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Baiyoke Tower II


Height: 328m
Location: Bangkok
Year: 1997
Baiyoke Tower II

Turning Torso


Height: 190m
Location: Malmö
Year: 2001
Turning Torso

Baiyoke Tower II vs Turning Torso


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Baiyoke Tower II

Baiyoke Tower II

Height

328m
Floors85
Year1997
CityBangkok

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Baiyoke Tower II (Thai: ????? 2; RTGS: Bai Yok Song) is an 88-storey, 309 m (1,014 feet ) skyscraper hotel at 222 Ratchaprarop Road at the Ratchathewi District of Bangkok, Thailand. It's the third tallest building in the city, after MahaNakhon and Magnolias Waterfront Residences in ICONSIAM. The construction comprises the Baiyoke Sky Hotel, the tallest hotel in Southeast Asia and the seventh-tallest all-hotel structure in the world.With the antenna included, the building's height is 328.4 m (1,077 feet ), and features a public observatory on the 77th floor, a bar calledRoof Top Bar & Music Lounge on the 83rd floor, a 360-degree revolving roof deck on the 84th floor and the hotel provides 673 guest rooms.



Construction on the building ended in 1997, with the antenna being added two decades later. The Baiyoke Sky Hotel website notes the height without the antenna as 309 m (1,014 feet ), but the Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat (CTBUH), Emporis and SkyscraperPage note it as 304 m (997 ft).

Source: Wikipedia
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Turning Torso

Turning Torso

Height

190m
Floors54
Year2001
CityMalmö

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Turning Torso is a neo-futurist residential skyscraper in Sweden and the tallest building in Scandinavia.Located in Malmö on the Swedish side of the Öresund strait, it was built and is owned by Swedish cooperative association HSB. It's seen as the first twisted skyscraper in the world.The project was designed by Spanish architect, structural engineer, sculptor and painter Santiago Calatrava and formally opened on 27 August 2005. The tower reaches a height of 190 metres (623 feet ) with 54 storeys and 147 apartments.In August 2015, it was announced that the building was the winner of the 10 Year Award from the Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat. It won the 2005 Gold Emporis Skyscraper Award.

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