DIGITS
SELF
PRESERVATION
SOCIETY In 2013 Australia’shosted
Great Barrier Reef
The Berlin Wall
costs an average of
Illustrations by Gavin Goo
to build
From the cost of building to how
long they take to maintain, Ascott
Living looks at the fascinating
facts and figures surrounding the
world’s most famous landmarks
50kg of
gold foil
tops Indonesia’s
national monument
in Jakarta
Buckingham
Palace has
760
windows
– which are
cleaned every
two weeks
Some
2.09 million
visitors
80
US$114 per
30 centimetres
Singapore’s
Merlion tower
at Sentosa
stands 37
metres tall
and is lit by
16,000
lights
kilometre
per hour
winds
can cause
New York’s The Great Wall of
Statue of Liberty China stretches for
to sway up to
7 centimetres,
kilometres
and the
torch by 15
centimetres
49,889
79,989
cubic metres
of water
are pumped out of
Rome’s Trevi Fountain
every single day
06 AS COTT LIVING
On average the Eiffel Tower is
painted once every seven years –
requiring 60 tonnes
of paint each time