5 Skyscrapers that Never Existed

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5 Skyscrapers that Never Existed

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5 mega-tall skyscrapers that were proposed but never finished! In this video, we explore the fate of the India Tower, the Sky City Tower, the Azerbaijan Tower, the Illinois, and the massive Dubai City Tower. For more skyscraper & megaproject content make sure to subscribe to Top Luxury!
0:00 5 Skyscrapers that Never Existed
0:41 India Tower
3:16 Sky City Tower
6:08 Azerbaijan Tower
9:09 The Illinois
11:09 Dubai City Tower
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@MegaBuildsYT Жыл бұрын

Would you like to see these skyscryapers become a reality? 😄 Which one is your favorite?

@dragonlukasmapping805 Жыл бұрын

I would like to see the Illinois, i still wonder how 1950s facade would looks like, on such a futuristic skyscraper.

@benwalter4842 Жыл бұрын

All of them

@duncanmcallister7932 Жыл бұрын

The Illinois but it would have to have some modern renovations because I don’t trust 50s-60s tech to support that size of a building.

@saharacasan8383 Жыл бұрын

I want to see illinois so bad

@rileykreates5275 Жыл бұрын

I liked the last one, I would like to see it as a reality

@gothia1715 10 ай бұрын

That Illinois tower looks really modern for our days, even somewhat futuristic. Incredible to think that it was designed in the 50s by a man born in 1867. Truly far ahead of its time.

@LexlutherVII 9 ай бұрын

beyond ahead of it's time, i wonder if any country would challenge it!😂

@georgen5882 5 ай бұрын

I honestly wonder if this would have been feasible. A mile high building is almost double what we have now. The architecture and engineering of the Burj Khalifa is genius, but I’m not sure how much higher we can safely go. One mile is a lot in a building. That’s asking for trouble.

@Idk_whaimdoing 4 ай бұрын

@@georgen5882I agree

@nafnaf0 Ай бұрын

The Illinois is really cool, I hope someone is crazy enough to build it someday

@JohnSmith-zf4wp Жыл бұрын

I think out of all of them frank Lloyd's building would be a game changer as not only his concept is now being used in all modern skyscrapers but the concept of following nature is sound and can actually work to create a strong and sturdy building and it would be a monument and testament to Lloyd's genius and creativity as his building looks entirely unique while most skyscrapers are beginning to all look the same much like most suvs these days.

@jackesioto Жыл бұрын

Little did Frank Lloyd Wright know, but he might have envisioned the first arcology. An arcology is a building or small compound with all the facilities of a typical town and produces at least most of its own food and power.

@Johnadams20760 Жыл бұрын

frank was the greatest architecural mind ever.

@dragonlukasmapping805 Жыл бұрын

I hope someday, we will see Lloyd's: Illinois skyscrapers, build with modern technology. This would mean, that we would see new sky race between New York and Chicago.

@SawdustMusic-rd8mj 4 ай бұрын

New York is limited by the size of the island, you’d have to either demolish older buildings or drain the bay to make that possible.

@darealpnutafnf1160 Жыл бұрын

Unfortunately, most mega projects are never implemented

@PovidisII Жыл бұрын

Yes. Huge cost, Mountainous resources required, And Maintenance, all combine could cost them nearly 2% of USA's GDP

@danzigvssartre Жыл бұрын

That's because they're dumb projects.

@AXAXAXAYt 5 ай бұрын

Unfortunately most development is unfortunate.

@duphasdan 5 ай бұрын

Frank Lloyd Wright truly was a man ahead of his time. His changes on house layouts and overall design alone are noteworthy enough to make him one of the finest architects in world history.

