There’s some pretty interesting looking buildings coming to a skyline near you. Below are nine that especially stand out:
- “Aqua” building in Chicago, 2009–looks like a giant sex toy to me actually
- “The Spire” tower in Chicago, 2010–will be world’s tallest residential building and tallest skycraper in the western world
- “Trouser Legs” in Beijing, 2008–will be broadcasting the Olympics from this doughnut-shaped building
- “Regatta Hotel” in Jakarta–consists of a “lighthouse” with 10 smaller towers
- “Jenga Pieces” in India–posh condo
- “Russian Tower” in Russia, 2012–will be twice the height of the Eiffel Tower
- “Penang Global City Centre” in Malaysia–will take another 15 years to complete, and situated on a tiny island
- “Gazprom Headquarters” in Russia–will naturally change colors ten times a day depending on the position of the sun.
- And the whopper, “Burj Dubai” in the UAE, 2008–will be the tallest man-made structure in the world. Period. Also, pictured on the right.