These 17 buildings and architectural works have been evaluated among the most expensive in the world: where to live in the middle of the millions of euros!
The Austrian financial daily WirtschaftsBlatt recently released a ranking 17 most expensive buildings around the globe . It is observed that the most insane projects are not necessarily the most expensive (the highest tower in the world to date, Burj Khalifa, does not appear in this top). You think the price of real estate is high? Take a look at the amounts below: They're astronomical . 40.7 billion euros is the sum of the buildings present here, and the first three are already a quarter of this amount...
17. Wembley Stadium in London
geograph.org.uk – David Hawgood
Second largest stadium in Europe after Barcelona’s Nou Camp with 90,000 seats, the Wembley Stadium cost a total 1.3 billion euros .
16. Taipei Tower 101 in Taipei
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The Taipei Financial Center owes its name to the 101 floors that compose this 509 metre tower in the Taiwanese capital. It was the highest tower in the world from 2004 to 2010 and costa €1.5 billion .
15. Hotel Palazzo in Las Vegas
Flickr – Jessica Diamond
The hotel-casino opened its doors for the first time in December 2007. 1.5 billion euros built this huge building with 3068 rooms located in a 196-metre high building, the second highest building in Las Vegas to date.
14. Bank of China Tour, Hong Kong
Flickr – Guillaume Seigneuret
Built on the planes of the architect Ieoh Ming Pei (the same one that built the glass pyramid of the Louvre), the tower is 305 meters high with two masts that reach the height of 367.4 meters. Inaugurated in 1990, the Bank of China tower cost the coquette sum 1.6 billion euros a pharaonic amount at the time.
13. Princess Tower, Dubai
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Inaugurated in Dubai in May 2012, this tower is 396 metres high and is the largest residential tower in the world. The Princess Tower was crowned with 13th place in this ranking with 1.6 billion euros spent on this project.
12. Hotel Bellagio, Las Vegas
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One of the most emblematic hotels in Las Vegas, the Bellagio is the third most expensive building in the city. Her dancing fountains give her extra beauty. This is where the trilogy has been turned Ocean’s (11, 12, 13). This gigantic complex has nevertheless cost 1.7 billion euros .
11. Antilia, Bombay
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This is the world’s most expensive “special” home. With 37,000 square meters of surface on the ground, more than the Palace of Versailles, this building is spread over 27 floors and 173 meters high. With a huge garage, a cinema, 3 helipads and other incredible amenities, the richest man in India, Mukesh Ambani, would have spent 1.9 billion euros his pocket.
10. City of Dreams, Macao
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Opened in 2009, City of Dreams includes a casino, 4 towers, 3 hotels, a huge shopping center, but all this has had a prize: 2 billion euros .
9. The Venetian Macau (Macao)
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The largest hotel building (3000 suites) and largest casino (50,700 m2) in Asia was built between 2004 and 2007. It is the copy of the hotel casino of the same name in Las Vegas, but its costs are much higher: $2.2 billion .
8. The Palace of Parliament, Bucharest
Flickr – Alexandru Panoiu
With its living space of 350,000 square meters, it is one of the largest buildings in Europe. It is also the second largest administrative building in the world after the Pentagon. Renamed the House of Parliament after the fall of Ceaușescu in 1989, he was called the “People’s House”. The Romanian dictator had seen too large, because his visits today do not bring back enough, while the building cost the total sum of 2.3 billion euros .
7. The Wynn, Las Vegas
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This 78-hectare complex covers 45 floors and has 2700 rooms. The "smallest" room is 59 m2. In addition to the five private clubs and 13 gastronomic restaurants, there are many luxury shops. And of course, a casino. 2.4 billion euros , this is the cost of this building.
6. One World Trade Center in New York
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2.8 billion euros , this is what this new project will cost to make the twin towers collapsed here on September 11, 2001. With its 541 meters, it is the highest building in the United States.
5. The Shard, London
Flickr – Aurelien Guichard
The “gloss” (glass) that flows through the sky of London was built by a Qatar investment base. The latter made it possible to get out a nice bill: 2.9 billion euros .
4. The Cosmopolitan of Las Vegas
Flickr – Ken Lund
This building is a hotel complex that also acts as a casino and was completed in 2010. It consists of two towers with a total of 3000 rooms and suites. A theatre in the building offers 16,000 spectators. The cost of this mega-construction is of 3.1 billion euros .
3. The Emirates Palace, Abu Dhabi
Flickr – Serge Bystro
It belongs to the royal family of Abu Dhabi and was created in 2005. It was intended to be a palace but at the death of Sheikh Zayed, it was transformed into a hotel. You can choose from the 302 rooms and 92 suites, and each customer has its own majordome. The construction of this hotel palace cost €3.3 billion .
2. Resorts World Sentosa, Singapore
Flickr – William Cho
Resorts World Sentosa is a resort on Sentosa Island, off the southern coast of Singapore. The main attractions are one of the only two casinos in Singapore, a theme park Universal Studios, the Adventure Cove water park, and the Marine Life Park, which houses one of the largest aquariums in the world. And the note of this complex was salted: 4 billion euros . But there's worse...
1. Marina Bay Sands, Singapore
Flickr – Fabio Achilli
We're staying in Singapore. The architect of this crazy project (Moshe Safdie) placed above the three buildings a garden of 340 meters long with the largest infinite pool in the world. You will find an interest in visiting it, as it includes a hotel, a conference and exhibition centre, a huge shopping centre, a museum of art and science, two theatres, many restaurants, bars and nightclubs and two floating pavilions. The world's most expensive building was opened in 2010 and cost 4.6 billion euros !
What is your reaction to this "rich" ranking? Note that France is not present in this ranking
Source: WirtschaftsBlatt
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