Bloomberg experts are confident that the money Russia spends on the health of its citizens has too little return. The healthcare systems of Hong Kong and Singapore are recognized as the most effective
Visitor at the registration desk in the clinic (Photo: Vitaly Belousov/RIA Novosti)
Russia has once again fallen to last place in Bloomberg's ranking of the effectiveness of its healthcare system. different countries(Health-Care Efficiency Index). It was first included in it at the end of 2014, also becoming the last, and a year later it managed to bypass Brazil.
Bloomberg experts consider the main indicator (60% weight) when calculating the place occupied by a particular state to be the life expectancy of the average citizen. Countries where it is less than 70 years are not included in the rating. That is why Russia first entered the list only in 2014 - before that, the life expectancy of Russians was below this mark.
In 2014, the life expectancy of the average Russian was estimated at 70.5 years. After two years, the situation worsened: life expectancy dropped to 70.37 years. The decrease in the most important indicator occurred despite a slight increase in government spending on healthcare (from 6.3 to 7.07% of GDP) and the cost of medical services per capita (from $887 to 893), according to the rating data.
Two years ago, Russia was at the bottom of the ranking, being in 51st place, but now it has moved to 55th. This is due to the fact that four more countries were additionally included in the list. It turned out that in these states government spending on medicine provides citizens with a longer life expectancy than in Russia.
Thus, in Jordan (51st place) they spend 7.45% of GDP, or $359 per person, on health care, but life expectancy is estimated at 74.5 years. It turns out that with lower treasury expenses, Jordanians live more than three years longer than Russians. Kazakhstan (45th place) spends 4.36% of its GDP on healthcare ($539 per person), which provides its residents with a life expectancy of 71.62 years.
In the United States, government spending on health care amounts, according to Bloomberg, to 17.14% of the country's GDP ($9,403 per person), but in terms of efficiency of spending, they are only in 50th place out of 55 countries included in the rating.
“The American health care system tends to be more fragmented and less organized and coordinated, which likely leads to inefficiency,” says Paul Ginsburg, a professor at the University of Southern California and director of the Center for Health Policy at the Brookings Institution.
The leaders of the ranking, as two years earlier, were Singapore and Hong Kong, while the latter managed to take first place since 2014. The share of healthcare expenditures here has grown to 5.4% of GDP ($2,021 per person), and average duration life is approaching 84 years. People do not live longer in any of the countries included in the rating.
In addition to Hong Kong, the top ten included: Singapore (82.65 years; 4.92% of GDP, $2752), Spain (83.8 years; 9.03% of GDP, $2658), South Korea(82.16 years; 7.37% of GDP, $2060), Japan (83.59 years; 10.23% of GDP, $3703), Italy (82.69 years; 9.25% of GDP, $3258), Israel (82 .15 years; 7.81% of GDP, $2910), Chile (81.5 years; 7.79% of GDP, $1137), UAE (77.37 years; 3.64% of GDP, $1611) and Australia (82.25 year; 9.42% of GDP, $6031).
In 2015, during the forum of the All-Russian National Front (ONF) dedicated to healthcare, Russian President Vladimir Putin stopped “stealing” money from the healthcare system. In response to a complaint from one of the journalists, according to whom, in order to stop the theft of money, an order from above is needed, the head of state turned to the head of Roszdravnadzor.
“What instructions do you need so that money is not stolen from the people?” - Putin said, assuring that the state timely and in full allocates the funds necessary for the normal operation of the compulsory health insurance system, and therefore the references of health officials to a lack of money are “absolutely unfounded.”
From year to year, talented engineers develop ambitious projects designed to make the life of the world's population more comfortable and safe. Billions of dollars are spent on creating power plants, bridges, tunnels and even artificial islands.
Today we invite you to take a look at Top 10 most expensive buildings in the world. Naturally, we only included in the top ten modern facilities, since it is not worth trying to estimate the cost of such structures as the Great Wall of China, the Kremlin and the Pyramids of Giza.
This bridge has already been “noted” in ours. The characteristics of this grandiose structure are as follows: length 42 km and six lanes for traffic. More than 30 thousand cars cross the bridge every day.
9. Large Hadron Collider, Switzerland ($6 billion)
The charged particle accelerator was designed and created by specialists from 3 dozen countries. The structure has impressive dimensions - the length of the main ring of the famous accelerator is 26 thousand meters. By the way, the name collider comes from English verb"collide", which means "to collide". After all, particle beams are accelerated inside the collider in opposite directions and collide at designated points.
8. Trans-Alaska Oil Pipeline (TAN), USA ($8 billion)
The 1,288 km long oil pipeline crosses the state of Alaska from north to south. TAN is one of the world's largest oil pipelines and is owned by Alyeska Pipeline Service Company. The structure includes the pipeline itself, 12 pumping stations and a terminal in the American city of Valdez.
7. Palm Jumeirah Artificial Island, UAE ($14 billion)
The construction of the island in the shape of a palm tree was carried out from 2001 to 2006. The dimensions of the artificial “Palm Tree” are 5x5 km, and the area is more than 800 football fields. The grandiose creation of human hands is visible from Earth’s orbit with the naked eye. Today, the artificial island has residential areas, private villas, hotels and a water park.
6. Great Boston Tunnel, USA ($14.8 billion)
The most expensive structure in US history is an 8-lane highway, the construction of which involved 5 thousand workers. By the way, mobile communications do not work in the tunnel, since the epoxy resin used to connect the walls may not withstand the additional weight of the base stations.
5. Three Gorges Hydroelectric Power Plant, China ($25 billion)
The world's largest operating power plant is located on the Yangtze River near the city of Sandouping. In order to make room for a huge reservoir created at the hydroelectric dam, the Chinese government resettled 1.3 million people to other parts of the country.
4. Itaipu Hydroelectric Plant, Brazil/Paraguay ($27 billion)
The huge hydroelectric power station on the Parana River is the world leader in annual electricity generation. The power plant supplies more than 20% of Brazil's electricity needs and about half of Paraguay's. By the way, in 2009, due to the accident in Itaipu, more than 50 million Brazilians and almost the entire population of Paraguay were left without electricity for a day.
3. Al Maktoum International Airport, UAE ($33 billion)
Dubai's air gates top our recently published. Currently, the airport is only partially operational, but once all work is completed, this huge complex will handle almost 160 million passengers a year.
2. Chek Lap Kok Airport, Hong Kong ($20 billion)
Most of this airport is located on an artificial island, which explains the rather high cost of construction. The airport's three terminals handle almost 50 million passengers and 4 million tons of cargo annually.
1. International Space Station ($157 billion)
15 countries of the world took part in the creation of the ISS. The preliminary design of the station was approved in 1995, and in November 1998, Russia launched its first element into orbit - the Zarya functional cargo block. Today, the ISS is the most expensive structure created by mankind in modern history.
This article contains 20 engineering wonders of the world.
Large Hadron Collider, abbreviated TANK(English) Large Hadron Collider, abbreviated LHC) is an accelerator of charged particles using colliding beams, designed to accelerate protons and heavy ions (lead ions) and study the products of their collisions. The collider was built in CERN e (European Council for Nuclear Research), located near Geneva, on the border of Switzerland and France. TANK is the largest experimental facility in the world. More than 10 thousand scientists and engineers from more than 100 countries participated and are participating in construction and research.