@walterengler5709 Жыл бұрын

What you forgot was the Chicago Spire. As copied from elsewhere .. "The Chicago Spire was a skyscraper project in Chicago that was partially built between 2007 and 2008 before being cancelled. Located at 400 N. Lake Shore Drive, it would have stood 2,000 feet (610 m) high with 150 floors and been the tallest building in the Western Hemisphere." Oh I remember this well. I remember the start of the construction (basically digging the foundation). And they got the hole dug and the pilings pushed into the ground and were about to start and then .. Great Recession. The money dried up, the Irish Bank that had been the primary funder collapsed and had to be nationalized / saved by Ireland, people started filing lawsuits over unpaid money and *poof* up in smoke. All that exists now is the Chicago Spire hole .. the foundation drilled into the ground that has filled with water over time. And the court fights are still going on to this day.

@ntatenarin Жыл бұрын

True! The Chicago Spire reminds me of the India Tower. They both were started around the same time (okay, maybe a year or 2 apart), and eventually two smaller towers were proposed. I saw the proposals for the towers in the Chicago Spire site. Granted, I really want the Chicago Spire, but the two towers look nice. Of course, the 2 towers could be cancelled and something new proposed.

@xlerosx Жыл бұрын

yep

@okamijubei 11 ай бұрын

Damn 2008 panic

@theultimateemeralds Жыл бұрын

Bro I want The Illinois Tower so bad. I'm an hour away from chicago and just driving towards that would be insane. Imagine looking out at everything from the top, you would truly be on top of the world.

@LexlutherVII 9 ай бұрын

beyond ahead of it's time, i wonder if any country would challenge it!😂

@AgentWT 5 ай бұрын

@@LexlutherVII Even today thats quite a challenge to build, imagine in the 50s

@venkataramanaprabhu6024 Жыл бұрын

Even after living in Mumbai, I didn't know about India Tower. Great video tbh. Ps - There was another halted skyscraper called Palais Royale in Mumbai which was supposed to be tallest building in India

@lainawilliams6607 Жыл бұрын

But the India Tower would be taller!

@vaidanubhav 4 ай бұрын

I knew about it and was waiting for it eagerly then later got to know that it stopped.

@user-ud5cv3hd7j Жыл бұрын

i think the Dubai City Tower is insane. I really want to see it in my country, or anywhere in the world. I love it!

@luism7248 Жыл бұрын

Wow love this video😍 Your Quality gets better and better!

@MegaBuildsYT Жыл бұрын

Thank you so much 🤗

@rdspam Жыл бұрын

Instead of India tower, Mumbai gets Antilia as it’s symbol. 😂

@aaravdiwakaristhebest Жыл бұрын

Gateway of India?

@r-labs9357 Жыл бұрын

Nah that symbol just represents how capitalism and inequality is just more of a thing in India

@OasiSValo 11 ай бұрын

@@CreateCG1bro may you please respect them? They probably made a mistake and disrespecting a nation and a person isn’t a way to solve it thx! 😊

@OasiSValo 11 ай бұрын

@@CreateCG1 no worries 😉 you did good by apologizing!

@CreateCG1 11 ай бұрын

But bro there are many things here! What country u from?

@user-gf6dq1wp3x Жыл бұрын

I'm from Azerbaijani and I'm glad that the Azerbaijan tower was discussed

@danielmiron8219 Жыл бұрын

My favorite was the Azerbaijani Tower. My 2nd favorite is the Dubai City Tower. While structural engineering has advanced to the point of making a mile high tower feasible, I'm still looking forward to something like the x-seed 4000 in Japan being proposed and actually built.

@devoof Жыл бұрын

Even though these buildings never got to exist on computers, they look beautiful

@SneakerMkk Жыл бұрын

Lovely video as always

@MegaBuildsYT Жыл бұрын

Thank you !🤗

@JawadBuildz Жыл бұрын

i really do hope that in the future, the dubai city tower can be a reality when i see it

@sergeishabunin9469 Жыл бұрын

I really would love to see those Skyscrapers build...my personal favorite is the Dubai City Tower...as I read it in the Internet the Dubai City Tower was just an Project for study how to build Skyscrapers this tall. And it was an Computer created Idea without having an Architect.

@PhilipMurphyExtra Жыл бұрын

A great weekend is a Top Luxury video in HDR that is for sure.

