World’s largest airport

What is the world’s largest airport?

You can find the world’s largest airport near Dammam, Saudi Arabia.

The airport is so large that it is slightly larger than Saudi Arabia’s neighboring country of Bahrain.

The name of the airport is King Fahd International Airport  and it was completed in 1999.

The size of the world’s largest airport: 780 km² or 301 mi².

World’s fastest bicycle

At the 2002 World Human Powered Speed Challenge, Sam Whittingham rode his Varna Diablo II to a new world speed record for a human powered vehicle.

Sam Whittingham’s speed at the end of a 200 meter run was registered at 81.00 MPH or 130.36 KM/H, making his Varna Diablo II the world’s fastest bicycle.

World’s fastest car

What is the world’s fastest car?

Ever since the car was invented people wanted to go fast which soon enough resulted in the competition for the land speed record.

In October 1997 Andy Green took the Thrust SSC up to an ear deafening Mach 1.02, which is 763.035 MPH of 1227.94 KM/H.

World’s fastest bird

What is the world’s fastest bird?

The world’s fastest bird is also the world’s fastest animal on our planet.

When the Peregrine Falcon spots prey it goes into a controlled dive easily reaching speed of 200 MPH or 320 KM/H.

The fastest speed the Peregrine Falcon reached ever recorded was an amazing 242.3 MPH or 390 KM/H.

World’s fastest airplane

What is the world’s fastest airplane?

The X-43 reached Mach 9.8 but it was an unmanned flight.

The X-15 reached Mach 6.72, but it is a rocket powered aircraft.

The Lockheed SR-71 Blackbird, which made it’s first flight on December 22, 1964, is still considered to be the world’s fastest airplane reaching Mach 3.2 or 2,193.167 MPH in July 1976.

The Lockheed SR-71 Blackbird holds many speed records including flying from New York to London, covering 3,461.53 miles in 1 hour 54 minutes and 56.4 seconds, averaging 1,806.95 MPH

International Business Center

The International Business Center, which has been approved for construction in Seoul’s new Waterfront Development
Information
Status	Approved
Height
Antenna/Spire	~580 m (1,903 ft)[1]
Floor count	130[1]

The International Business Center is an approved supertall skyscraper ready to start construction in Seoul, South Korea. The skyscraper will be 580 meters tall and have 130 floors. A memorandum of understanding (MOU) was established between the Korea Foreign Company Association (FORCA) & Seoul Metropolitan Government (SMG). A height limit of 410 m for the area was not enforced by the South Korean Air Force, therefore, allowing this supertall to tower an additional 170 m. If the estimated completion dates were proved wrong, and The IBC was completed before the Burj Dubai, then the International Business Center would be the tallest building in the world.

Incheon Towers

Information
Location	Incheon, South Korea
Status	approved
Estimated completion	2012
Height
Antenna/Spire	610 m (2,001 ft)
Roof	610 m (2,001 ft)
Technical details
Floor count	151
Floor area	600,000 m²

The Incheon Tower is a proposed 151-floor, 610 m (2,001 ft) supertall tower in Incheon, South Korea. It will cover over six square kilometers of land and will be about 20 miles (32 km) away from the nation’s capital, Seoul.

Atlanta-based developer Portman Holdings, run by John Portman, has already signed an agreement with South Korean officials to build this tower, which would surpass the current 264 meter (865 ft) Samsung Tower Palace 3 – Tower G as the tallest building in South Korea. The building will be part of a residential, office, and hotel complex, covering 1,500 acres (6 km²) and costing $11 billion. This tower is estimated to be completed in 2012. The Incheon Tower will be the third world’s tallest building when it is complete after the Burj Dubaï (818 m) and the Russia Tower (612 m).

An agreement was signed with the Portman Consortium on 27 August 2007 to start construction on the Incheon Free Economic Zone, which will include the Incheon Tower. The Landmark City with the 151-story Incheon Tower (with a gross floor area of 600,000 ㎡) and the artificial lake (730,000 ㎡) will be developed in phases by 2017.

Empire World Towers

Information
Location	330 Biscayne Boulevard, Miami, Florida
Status	Proposal
Estimated completion	2010 (est.)
Opening	2010 (est.)
Use	Residential
Height
Roof	1,200 (365.8 m)
Technical details
Floor count	106
Companies
Architect	Kobi Karp Architecture
Developer	Maclee Development

The Empire World Towers are 2 proposed supertall skyscrapers to be built in Miami, Florida in the United States. The complex consists of the Empire World Tower I and the Empire World Tower II. If built, both towers would stand at 1,200 ft, or 366 meters, with 106 stories each. They would be built on Biscayne Boulevard. If built, the Empire World Towers would surpass Four Seasons Hotel and Tower as the tallest buildings in Florida and may, if completed before the 2,000 foot (610 m) Chicago Spire, become the two tallest all-residential buildings in the world. Also, the towers would become the tallest concrete structures in the world and be among the tallest buildings in the United States. However, it is uncertain if the towers will be approved due to potential interference with aviation traffic going into and coming out of Miami International Airport.