It is named large because of its size: the length of the main accelerator ring is 26,659 m; hadronic - due to the fact that it accelerates hadrons, that is, heavy particles consisting of quarks; collider (eng. collider - pusher) - due to the fact that particle beams are accelerated in opposite directions and collide at special collision points.
Abbr. ISS(English) International Space Station, abbr. ISS) is a manned orbital station used as a multi-purpose space research complex. ISS- a joint international project in which 15 countries participate (in alphabetical order): Belgium, Brazil, Germany, Denmark, Spain, Italy, Canada, the Netherlands, Norway, Russia, USA, France, Switzerland, Sweden, Japan.
Control ISS carried out: by the Russian segment - from the Control Center space flights in Korolev, the American segment - from the Mission Control Center in Houston. There is a daily exchange of information between the Centers.
Three Gorges- the world's largest operating hydroelectric power station, built in China on the Yangtze River, the third longest river in the world. Located near Sandouping City in Yichang City, Hubei Province. The world's largest power plant in terms of installed capacity. The gravity concrete dam of this reservoir is one of the largest in the world. When the reservoir was filled, 1.3 million people were displaced.
Petronas— 88-story skyscraper. Height - 451.9 meters. Located in the capital of Malaysia, Kuala Lumpur. The Prime Minister of Malaysia participated in the design of the skyscraper Mahathir Mohamad , who proposed building buildings in the “Islamic” style. Therefore, in plan the complex consists of two eight-pointed stars, and the architect added semicircular protrusions for stability.
6 years were allotted for construction (1992-1998). The towers were built by two different companies to create competition and increase productivity. During geological surveys, it turned out that the proposed construction site is located in one part on the edge of the rock, and the other on soft limestone. After such heavy towers were built on this site, one of them would inevitably sag. As a result, the buildings were completely moved to soft ground, moving 60 meters, and drove piles to a depth of more than 100 meters. On at the moment it is the largest concrete foundation in the world.
It is distinguished not only by its colossal size, but also by the complexity of its design. The area of all premises of the building is 213,750 m2, which corresponds to the area of 48 football fields. The towers themselves occupy 40 hectares in the city. The Petronas Towers houses offices, exhibition and conference rooms, and an art gallery.
Space X-ray Observatory "Chandra"(space telescope "Chandra", English Chandra) - space observatory launched NASA July 23, 1999 (via shuttle "Colombia") for space exploration in the X-ray range. Named after the American physicist and astrophysicist of Indian origin Chandrasekhara , who taught at the University of Chicago from 1937 until his death in 1995 and was known mainly for his work on white dwarfs.
Chandra— the third observatory of four launched NASA at the end of the 20th beginning of the 21st century. The first was a telescope Hubble, second Compton and fourth Spitzer.
The observatory was conceived and proposed NASA in 1976 Riccardo Giacconi And Harvey Tananbaum as a development of the observatory launched at that time HEAO-2(Einstein). In 1992, due to decreased funding, the design of the observatory was significantly changed - 4 of the 12 planned X-ray mirrors and 2 of the 6 planned focal instruments were removed.
Take-off weight AXAF/Chandra was 22,753 kg, which is an absolute record for the mass ever launched into space by the space shuttle. The bulk of the complex "Chandra" was a rocket that made it possible to launch a satellite into orbit, the apogee of which is approximately a third of the distance to the Moon.
The station was designed for an operating period of 5 years, but on September 4, 2001, NASA It was decided to extend the service life by 10 years due to the outstanding performance results.
6. Palm Deira - artificial island in Dubai
The Palm Islands are an archipelago of artificial islands. Located in the United Arab Emirates, in the emirate of Dubai. The archipelago includes three large islands, each shaped like a palm tree:
- Palm Jumeirah,
- Palm Jebel Ali,
- Palm Deira.
Between the islands there are also artificial archipelagos"World" and "Universe" from small islands.
The Siduhe Bridge is a suspension bridge across the Siduhe River valley in Hubei Province, China. The maximum height above ground level is 496 meters, making it the highest bridge in the world. The bridge is part of the G50 highway connecting Shanghai and Chongqing. The bridge has 4 working lanes for traffic and 2 reserve lanes.
The Beijing National Stadium, also known as the Bird's Nest, is a multi-functional sports complex built to host the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, China, located next to the swimming complex. In addition to hosting sports competitions, this stadium hosted the opening and closing ceremonies of the 2008 Olympic Games. Construction of the stadium began in December 2003 according to the design of the bureau Herzog and de Meuron . The stadium opened in March 2008.
The cost of construction of the stadium is estimated at 3.5 billion yuan, which is approximately 325 million euros.
9. Five-star JW Marriott Marquis hotel in Dubai
JW Marriott Marquis Dubai- this is a high-rise hotel complex in Dubai, UAE, at the moment, according to Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat , which is the tallest hotel in the world. It consists of two buildings with a height of 355 meters.
Initially the company The Emirates Group planned to build only one 77-story tower 350 meters high. Construction was expected to be completed in 2008. However, then the architecture of the building underwent significant changes. The new twin tower project was approved in 2006. At first it was planned to build towers with a height of 395 meters, then changes were made to the project, and the planned height of the buildings was reduced to 355 meters.
The opening of the hotel was timed to coincide with the visit of the delegation of the International Exhibition Bureau to Dubai: the UAE has submitted an application to host the World Universal Exhibition Expo in Dubai in 2020.
The project cost was about 1.8 billion UAE dirhams (approximately $432 million).
The hotel complex includes 1,608 rooms and 15 restaurants, as well as a business center, conference rooms, meeting rooms, a spa center and a shopping complex. In addition, on the 7th floor of one of the buildings there is a 32-meter bowl-pool with associated infrastructure.
Kingda Ka- an attraction, the tallest and second fastest roller coaster in the world. Located in the park "Six Flags", New Jersey, USA.
The trolley, using a hydraulic mechanism, accelerates to 206 km/h in 3.5 seconds. The train rises to the top of the tower, reaching a height of 139 meters, and then rolls down under its own weight.
May Day Stadium- stadium located in Pyongyang (DPRK). It is the largest stadium in the world in terms of capacity, designed for 150,000 spectators, built in 1989 to host the XIII Festival of Youth and Students. Design Features "May Day Stadium" There are sixteen arches forming a ring, because of this the stadium is shaped like a magnolia flower. The arena is used for home matches of the DPRK national team, but its main purpose is the Arirang mass festival.
12. Akashi Kaikyo - the longest suspension bridge
The Akashi Kaikyo is a suspension bridge in Japan that crosses the Akashi Strait and connects the city of Kobe on the island of Honshu with the city of Awaji on the island of Awaji. Is part of one of the three highways, connecting Honshu and Shikoku.
The bridge is the longest suspension bridge in the world: its total length is 3911 m, the central span is 1991 m long, and the side spans are 960 m long. The height of the pylons is 298 m.
The length of the main span was originally planned to be 1990 m, but it was increased by one meter after the Kobe earthquake on January 17, 1995.
The bridge design has a system of double-hinged stiffening beams that allows it to withstand wind speeds of up to 80 m/s, earthquakes of magnitude up to 8.5 and resist strong sea currents. To reduce the loads acting on the bridge, there is also a system of pendulums operating at the resonant frequency of the bridge structure.