@MrWillbeto Жыл бұрын

in the city of BALNEÁRIO CAMBORIÚ BRAZIL, Thriump Tower, the largest residential skyscraper on earth is under construction with 154 floors and 544 meters to the roof, which would be the second tallest skyscraper on earth to the roof, being the largest skyscraper in America and the western and southern hemispheres

@altezzaandre9651 Жыл бұрын

Just proposed

@LeagueofJay137 Жыл бұрын

Some of them would be awesome to see

@richardduede9767 Жыл бұрын

I read about the Illinois tower in "The Living City" by Frank LLoyd Wright. I always thought it was a perfect idea and Chicago was the perfect city to house it. I would still like to see that one built.

@kresimirmilisa5560 Жыл бұрын

all of them are amazing but the most stunning would be the illinois tower so nice shape.

@rooblez9005 Жыл бұрын

it looks scary, it gave me nightmares 😥

@adamcheklat7387 Жыл бұрын

The Dubai City Tower looks crazy. How are those guys gonna build an 8000ft tower?

@georgen5882 5 ай бұрын

Honestly I don’t know. I guess if they engineer it similar to the Burj Khalifa, just in a larger scale, it “could” work. It honestly sounds like a disaster in the making. Like the top is going to get sheared off at one point due to wind and structural damage. Buildings are designed to withstand a certain amount of deflection, but at that height it might be too much. The Burj Khalifa is said to have about 3-6 feet of deflection at the top floors, and that building would be almost 1/3 the size of this one. The air here thinner the higher you go, so maybe it isn’t the main problem, but that’s some serious load to bear and distribute, wind sheer to account for. I don’t know man. This isn’t Star Wars.

@blitheringrando1410 Жыл бұрын

200 km/h is pretty fast for an elevator, especially when you're going down 😂

@lubex3486 Жыл бұрын

Free orgasm on the way😂

@selarom2018 10 ай бұрын

Thankfully they could simply accelerate before going 200 kmh, so you don't die of death

@Ranland918 Жыл бұрын

Uh I subscribed By The way love your videos

@relaxingbeach8571 Жыл бұрын

The Indian sky crapper was well designed, hope it will come and be built🎉❤

@deluxsound123 9 ай бұрын

When I was in Dubai someone said to me. This is going to be bigger than NYC when its finished. My reply to him was this. No one will ever write songs about Dubai that the world will know. Dubai will not have culture that is comparable to NYC and finally. Nothing will ever be exported to the rest of the world from the UAE.

@brianbrewer8346 5 ай бұрын

Video turned out WAY better than I thought.

@yellowishyoutubechannel3900 11 ай бұрын

As Indian I didn't know Mumbai to had this big Building project but I don't know if it is going to continue or not

@dathangame Жыл бұрын

1.space elevator,japan,china,russia,usa 2.launch loop,usa 3.tokyo tower of babel ,tokyo,japan 4.X seed 4000,tokyo,japan 5.ultima tower,sanfrancis co,usa 6.dubai city tower dubai,uae 7.houston tower,new york,usa 8.shimizu mega city pyramid,tokyo bay,japan 9.aero polis,tokyo,japan . millennium challenge tower,kuwait city 11.sky mile tower,tokyo,japan 12.nakheel tower,new york,usa 13. dubai creek tower dubai,uae 14.bionic tower,shanghai or hong kong,china 15.azerbaijan tower,baku,azerbaijan 16.jeddah tower,jeddah,saudi Arabia 17.mubarak al kabir tower,kuwait 18.phoenix towers,wuhan,china 19.sky city 1000,tokyo,japan 20.millenium tower,tokyo,japan 21.sky city tower,chengsha,china 22,burj khalifa,dubai,uae

@ereceeme Жыл бұрын

Most of those proposed buildings should be made but much smaller.

@princetyagii Жыл бұрын

Top luxury video at 720p is just a feat to eyes and brain

@pault5557 Жыл бұрын

Great video! It would be fascinating to see any of these built, but the Frank Lloyd Wright concept is definitely the best!!! Nature knows how to make big things! 😎

@LexlutherVII 9 ай бұрын

beyond ahead of it's time, i wonder if any country would challenge it!😂

@waraichsisters7386 9 ай бұрын

I WOULD LIKE TO SEE THE DUBAI CITY TOWER!

