It doesn't appear to be over just yet. Looks like they are still putting the finishing touches on the crown and the facade.

Thanks for the updates!

No I don't think it is officially completed yet, although it has topped out some months ago.

I hope it turns out to be more smooth and slender. There is still alot more to do on the top i.e. alot more glass like on the render.

Wow!!! NIna is one of the most outstanding towers in HK.

It's location's crap...

^^couldnt agree less.

It doesn't appear to be over just yet. Looks like they are still putting the finishing touches on the crown and the facade.

Don't forget the base is still being completed after the whole tower portion is pretty much finished its cladding.

It's location's crap...

Well it can't be seen in HK island's main skyline but it does turn Tsuen Wan into another legit skyline in HK's already vast mega skyline, not too shabby for a neighbourhood that could be considered a suburb by NA standards.

http://i18.photobucket.com/albums/b131/slowcart/Hong%20Kong/P8030003.jpg http://i18.photobucket.com/albums/b131/slowcart/Hong%20Kong/P8030006.jpg http://www.skyscrapers.cn/forum/attachments/IMG_0937b_JpXGVuo1wAF4_UK92FYviOmtn.jpg http://i18.photobucket.com/albums/b131/slowcart/Hong%20Kong/P8030002.jpg http://i18.photobucket.com/albums/b131/slowcart/Hong%20Kong/P8030008.jpg

by slowcart

great shots

It's completed!!!! wow!! it looks so nice and impressive.

a genuine 300m tower, I love it.

Since the construction is over can Nina be in the voting section?

http://www.skyscrapers.cn/forum/attachments/IMG_0937b_JpXGVuo1wAF4_UK92FYviOmtn.jpg by slowcart

I forgot who mentioned that the towers look like Teddy and Nina doing *something. I hate that idea but it was so funny... that I just can't stop myself thinking of that whenever I see a photo of the towers!

It looks very modern and glassy, I like it.

Since the construction is over can Nina be in the voting section?

I hope it. and we need the Triumph Place in Moscow also in Voting Section!!!

I forgot who mentioned that the towers look like Teddy and Nina doing *something. I hate that idea but it was so funny... that I just can't stop myself thinking of that whenever I see a photo of the towers!

LMAOO!!! Yes, I see it too!! Especially with "Teddy" being the taller tower and "Nina" being the shorter tower and the skybridge connecting the two towers LOL!! I'll leave it at that and the rest will be left for your imagination.

Anyhoot, here's some pics that I'm not sure have been posted or not yet.

By joewhk on flickr:http://www.flickr.com/photos/joewhk/

http://static.flickr.com/53/174415098_743b23fddd_o.jpg
http://static.flickr.com/66/174414929_e0acbe5047_o.jpg

Dailuaine:http://www.flickr.com/photos/51126440@N00/

http://static.flickr.com/60/198895374_ea79f4de28_o.jpg

Wow, the Pics are Wonderful.

Nina's down on her knees by the looks of things. ;)

I hope it. and we need the Triumph Place in Moscow also in Voting Section!!!

Well can someone put it!

Looks nice !

I forgot who mentioned that the towers look like Teddy and Nina doing *something. I hate that idea but it was so funny... that I just can't stop myself thinking of that whenever I see a photo of the towers!

OMG I see it too! Never thought of it like that!!!

I wonder when they are gonna strip off all the blue protective stuff. I hope they arent gonna let nature take it off.

More photos, taken by Patrick Beckers of skyscraperpicture:

http://www.skyscraperpicture.com/nina23.JPG

http://www.skyscraperpicture.com/nina21.JPG

http://www.skyscraperpicture.com/nina12.JPG

http://www.skyscraperpicture.com/nina07.JPG

http://www.skyscraperpicture.com/nina02.JPG

See the rest here: http://www.skyscraperpicture.com/nina.htm

amazing pics! Facade still not finished. :(

great shots, thank you

the tower is hideous... i was so excited seeing the renderings, if built likt that, would really have looked great. instead it's messy facade, and sheer bulk makes it look disgusting. ew.

