The Marina Bay Sands (MBS) integrated resort will have a 150m-long infinity pool which overlooks the city skyline on top of its three 55-storey hotel towers.
At a height of 200m above ground, it is the highest hotel pool in Singapore, said Ms Val Chua, MBS' corporate communications manager.
Swissotel The Stamford has two pools on its eighth floor at 30m above ground, while The Fullerton Hotel has an outdoor infinity pool on its second floor.
The huge international show-and-tell will showcase China's status as a world industrial power, giving Shanghai -- its biggest city -- a long-awaited chance to show off its stunning transformation from crumbling factory town into modern global metropolis.
In this age of virtual reality and round-the-clock information overload, visitors to the Shanghai World Expo are unlikely to find here the kinds of brand new technologies, such as television, that debuted at world's fairs decades ago.
But governments, groups and corporate sponsors, spread over 2 square miles (5.28 square kilometers) along both sides of the concrete banks of the Huangpu River, will be offering myriad ideas for sustainable urban living.
In Pudong, on the east side of the river, where the national pavilions and most big facilities are located, giant white funnels will provide shade, channel sunlight to underground walkways and collect rainwater for recycling.
In Puxi, on the west side, a collection of local and corporate pavilions will demonstrate "urban best practices" focused on sustainable urban technologies and heritage preservation.
Solar panels installed in various Expo buildings will create a 5-megawatt solar power system -- China's largest. Zero-emission electric vehicles will be used within the Expo grounds.
Expo organizers say most of the materials used to make the pavilions will be recycled, and they have pledged to eventually end with a "carbon-neutral" impact.
- 18 km of dykes,
- 22 km of viaducts and bridge,
- 2 cable-stayed bridges 400 metres high to permit maritime navigation.
Alastair Callender, of Callender Designs, has developed a radical 58m, rigid-wing superyacht concept, which will be powered from wind, solar and Hybrid Marine Power (HMP) technology from Solar Sailor Holdings Ltd.
Initially aimed at an owner of an eco-friendly stance, with a non-sailing background, Soliloquy shall push the boundaries of yacht design convention as we know it today, and points to the future of clean, luxury yachting.
This pioneering and highly efficient motor-sailor will offer numerous advantages, which will widen her appeal to more potential investors - not least thanks to being powered quietly by renewable and hybrid-electric energy. In turn this will bring zero-emission capabilities, and result in significant savings in fuel cost.
Soliloquy's rigid-wing rig, and architecturally dynamic form, will be a unique sight to all mariners.
A design brief was reached to
ensure that renewable energies, along with eco-friendly materials and
construction techniques, would confirm that this superyacht will become one of
the Greenest of luxury yachts. This will comply with, and aims to excel in
various industry requirements, including the new Green Star Plus certification
from RINA in
The innovative overhead beam, sweeping forward to the bow, not only brings structural advantages, along with exciting and refreshing visual aesthetics, but has been specifically designed to house three automated and pivotally mounted, rigid-wing solarsails.
Efficient sailing propulsion is possible due to the patented technology and automation of Solar Sailor Holdings Ltd's solarsail pivot. This technology has received a development grant from the US Navy for unmanned ocean vehicles and is currently used on a series of ferries.
This will allow Soliloquy's three solarsails to independently rotate through 360 degrees, and be coupled with the optimized rigid-wing design to add propulsion efficiency.
The superstructure has been
enhanced by its efficient Photovoltaic surfacing. Once all the adaptable blinds
have evolved out of the overhead beam, a total of over
More Information: Solar
Sailor & Callender Designs
Asia
has been winning the "tallest building in the world" race for over a
decade now: the
The
building was designed by British architect Adrian Smith. It has 160 floors, at
The official height was kept a secret until the opening ceremony, which featured fireworks, streams of water and parachute jumpers, the New York Times reported. The $1.5 billion dollar tower holds a mixture of nightclubs, mosques, literary suites, and boardrooms. It will eventually hold the world's first Armani hotel, the world's highest swimming pool, and the world's highest mosque. More than 12,000 people will reside in its 6 million square feet.
The
Burj Khalifa takes its name from Sheik Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan, the
president of
More information: burjdubai.com
WHY (Wally Hermès Yachts) is the stunning result of a joint venture signed in June of 2008, between the ultra-expensive luxury brand Hermès, and one of the world's premiere yacht builders, Wally. Certainly one of the most radical boat designs I've ever seen, WHY defies all convention.
THE WHY 58×38
- Spotted by Luca Bassani Antivari, the tried and tested Norwegian Ramform hull, characterised by exceptional and unprecedented stability and volume revealed itself as the ideal choice to be adapted to the WHY 58×38 project
- Following this unique adaptation, the decks and the interiors were developed in accordance with the fundamental credo of WHY, 'form-equals-function'
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This credo spurned numerous innovations in the world of mega yachts: patios
generously flooding the interior with natural light, photovoltaic panels on the
glass hull sides, a roof opening like Venetian blinds, a 25 meter-long (
- The interior of the yacht is fitted out with water resistant buffalo leather using the calpinage technique
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The yacht, which took years in the making, has been tested in
- Anchored, the boat creates a totally flat surface behind it, like an olympic-size pool where you can swim in total peace.
SUSTAINABILITY
- "We are very interested in creating a yacht that will have a low environmental impact", says Pierre-Alexis Dumas. "Its relationship with the sea must be respectful and easy. WHY intends to offer a new way of moving over water by creating an innovative way of managing and recycling its sources and uses of energy"
- "If you want to go totally ecological, the only solution is sailing. The reality is that today, 90 % of the market is powerboats, echoes Luca Bassani Antivari. Our aim is to reduce diesel consumption per year and per yacht: 20 to 30 % for propulsion and 40 to 50 % for generation"
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Thanks to its specific hull, WHY 58×38 requires less power at cruising speed
than a boat of equal size. Its diesel-electric propulsion is the most efficient
motorisation today, and the surface of the photovoltaic panels, almost
- In comparison to a yacht of the same size, WHY 58×38 has been conceived to reduce drastically its energy consumption, saving up to 200 tons of diesel per year
- The WHY R & D program includes tank testing for hull stability in the SSPA facilities in Sweden, and the construction of a full-scale mock-up in order to allow the design team to fine tune the living areas correctly in accordance with the hull's unique shape
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The WHY 58X38 yacht looks very unfamiliar but it remains on a human scale.
Space is the greatest luxury on the sea, but I believe the new luxury will be
the time to enjoy it", concludes Pierre-Alexis Dumas.
More Information: WHY
With its 2m50 of length and 86cm broad, Smera is in the right dimensions to cruise the city, well protected. The side shoulder brings a strong visual signature. Each surface of the body is at the same time beautiful and functional.
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