@SmartStructuresTV 4 ай бұрын

Awesome projects! Can't wait to see the final result.

@saabroni-hm2lu 7 ай бұрын

I will do one push-up for every like this comment gets

@user-mr1yb4rf4o 7 ай бұрын

You got now 17 pushups

@beauyolia 7 ай бұрын

Every new like , you have to start back over

@petakuhtreiber2879 7 ай бұрын

21 push ups now

@johnb6723 6 ай бұрын

25 now.

@WasiXGamer Жыл бұрын

jeddah tower left the chat

@ZiyangsWorld-eq3bm 8 ай бұрын

I would like the Dubai city tower 0:38

@blink-oncefeat.multistan1300 Жыл бұрын

Ngl that the India Tower looks very likable despite the damn height

@crcivello Жыл бұрын

great vid as always!

@MegaBuildsYT Жыл бұрын

Thank you for your support! 💛

@bling6820 Жыл бұрын

All of them 🤩

@mariepanettieri2990 Жыл бұрын

As a European I start getting nauseous on like the 6th floor, I've never lived above a 4th floor and it was always the last level of the building. I got altitude sickness at the Atomium in Brussels which isn't even that tall so I'll be enjoying these mega structures from the outside

@lubex3486 Жыл бұрын

you should be forced on living at the 200th floor😂

@timojunnilainen2500 10 ай бұрын

@@lubex3486what do you have against mariepanettieri2990 !?

@protorhinocerator142 10 ай бұрын

Back in the 80's I stood atop one of the towers of the World Trade Center in NYC. It's so high up it doesn't even feel real. And it was the weirdest thing looking down on all the other skyscrapers around it.

@Tyln93 5 ай бұрын

Dubai City Tower is very Beutiful Tover!!! 😻😻😻😻😻😻😻

@tejpalsingh4360 Жыл бұрын

Hi. You should make some videos on indian ( anything ). Trust me. It will be your highest viewing video. Love you from Indian

@Rafal_Stajniak Жыл бұрын

I'm starting a new era of tall buildings, and there is no other possibility of technology like mine, and by the way, the video is nice, greetings

@paramarcosandgarud4912 Жыл бұрын

India tower fails not because of slow down of economy its because there is an airport and the airport authority don't allow this to happen

@us3rG Жыл бұрын

The fact that this wasn't first thought of is funny to me. Brilliant people who can build such things forgot to think of this small but huge detail

@a.a.r.9 Жыл бұрын

The India Tower was being constructed far away from Mumbai Airport than Burj Khalifa is from Dubai Airport. Still it's the AAI which always comes inbetween even if you come over the red tape culture in civil sector

@imthinkingRBs Жыл бұрын

Great video. I just wanted to give some constructive feedback as I really like your channel, but this probably isn't the best title for the video as it doesn't really make sense. What I mean by that is these towers all exist in a way -- if a concept car never made it into production, I wouldn't say it "never existed", it just never came to fruition. I don't mean to nitpick, just thought I'd offer my 2 cents. Keep up the great work!

@jasmine20403 11 ай бұрын

Wow this video is nice you are a good video maker ❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤

@Ardjamovixch 9 ай бұрын

Top Luxury is my bed time story teller... ❤😴

@jaimemartinez8971 Жыл бұрын

Yes

@vishnarayan8091 8 ай бұрын

my favourate skyscryaper out of all of them is the dubai city tower i would love the dubai city tower to become a reality😀

@vinaashvicky145 9 ай бұрын

The Illinois is very ambitious for that time. It even looks too futurestic for our time. It would have been the world's first megatall skyscraper if it was ever built.

@ManicTinCan Жыл бұрын

Okay I just cannot get over how the music in this video is a nearly note-for-note plagiarism of the Downton Abbey theme 😂 But really, amazing video! These projects never cease to fascinate me. There are so many projects in the works today that will likely be in a follow-up video years from now.

