Posted on 07/07/2013 12:35:22 PM PDT by SeekAndFind
The superlatives in China continue -- the latest symbol of China's "bigger is much, much better" ethos is open for business.
Located in Chengdu (population 14 million), capital of Sichuan province in southwestern China, the New Century Global Center is the "largest freestanding building in the world," Chinese officials say.
Though the words "world's largest" usually bring to mind an image of a towering skyscraper, this project actually isn't all that tall. But it's certainly big.
At 500 meters long, 400 meters wide and 100 meters high, the 1.7-million-square-meter mega-structure is capable of housing 20 Sydney Opera Houses and almost three times the size of the Pentagon in Washington, D.C.
The Global Center, which opened June 28, is home to business offices, hotels, movie theaters, shopping malls, a faux Mediterranean village and family-themed attractions such as a water park called Paradise Island.
The New Century Global Center is located in an entirely new planned area of Chengdu called Tainfu New District. Chengdu is also currently expanding its subway line and plans to construct a new airport by 2020, further suggesting official ambitions to make the city an economic and cultural capital of western China.
From June 6-8, Chengdu hosted this year's Fortune Global Forum, an annual invite-only event featuring chairs, presidents, and CEOs of the world's largest companies.
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I wondered where we were going to store all those Sydney opera houses!
I thought we were gonna just stick em outback.
Coulda been worse.
They coulda done the *whole* thing in hot pink.
Too bad they don’t have any artists to fill it after their Cultural Revolution.
WWII vintage facility in Oak Ridge
Not near as tall as the one in china however
Not to worry, NSA will soon have a bigger one. And with IRS implementing Obamacare, look out, world!
Is it a green building, and does it have a small footprint? These seem to be words the American left cares about with our buildings.
I wonder if they will lobby for the Super Bowl to be played there?
The house that Barry built - with our money.
someones over compensating...
A century ago, it was our country building such things.
Now, we’re like Europe. Full of past glories, and letting the Chinese set the pace, as Europe once acquiesced to America...
Because we have sent American manufacturing to a foreign country.
Bring back US manufacturing, and stop exporting US jobs.
Don’t worry, Mall of America has started phase 2 construction and will more than double it’s size to 9 million square feet. And unlike the Chinese monstrosities built/building, the MoA will have nearly full occupancy.
“And our breaking news story this hour comes out of China involving the collapse of the so-called ‘world’s largest freestanding building’ in Chengdu in southwestern China. Reports at this time are sketchy, but it appears that the casualty count is near zero due to rumors that the design was so flawed and the construction so haphazard that the building vibrated uncontrollably in a 20 MPH wind. It seems that this collapse was expected and people feared to enter the structure. More on this story as it develops.”
I don’t believe it’s the “largest”. CNN said so.
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