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World Cup 2010 (South Africa) Stadiums

Another World Cup Edition will starts soon in South Africa. Maybe you’ll ask what is the connection between a sport competition and an architecture blog. Well… they play on one of the greatest stadium from entire world. Some of them are real architectural masterpiece.

I will present you with a short description all ten stadiums which are going to host matches at this World Cup edition.

Soccer City Stadium

It is biggest Stadium from entire Africa (i mean the continent, not the country). Was opened first in 1989 and last year some improvements were executed. The capacity was increased from 80.000 to 94.000 and many other features required by FIFA were added (scorer board, etc.). The stadium is located in Johannesburg. Read the rest of this entry »

Vasco Da Gama – bridge

The Vasco Da Gama Bridge is the longest bridge in Europe with a total length of 17.2 km. It is located in Lisbon (Portugal) over Tagus River and is a a cable-stayed bridge flanked by viaducts and roads.

The bridge was constructed in 18 months and was opened to traffic on 29 March 1998. It was named Vasco Da Gama in memory of the famous Portuguese explorer Vasco Da Gama.

The bridge has 6 road lens  and maxim speed limit admitted is 120km/h, but in rainy or foggy days the speed limit is reduced to 90km/h. If the traffic reach an average of 52000 daily, the bridge will be enlarged with two other road lens. Read the rest of this entry »

Beautiful Buildings and Architecture

Below is a video where you can see 5 minutes of great  buildings, amazing skylines, beautiful bridges and other architectural feats. Read the rest of this entry »

Burj Dubai (Khalifa) – numbers and records

Burj Dubai (Khalifa) was built in 5 years, and now it is tallest building on Earth. In this article I’ll try to present most interesting numbers and records for this amazing building.

1. Burj Dubai Khalifa has 828 meters or 2,716.5ft (it was estimated to have 10 meters less before construction);
2. Burj Dubai Khalifa is 320 meters taller than Taipei 101 (building which held this world record since 2004 with 508 meters).
3. Burj Khalifa employs a record-breaking 330,000 cubic meters of concrete, 39,000 metric tonnes of steel rebar and 142,000 square meters of glass; and it took 22 million man hours to build.
4. Burj Khalifa held also word record for highest occupied floor in the world with 550
5. Other world record: tallest service elevator (it  travels to a height of 504 meters)
6. Other World record:  the highest outdoor observation deck in the world – At the Top on Level 124

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