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CSCD now a world leader in the glass curtain wall market By ZHENG YIRAN in Beijing and PEI PEI in Shenzhen, Guangdong | China Daily | Updated: 2021-07-19 09:34 Workers of China State Construction Development Holdings Ltd install aluminum sheets on the glass curtain wall of the Harborside building in Jersey City, New Jersey, in the United States, in June. [Photo provided to China Daily]
The company has completed more than 310 overseas projects across the globe
From the world s tallest tower, the Burj Khalifa in Dubai, the United Arab Emirates, to The Cosmopolitan of Las Vegas, a hotel in the United States, Chinese glass curtain walls are gaining ground in the global market.
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Tourism Ireland’s annual Global Greening initiative has gone from strength to strength – from its beginning back in 2010, when just the Sydney Opera House and the Sky Tower in Auckland went green, to this year, which will be the biggest ever Global Greening.
From Rome to Rio and from London to Las Vegas, a host of famous buildings and sites around the world will be illuminated in green to mark St Patrick’s Day.
Iconic buildings include the Leaning Tower of Pisa, Niagara Falls, Victoria Falls, the Sydney Opera House, the ‘Welcome’ sign in Las Vegas, the Sky Tower in Auckland, Christ the Redeemer statue in Rio de Janeiro, Burj Al Arab in Dubai, the Prince’s Palace of Monaco and the Cibeles Fountain in Madrid.
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Burj Al Arab, Dubai Frame and Dubai International Airport are among 23 places across the Emirates to sign up to illuminate for Ireland s national day of celebration.
Click through the gallery above to see more of the UAE s buildings taking part.
The viridescent display is part of a global initiative by Tourism Ireland to mark the occasion in 2021. Dubai International Airport glows green for St Patrick s Day. It s the first time that the airport – one of the world s busiest – has joined Tourism Ireland s Global Greening. Courtesy Tourism Ireland
Landmarks, buildings and places of interest around the world joined in the glow-up, with 670 landmarks across 66 countries taking part.