World’s Weirdest Skyscraper- A Shipwreck Skyscraper in Prague

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A controversial skyscraper that looks like an upturned oil tanker in a crash with an office block could soon become Prague's tallest building. 

Bizarre new plans from Czech development company Trigema would see the 450ft-high structure towering over the historic city. 

It would cost an estimated two billion Czech koruna (£70,000,000) and would have a public lookout with a 360-degree view at its peak, reached by an external lift. 

Prague's historic downtown is a UNESCO World Heritage site where high-rises are totally banned, so the skyscraper – dubbed Top Tower – would be built in the suburbs. 

Architect Tomáš Císař, who designed the tower with his Black n' Arch studio colleague, sculptor David Černý, said the boat was a 'fundamental element' of the structural design. 'It comprises a notional vertical public space,' he said. 

'It is publicly accessible both via the viewing elevator and staircase which link individual height levels – terraces which in future are designed to be used as outdoor galleries, lapidaria and gardens.
'The boat is structurally connected to the building. One cannot stand, nor even exist, without the other. 
'Thus the boat is not a mere addition, but rather a fundamental element both intellectually and technically.' 

The developer estimates that construction will begin in 2021 and take less than three years to complete. 

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