13. Mid - largest reservoir in the USA
Lake Mead is the largest reservoir in the United States. It is located on the Colorado River 30 miles (48 km) southeast of Las Vegas, Nevada, on the Nevada-Arizona border. Formed by the construction of the Hoover Dam, it extends 110 miles (180 km) beyond the dam. The total volume of water is 35 km 3 . The water stored in the reservoir is transported via aqueducts to communities in southern California and Nevada.
14. Project Genesis - the world's largest cruise ship
Luxury ship of the company Royal Caribbean called "Project Genesis" is the largest cruise ship the world has ever known, costing $1.24 billion.
The ship is 1,180 feet long (16 decks) and can accommodate 5,400 passengers in 2,700 cabins. The finished vessel contains Central Park(just like one of the parks in New York), luxury hotels, restaurants “150 Central Park”, “Central Park Cafe”, “Giovanni’s Table”, bars “Canopy Bar”, “Rising Tide”, Vintages wine library, public places, picnic areas. In Central Park, similar to a city center, guests will be provided with balcony rooms - great places for social gatherings throughout the day and night. The liner also has six other sections.
Hangzhou Bay Bridge, or Great Transoceanic Bridge over Hangzhou Bay - cable-stayed bridge in Hangzhou Bay off the east coast of China. Connects the cities of Shanghai and Ningbo (Zhejiang Province) and is the longest transoceanic bridge in the world.
Opened to traffic on May 1, 2008, although it was expected that the bridge would only be completed by Expo 2010. Construction of the bridge began on June 8, 2003 and continued until 2007, after which closed testing of the bridge was carried out for several months.
The length of the bridge is about 36 km, traffic is carried out on three lanes in each direction. This is the third longest bridge across water spaces. The design speed of the bridge is 100 km/h, service life is more than 100 years. The total cost of investment in construction was 11.8 billion yuan (about 1.4 billion US dollars at the December 2004 exchange rate). 35% of the investment was made by private enterprises in Ningbo, highly interested in quick access to the financial center and largest port countries in Shanghai. Another 59% are loans provided by China's central and regional banks.
Eurotunnel, Channel Tunnel (French tunnel sous la Manche, English Channel Tunnel, also sometimes simply Euro Tunnel) is a double-track railway tunnel, about 51 km long, of which 39 km is under the English Channel. Connects continental Europe with the UK by rail. Thanks to the tunnel, it became possible to visit London from Paris in just 2 hours 15 minutes; In the tunnel itself, trains take from 20 to 35 minutes. It was inaugurated on May 6, 1994.
The Singapore Flyer is a giant Ferris wheel located in Singapore, built in 2005-2008. It reaches the height of a 55-story building, with a total height of 165 m (541 ft), making it the largest high wheel Ferris wheel in the world, 5 m (16 ft) taller than the Nanchang Star and 30 m (98 ft) taller than the London Eye.
Each of the 28 air-conditioned capsules can accommodate 28 passengers. Full turn wheels takes about 30 minutes. The wheel originally rotated in a counterclockwise direction when viewed from the Marine Center, but its direction of rotation was changed on August 4, 2008, on the advice of feng shui experts.
Pan-STARRS(English) Panoramic Survey Telescope and Rapid Response System- a system of panoramic viewing and rapid response telescopes) - a realizable automatic system of 4 telescopes that will see objects a hundred times less bright (up to the 24th magnitude) than those available with today's automated reviews. This will make it possible to detect 99% of asteroids crossing the Earth's orbit with a diameter of over 300 m.
Telescope system Pan-STARRS will be located on top Mauna Kea volcano on the island of Hawaii. It will have access to 3/4 of the entire sky, or 30,000 square degrees. The entire accessible area of the sky will be scanned three times a month. A single frame will have a shutter speed of 30 seconds. The same area of the sky will be repeatedly imaged at intervals of several tens of minutes. After each scan, several terabytes of data will be received for analysis: from the variety of astronomical objects, those that move or change their brightness will be selected.
Telescopes Pan-STARRS will have a large viewing angle ( large field vision) - 7 square degrees (a square with a side of 2.6 °), which will cover the sky relatively a small amount pictures.
The project includes four telescopes with mirrors each 1.8 m in diameter and 1.4 gigapixel CCD cameras.
This program is the most important telescope project at the University of Hawaii in the last 30 years.
19. Tianhe-2 (MilkyWay-2) - the most powerful computer in the world
Tianhe-2(literally: "Milky Way 2") is a supercomputer designed Defense Science and Technology University People's Liberation Army of the People's Republic of China and company Inspur .
While the supercomputer is in Defense Science and Technology University PLA, but later it will be installed in National Supercomputer Center in Guangzhou. The project was initially planned to be completed in 2015, but it was launched ahead of schedule. It is expected that Tianhe-2 will be fully deployed by the end of 2013.
Tianhe-2 consists of 16 thousand nodes, each of which includes 2 processors Intel Xeon E5-2692 on architecture Ivy Bridge with 12 cores each (2.2 GHz frequency) and 3 dedicated coprocessors Intel Xeon Phi 31S1P(on architecture Intel MIC, 57 cores per accelerator, frequency 1.1 GHz, passive cooling). Each node has 64 GB DDR3 ECC memory (16 modules) and an additional 8 GB GDDR5 each Xeon Phi(total 88 GB). IN total, the total number of computing cores reaches 3.12 million (384 thousand Ivy Bridge and 2736 thousand Xeon Phi), which is the largest public installation of such processors.
20. Alfonso del Mar - the largest artificial reservoir in the world
Private hotel pool San Alfonso del Mar in Chile is 1 km long and covers an area of 8 hectares. Maximum depth- 35 m. It contains 250,000,000 liters of water, which is filtered and pumped from the Pacific Ocean.
The publication was prepared by staff CompMechLab® based on website materials
Old or new, with complex or simple structures, these buildings are undoubtedly the most incredible in the world. There are attractive ones, there are unusual ones, and there are just crazy buildings that are unlike anything else. Sometimes it can even be difficult to immediately understand what is in front of you - a house or something else?
Lotus Temple
(Delhi, India)
The main Bahai temple of India and neighboring countries, built in 1986. Located in New Delhi, the capital of India. A huge building made of snow-white Pentelic marble in the shape of a blooming lotus flower is one of the most popular attractions among tourists in Delhi. Known as the main temple of the Indian subcontinent and the main attraction of the city.
The Lotus Temple has won several architectural awards and has been featured in numerous newspaper and magazine articles. In 1921, the young Bombay Baha'i community asked 'Abdu'l-Bahá for permission to build a Baha'i temple in Bombay, to which the answer was allegedly given: "By the will of God, in the future a majestic temple of worship will be erected in one of the central cities of India," that is, in Delhi .
"Khan Shatyr"
(Astana, Kazakhstan)
A large shopping and entertainment center in the capital of Kazakhstan, Astana (architect - Norman Foster). Opened on July 6, 2010, it is considered the largest tent in the world. The total area of “Khan Shatyr” is 127,000 m2. It houses retail, shopping and entertainment complexes, including a supermarket, a family park, cafes and restaurants, cinemas, gyms, a water park with an artificial beach and wave pools, service and office premises, parking for 700 spaces and much more.
