The New World Shopping Center, Chongqing by Logon Architecture

Logon Architecture, Germany-based architecture firm has shared their project for Chongqing. Chongqing is projected as a new world shopping center. This shopping center also completed by another facilities like luxury residential housing, a highrise tower and a 5-star hotel. This integration will make people easy to do complex activities in one location.

The intersection of the Jialing and Yangtze river is chosen as a location of Chongqing New World Shopping Center. This location is very strategic and just opposite the old CBD area in Chongqing. Despite the considerable incline of 40m, the shopping paradise is spread across 4 terraced levels, encapsulated in a protective glass mold to keep out the pollution and dirt of the city, fully use natural resources available such as wind, light, water and landscape, creating a comfortable shopping atmosphere and providing a multi-function leisure and entertainment space.

The shops are connected to a strip of luxury residential housing as well as a super highrise tower, serving luxury guests with its 5-star hotel. The super highrise will become the landmark of Chongqing new CBD area. The planning and architectural design was well devised based on the business model, upon completion, New World Shopping Center will become the 13th largest leisure, entertainment and shopping center in the world.

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Tokyo Tower, A Beautiful Tokyo's Landmark

Tokyo Tower (東京 タワー, Tokyo Tower?) is a tower in Shiba Park, Tokyo, Japan. Overall height of 332.6 m and is the world's tallest self-standing steel tower building. Based on aviation safety regulations, the tower is painted with international orange with white color in some places. Lower surrounding buildings, so the Tokyo Tower can be seen from various locations in downtown.

Tokyo Tower is famous as a symbol of Tokyo's and a tourist attraction rather than its function as an analog TV transmitter tower antenna (UHF / VHF), digital local TV and FM radio. In addition, the railway company East Japan Railway use this tower to put the radio antenna for train emergency systems, and a number of measuring instruments installed by the Tokyo Metropolitan Office Environment.

 
Tokyo tower is quite wonderful when enjoyed in the night time. It can change its decoration from gold light into blue and white light automatically. This tower is designed with anti-earthquake technology. We know that Japan has high earthquake frequency, so this technology is very important for tall building in Japan. Now Tokyo has the next Tokyo Tower project which has double height from previous tower.