Kuala lumpur gets new 65-storey apartment block

The Kuala Lumpur skyline is about to get a new 65-storey 268-metre high tower block featuring apartments, hotel rooms and offices.

Designed by Ole Scheeren, the architect behind the CCTV headquarters in Beijing, the Angkasa Raya tower will offer, according to the developers, a series of open horizontal slabs, bring urban life into the building and unfold into two interconnected spirals.

Called “The Service Residences,” the scheme will feature a “family of high-end condominiums located in the upper tower block from floor 37 to 64 … and grouped around a naturally ventilated atrium.”

There will be more than 280 units of studios, one to three bedroom apartments and duplexes, as well as penthouses. The development also features high levels gardens.

Source: OPP.org.uk