"Inconceivable" buildings "playing bridge"........

Can you imagine that the tallest building in the world was put into operation without connecting to the sewer system, and every morning the wires of the cisterns, which splashed terrible water, went out of it? Or glass towers with facades turned into magnifying glasses, ants turned into other people's cars? How can a newly built high-rise building fall on its side and still not collapse?

1. Burj Khalifa, Dubai, UAE

The tallest building in the world, an 829-meter brazen gigantism, a symbol of the prosperity of the Emirate of Dubai, the hard work of thousands of professionals of Skidmore, Owings & Merrill, one of the most famous architectural corporations in the world. And every time you use the toilet or simply wash your hands in the office, penthouse, hotel room or even on the observation deck of this engineering marvel, the sewage is not a city sewer at all.

At the aeration station, the waste left by ordinary tourists, billionaire sheikhs, guest workers from Bangladesh or foreigners from the countries of the "golden billion" who earn their long dollars under the hot sun of the Persian Gulf is delivered using ordinary waste disposal. trucks. Those who have a habit of wrinkling their noses when they pass by. But this is not only a problem for Burj Khalifa: Dubai's sewage system simply does not have time to develop in line with the dynamic growth of the city itself.

2. Walkie-Talkie, London, UK
Most recently, in early September, this London glass tower, designed by renowned Uruguayan architect Rafael Viñoly, was voted "the ugliest building in the United Kingdom". Aesthetic points (whatever they are) are more a matter of taste, but the scandal certainly influenced the decision of the judges who awarded the low honor called the Carbuncle Cup, at the center of which was a 160-meter skyscraper, nicknamed the Walkie-Talkie, in September 2013.

3. "Dancing Bridge", Volgograd, Russia

Although the construction of the bridge over the Volga in the city of its name began in 1996, the first stage of the crossing was delivered only 13 years later, in October 2009. And already next year, on May 20, 2010, by the will of fate, the drivers who decided to cross the great Russian river passed a test that they will remember for the rest of their lives.

4. Intempo, Benidorm, Spain
In August 2013, the media reported that a skyscraper was being built in the Spanish resort of Benidorm, and that the top 27 floors were "forgotten" to be equipped with elevators. That message became a canard, but not without some architectural failure in the case of the Intempo residential towers.
5. Bridgewater Place, Lids, Böyük Britaniya

Built in 2007 and designed by the renowned Aedas, the tallest building in industrial Leeds was awarded the Carbuncle Cup, as was the London Walkie-Talkie. I never got it). However, locals may not remember the building for its exterior, which is reminiscent of the Daleks, an extraterrestrial race of mutants from the science fiction series Doctor Who.

6. Naval Amphibious Base Coronado, San Diego, USA

It's hard to say what guided the architect who designed the barracks complex at the Coronado Naval Base near San Diego, California. At the stage of building the barracks, it was absolutely impossible not to notice that their trunks would resemble a swastika from a bird's eye view.

7. Lotus Riverside, Shanghai, China
On June 27, 2009, building 7 of the Lotus Riverside apartment complex in Shanghai collapsed in a very peculiar way. He just fell on his side. The cause of the emergency, which resulted in the death of one person, was a typical Chinese construction violation.