Cristo Redentor | |
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Height | 38m |
Floors | 0 |
Year | 1922 |
City | Rio de Janeiro |
Christ the Redeemer (Portuguese: Cristo Redentor, standard Brazilian Portuguese: [?k?istu ?eden?to?], local pronunciation: [?k?i?t?? xe?den?to?]) is an Art Deco statue of Jesus Christ in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, created by French sculptor Paul Landowski and built by Brazilian engineer Heitor da Silva Costa, in collaboration with French scientist Albert Caquot. Romanian sculptor Gheorghe Leonida fashioned the face. Constructed between 1922 and 1931, the statue is 30 metres (98 ft) high, excluding its 8-metre (26 ft) pedestal.
Zifeng Tower | |
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Height | 450m |
Floors | 89 |
Year | 2010 |
City | Nanjing |
Zifeng Tower (Greenland Center-Zifeng Tower or Greenland Square Zifeng Tower, previously Nanjing Greenland Financial Center) is a 450-meter (1,480 feet ) supertall skyscraper (special class of skyscraper) in Nanjing, Jiangsu. The 89-story building finished in 2010 includes office and retail space up to floor 41. Floors 49-71 feature a hotel, a lot of restaurants, and a public observatory on the 72 floor. The tower's stepping is practical, helping to separate those sections. The building is currently the tallest in Nanjing and Jiangsu province, the eleventh tallest in China and the twentieth tallest on earth. Architectural firm Skidmore, Owings and Merrill designed the building, headed by Adrian Smith. The Tower occupies an area of 18,721 square meters. The Nanjing Greenland InterContinental Hotel is located within the tower.
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