The highlight of “Khan Shatyr” is a beach resort with a tropical climate, plants and a temperature of +35°C all year round. The resort's sandy beaches are equipped with a heating system that creates the feeling of a real beach, and the sand is imported from the Maldives. The building is a giant 150 m high tent (spire), constructed from a network of steel cables, on which a transparent ETFE polymer coating is fixed. Thanks to its special chemical composition, it protects the interior of the complex from sudden temperature changes and creates a comfortable microclimate inside the complex. “Khan Shatyr” entered the top ten world eco-buildings according to Forbes Style magazine, becoming the only building from the entire CIS that the publication decided to include in its hit parade.
The opening of the Khan Shatyr shopping and entertainment center took place as part of the celebration of Astana Day with the participation of the President of Kazakhstan Nursultan Nazarbayev. During the opening ceremony, a concert by world performer, Italian tenor of classical music Andrea Bocelli took place. The most interesting thing is that any Tyumen resident can visit this amazing place: Astana is only a nine-hour drive.
Guggenheim Museum
(Bilbao, Spain)
Designed by American architect Frank Gehry, the Guggenheim Museum is a magnificent example of the most... innovative ideas architecture of the 20th century. Constructed from titanium, it is decorated with wavy lines that change color under the sun's rays. The total area is 24,000 m2, 11,000 of which are dedicated to exhibitions.
The Guggenheim Museum is a true architectural landmark, a showcase of daring configurations and innovative design that provides a seductive backdrop to the artworks housed within. This building changed the world's view of modern architecture and museums and became a symbol of renaissance industrial city Bilbao.
(Minsk, Belarus)
The history of the National Library of Belarus begins on September 15, 1922. On this day, by resolution of the Council People's Commissars The Belarusian State and University Library was founded in the BSSR. The number of readers was constantly increasing. Over the course of its history, the library has replaced several buildings, and soon the need arose to build a new large and functional library building.
Back in 1989, a competition for building designs was held at the republican level new library. The “glass diamond” by architects Mikhail Vinogradov and Viktor Kramarenko was recognized as the best. On May 19, 1992, by Resolution of the Council of Ministers, the Belarusian State Library received national status. On March 7, 2002, the President of the Republic signed a decree on the construction of the building of the state institution “National Library of Belarus”. But its construction began only in November 2002.
The opening ceremony of the “Belarusian diamond” took place on June 16, 2006. President of Belarus Alexander Grigorievich Lukashenko (who, by the way, received library card No. 1) noted at the opening ceremony that “this unique building combines the strict beauty of modern architecture and the latest scientific and technical solutions.” Indeed, the National Library of Belarus is a unique architectural, construction, software and hardware complex, built in accordance with the latest scientific and technical developments and aimed at meeting the information and sociocultural needs of society.
The new library building houses 20 reading rooms, which can accommodate 2,000 users. All rooms are equipped with electronic departments for issuing documents, modern equipment that allows scanning and copying documents, printing from electronic copies. The halls have computerized workstations, workstations for visually impaired and blind users, equipped with special equipment.
crooked house
(Sopot, Poland)
In the Polish city of Sopot, on the Heroes of Monte Cassino Street, there is one of the most unusual houses on the planet - the Crooked House (in Polish - Krzywy Domek). It seems that it either melted in the sun, or it is an optical illusion, and this is not the house itself, but only its reflection in a huge crooked mirror.
A crooked house is truly crooked and does not contain a single flat place or corner. It was built in 2004 according to the design of two Polish architects – Szotinski and Zalewski – who were impressed by the drawings of artists Jan Marcin Schanzer and Per Oskar Dahlberg. The main task The authors' goal for the customer, which was the Resident shopping center, was to create the appearance of the building that would attract as many visitors as possible. A variety of materials are used in the design of the facade: from glass to stone, and the roof made of enamel plates resembles the back of a dragon. The doors and windows are just as asymmetrical and intricately curved, giving the house the appearance of some kind of fairy-tale hut.
The Crooked House is open 24 hours a day. During the day there is a shopping center, cafes and other establishments, and in the evening there are pubs and clubs. In the dark the house becomes even more beautiful. In 2009, the building was recognized as one of the Seven Wonders of the Tricity, which includes the cities of Gdynia, Gdansk and Sopot. According to a recent survey by The Village of Joy, Crooked House topped the list of the fifty most unusual buildings in the world.
teapot building
(Jiangsu, China)
In China, the construction of the cultural and exhibition center Wuxi Wanda Exhibition Center, made in the form of a clay teapot, is being completed. This building has already officially entered the Guinness Book of Records as the tallest teapot in the world. The choice of this form is not accidental: clay teapots have been considered symbols of the Celestial Empire since the 15th century. They are still produced in Jiangsu province, where the Wuxi Wanda Exhibition Center is located. In addition to making clay teapots, China is also famous for its elite varieties of tea.
Developer The Wanda Group announced that 40 billion yuan ($6.4 billion) were spent on the construction of the cultural and exhibition center. The result was a structure with an area of 3.4 million m2, a height of 38.8 m and a diameter of 50 m. The outside of the building is sheathed with aluminum sheets, which provide the necessary curvature of the frame. Besides them there are many important role stained glass windows of different sizes play.
The center of Wuxi Wanda will feature exhibition halls, a water park, a roller coaster, and a Ferris wheel. In addition, each of the three floors of the building will be able to rotate on its own axis. The cultural and exhibition center is part of the Tourism City shopping and entertainment complex, the construction of which is planned to be completed by 2017.
"Habitat 67"
(Montreal, Canada)
The unusual residential complex in Montreal was designed by architect Moshe Safdie in 1966–1967. The complex was built for the start of Expo 67, one of the largest world exhibitions of that time, the theme of which was houses and residential construction.
The basis of the structure is 354 cubes, built on top of each other. It was they who made it possible to create this gray building with 146 apartments, where families live who exchanged a quiet house in a residential area for such a non-standard house. Most apartments have a private garden on the roof of the neighbor below.
The building style is considered brutalism. Habitat 67 was built more than 45 years ago, but still amazes with its scale. This is, without a doubt, one of the few modern utopias that not only came to life, but also became very popular and was even considered elite.
Dancing building
(Prague, Czech Republic)
An office building in Prague in the deconstructivist style consists of two cylindrical towers: a conventional one and a destructive one. The Dancing House, jokingly called "Ginger and Fred", is an architectural metaphor for the dancing couple Ginger Rogers and Fred Astaire. One of the two cylindrical parts, which expands upward, symbolizes a male figure (Fred), and the second visually resembles a female figure with a thin waist and a fluttering skirt (Ginger).
Like many deconstructivist buildings, the building contrasts sharply with its neighbor - an integral architectural complex of the turn of the 19th and 20th centuries. The office center, which houses several international companies, is located in Prague 2, on the corner of Resslova Street and the embankment. On the roof there is a French restaurant overlooking Prague, La Perle de Prague.
Forest spiral building
(Darmstadt, Germany)
The Austrian genius Friedensreich Hundertwasser donated a unique building to the German city of Darmstadt in 2000. Painted in different colors, a magic house from a children's fairy tale with floating lines of a curved facade, it looks out onto the world with 1048 windows of non-repeating shapes, sizes and decor. Real trees grow from some of the windows.
