Ultima Tower
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| The Ultima Tower | |
|---|---|
| General information | |
| Status | Vision |
| Architectural style | Futurism |
| Height | 3,218.7 metres (10,560 ft) |
| Technical details | |
| Floor count | 500 |
| Floor area | 1,500,000,000 square feet (140,000,000 m2) |
| Design and construction | |
| Architect | Eugene Tsui Company |
The Ultima Tower is a hypothetical supertall skyscraper, designed by American architect Eugene Tsui in 1991. It has been envisioned to be built in San Francisco, California[1] and could potentially accommodate up to 1 million people. With a total height of 3,218.7 metres (10,560 ft), the tower would be 2 miles tall, and comprise 500 stories if built. It is the tallest building / man made structure ever conceived.[2]
Statistics
The proposed tower would have a diameter at the base of 1,828.8 metres (6,000 ft), and comprise 1,500,000,000 square feet (140,000,000 m2) of interior floor space. Tsui proposed that the tower would be home to 1 million people, and would cost an estimated US$150 billion. The tower would use the atmospheric pressure difference between the bottom and the top of the tower to create electricity throughout the tower.[2] The building is intended to handle problems with overpopulation and to create a "mini-ecosystem" for its inhabitants.[3]
References
- ↑ http://listverse.com/2008/09/25/10-fascinating-buildings-never-built/
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