Ten biggest shopping centres in the world

The original idea of the shopping mall was developed in the USA – the first one was built in Minneapolis in 1956. The economic boom in Asia resulted in increasing consumption the construction of mega mall.s. Nowadays, Asia has more shopping malls than the US; the two largest can be found in China

The following comparison might help to illustrate the astounding dimension of these shopping centres: the second in the Top 10 list, the Golden Resources Mall, offers 557,419 m², which is about the size of 75 football pitches. But it's not all rosy for all mega malls in Asia: the South China Mall, the world's largest mall with a commercial area of 600,153 m², reports a high vacancy rate due to decreased customer frequency. It is known as a dead mall.

The Golden Resources Mall in Peking is lacking customers. Photograph: Esko Kippo / Emporis

Except for McDonald's, there's not much going on in the New South China Mall in Dongguan, Photograph: Yu Mei / Emporis

            Bad planning for 1.1 billion: the New South China Mall in Dongguan, Photograph: 
            Vernon Martin / Emporis

Successful mega malls are increasingly turning into lifestyle centres, serving as commercial space for a variety of businesses and but also as tourist attractions. Dubai Mall for example offers an ice rink and an aquarium on its area of 350,244 m². The Persian Gulf Complex will have an indoor amusement park, a prayer room and a helicopter landing pad.

About 54 million visitors came to Dubai Mall in 2011. Photograph: M. Merola / Emporis

                The aquarium at Dubai Mall is home to around 33,000 water animals, the tunnel 
                underneath makes a bend of 270°. Photograph: The Dubai Mall / Emporis

             Once completed, the Persian Gulf Complex in the Sadra Mountains will contain 
             2,500 commercial retail units. Photograph: Hamrah Ghashghaei / Emporis

Another strategy strives to unite architecture and environment. The 1 Utama Mall in Malaysia offers an indoor rainforest with koi basins for example and Southeast Asia's largest roof garden can be found here. At CentralWorld in Thailand, you can watch sea lions swimming in the indoor salt water lake. In order to survive as a mega mall it has become popular to integrate offices and residential space in the centres, as can be seen in Cehavir Mall in Turkey.

                        1 Utama Mall in Umata, Photograph: Nadia Shazrin Asari / Emporis

          Apart from 500 shops and 100 restaurants, CentralWorld in Bangkok provides Thailand's 
          only outdoor ice rink. Photograph: CentralWorld / Emporis

   Cehavir Mall in Istanbul, Photograph: St Martins Property Corporation / Emporis

    Cehavir Mall in Istanbul, Photograph: St Martins Property Corporation / Emporis

 Cehavir Mall in Istanbul, Photograph: St Martins Property Corporation / Emporis

The discovery that consumer behaviour can be animated by social measures has changed the architecture of shopping malls. Especially the new lifestyle centres represent an effective way to motivate customers to buy and guarantee profits.

SM City North EDSA in Quezon City, Philippines, Photograph: Clemzkie / Emporis

SM City North EDSA in Quezon City, Philippines, Photograph: Clemzkie / Emporis

SM City North EDSA« in Quezon City, Philippinen, Foto: Pathfinder / Emporis

   With 430 shops on five stories, Mid Valley Mega Mall in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia is 

number 7 in the world ranking. Photograph: Robert Tan / Emporis

   After 23 years of being number 1, West Edmonton Mall in Edmonton, Canada, 

is now number 10. Photograph: West Edmonton Mall / Emporis

      West Edmonton Mall in Edmonton, Canada, Photograph: 

   West Edmonton Mall / Emporis

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Most Expensive House

The most expensive house in the world is owned by Billionaire Mukesh Ambani of India.

With a net worth of $43 billion why not build a skyscraper for your wife and 3 kids to live in.

This 27 story (family home) skyscraper is located in downtown Mumbai India.

Why not, right?

Price Tag:  $2,000,000,000

 

Features:

- 550 Feet High
- 400,000 sqft
- No two floors are alike in either plans or materials used
- 6 story parking lot
- 9 elevators
- Several storage rooms and lounges
- Indoor/outdoor bar
- Green rooms
- Powder rooms
- Entourage room for security guards and assistants to relax
- 4 story open garden
- 85% of material and labor used are from India

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Humanoid Robots for Home Living with A Virtual Reality

Humanoid robot is a virtual human, a mechanical clone of human beings. It can perform most human like functions, like walking, talking, recognizing, taking decisions. This is a technology which is still under development.

Here are some new versions of Humanoid robots with improved functioning, they can not only walk but can talk and see things. Some kits are also there which can help to program and design new robots.

WowWee FemiSapien Humanoid Robot

WowWee Robosapien V2 Full Function Humanoid Robot with Remote Control

WowWee Robosapien Humanoid Toy Robot with Remote Control

Bioloid Comprehensive Kit

WowWee Tribot Talking Companion

LEGO Mindstorms NXT

WowWee Robotics Roboquad

WowWee Wrex the Dawg Robotic Dog

Most Expensive Bus

The most expensive bus in the world is a single deck bus allegedly designed for Prince Sultan Bin Fahd, President of the Saudi Arabia.

