Ocean Heights vs Ushiku Daibutsu

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Ocean Heights is a supertall residential skyscraper in Dubai Marina, Dubai, UAE.

The tower stands 310 m (1,017 feet ) tall with 83 floors. The tower is designed by Andrew Bromberg of Aedas. The building was topped out on 22 December 2009, and completed in 2010. Currently Ocean Heights is the fifth-tallest residential construction in the world, and fourth-tallest residential construction in Dubai, behind The Marina Torch, and HHHR Tower.



The tower, with its unique curves and twisting motion as one ascends, is actually the third version of the tower proposed by DAMAC Properties Co.. The first version had the tower in a significantly briefer 38 floors, the next had 50. The 83-floor tower houses more than 519 condos and is located along Al Sufouh Road in Dubai Marina.

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Ushiku Daibutsu (????) is a statue located in Ushiku, Ibaraki Prefecture, Japan.

Completed in 1993, it stands a total of 120 metres (390 ft) tall, including the 10 m (33 ft) base and 10m lotus platform. The statue held the record for the tallest statue from 1993--2008. As of 2018, it's among the top five tallest statues in the world.An elevator takes visitors up 85 m (279 ft) into an observation floor. The statue depicts Amitabha Buddha and is made of bronze. It is also known as Ushiku ARCADIA (Amida's Radiance and Compassion Actually Developing and Illuminating Area). It was built to commemorate the birth of Shinran, founder of the J?do Shinsh? ???? or'True Pure Land School' of Buddhism.

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