This original structure in the form of a horseshoe spiraling upward is called “an unusual house among the usual monotony.” It was built in a “biomorphic” style, although, in fact, it is a real 12-story residential complex, or rather, a kind of fairy-tale green village. It includes not only a house with 105 comfortable apartments, but also a quiet courtyard with artificial lakes, shaped bridges and paths trodden right in the grass; artistically designed children's playgrounds; closed parking lots; shops; pharmacy and other elements of developed infrastructure.
Upside Down House
(Szymbark, Poland)
The unique house, which sits on the roof, is decorated in the socialist style of the 1970s. An upside-down house evokes strange sensations: the entrance is on the roof, everyone enters through the window, and guests walk on the ceiling. The interior is decorated in the style of socialist realism: there is a lounge room with a TV and a chest of drawers. There is also a table made from the longest solid board in the world - 36.83 m. Of course, the Guinness Book of Records did not ignore it.
The building took more time and money to construct than a conventional house of the same size. The foundation required 200 m³ of concrete. The author of the project was asked many times whether his project was related to commercial purposes. The answer was always a stubborn “no.” However, the upside-down house turned out to be a commercial success.
Test yourself for strength and look at interesting building not only Poles come, but also foreign tourists. Through the attic window you can enter the house and, carefully maneuvering between the chandeliers, walk around the rooms. Some sources claim that the developer intended to use the new building as his own home. Whether this is so is unknown, but the upside-down house in Szymbark never became residential.
However, there is nothing to complain about: the line of tourists who want to go inside does not dry out, so there is no need to worry about peaceful life and there would be no talk. A few years ago, in the vicinity of the house, there was even a kind of gathering of local Santa Clauses, who not only discussed their problems, but also practiced getting inside the house through a pipe, since, fortunately for them, it rests on the ground.
Wat Rong Khun
(Chiang Rai, Thailand)
Wat Rong Khun, better known as the White Temple, is considered one of the most recognizable temples in Thailand and undoubtedly one of the most beautiful buildings in the world. The temple is located outside the city of Chiang Rai and attracts a large number of visitors, Thai and foreign. This is one of the most visited attractions in Chiang Rai and the most unusual Buddhist temple.
Wat Rong Khun looks like an ice house. Because of its color, the building is noticeable from afar, and it sparkles in the sun thanks to the inclusions of glass pieces in the plaster. The white color signifies the purity of the Buddha, while the glass symbolizes the wisdom of the Buddha and the Dharma, the Buddhist teachings. They say the best time to visit the White Temple is at sunrise or sunset, when it reflects beautifully in the sun's rays.
Construction of the temple began in 1997 and is still ongoing. It is being built by Thai artist Chalermchai Kositpipat with his own funds, proceeds from the sale of paintings. The artist refused sponsors: he wants to make the temple the way only he wants.
Basket building
(Ohio, USA)
The basket building was built in 1997. The weight of the structure is approximately 8500 tons, the weight of the supporting supports is 150 tons. Almost 8,000 m3 of reinforced concrete was used during construction. The usable area of the building is 180,000 square feet. The basket is located on an area of about 20,000 square feet (approximately 2200 m2) and completely copies one of its owner's trademarks.
When the project architect Nikolina Georgievsha found out what was in store for her, she exclaimed: “Wow! I’ve never done anything like this before!” Indeed, this building cannot be called standard. Unlike other buildings, it expands upward. This made it possible to significantly increase the working space of the offices: the building is designed for a staff of 500 employees. Not bad, considering that the building also has a seven-story atrium with an area of 3,300 m2, around which the offices are located. In addition, the ground floor is occupied by a theater-like auditorium with 142 seats. The building aspires to a certain pomp: the design takes into account two plates attached to the building with the owner’s trademark, coated with 23-karat gold.
(Sanji, Taiwan)
The strange and wonderful town of Sanji in Taiwan is an abandoned resort complex. The houses in it were shaped like a flying saucer, so they were called UFO houses. The city was acquired as a resort for American military personnel serving in East Asia.
The original idea for building such houses belonged to the owner of the Sanjhih Township plastics company, Mr. Yu-Ko Chow. The first construction license was issued in 1978. The design was developed by Finnish architect Matti Suuronen. But construction was stopped in 1980 when Yu-Chou declared bankruptcy. All efforts to resume work came to nothing. In addition, several serious accidents occurred during construction due to the allegedly disturbed spirit of the mythical Chinese dragon (as superstitious people claimed). Many believed that the place was haunted. As a result, the village was abandoned and soon became known as a ghost town.
Stone house
(Fafe, Portugal)
The Casa do Penedo house in the mountains of Portugal, built between four boulders, resembles a Stone Age dwelling. The isolated hut was built in 1974 by Vitor Rodriguez and was intended for relaxation away from the hustle and bustle of the city.
The desire for simplicity did not make the Rodriguez family hermits, but brought them closer to a natural lifestyle without excesses. Electricity was never installed in the house; Candles are still used for lighting here. The room is heated using a fireplace carved into one of the boulders. The stone walls serve as a continuation of the interior decoration: even the steps leading to the second floor are carved directly into the stones.
The stone hut, reminiscent of the home of the characters in the American animated series “The Flintstones,” blended so organically into the surrounding landscape that it aroused great interest among architects and tourists. The curiosity of local residents and passing travelers forced the Rodriguez family to leave the house. Now no one lives in the hut, but the owners sometimes visit their unusual home. Only in this case is there a chance to see unusual interiors, at other times it is impossible to get inside Casa do Penedo.
Central Library
(Kansas City, Missouri, USA)
Located in the heart of Kansas City, it is one of the first projects aimed at revitalizing the city and its historical and tourism value. Residents were asked to remember the most famous books that were somehow connected with the name of Kansas City, and over the course of two years they selected twenty fiction books. The appearance of these publications was incorporated into the innovative design of the Central City Library to encourage visitation.
The library building looks like bookshelf, on which giant books are laid out. Each of them reaches seven meters in height and about two meters in width. Nowadays, libraries have at their disposal not only the most modern technologies and excellent quality of service, but also conference rooms, a cafe, an examination room and much more. The Kansas City Public Library has unique architecture that is stunning. Today it is the pride of the residents of the city of Kansas. Its construction was one of the most significant events on the way to transforming a provincial town into a thriving metropolis. The library has ten branches, the main one of which is the largest and has special collections. The library's arsenal is 2.5 million books, attendance is more than 2.4 million clients per year.
The history of the library begins in 1873, when it opened its doors to readers and immediately became not only a source of resources for education, but also an excellent alternative to other entertainment establishments of the time. The public library has moved many times, and in 1999 it was moved to the former First National Bank building. The century-old building was a true masterpiece of craftsmanship: marble columns, bronze doors and walls richly decorated with stucco. But still it required reconstruction. With the help of public-private cooperation, funds collected from the state and municipal budgets, as well as sponsorship, doors public library Kansas were opened in 2004 already in the form in which it is now.
Solar oven
(Odelio, France)
A stunning structure that looks like and is, in fact, an oven, the Solar Oven in France is designed to generate and concentrate the high temperatures required for various processes. This happens by trapping the sun's rays and concentrating their energy in one place.
The structure is covered with curved mirrors, their radiance is so great that it is impossible to look at them. The structure was erected in 1970, and the Eastern Pyrenees was chosen as the most suitable location. To this day, the Furnace remains the largest in the world. The array of mirrors functions as a parabolic reflector, and the high temperature regime at the focus itself can reach up to 3500°C. You can regulate the temperature by changing the angles of the mirrors.