Buenos Aires Forum

Digital Rendition of the Buenos Aires Forum.
Information
Location	Buenos Aires, Argentina
Status	Proposed
Groundbreaking	2010
Opening	2016
Use	Mixed Uses (Hotel/Commercial/Residential/Observation/Communication)
Height
Antenna/Spire	1,000 m (3,281 ft)
Roof	200
Top floor	200
Floor count	200
Cost	$3.33 Billion
Companies
Architect	Grupo Torcello
Contractor	UNKNOWN
Developer	Grupo Torcello

The Buenos Aires Forum is a proposed development in Buenos Aires, Argentina, the centrepiece of which is a 1,000 m (3,281 ft) tall skyscraper. The proposed development will be constructed on seven platforms totalling 400 hectares to be built in the River Plate. It will be connected to the rest of Buenos Aires by a 5km long viaduct. The development, at an estimated cost of US$ 3,330,000, is expected to be completed in 2010 and create 20,000 jobs.

Depending on the status of several other similarly tall proposed skyscrapers, the tower could become the tallest free-standing tower in the world.

References :

1. Wikipedia

Madinat al-Hareer

Artist’s rendition.
Technical Data
Structural height	1,001 m (3,284 ft) (est.)
Height to tip	1,001 m (3,284 ft) (est.)
Height to roof	900 m
Height to top floor	897 m
Floors (Above ground)	250 (est.)
Floors (Under ground)	4
Groundbreaking	2008
Topout	2011, if not later
Opening	2012
Gross floor area	One floor can only fit 7,000 people
Companies
Designer	Eric Kuhne and Associates

Madinat al-Hareer (Arabic: مدينة الحرير, meaning “City of Silk”), is a proposed 250 square kilometer planned urban area in Subiya, Kuwait, an area just opposite Kuwait City which, upon construction, would include the Burj Mubarak al-Kabir , the world’s tallest structure, a natural desert reservation of 2 square kilometres, a duty free area which will be beside a new airport, in addition to a large business center, conference areas, environmental areas, athletic areas, and areas that concentrate on media, health, education, and industry. The City of Silk will also include numerous tourist attractions, hotels, spas, and public gardens. As of this time, it is unclear as to the scope of this project, if it has received any approvals, or if it has the required funding; however, the city will be built in individual phases with total completion within twenty-five years. The development will cost an estimated 25 billion Kuwaiti Dinars (86.1 billion USD). Burj Mubarak al-Kabir should not be confused with the Al Jaber Tower proposed by the famous Italian architect Amero Marchetti, part of the planned “ethic city”. If built the Al Jaber Tower would reach 1852 meters.

Design

The main attraction of Madinat al-Hareer, the Burj Mubarak al-Kabir will stand at 1,001 m tall, almost twice the height of Taipei 101, which is 509m tall, and considerably taller than the world’s tallest structure, the KVLY-TV mast in North Dakota, which is 629 m tall.

The city complex will also include Olympic Stadia, residences, hotels and retail facilities. Up to 700,000 people could be housed in the city complex. The complex is planned to be built across Kuwait Bay and will be linked to Kuwait City by a 23.5-kilometer long bridge. The bridge should decrease driving times from Kuwait City to Madinat al-Hareer to seventeen minutes rather than the usual one-and-a-half-hour drive around Kuwait Bay. Images of the proposed design were made public on March 30, 2006 here

Construction of Mubarak al-Kabir Tower

UK based firm Eric Kuhne and Associates have proposed the building and are currently in consultation with the Kuwaiti government. It is estimated that the project would take 25 years to complete.

Skyscrapers do not normally exceed 80 floors due to the amount of space that would be taken up by elevators. However, the Mubarak al-Kabir Tower would consist of a far greater number of floors. This would necessitate double or triple decker elevators.

Another challenge would be posed by the immense height of the building, which makes it vulnerable to high winds. A possibility for coping with this is the installation of a pendulum (like a tuned mass damper) to act as a counter-weight.

Bubiyan Port

Madinat al-Hareer is also built on the dream of building a huge port in the biggest island in Kuwait, Bubiyan Island. Bubiyan Port, as it will be called, will serve the interests of major countries in the Middle East and Asia including Kuwait, Iraq, and Iran. In addition, the port will be one of the closest sea ports to Central Asia.