, 000, 000

City: Las Vegas, NV (USA)

Height: 196 meters

Floors 53

Built: 2007

This is the most expensive building in Las Vegas. The hotel features a casino, a shopping center, theater and opera.

The Shard

Price: $ 1, 900, 000, 000

City: London (United Kingdom)

Height: 306 meters

Floors: 73

Built: 2013

The skyscraper are offices, a hotel and apartments. The shape and proportions of the tower resemble church steeples of the city and the masts of ships that cruised along the Thames before. In high-rise apartments are located at an altitude of 192 to 224 meters.

New World Trade Center (1WTC)

Price: $ 3, 900, 000, 000

City: New York (USA)

Height: 541 meters

Floors: 104

Built: 2014Camy expensive in the world skyscraper built on the site destroyed in a terrorist attack September 11, 2001 the twin towers.