Using this natural resource Like sunlight, a solar oven is considered indispensable for producing high temperatures. And they, in turn, are used for a variety of processes. Thus, the production of hydrogen requires a temperature of 1400°C. Test modes of spacecraft and nuclear reactors require a temperature of 2500°C, and without a temperature of 3500°C it is impossible to create nanomaterials. In short, the Solar Oven is not just an amazing building, but also vital and efficient. At the same time, it is considered an environmentally friendly and relatively cheap way to obtain high temperatures.
"Robert Ripley's House"
(Niagara Falls, Canada)
"Ripley's House" in Orlando is an illustration of the theme not of technological revolution, but of natural disasters. This house was built in memory of the magnitude 8 earthquake that happened here in 1812.
Today, the allegedly cracked building is recognized as one of the most photographed buildings in the world. “Believe it or not!” (Ripley's Believe It or Not!) is a patented network of so-called Ripley Auditoriums (museums of strange and incredible things), of which there are more than 30 in the world.
The idea came from Robert Ripley (1890–1949), an American cartoonist, entrepreneur and anthropologist. The first traveling collection, Ripley's Auditorium, was presented in Chicago in 1933 during the World's Fair. On a permanent basis, the first museum “Believe it or not!” was opened after Ripley's death, in 1950 in Florida, in the city of St. Augustine. The Canadian museum of the same name was founded in 1963 in the city of Niagara Falls (Niagara Falls, Ontario) and still has a reputation as the best museum in the city. The Auditorium building is built in the shape of the falling Empire State Building (New York) with King Kong standing on the roof.
Boot House
(Pennsylvania, USA)
The shoe house in Pennsylvania (York County) was conceived by a very successful businessman, Colonel Mahlon N. Heinz. At that time, he owned a thriving shoe company, which included about 40 shoe stores. At that time, Heinz was already 73 years old, but he loved his business so much that he commissioned an architect to create an unusual structure in the shape of a boot. This was in 1948. Already in 1949, the dream of a shoe businessman was realized, and the restless Mahlon N. Heinz was able not only to admire the extraordinary building, but also to live there.
The length of this house is 12 m, height – 8. Its facade was made as follows: first, a wooden frame was created, which was then filled with cement. Surprisingly, even the mailbox of this house is made in the shape of a shoe. There is a boot in the bars on the windows and doors. Near the house there is a dog kennel, which was also made in the shape of a shoe. And even the sign located on the road has shoes. But in fact, the shoe house has such an orientation only from the outside. Inside, this is a completely comfortable home, quite cozy and spacious. An external staircase (most likely a fire staircase) is mounted on the side of the house, allowing access to all five tiers of the unusual building.
Dome house
(Florida, USA)
After a series of destructive hurricanes and tropical storms in the state of Florida (USA), as a result of which Mark and Valeria Sigler were left without a roof over their heads each time, they decided to build a house that could withstand the pressure of the elements and at the same time be beautiful and comfortable. The result of their work was a house with an unusually strong structure and a unique design.
For people living in coastal zone, it is very important that they have somewhere to return after the storm. Ordinary houses are very often destroyed to the ground, while the “Dome House” can stand as if nothing had happened even under a wind rushing at a speed of 450 km/h. At the same time, the Sigler house fits perfectly into the surrounding landscape: the dome perfectly suits the surroundings of dunes, ponds and vegetation. The structure of the building is made of modern environmentally friendly materials that can last for several centuries.
Cube buildings
(Rotterdam, Netherlands)
A number of unusual houses were built in Rotterdam and Helmond according to the innovative design of the architect Piet Blom in 1984. Blom's radical decision was that he rotated the parallelepiped of the house by 45 degrees and placed it at an angle on a hexagonal pylon. There are 38 of these houses in Rotterdam and two more super-cubes, all of which are articulated with each other. From a bird's eye view, the complex has an intricate appearance, resembling an impossible triangle.
The houses consist of three floors:
● Ground floor – entrance.
● The first is a living room with a kitchen.
● Second – two bedrooms with a bathroom.
● Upper – sometimes a small garden is planted here.
The walls and windows are inclined at an angle of 54.7 degrees in relation to the floor. The total area of the apartment is about 100 m2, but about a quarter of the space is unusable due to the walls, which are at an angle.
Burj Al Arab Hotel
(Dubai, United Arab Emirates)
Luxury hotel in Dubai, the largest city in the United Arab Emirates. The building stands in the sea at a distance of 280 m from the shore on an artificial island connected to the land by a bridge. With a height of 321 m, the hotel was considered the tallest hotel in the world until another Dubai hotel, the 333 m tall Rose Tower, opened in April 2008.
Construction of the hotel began in 1994, and it opened to visitors on December 1, 1999. The hotel was built in the shape of the sail of a dhow, an Arabian ship. Closer to the top there is a helipad, and on the other side is the El Muntaha restaurant (from Arabic - “the highest”). Both are supported by cantilever beams.
Absolute Towers
Like every other fast-growing suburb in North America, Mississauga is looking for its next architectural appearance. Towers "Absolute" steel new opportunity to respond to the needs of an ever-expanding city, to create a residential landmark that will claim to be more than just efficient housing. They can create a permanent emotional connection for residents with their hometown. Such a structure can easily be included in the list of the most beautiful skyscrapers peace.
Instead of the simple, functional logic of modernism, the design of the towers expresses complex, multiple needs modern society. These buildings are much more than just multifunctional machines. It is something beautiful, human and alive. The towers play an important role as a gateway to the city, located at the intersection of two main city streets.
Despite special status of these towers as a significant landmark, the emphasis in the project was not on their height, as is the case with most of the most tall buildings peace. The design features continuous balconies that surround the entire building, eliminating the vertical barriers traditionally used in architecture high-rise buildings. The Absolute Towers rotate in different projections at different levels, blending with the surrounding landscapes. The designers' goal was to provide a clear 360-degree view from anywhere in the building, as well as to connect residents with natural elements, awakening in them a reverent attitude towards nature. The height of Tower A with 56 floors is 170 m, and Tower B with 50 floors is 150 m.
Pabellon de Aragon
(Zaragoza, Spain)
The building, which looks like a wicker basket, appeared in Zaragoza in 2008. The construction was timed to coincide with the full-scale exhibition Expo 2008, dedicated to the problems of water shortage on the planet. The Aragon Pavilion, literally woven from glass and steel, is crowned with strange-looking structures placed on the roof.
According to its creators, the building reflects deep trace, which was left on the territory of Zaragoza by five ancient civilizations. In addition, inside the building you can learn about the history of water and how man learned to manage the planet's water resources.
(Graz, Austria)
This museum and gallery of contemporary art was opened as part of the European Capital of Culture program in 2003. The building concept was developed by London architects Peter Cook and Colin Fournier. The facade of the museum was made by realities:united using BIX technology as a media installation with an area of 900 m2, consisting of luminous elements that can be programmed using a computer. It allows the museum to communicate with the surrounding urban space.
The installation won a number of awards. The BIX façade was conceived when the rest of the building was already being worked out. In addition to the late deadlines, it was difficult to integrate into the concepts of other authors. In addition, the facade, without a doubt, became the dominant element of the architectural image. The architect-authors accepted the facade design because it was based on their original ideas about a large luminous surface.
