World’s tallest horizontal skyscraper’ will feature two swimming pools, restaurants and a light show 820ft in the air
A Chinese city is about to complete the country's new landmark after six years of construction.
The project was designed by architect Moshe Safdie. It was inspired by Chinese sailing vessels and is a tribute to Chongqing historical past as a maritime trading centre.
An enormous commercial complex comprising eight skyscrapers, the £2.7 billion mega-structure in Chongqing, south-west China, has a huge rooftop corridor laid across the tops of four 60-storey buildings at 820 feet.
Stretching 984 feet in length as if a horizontal skyscraper, the spectacular glass-walled structure is nearly as long as The Shard in London laid on its side and three times the height of the Statue of Liberty in New York.
The property, called Raffles City Chongqing, is invested by Singaporean real estate company CapitaLand which owns a chain of shopping malls and office buildings across China.
Workers have recently topped out the eighth and final skyscraper after starting out on the project in 2013, and the 12-million-square-foot project is expected to open in the second half of this year.
Apart from a super-size shopping centre which will have 450 shops, the complex will also have offices, apartments, a hotel and a major transport hub comprising ferry, subway and bus stations.
It has been described as 'a vertically-built riverfront urban district' by Lucas Loh, President of the China and Investment Management department at CapitaLand Group.
According to Mr Loh, workers are now focusing on the interior fit-out works, including transplanting trees to 'enliven' the sky bridge.
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