@ZackPlayz999 3 ай бұрын

what about Tokyo Tower of Babel, X-Seed 4000, Tokyo mega pyramid and Ultima Tower?

@luisespinal5585 Жыл бұрын

The one in Chicago deserves justice, I'd love to see that building come to life

@maas1208 11 ай бұрын

@Kildzr Жыл бұрын

I've been to the highest point they allow you to go in the Burj Khalifa and it is a truly amazing building. Personally, every country trying to one-up each other, as far as tallest building goes, seems like a waste. There are plenty of other buildings in Dubai that are amazing and a fraction of the height of the Burj Khalifa. I am also someone who would never want to live in a skyscraper.

@willhemmings 9 ай бұрын

I was pleased to see Frank Lloyd Wright's Illinois tower in your compilation. I would have been disappointed had it been excluded. Forget the rest - they are generic things, all of which could reasonably have been constructed in any major city because they lack cultural identification. Once upon a time Foster Associates designed a magnificent high rise building that suited a particular location at a particular time - it was the Hong Kong and Shanghai Bank. Now they design a nondescript needle with a vague claim to national identity that could be applied to any major city. That's the problem with the modern high rise building - their locations are as interchangeable as the architects that put them there

@prabathdesilva9758 Жыл бұрын

I want these buildings to be a reality

@user-tn7xc9nh8z Жыл бұрын

😅

@brandon.cho.portfolio 4 ай бұрын

My favorite is Dubai city because it looks so cool

@friendlyatheist9589 Жыл бұрын

that problematic mumbai internation airport was the reason India tower and world one could not be build. Mumbai airport always goes to court against any such skyscraper.

@jeremymonroe7892 Жыл бұрын

From Bulacan,Philippines watching now..

@anniesteer81 Ай бұрын

Bro the India tower times two is a larger twin towers

@fahimkhan7207 6 ай бұрын

if Illinois was built then - we would have seen way differnt and taller towers by now. but alas, sometimes some people are way ahead of their time.

@silentservant_ Жыл бұрын

The Illinois in my hometown would have been spectacular!!

@Valmerix Ай бұрын

"only 3.2% are subscribed" wow I can't believe a small percentage of people subscribe what a bizarre novel concept thanks for pointing it out!

@shorttes4631 4 ай бұрын

yes, for sure

@Xfactories Жыл бұрын

About as achievable as 'The Line'. Crazy thinking.

@sreepriyaviswanath5240 7 ай бұрын

My favorite building out of all is the Dubai city tower i want to see it and i want it to become a reality.😍😄

@philipbrazill2155 Жыл бұрын

Definitely would like to see dubai city tower constructed. That would be something else.

@mickrileybcn Жыл бұрын

What about Antonio Gaudis NYC skyscraper. AMAZING

@AvarageMelaniefan 2 ай бұрын

when the part with the watermelon came my grandma literally opened up a watermelon and the smell reached my room at that moment such a coincedence lol

@Westleymiller1343 Жыл бұрын

My favorite absolutley insane skyscraper is the tokyo tower of babel

@diknowledge Жыл бұрын

Very nice content ❤

@FIRTHYBOY101 Жыл бұрын

The last building is a quarter finished it’s being built under ground 😮

@Johnadams20760 Жыл бұрын

how did you possibly forget the biggest one ever? back in i think 1987 or 1989 ish. Japan propsed a super city sky scarper that the base would take up an entier island, and that the total height would be 6,667 feet tall, nearly 1.3 miles and it was going to take 25 years to build

@KotaroK99 11 ай бұрын

X seed 4000 i presume?

@Johnadams20760 11 ай бұрын

yes that would be it@@KotaroK99

@mofi_lki 10 ай бұрын

@@KotaroK99 i think it was the tower with a hexagonal shape being 1 mile high going on artificial islands

@boeing757isbetterthanairbus 9 ай бұрын

@@mofi_lki yep

@boeing757isbetterthanairbus 9 ай бұрын

I’m pretty mad that the Illinois Tower wasn’t built, I go to Chicago every year and would be so cool to drive by.

