World's next tallest tower: Super green, very pink - PHOTO

 No one can accuse China of stinting in its efforts to reach for the sky.Less than a year after construction was halted on a world-beating 838-meter tower in Changsa in central China (just days after it began) architects have revealed plans to build something even bigger.At one kilometer (0.6 miles) high, the largest of the two Phoenix Towers planned for Wuhan, the capital of Hubei province in central China, will be the tallest in the world if completed on schedule in 2017/2018.The towers will also be crazily futuristic and super environmentally friendly.And pink"Yes, [they are pink]," Laurie Chetwood of UK-based design firm Chetwoods Architects tells CNN."They reflect the spectacular colors of the sunsets in the region."Designed to sit on an island in a lake, the largest of the towers will stand 172 meters (564 feet) taller than Burj Khalifa in Dubai.The project is still awaiting government final approval, but if all goes to plan it could steal a march on the Kingdom Tower in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, which is also designed to top out at one kilometer, but not until 2019.With a 2012 population of 9.7 million, Wuhan is located on the Yangtze River. It's a major transportation hub that's been called "the Chicago of China."(CNN)Bakudaily.az