Located in Seoul, the Lotte World Tower, designed by Kohn Pedersen Fox, has become the world’s fifth tallest tower, in the process knocking 1WTC—the tallest U.S. American building—out of the top five. At 555 meters tall, the Lotte World Tower has also surpassed Kuala Lumpur’s Petronas Twin Towers, which not long ago was among the tallest towers in the world. The Tower is nearly double the height of the now second-largest tower in Seoul, Three International Financial Center.
The Lotte World Tower houses retail spaces, offices, a luxury hotel, and an officitel—or studio-apartment style accommodations meant for the people who work in the building and which feature a slew of amenities. At the base of the building, the ten-story Lotte World Mall has already been open since 2014, and is a popular destination in the city, drawing 28.2 million people in its first year. That’s the equivalent of one out of every two South Koreans. The two building components are connected via interior pathways as well as an outdoor public space.
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Enlarge your tower! These days large towers are the equivalent of the wet dreams of dictators and corporate magnates.
Arabic monarchies and the Chinese regime build them to make people forget how they treat their women or dissidents.
I'm sad to see that South Korea joins that club. I thought that the country was somehow democratic.
When you want to show the world how progressive you are invest in real progress not status symbols.
I live around the site but..............ok..positive thinking ...
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