Northeast Asia Trade Tower vs Sapphire of Istanbul

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<p>The Posco Tower-Songdo or Northeast Asia Trade Tower (Korean: ?????-??) is a skyscraper at Songdo International City, the world's most expensive private real estate project in the Incheon Free Economic Zone, South Korea. </p>The 305-metre (1,001 feet ) building is now South Korea's fourth tallest, and has 68 flooring. It surpassed the previous record-holder, Samsung Tower Palace 3 -- Tower G in Seoul, when it. Although completed in 2011, the completion of its interior was postponed due to financial complications during a recession.

The construction was intended to be a landmark of the Songdo International Business District that was assembled on unused land along the waterfront near Incheon. It includes 19 floors of class A office space, South Korea's tallest observatory on a luxury resort, the 65th-floor residences, and retail shops. The column-free flooring include an office lobby at ground level with Vermont slate stone walls and French limestone flooring.

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Istanbul Sapphire, or Sapphire, is a skyscraper located in the central business district of Levent in Istanbul, Turkey.

It was Istanbul's and Turkey's tallest skyscraper between 2010 and 2016, and the 4th tallest building in Europe when its construction was finished in 2010. Sapphire rises 54 floors above ground level, and contains an above-ground roof height of 238 meters: the construction has an overall structural height of 261 meters including its spire, which is part of the design rather than a radio antenna. Designed by Tabanl?o?lu Architects, it's a luxury and shopping residence mixed-use development managed by Kiler GYO. It's also the nation's first ecological skyscraper. As of 2020, Istanbul Sapphire is the 4th tallest skyscraper in Istanbul and Turkey, behind Metropol Istanbul Tower 1 (70 flooring / 301 metres including its twin spires) from the Ata?ehir district on the Asian side of the city; and the Skyland Istanbul Towers 1 and 2 (2 x 70 flooring / 293 metres), located adjacent to Türk Telekom Stadium at the Seyrantepe quarter of the Sar?yer district, on the European side.

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