Concert hall
(Canary Islands, Spain)
One of the most famous and recognizable buildings in Spain, the symbol of the city of Santa Cruz de Tenerife, one of the most significant works of modern architecture and one of the main attractions of the Canary Islands. The opera was built according to the design of Santiago Calatrava in 2003.
The Auditorio de Tenerife building is located in the city center, close to the Cesar Manrique Marine Park, the city port and the Twin Towers of Torres de Santa Cruz. There is a tram station nearby. You can enter the opera hall from both sides of the building. The Auditorio de Tenerife has two terraces overlooking the sea.
Coin building
(Guangzhou, China)
In the Chinese city of Guangzhou there is a unique building in the shape of a huge disk with a hole inside. It will house the Guangdong Plastics Exchange. The final cosmetic work is currently underway here.
The coin building, 33 floors and 138 meters high, has an opening with a diameter of almost 50 meters, which has a functional, as well as design, significance. The main shopping area will be located around it. It is obvious that the building has already become one of the main attractions of Guangdong province. However, opinions are divided regarding its symbolic meaning.
The Italian company that developed the project claims that the shape is based on jade discs that were owned by ancient Chinese rulers and nobility. They symbolized high moral qualities person. In addition, together with its reflection in the Pearl River, on which the building stands, it forms the number 8. According to the Chinese, it brings good luck. However, many citizens of Guangzhou saw in this building a Chinese coin, symbolizing the desire for material wealth, and the people already nicknamed this building “the disk of the wasteful rich.” It has not yet been announced when the building will be open to visitors.
"Stone Cave"
(Barcelona, Spain)
Construction began in 1906, and by 1910 the five-story building had already become one of the most famous buildings in Barcelona. Locals They dubbed it “La Pedrera” - a stone cave. And indeed, the house resembled a real cave. When creating it, Gaudi basically abandoned straight lines. The five-story residential building was erected without a single corner. The architect made the load-bearing structures not walls, but columns and vaults, which gave him unlimited scope in the layout of rooms, the heights of which were different.
In order for a sufficient amount of light to penetrate into each room with such a complex layout, Gaudi had to make several courtyards with light ovals. Thanks to these numerous ovals, windows and undulating balconies, the house looks like a block of solidified lava. Or on a cliff with caves.
Music building
(Huainan, China)
Piano House consists of two parts depicting two instruments: a transparent violin rests on a translucent piano. The unique building was built for music lovers, but has nothing to do with music. The violin contains an escalator, and the piano contains exhibition complex, in which plans of streets and districts of the city are presented to visitors. The facility was created at the suggestion of local authorities.
The unusual building seeks to attract the attention of Chinese residents and numerous tourists to the new developing area, in which it became the most iconic object. Thanks to the continuous glazing of the facades with transparent and tinted glass, the premises of the complex receive the maximum possible natural light. And at night, the body of the object disappears in the darkness, leaving only the neon contours of the silhouettes of giant “tools” visible. Despite its popularity, the building is often criticized as a kind of postmodern kitsch and a typical student project, in which there is much more outrageousness than art and functionality.
CCTV Headquarters
(Beijing, China)
CCTV headquarters is a skyscraper in Beijing. The building will house the headquarters of China Central Television. Construction work began on September 22, 2004, and was completed in 2009. The architects of the building are Rem Koolhaas and Ole Scheeren (OMA company).
The skyscraper is 234 m high and consists of 44 floors. The main building is built in an unusual style and is a ring-shaped structure of five horizontal and vertical sections forming an irregular lattice on the building's façade with an empty center. The total floor area is 473,000 m².
The construction of the building was considered a difficult task, especially considering its location in an earthquake-prone zone. Because of its unusual shape, it has already acquired the nickname “pants”. Second building, Television cultural center, will house the Mandarin Oriental Hotel Group, visitor center, large community theater and exhibition areas.
Ferrari World Amusement Park
(Yas Island, Abu Dhabi)
Ferrari Theme Park is housed under a 200,000 m² roof and is the world's largest indoor theme park. Ferrari World officially opened on November 4, 2010. It is also home to the world's fastest pneumatic roller coaster, Formula Rossa.
The symbolic roof of Ferrari World was designed by Benoy architects. It was designed based on the profile of the Ferrari GT. Ramboll provided structural engineering, integrated planning and urban design, engineering geology and design of the building facade. The total roof area is 200,000 m² with a perimeter of 2,200 m, the park area is 86,000 m², making it the largest theme park in the world.
The roof of the building is decorated with the Ferrari logo measuring 65 by 48.5 m. This is the largest company logo ever created. 12,370 tons of steel were used to support the roof. In its center there is a hundred-meter glass funnel.
Innovative residential complex Reversible-Destiny Lofts
(Tokyo, Japan)
According to the architect's plan, the apartments in the complex he created are designed in such a way that their inhabitants are always on alert. Uneven multi-level floors, concave and convex walls, doors that you can only enter by bending over, rosettes on the ceiling - in a word, not life, but a complete adventure. It is impossible to relax in such conditions.
Man constantly struggles with environment, so there’s simply no time left to mope or think about illnesses. What is this - shock therapy or a joyful game is not yet clear. But the Japanese, reserved and subservient to traditions and taste, are willing to pay twice as much for uncomfortable apartments as for comfortable and familiar ones located in the same area. It’s interesting that all the “apartments” are rented and are not sold as property. Moreover, the 83-year-old Buddhist nun and popular writer Jakute Setouchi, who was the first to settle in the new house, claims that since the move she began to feel younger and much better.
"Thin House"
(London, UK)
The unusual residential building, also known as the Thin House, is located near the Natural History Museum in South Kensington, London. This house became famous throughout the world thanks to its wedge-shaped shape, or rather, the width of one of the sides of the building - a little more than a meter.
At first glance, the incredibly narrow structure of the building is just an optical illusion. Despite this, The Thin House has become very popular among Londoners and tourists. The reason for this architectural idea is not accidental. The South Kensington underground train line runs directly behind the house.
Due to the unusual design of the house, the apartments do not have a standard rectangular shape, but a trapezoid shape. For narrow rooms it is necessary to select non-standard furniture. In any case, despite a number of disadvantages, apartments in “thin” buildings are very popular among those wishing to acquire new housing.
Academy Chapel Air Force
(Colorado, USA)
The striking appearance of the Air Force Academy Cadet Chapel in Colorado Springs caused some controversy when it was completed in 1963, but it is now considered one of the finest examples of modern American architecture.
Made from steel, aluminum and glass, the Cadet Chapel has 17 pointed spiers reminiscent of fighter jets taking to the skies. Inside there are two main levels and one basement. There is a Protestant chapel with 1,200 seats, a 500-seat Catholic chapel and a 100-seat Jewish chapel. Each chapel has a separate entrance, so sermons can be held simultaneously without interfering with each other.
At the Protestant chapel occupying top level, – stained glass windows between the tetrahedral walls. The colors of the windows range from dark to light, representing God coming from darkness into light. The altar is made of a smooth marble slab 15 feet long, shaped like a ship, symbolizing the church. Church pews are designed in such a way that the end of each pew resembles the propeller of a World War I aircraft. Their backs are topped with a strip of aluminum, like the leading edge of a fighter plane's wing. The walls of the chapel are decorated with paintings, which are divided into three groups: brotherhood, flight (in honor of the Air Force) and justice.
