ASTANA | Abu Dhabi Plaza | 382 M / 1253 FT | 88 FLOORS
Name: Abu Dhabi Plaza
Location: Astana, Kazakhstan
Height: 382m / 1253ft
Floors: 88
Use: Mixed Use (Office / Hotel / Residential)
Construction Start: 2011
Construction End: 2016
Architect: HKR Architects
Developer: Aldar (UAE)
Will be the tallest building in Kazakhstan and Central Asia once completed.
I really like this design. It will be awesome if it's as reflective as the rendering is suggesting.
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It appears to buck the trend of building oddly-shaped structures in Astana. . . looks nice. . . I think it's been under construction for a while now. . .
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"I firmly believe, from what I have seen, that this is the chosen spot of all this Earth as far as Nature is concerned." - Luther Burbank on Sonoma County.
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If all others accepted the lie which the Party imposed, if all records told the same tale, then the lie passed into history and became truth. -Orwell
These days every country (scratch that) every city in the world has a building higher than 1250 feet. It show's the progressiveness of humans, but the ESB's height isn't special anymore, but it's still one of a kind.