I forgot who mentioned that the towers look like Teddy and Nina doing *something. I hate that idea but it was so funny... that I just can't stop myself thinking of that whenever I see a photo of the towers!


That was ME!!! :-D

It seems there's still much to be done (especially at the top). When will it be finished?

the tower is hideous... i was so excited seeing the renderings, if built likt that, would really have looked great. instead it's messy facade, and sheer bulk makes it look disgusting. ew.

yea
the facade is chaotic ...
too many different treatments on teddy ...
http://www.skyscraperpicture.com/nina23.JPG
i can see at least 5 here ...
its aesthetically unpleasing ...

nina looks better ... but the skybridge is distroying it ...

the 2 towers dun really go well together ...
the curves dun resemble each other ...

and i can't understand wats going on at the top ... and at the base ...

lol so it was you tim! No wonder hkskyline said you're so yum jeen ;)

Who the hell came up with the idea of green glass at the top, when the entire tower is blue!! That aint cool

And also take that effin blue plastic off already!!

guys, relax :) nina's still not close to completion (obviously)---


like a very fine wine, let her "breathe" teddy a bit more, yes? :D

lol

Anybody knows when the buildings will be in use?

Nothing Special!

Who the hell came up with the idea of green glass at the top, when the entire tower is blue!! That aint cool

I don't see any green at the top. Are you colorblind?
This is the most posts I've seen on one tower without it having a part 2.

I don't see any green at the top. Are you colorblind?
This is the most posts I've seen on one tower without it having a part 2.

pay attention before accusing someone colorblind ...
http://www.skyscraperpicture.com/nina12.JPG

^^
&
I don't see any green at the top. Are you colorblind?
This is the most posts I've seen on one tower without it having a part 2.
The green is probably just protective material.

It didn't get a second part because most people tought it was almost completely finished around post 500 (atleast that's what I think). And to make a second part right now is a bit too late, it's good that there is one thread that goes a little bit against the rules.

Its color looks nice but just a bit too strong, I think.

Aerial over Tsuen Wan, Nina Tower and Vision City on the far right

http://static.flickr.com/63/221791738_f019c7ad7d_b.jpg

http://i89.photobucket.com/albums/k219/Rachmaninov2/nina.jpg

^^ My aerial was shot back in July and it was a smoggy day...

^^^Very nice aerial shots, thanks

By Cathay Pacific from HKADB - shot in late July :

http://i16.photobucket.com/albums/b8/CX110111/Aviation/QF127/HK2.jpg

i love such aerial photos!

http://static.flickr.com/67/230900138_f2a3fce93c_b.jpg

a really dream-pic :)

^^indeed

wow, this tower still gets better and better...

Damn!! too bad Vision City seems to be almost invisible..:(

I took these during my stay in Hong Kong from August 30th to September 5th:

http://www.jochenhertweck.com/upload/nina01.JPG

http://www.jochenhertweck.com/upload/nina02.JPG

http://www.jochenhertweck.com/upload/nina03.JPG

http://www.jochenhertweck.com/upload/nina04.JPG

should this thread be closed and a new completed poll thread posted in top 100 section/?

I took these during my stay in Hong Kong from August 30th to September 5th:

http://www.jochenhertweck.com/upload/nina01.JPG

http://www.jochenhertweck.com/upload/nina02.JPG

http://www.jochenhertweck.com/upload/nina03.JPG

http://www.jochenhertweck.com/upload/nina04.JPG

These are the best pics ever of nina tower. :)

Thanks for the updates! Now, what is happening to this thing? When are they going to occupy the building??

this shot's are really one of the best i've ever seen from the Nina Tower

http://netalbum2006.netvigator.com/netalbum/photos/9585b1e661a2d0b4dea994e74f3a46aa6339632fae0725641483db61390819d7d58e5270d2ed86eff32a94b4a31373ac

Great pic ~ got a higher resolution?

good shot

Tseun Wan and the surrounding area is sooo dense. Seemed like man-made mountains of highrise buildings
http://img97.imageshack.us/img97/4581/257071433d3a984adf8oiu3.jpg

also a great shot. there should be more supertalls in this district.

