News about our Dezeen Awards China programme, including entry deadlines and announcements. News from Dezeen Events Guide, a listings guide covering the leading design-related events taking place around the world. News about our Dezeen Awards programme, including entry deadlines and announcements. Weekly updates on the latest design and architecture vacancies advertised on Dezeen Jobs. Merdeka 118 has been completed by Fender Katsalidis in collaboration with local architectural firms of RSP and GDP and engineering firms Robert Bird Group and LERA.ĭaily updates on the latest design and architecture vacancies advertised on Dezeen Jobs. 'This building and its surrounding precinct has added an aspirational sense of new place to the city's identity, and has at the same time enabled much-needed major improvement to the pedestrian and traffic infrastructure of the area,' added Fender. This landscape is car-free and designed for use by people of all ages and backgrounds.

Merdeka 118 is complete with a 1.6-hectare recreational water park at its base designed by Boston-based landscape architect Sasaki. The building is the second tallest skyscraper in the worldĪmong the public facilities will be a hotel and a double-height observation deck, which is expected to be the highest in Southeast Asia. Inside, the building encompasses more than 288,000 square metres of floor area and contains 158,000 square metres of rentable office space.Īlongside offices, the supertall skyscraper will also feature various hospitality, retail, and residential facilities with the aim of becoming a major tourist destination. It features a faceted facade composed of triangular glass planes, which Fender Katsalidis said is modelled on patterns found in Malaysian art and craft. Read: Southern hemisphere's tallest residential skyscraper punctuated by cantilevered golden starĪt 678.9 metres, the skyscraper is classed by the Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat as a megatall – a building that is over 600 metres in height.

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