Future skyscrapers

The following skyscrapers are either approved or due to be completed in the near future:

• Construction of the Burj Dubai is underway in Dubai. Its exact height is expected to be 818 m (2,684 ft) high, making it the tallest building in the world. The Burj Dubai is due to be completed in September 2009.
• Construction of the Pagcor Tower started in 2009, and when finished it will be the second tallest free-standing structure in the world with a height of 665 meters, it will be located at the manila bay near Mall of ASIA,by the project of PAGCOR.

• Construction of the Shanghai Tower started on 29 November 2008. The tower will be 632 m (2,073 ft) high and have 127 floors. The building will feature a glass curtain wall and nine indoor gardens when it is completed in 2014.
• Construction has started for a skyscraper in Moscow to be completed in 2012. The Russia Tower, standing at 612 m (2,008 ft) with 118 floors, will be the tallest building in Europe when completed. It will also be the tallest naturally ventilated building in the world.
• Construction has started for a 610 m (2,001 ft) skyscraper in Chicago, estimated to be completed in 2012. The Chicago Spire, with 150 floors, will be the second tallest residential building in the world. Designed by Santiago Calatrava, it will also hold the title of North America’s tallest free-standing structure.
• 1 World Trade Center is now under construction and is the tallest tower comprising the redevelopment of the site of the former World Trade Center following the attacks of September 11, 2001. Its antenna will reach a height of 541.4 m (1,776 ft), a height representing the year of the United States Declaration of Independence.
• The Port Tower is a building planned for Karachi, the financial capital of Pakistan, with the collaboration of local and foreign investors, in association with the Karachi Port Trust. When completed, the new structure will be 1,947 ft (593 m) high. The height of the tower has a special significance, representing the year Pakistan gained independence.
• The APIIC Tower is a building planned for Hyderabad, India. At 450 m (1,476 ft) it would be the tallest building in South Asia upon completion in 2010.
• The 318 m (1,043 ft) Tour Generali in Paris La Défense, scheduled to be completed in 2011, is an entirely green building office skyscraper that is set to be the tallest building in Paris and in the European Union.
• Construction of the Shard London Bridge, also known as the Shard of Glass or London Bridge Tower, started in March 2009. At 310 m (1,017 ft), it is set to be the tallest building in London and the United Kingdom and the tallest in the European Union.

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