This expensive bus in its entirety represents a lavish and luxurious lifestyle that can only be enjoyed by the world wealthiest or richest individual.

Maintaining such a vehicle will require staggering amount of money as the inside depicts a five-star luxury hotel.  

Not many people (including myself) would ever believe all the furnitures in the pictures are actually in this bus…It’s simply unbelievable!  Enjoy!

$10 Million for World’s First Superbus

The Superbus looks more like a very long Lamborghini than a regular bus, but it’s able to transport 23 people over long distances at speeds of up to 250 km/h.

The world’s first superbus was developed at the Delft University of Technology, in Holland, under the supervision of professor Wobbo Ockels, who in 1985 became the first Dutch astronaut to travel in outer space. He thought trains were too slow for present day needs and also have the disadvantage of traveling only between stations, so he set out to build a super vehicle that could travel at lightning speeds and be eco-friendly at the same time. He and his team spent three years working on the Superbus, and the result is nothing short of impressive.

Luxurious dashboard

The engine room

Luxuriously furnished lounge

Cosy and luxury

Royal suite also on board

Luxuriously furnished five star bedroom

Cosy king-sized bed

Paradise bedroom

Five star loo

Most Expensive Private Helicopters

1. AugustaWestland AW101 VVIP

The United States Marine Corps was planning to order three of these choppers to replace the two that currently serve as Marine One (i.e., the Presidential helicopter). However, with a price tag of $21 million each, and with the economy the way it is, President Obama pulled the plug on the order. In any case, if you didn’t know any better, you’d probably assume this photo of the AW101′s cabin was actually a photo of a private jet cabin, because that’s how big and luxurious it is. But the size of this chopper doesn’t slow it down. The top speed is 192 mph, and the range is an impressive 863 miles. So this really is the only helicopter I would purchase.

2.Sikorsky S-92

The most expensive helicopter is the Sikorsky S-92, designed for heads of corporations and heads of state that require an aircraft that is comfortable, safe and productive. Active vibration suppressors and advanced acoustic technologies make for an incredibly smooth flight within a whisper-quiet cabin.

The S-92 helicopter has a 6 foot high ceiling, and offers true stand up head room enabling you to walk freely throughout the cabin. Also to help provide the perfect flight environment, the S-92 offers warm air at your feet and fresh, controlled air overhead.

The Sikorsky S-92 offers a standard 9-passenger interior within its spacious cabin, and can incorporate custom features including an elegant lavatory facilities and walk-in closets to a lavishly appointed wet bar or galley. All the comfort of a fixed-wing business aircraft with the freedom of a medium sized helicopter.

3. Bell 525 Relentless

Like the Gulfstream 650 jet, the Bell 525 Relentless helicopter isn’t on the market just yet. It was announced in February 2012 at the Heli Expo in Dallas, is expected to make it’s first flight sometime in 2013, then get certified in 2015. So you’ll have to wait a while to pick one of these up…and that’s good, because your going to need time to save your pennies. This chopper is going to cost north of $15 million. At this point, pretty much all the specs are hypothetical, but they anticipate seating for 16, a top speed of 162 mph, and a range of 460 miles.

4. AugustaWestland AW139

You wouldn’t think so by looking at the size of the leather seats pictured here, but when configured in a VIP arrangement, this chopper can still seat 8 passengers. Of course, with that capacity and with such luxurious materials (is that mahogany?), it will cost you a cool $14.5 million. So you’re going to need to win a pretty big lotto jackpot to arrord this one. As for performance, in this beauty you can cruise along at 193 mph for at least 573 miles.

4. AugustaWestland AW139

You wouldn’t think so by looking at the size of the leather seats pictured here, but when configured in a VIP arrangement, this chopper can still seat 8 passengers. Of course, with 
that capacity and with such luxurious materials (is that mahogany?), it will cost you a cool 
$14.5 million. So you’re going to need to win a pretty big lotto jackpot to arrord this one. 
As for performance, in this beauty you can cruise along at 193 mph for at least 573 miles.

5. Sikorsky S-76C

You already know Sikorsky’s most famous chopper. That would be the Black Hawk…as in “Black Hawk down.” However, they also make a couple of primo VIP helicopters for civilian use, and the S-76C, which runs a modest $12.95 million, is one of them. This baby can seat up to 12 passengers, but you can’t treat VIPs like cattle. So, as you can see, the configuration pictured here seats just 4…in complete luxury. It’s a shame the range is only 473 miles (with a top speed of 178 mph), because I could sit in this thing all day.

6. Eurocopter EC 155

Now this is a luxurious chopper. Or it can be, anyway, when not being used for lamed stuff like medevacs. It’s top speed in an impressive 200 mph with a range of 533 miles. Also, it can seat as many as 13 passengers, but the VIP configuration (pictured here) seats 6 to 8. However, with a price tag of $10 million.