Modern architecture of Dubai and Bangkok Современная архитектура Дубая и Бангкока

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Project The World (Dubai)3

The three graces' by NOX | lars spuybroek. 3

Elephant Building (Bangkok)3

MahaNakhon. 4

Suvarnabhumi International Airport4

Translation. 6

The literature list10

Modern architecture of Dubai and Bangkok

Project The World ( Dubai)

The World is an artificial archipelago of various small islands constructed in the rough shape of a map of the landmasses of the Earth, located 4 km (2.5 mi) off the coast of Dubai, United Arab Emirates. The World islands are composed mainly of sand dredged from Dubai's shallow coastal waters, and are one of several artificial island developments in Dubai. The World's developer is Nakheel Properties, and the project was originally conceived by SheikhMohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, the ruler of Dubai.

Islands in the archipelago range from 14,000 to 42,000 square metres in area. Distances between islands average 100 metres The entire development is an area that covers 6 by 9 kilometres and is surrounded by an oval-shaped breakwater island. Roughly 232 km of shoreline was created. The World's overall development costs were estimated at $14 billion USD in 2005. When dredging has been completed, there will be 321 million cubic metres of sand and 31 million tons of rock on the Islands.[1]

The three graces' by NOX | lars spuybroek

Elephant Building (Bangkok)

It was built by a Thai architect who has special interest in elephants. His house is decorated with all kinds of elephant collections. His faith and love in elephants motivated him to build this dream structure. At first, the 3 buildings were constructed like 3 towers pointing to the sky. The challenging part was the elephant body which was later constructed over the 3 buildings and respectively joined together. Though the elephant building is not a "must see" attraction for Bangkokians but its unique structure makes Bangkok an attractive city. This is a landmark known among most Bangkokians.[3]

MahaNakhon

In Thailand soon there will be an improbable project - a live inhabited complex in Bangkok. One of the largest builders of Thailand has told about new project MahaNakhon – a 77-storeyed building with unique design. Unusual word MahaNakhon on Russian is translated as "Megacity". Originality of architecture consists in original 3-d effect, and also a considerable quantity of open terraces and hinged glass walls with which help the volume and the building form will change in the face of. MahaNakhon becomes the present live being. Architect MahaNakhon is known Ole Scheeren. The complex will include: the hotel, apartments, shops and restaurants in the bottom part of a complex, and on the top of a tower at height of 310 metres will settle down a bar-restaurant.

The author of design of a building has offered unusual idea - to make a construction from a set separate three-dimensional blocks just as the image on the computer screen is under construction of separate points - pixels. On a plan of Ole Sherena the given concept will unite a street life of Thai capital with anthropogenous structure MahaNakhon. The matter is that because of features of Bangkok soil, namely a close arrangement of ground waters, obligatory presently automobile parkings cannot be placed underground, it is direct under a building. Therefore at the majority of architectural constructions of Bangkok of parking buildings from street are located before houses, separating, thus, buildings from street.. As a result skyscrapers become similar to the huge rocks, surrounded by "sea" from cars that, certainly, the loss causes to city architecture.[4]

Suvarnabhumi International Airport

Suvarnabhumi Airport officially opened on September 28, 2006 after a forty-five-year wait. As far back as 1960, the Royal Thai government hired Litchfield Whiting Bowne & Associates to conduct a feasibility study and layout for a city plan of Bangkok. In its study, the company proposed that the municipality should make preparations for a new commercial airport as Bangkok's current international airport would reach maximum operating capacity by 2006. The study noted that without a new airport, Thailand's economy in general, and the country's travel and tourism industry in particular, would be much affected. The new airport with total area of 32.4 square kilometers - six times larger than the site of the present Bangkok International Airport, was opened on January 19, 2002. His Majesty King Bhumibol Adulyadej had bestowed upon the airport the name 'Suvarnabhumi' or 'golden land'. Investment for the new airport totaled 150 billion baht (about four billion USD), made up from 137 billion baht from government and state enterprise funding and 13 billion baht from the private sector. Suvarnabhumi Airport have an advanced airport information and management system (AIMS) costing 2 billion baht, replicating that of Athens International Airport, which is recognized as one of the most modern airports in the world. However, Suvarnabhumi Airport is much larger and Thailand will be recognized as having the world's most modern, IT-equipped international airport. Many feel that Suvarnabhumi will be at the center of Thailand's growth and economic development. It is expected that during the first five years of operation Suvarnabhumi A