By jcjacky from HKADB :

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v347/jcjacky/UK_tour/P1020593.jpg

Impressive, very outstanding.

great shot.....looks like there is still a lot place to build some new tall skyscrapers or not?

810 posts .lol

By jcjacky from HKADB :

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v347/jcjacky/UK_tour/P1020593.jpg

hope it help:
http://i85.photobucket.com/albums/k68/cerilampo/P1020593.jpg

Excellent updates!

http://netalbum2006.netvigator.com/netalbum/photos/9585b1e661a2d0b4dea994e74f3a46aa6339632fae0725641483db61390819d7d58e5270d2ed86eff32a94b4a31373ac

^^^I love this shot.

By AD18 from a HK transport forum :

http://i91.photobucket.com/albums/k299/FZ7591/nina_tower.jpg

I'm actually quite excited about Tsuen Wan's new skyline. It will regenerate this aging area!

Nice.

By AD18 from a HK transport forum :

http://i91.photobucket.com/albums/k299/FZ7591/nina_tower.jpg


This one also nice shot !

yes it's great, a good quality! :)

simply nice!!

Is the top completed yet?

saw this building while riding the airport express, its stunning with the mountains
at the backdrop

when can the top be completed?

Just took two pictures when I walked by today.

http://www.solowoo.com/gallery2/d/5447-2/Nina+Tower+1.jpg

http://www.solowoo.com/gallery2/d/5451-2/Nina+Tower+3.jpg

great shots, thank a lot. I love this tower!!

Very Very impressive!!

The only thing is i'm not that keen on the small bridge to the smaller tower. Looks like an after thought.

I feel ultra-modern.

55 ultra modern ^^^ oh my god i love her tower nina wang ...the richest women in asia

Thank god! the crown is not done yet.

Here is some recent news about the developer's owner :

Court criticises 'hostile litigation'
Judges highlight the relentless pursuit of the Chinachem empire by Nina Wang's father-in-law
26 October 2006
South China Morning Post

The enormous costs order issued yesterday against Wang Din-shin, the father-in-law of Nina Wang Kung Yu-sum, was very much of his own making, the Court of Final Appeal said.

Had the 96-year-old father of late tycoon Teddy Wang Teh-huei not taken such a hostile approach to the battle over whether or not a will written by his son in 1990 was genuine, the claim against him would have been far less than the HK$560 million he now faces.

Instead, he had engaged in what amounted to a hostile takeover of the Chinachem Group by probate.

"In exercising its discretion, the court draws a distinction between litigation reasonably undertaken by a person in order to require the validity of a will to be investigated by the court, and litigation which is fundamentally hostile," the full bench of the court said.

The court yesterday dismissed arguments by Edward Chan SC, for Mr Wang, that the nine-year battle over the will, which featured allegations from day one of forgery and fraud, was necessary.

Mr Chan had argued the will needed to be tested because of the failure of Teddy Wang to tell his father about the new will, the way it was produced by Mrs Wang, and the unusual aspects of the documents that appeared with it.

But the court disagreed, saying that while the size of the estate and the unusual manner of the will's surfacing may have required some investigation as to its bona fides, the manner in which Mr Wang went about it was wholly hostile.

"He had decided, even before mention of the 1990 will, to institute legal proceedings to wrest control of the Chinachem Group from Mrs Wang," the judges said.

They noted he had waited just two days after the expiration of the seven-year limit for declaring a missing person dead before launching an action to have his son's demise made official.

Then, once the existence of the 1990 will became known, he did not even wait for its contents to be revealed before alleging it was a fake and stating in a sworn affirmation that Mrs Wang had, "in other words, probably committed a crime".

This strategy of attacking Mrs Wang led to adverse findings against her in the Court of Appeal, which in turn led to her facing criminal charges that were withdrawn late last year after the Court of Final Appeal found the will was genuine.

