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At Floor 49, at height around 178 metres, there is an observation deck open to the public. Vietnam's first non-rooftop helipad is on the 52nd floor of the Bitexco Financial Tower. The helipad extends 22 meters out from the main structure. It is strong enough to carry a helicopter up to 3 tons of weight. Key design features. Grand Atrium Lobby
Sapporo TV Tower. / 43.06111°N 141.35639°E / 43.06111; 141.35639. The Sapporo TV Tower (さっぽろテレビ塔, Sapporo Terebi-tō), built in 1957, is a 147.2-metre-high (483 ft) TV tower with an observation deck at a height of 90.38 metres. [1] Located on the ground of Odori Park, in the northern city of Sapporo, Hokkaido, Japan ...
The Tower of the Americas is a 750-foot (229-meter) observation tower -restaurant located in the Hemisfair district in the southeastern portion of Downtown San Antonio, Texas, United States. The tower was designed by San Antonio architect O'Neil Ford [1] and was built as the theme structure of the 1968 World's Fair, HemisFair '68. [2]
Zhōngxìn Jítuán Zǒngbù Dàlóu. CITIC Tower (otherwise known as China Zun) is a supertall skyscraper in the Central Business District of Beijing, China. The 109-story, 528 m (1,732 ft) building constructed by China Construction Third Engineering Bureau is the tallest in the city, surpassing the China World Trade Center Tower III by 190 m ...
Observation deck. As the tallest building in Serbia, Kula Belgrade will have an observation deck at the top, on the 41st floor, with a view of the entire capital, rivers and landmarks such as the Belgrade Fortress, the Temple of Saint Sava and the Avala Tower. Visitors will reach this 360-degree viewpoint by high-speed elevators.
The Willis Tower, originally and still commonly referred to as the Sears Tower, is a 110- story, 1,451-foot (442.3 m) skyscraper in the Loop community area of Chicago in Illinois, United States. Designed by architect Bruce Graham and engineer Fazlur Rahman Khan of Skidmore, Owings & Merrill (SOM), it opened in 1973 as the world's tallest ...
The terms "mast" and "tower" are often used interchangeably. However, in structural engineering terms, a tower is a self-supporting or cantilevered structure, while a mast is held up by stays or guys. A mast is a guyed mast, a thin structure without the shear strength to stand unsupported, that uses attached guy lines for stability. They may be ...
3,363 aircrew. 2,265 aircraft (summer 1940 – May 1941) [3] The Blitz was a German bombing campaign against the United Kingdom, in 1940 and 1941, during the Second World War. The term was first used by the British press and originated from the term Blitzkrieg, the German word meaning 'lightning war'. [4]