Introduction to KALLANNAI

The grand anicut KALLANNAI

Introduction

The river kaveri which has it origin in coorg

District of karnataka is reserved and used for cultivation in kallannai which is commonly known as grand anicut

The grand anicut kallannai is reffered to the oldest dam that has been built during the period of chola king kari kallan over first century.it still stands for centuries safe guarding the people of region from floods

Need of kallannai

The flash floods which occurred in district of tanjore, capital of chola is root cause for the structure. During the period of chola king kavErAn they use rocks to reserve water from which the plan of building kallannai framed. 

They used rock knowm as "kal" in tamil language to construct a dam known as "anai" in tamil language, so the dam gets a name kallannai

Architect Adrian Smith

Adrian Smith

Adrian D. Smith  is an American architect who has designed skyscrapers including the Burj Khalifa, Jin Mao Tower andTrump International Hotel and Tower, as well as the proposed 1,000 metre  Kingdom Tower for Jeddah, Saudi Arabia.

Smith attended Texas A&M University, pursuing a Bachelor of Architecture while being involved with the Corps of Cadets. However he did not graduate, and instead left A&M to work at Skidmore, Owings and Merrill (SOM) in 1967.He finished his education at the University of Illinois, Chicago and graduated in 1969.

Burj Khalifa

                         Burj Khalifa                                 

Burj Khalifa commonly known as Burj Dubai, is a skyscraper in Dubai, U.A.E and it is the tallest man made structure of a height 2,722 feet. Construction began on 21 September 2004, with the exterior of the structure completed on 1 October 2009. The building officially opened on 4 January 2010.

The tower's architecture and engineering were performed by Skidmore, Owings and Merrill of Chicago, with Adrian Smith as chief architect, and Bill Baker as chief structural engineer. The primary contractor was Samsung C&T of South Korea.163 floors plus 46 maintenance levels in the spire and 2 parking levels in the basement.

The design architect, Adrian Smith, felt that the uppermost section of the building did not culminate elegantly with the rest of the structure, so he sought and received approval to increase it to the current height. It has been explicitly stated that this change did not include any added floors, which is fitting with Smith's attempts to make the crown more slender. There are unconfirmed reports of several planned height increases since its inception.