@LexlutherVII 9 ай бұрын

beyond ahead of it's time, i wonder if any country would challenge it!😂

@brandon.cho.portfolio 4 ай бұрын

First time hearing the Dubai city

@edwinlwe Жыл бұрын

Elevator with the speed of a bullet train sounds like zero-gravity experience when going down from top floor if there are no stops in between; in reality, no matter how fast the elevator moves, stops in between floors are the factor that might make the trip from seconds of minutes.

@Sandi_shores_lands_fish Жыл бұрын

It would bend time

@origamigeorge 4 ай бұрын

were your channel called top luxury?

@weraroacloud 5 ай бұрын

my favourate one is the dubai city tower

@zhexuenhor1739 Жыл бұрын

The India tower is also the same kind of skyscraper of an anime from 2020s Great Pretender they have this kind of skyscraper

@pramod8195 Жыл бұрын

Biggest enemy of skyscrapers in india is IAA (indian airport authority)

@dragnovbeats Жыл бұрын

💯 exactly

@rooblez9005 Жыл бұрын

why??

@pramod8195 Жыл бұрын

@@rooblez9005 they always stop construction of skyscrapers this is only one which you know they many 10s of building which is stopped by them they always restrict the height to 300 mtr

@user-zk5md7gm9k 9 ай бұрын

True those MFS always oppose sky scrapers

@razvandobos9759 Жыл бұрын

Dubai City Tower needs to be built big time.

@mark_egzafier Жыл бұрын

Believe me Dubai it can it's crazy enough to build a unbelievable megaprojects 🙂💔

@ryanmaguire7731 6 ай бұрын

nobody people going from the top of Dubai city tower to the bottom of it: I'VE BEEN FALLING FOR 30 MINUTES!

@lachlanmillsteed6825 Жыл бұрын

Grollo Tower (Melbourne) should’ve been included in this. Although the tower was not built, the tower was instead built much higher which we now know as the Burj Khalifa

@PascualMorales-py6gd 8 ай бұрын

the illinois looked so modern and sleek considering that it was designed in the 1950s. and all the buildings then were just rectangular prisms

@ywzh2731 Ай бұрын

Yeah I want them to be real but they are so great i don’t know which one is best

@avrinrose5457 11 ай бұрын

In my fictional world, all of this skyscrapers have finished and successful

@houdasmatti1491 Ай бұрын

My favourite skyscraper is the bright in iraq 🇮🇶 ❤🎉😊

@houdasmatti1491 Ай бұрын

❤😂🎉😢😮😅😊

@baldassarealessi1007 Жыл бұрын

Thank you video interesting.

@ChrisChenHK-w2j Күн бұрын

my favourite is the dubai city tower

@kamarovzamarev7262 Жыл бұрын

Burj khalifa is the last tall building, all those is only a dream... 😉

@Johnny123_9 Жыл бұрын

My guy literally you can’t even go on half of the top of the tower just because that was for looks😂

@xi9188 Жыл бұрын

I'm so mad that this is the top comment

@JOOZY05 Жыл бұрын

There’s somthing called the future

@TheAnnapacch Жыл бұрын

Grammar bro

@user-zk5md7gm9k 9 ай бұрын

Lol if usa or china want they can easily broke there recordm😂😂

@xlerosx Жыл бұрын

This is a silly title - I bet there are infinite number of skyscrapers that never existed.

@MyShanghaiShuffle 5 ай бұрын

I want to see all of them ,😮

@aydenbair5107 Жыл бұрын

I want to see the Illinois and the Dubai city tower❤

@gshub1 Жыл бұрын

The last one

@user-wz3dl2pj1d 5 ай бұрын

Yes, I liked the last one

@lisamanoban8473 5 ай бұрын

Imagine hoping in the elevator and waited 15 mins until you get to your floor

@JamorantTv Жыл бұрын

Love Frm Gh 🇬🇭