"Mr Wang Snr had obviously made up his mind that he would fight to obtain control over the estate {hellip} no matter what," the court wrote. "The assertion that the 1990 will propounded by Mrs Wang was a forgery became fixed in his mind and he was determined to do all he could to prove that fact."

The five judges agreed with Geoffrey Vos QC, for Mrs Wang, that the whole saga amounted to "hostile litigation par excellence".

It was only because of the fact that some litigation was to be expected when dealing with an estate of such magnitude that the court did not order Mr Wang to pay the entirety of the costs associated with the epic battle.

Nov. 1, 2006
http://static.flickr.com/102/285595742_a805fa54f0_o.jpg

Nov. 1, 2006
http://static.flickr.com/102/285595742_a805fa54f0_o.jpg

Are those buildings or communications towers atop the mountain in the center of the picture?

buildings

Are those buildings or communications towers atop the mountain in the center of the picture?

those are ...
http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y181/Genuine007/Kln6b/060510137.jpg
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Buildings that don't get posted often (HK) Part I (http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showthread.php?t=211362) Part II (http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showthread.php?t=212436) Part III (http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showthread.php?t=316338) Part IV (http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showthread.php?t=9007041)
Artistic decorations inside and outside of the buildings (http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showthread.php?t=319077)

^A mountain of buildings.

11/18

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v81/asiaglobe/Img_5934.jpg

is the top completed now?

thankfully they are finishing that horrible roof lol.

Nov 22, 2006

http://static.flickr.com/120/303547798_e834219420_b.jpg

Source: http://www.flickr.com/photos/joewhk/

great shots!!

Yup amazing shot! Love that area!

Nov 22, 2006
http://static.flickr.com/120/303547798_e834219420_b.jpg

Dec 4, 2006
http://static.flickr.com/116/314797502_4a4dc0ae85_o.jpg

Source: http://www.flickr.com/photos/joewhk/sets/72157594176636269/

What's going on with the top and the base :? It's taking quite a long time.

I My! Those pics make me so warm inside! I think I am in love with HK.

Nov 22, 2006
http://static.flickr.com/120/303547798_e834219420_b.jpg

Dec 4, 2006
http://static.flickr.com/116/314797502_4a4dc0ae85_o.jpg

Source: http://www.flickr.com/photos/joewhk/sets/72157594176636269/

What's going on with the top and the base :? It's taking quite a long time.

what's that purple line? is that just some kind of decoration in the waterfront?

^ Tsuen Wan's waterfront is lit up.

Dec 7, 2006

http://static.flickr.com/127/323146061_b2d18ef189_o.jpg

Source: http://www.flickr.com/photos/59639680@N00/323146061

Great pic..

nice pic

nice lights

beautiful pic!!

The top almost done!

Dam how long do they need to finish this crown ???????
Whats so special about it that it takes such a long time ??

don't think the crown is so special :)

one of the best shots i have ever seen

http://static.flickr.com/127/323146061_b2d18ef189_o.jpg

^^^^very impressive!!

http://i135.photobucket.com/albums/q144/aboveday2006/l225601166358956.jpg

Source: dcfever.com

Impressive.

WOW...the top is still not finished :eek:

so maybe it's not too late to bring up my last heliflight-pics (jan'06) :tongue2:
(which i never posted anywhere yet)
.
.
meanwhile a picture from today, taken by my ex-gf with mobile-cam:
http://www.micpix.de/gallery/data/media/81/NinaTwr23dec06-1.jpg
^ taken from bus terminal next to Maritime Square at Tsing Yi Island

What a pitty i might not be able to take new heli-pics in Jan 2007
due the price rised up :(

.

Dec 8, 2006
http://farm1.static.flickr.com/123/343457065_07bf4be94c_b.jpg

No new pics instead???

But thanks for posting anyway...

Dam how long do they need to finish this crown ???????
Whats so special about it that it takes such a long time ??

Haha...that's what I'm wondering. It seems like it's taken longer to finish the crown that it's taken to get the building to it's final height. Otherwise it's a great looking tower.

Reminds me of Eureka, in the aspect that it took them so long to finish the crown.

^
Haha.

