Lotte World

Lotte World is a major recreation complex in Seoul, South Korea. It consists of the world's largest indoor theme park (a Guinness World Record) which is open all year around, an outdoor amusement park called "Magic Island", an artificial island inside a lake linked by monorail, shopping malls, a luxury hotel, a Korean folk museum, sports facilities, and movie theaters. Opened on July 12, 1989, Lotte World receives 7.6 million visitors each year. Lotte World can be easily accessed from Jamsil Station, on Line 2 and Line 8 of the Seoul Metropolitan Subway and SMRT, respectively. Located near the park is the Seok-Chon Lake.

General information

Lotte World is located in Sincheon-dong, Songpa-gu, Seoul, South Korea. It is made up of two main sections, the outdoor amusement park Magic Island, and Adventure (indoor).

Lotte World opens all year long without holidays. Its hours of operation on weekdays (Monday to Thursday) is 9:30 a.m. to 10 p.m., while on weekends (Friday to Sunday) the hours of operation are from 9:30 a.m. to 11:00 p.m. The price of admission tickets for Lotte World varies with different age groups. A day pass for adults (18 years and over) costs 44,000 Won (41 USD, as of November 28, 2013), while day passes for teenagers (13-17 years), children (3-12 years), and babies (12 months to 2 years) cost 38,000 Won (36 USD), 34,000 Won (32 USD), and 11,000 Won (10 USD), respectively. Lotte World also offers "late admission" tickets, which can be purchased after 4 p.m. at approximately 75% of the price of the regular tickets.

World Tower

World Tower is a 230 m (750 ft) skyscraper located at 91 Liverpool Street, Sydney, Australia. The building is the tallest residential building in the city since 2004.

Construction began in 2001 and was completed in 2004. It was constructed by Meriton Apartments Pty Ltd, which is owned by developer Harry Triguboff. World Tower was the 2004 Bronze recipient of the Emporis Skyscraper Award, and was briefly Australia's tallest residential building. The architect was Nation Fender Katsalidis.

World Tower consists of 75 above-ground levels, 10 basement levels, 15 lifts and 701 residential units. Each of the three residential sections of the building has a pool, spa, sauna, gymnasium, games room, and a private 24-seat theatrette. The pool and spa areas on levels 38 and 61 offer 180° views of Sydney. There is also a childcare centre located in the building.

Situated at the foot of World Tower is World Square, a shopping complex with a Coles supermarket, several food outlets, and other specialty stores. Public buses stop outside World Square, and it is close to Town Hall and Museum railway station.

Lotte World Tower

Lotte World Tower (Korean: 롯데월드 타워) is a 123-floor, 555-metre (1,821 ft) supertall skyscraper currently under construction. The building's final 123rd floor was topped out on 22 December 2015. Upon completion, it will become the tallest building in the OECD, with the tallest man-made observation deck.

The tower is located next to the existing first-generation Lotte World complex, which opened in 1989, accessible via Seoul Subway Line 2 and Seoul Subway Line 8 at Jamsil Station.

History

After 13 years of planning and site preparation, the tower gained final approval to start construction by the government in November 2010 and the first groundbreaking activities of piling and frame assembly was observed at the construction site in March 2011.

At New Year 2016 the LED-pixels of the facade showed "2016".

Floor plans

The conceptual design calls for a slender cone with convex, gently curved sides. An exterior of pale-coloured glass draws inspiration from Korean ceramics and features accents of metal filigree. Located near the Han River, the tower will contain retail outlets (floors 1-12), offices (14-38), residences (42-71), a luxury hotel (76-101), private office (105-114), and public access floors (117-123) with an observation deck.

World

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