On the lower level there are multi-faith rooms, defined as places of worship for cadets of other religious groups. They are left without religious symbolism so that they can be used by many people.
From skyscrapers reaching into the sky to high-tech airports, people have managed to create some truly impressive things.
Throughout history and even today, people continue to demonstrate their power and wealth by promoting their societies and cultures by building amazing structures such as the Pyramid of Giza, the Parthenon of Athens, and the Eiffel Tower. These are three of the most famous buildings in the world. Unfortunately, these aren't the biggest things people have built (which is why you won't see them on this list).
However, you will learn about the most impressive and impressively large man-made structures. So, here are the 25 largest man-made structures in the world.
25. Bottle of wine
The height of the tallest wine bottle is 4.17 meters and the diameter is 1.21 meters. This bottle contained 3094 liters of wine, which was poured into it by André Vogel (from Switzerland). The bottle was measured in Lyssach, Switzerland on October 20, 2014.
24. Motorcycle
The Regio Design XXL Chopper is officially the largest functioning motorcycle in the world! It was first introduced at the Motorbike Expo in 2012, where it wowed the audience. This huge motorcycle, designed by Fabio Reggiani, is 10 meters long and 5 meters high. Based on this, it is safe to say that he won over all other “big and scary” motorcycles.
23. Biscuit with sherry
According to Guinness World Records, on September 26, 1990, students at Clarendon College prepared a sherry sponge cake weighing 3.13 tons. Their creation remains to this day the largest sherry sponge cake, as well as one of the largest desserts.
22. Train
The longest and heaviest freight train, made the trip on February 20, 1986, from Ekibastuz to the Ural Mountains, Soviet Union. The train consisted of 439 cars and several diesel locomotives, the total weight of which was 43,400 tons. Total length the train distance was 6.5 kilometers.
21. Telescope
The Arecibo Observatory is a radio telescope that is located in the municipality of Arecibo, Puerto Rico and has an impressive feature. The observatory's radio telescope, with a diameter of 305 meters, is the largest single telescope in the world. It is used in three major research areas: radio astronomy, atmospheric science and radar astronomy.
20. Swimming pool
The largest swimming pool in the world contains approximately 249,837 cubic meters water and thousands of people can swim at the same time. The Crystal Lagoon at the San Alfonso del Mar resort in Chile is even big enough for a sailboat to sail in. It even has its own artificial beach.
19. Subway
The Seoul Subway, serving the Seoul Subway, is the longest subway system in the world. The total length of the route stretches over 940 kilometers. As of 2013. The first metro line opened in 1974, and in present moment the system consists of 17 lines.
18. Statue
Spring Temple Buddha is the largest statue in the world. Its total height is 153 meters, including a 20 meter lotus throne and a 25 meter high building. Construction of the Spring Temple Buddha was planned shortly after the Bamiyan Buddhas were blown up by the Taliban in Afghanistan. Construction of the statue was completely completed in 2008. She represents Vairocana Buddha.
17. Sports arena
Rungrado 1st of May Stadium is a multi-purpose stadium in Pyongyang, North Korea. Its construction was completed on May 1, 1989. It is considered the largest stadium in the world and can accommodate 150,000 people on an area of 207,000 square meters.
16. Satellite
TerreStar-1, weighing 6,910 kilograms, became the world's largest commercial satellite in 2009. It went into orbit from the Guiana Space Center in French Guiana on July 1, 2009.
15. Revolver
The Remington Model 1859 replica made by Mr. Ryszard Tobys is officially the largest revolver in the world. Its record length was “only” 1.26 meters.
14. Book
The size itself large book is 5 by 8.06 meters, and it weighs approximately one and a half kilograms. This book has 429 pages. It was presented on February 27, 2012 by Mshahed International Group, in Dubai, United United Arab Emirates. It is called "This is Muhammad" and contains stories highlighting his life's achievements as well as his positive impact on Islam on an international and humanitarian level.
13. Pencil
The length of the longest and largest pencil is 323.51 meters. It was created by Ed Douglas Miller (from the UK). It was measured in Worcester, Worcestershire, UK, on September 17, 2013.
12. Parliament
The Parliament building in Bucharest, Romania, was designed by the architect Anca Petrescu and was almost completed during the Ceauşescu regime. It was to become the building of the political and administrative branches of government. Today it remains the largest civil building with an administrative function, as well as the most expensive and heaviest administrative building in the world.
11. Skyscraper
Burj Khalifa, known as the "Khalifa Tower" is a skyscraper in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. It is the tallest man-made structure and skyscraper in the world. Its height is 829.8 meters.
10. Wall
Great Chinese Wall, perhaps the most famous of all man-made structures in the world, is the largest wall in the world. Its length is 21.196 kilometers.
9. Crossword
The world's largest crossword puzzle was built on the side of a residential building in Ukraine. Its height exceeds 30 meters. It occupies the entire outer part of the wall of a residential building in the city of Lviv.
8. Church
St. Peter's Basilica is a late Renaissance church located in Vatican City. Its construction took 120 years (1506-1626). At the moment it is considered the largest church in the world.
7. Castle
The Guinness Book of World Records lists Prague Castle, located in the Czech Republic, as the most extensive ancient castle in the world. It covers an area of almost 70,000 square meters and is 570 meters long and 130 meters wide.
6. Aquarium
The Georgia Aquarium in Atlanta is the largest aquarium in the world. It is home to more than 100,000 sea creatures. This aquarium opened in November 2005. Its construction was funded by a $250 million donation from Home Depot co-founder Bernie Marcus. The Georgia Aquarium is the only facility not located in Asia that houses whale sharks. The sharks are kept in a giant container designed to hold 24 million liters of water, which is part of the Ocean Voyager exhibit.
5. Airplane
The Antonov An-225 Mriya is a heavy-duty transport jet aircraft that was designed by the Antonov Experimental Design Bureau in the Soviet Union in the 1980s. It is powered by six turbojet engines and is the longest and heaviest aircraft in the world. Its maximum lifting capacity is 640 tons. It also has the largest wingspan of any aircraft in operation today. In its entire history, only one Antonov An-225 Mriya was built, which is still operational.
4. Passenger ship
At the moment, the largest passenger ship is the Oasis of the Seas, which belongs to Royal Caribbean. He made his maiden voyage on a cruise in December 2009. It is 360 meters long and can accommodate 5,400 passengers.
3. Airport
King Fahd International Airport, located in Dammam, Saudi Arabia, is the largest in the world. Every year, 5,267,000 passengers and 82,256 tons of cargo pass through this airport on 50,936 flights. The airport opened its doors in 1999. The length of its runway is 4000 meters and the width is 60 meters. Its total area is 1256.14 square kilometers.
2. Bomb
The largest bomb in history that was detonated is the Tsar Bomba. Its yield was 50 megatons or 500,000 kilotons, which is equivalent to 50 million tons of dynamite. It was detonated only to show other countries how advanced the Soviet Union was. October 30, 1961 went down in history as the most powerful man-made explosion in human history.
1. Item
The largest man-made objects in the world are submarine communication cables. They stretched from San Francisco to Japan and from San Francisco to New Zealand. The total length of cables exceeds 8,000 kilometers. The diameter of these submarine cables is typically 6.6 centimeters. The weight of such a cable is 10 kilograms per meter. The total weight of one cable exceeds 80,000 tons.
