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The Ascent get to the downtown area in Puxi using the tunnel. Mr. Smith has played an active role in international projects and developments. He has also designed buildings in Bahrain, Brazil, China, Dubai, Saudi Arabia, Canada, England, Germany, Guatemala, Indonesia, Korea, Kuwait, Mexico, the United States (Chicago, Boston, Des Moines, St. Louis, Minneapolis, Washington D.C., Orlando and New York City). fles.lsecities.netfles Under his leadership and direction have received more than 125 design awards including 5 international awards, 9 National AlA awards, 35 state and Chicago AlA awards and 3 ULI Awards for Excellence (1989, 2005, 2008) and several Progressive Architecture Design Awards. His work has been exhibited at public museums in Chicago, Europe, South America, and Asia and ten of his projects are in the permanent collection of the Art Institute of Chicago. Pogada feature Pogada style initially found for a purpose to house relics and sacred writings. This type of style attracts lightning strikes because of their height. It traditionally has an odd number of stage/level types of structure. The rolandwooster.com pagodas in Burma, Thailand, Laos and Cambodia are very different from Chinese and Japanese pagodas. Pagodas in those countries are derived from Nepali stupas and are commonly The 88 foor is the highest sightseeing foor in th built with cement, concrete and bricks. Pogada style has various meaning China and provided to accommodate more than 1000 in many countries and the meaning tourists. It takes only 45 seconds for two super-speed of the term changed during times but elevators to take tourists to the sightseeing level from in all religious it referred to worship st by different form of names. A Persian the 1 foor basement. said butkada, means ‘idol’ and kada means ‘temple’, dwelling. An English man proposed pagoda is derived from combining offces, upscale stores and and electrical equipment. 53 to 87 Portuguese. In Sanskrit it refers to a hotel. Utilizing spacious and bright foors are occupied by the Grand Hyatt bhagavathi which means ‘blessed’ and areas, foors three through 50 can - the world’s tallest super 5-Star hotel. ‘good future’. accommodate up to 10,000 people. The Floor 56 through 87 has a spectacular three basements have a food court and 27-meter wide atrium and 142 meters Jin Mao Dynasty can be accommodate for 600 vehicle tall. The atrium is surrounded by 555 The Jin Mao tower Building is high- and 7,500 bicycle parking spaces. The guest rooms of various sizes, styles, tech and high-rise offce building 51 and 52 foors are for mechanical and numerous Chinese and Western- nd st Vol: 3 Issue: 11 November 2014 Built Expressions PG 31