Well in the end the building should look good. It's a good height too.

Actually, the builder dun want to finish the whole building too soon
coz the Nina Tower will finish until all the surround area totally complete
that make all the people get get easier and rent more expensive
is that make sence?
they can't just emepy the whole building after finish, that might coz the surface and the interior become to look old

amazing pictures!!!

1st January,2007
http://www.skyscrapers.cn/forum/attachments/053_3pA5hs0loQWW.jpg

http://www.skyscrapers.cn/forum/attachments/070_QCo5L7Q6JdrB.jpg

http://www.skyscrapers.cn/forum/attachments/058_1lemXoQVEfeK.jpg

http://www.skyscrapers.cn/forum/attachments/068_t7C1FeECQdFg.jpg

http://www.skyscrapers.cn/forum/attachments/071_HJyQ1feUdK5q.jpg

^^ nice update, thanks fatshe

Wow! Excellent photos! :banana:

beautifull tower!!!

good stuff

Lifts

60 lifts and 30 escalators manage the vertical transportation within the building. The high speed lifts are supplied by Toshiba, while LM LIFTMATERIAL supplies the heavy duty lifts.

The 8000 kg lift, having 26 landings and 116 meters of travel height is installed and commissioned.

The truck lift with 13000 kg of duty load is being mechanically installed and is to be commissioned early 2005.

Source : http://www.lm-liftmaterial.de/englisch/lmlife/html/nina-tower.html

Oh my god.....the crown is taking forever......how long will they need to finish it finally....10 years...mybe 20 ??? :bash: :bash:

can't believe that with the top :ohno:

looks like they aren't even done taking all the blue tapes off either!

Are they not taking off the scarfolding until somebody actually believes that the bamboo scarfolding is actually part of its permanent design??

Are they not taking off the scarfolding until somebody actually believes that the bamboo scarfolding is actually part of its permanent design??


:lol: :lol: :lol: :lol:

:D

Anybody pass by to take an updated photo?

Feb 8, 2007
http://farm1.static.flickr.com/126/390828983_d370020d9f_b.jpg

http://farm1.static.flickr.com/187/390830346_c88bd3f363_b.jpg

http://farm1.static.flickr.com/183/390827798_7d635b89fe_b.jpg

Source: http://www.flickr.com/photos/27997157@N00/390828983

thought they finished the crown already.

I havent been there in ages, though tbh the structure is nice but the cladding is horendous. Those back-laying holes they are vents for the installations? I can imagine because of the hight you need ducts in between the building instead of just on top.
Maybe it will all look better asap the protective layers are gone so it gets more a unity.

Jeez it's taking forever to finish the crown...

I think Rach may be right...that IS the crown ...

According to today's Sing Tao, apparently Nina Tower wasn't even supposed to be the tallest in the area:

(星島日報報道)針對最近高樓大廈愈起愈高，被批評造成屏風效應。規劃署首次為勾地表內的荃灣楊屋道商業地皮，展開空氣流通評估研究﹔該幅原用作興建區內最高大廈的土地，其發展地積比率、樓宇高度、大廈數目、以至大廈之間的間距，都有機會為配合空氣流通而被修訂，並寫入賣地條款中。有測量師預計，地價將因為限制增加而大打折扣。

Apparently the plot next to Nina Tower on Yeung Uk Rd was set aside to build the area's tallest, but the news is saying that it's being re-evaluated now coz of all the talk about the walled-in effect :-/ bummer.

http://www.singtao.com/media/20070304/20070304ap08.JPG

How would that be allowed with the flight path over Tsuen Wan?

^^ Maybe they will build the new airport control towel on top.... :)

Updates from Ricky Nelson & 久地遊覽


http://starphotohk.com/hk-place/2007/20061029-TsuenWanNinaTower01-600.jpg

http://starphotohk.com/hk-place/2007/20061029-TsuenWanNinaTower02-600.jpg

http://starphotohk.com/hk-place/2007/20070312-NinaTower42FloorView01-600.jpg

http://starphotohk.com/hk-place/2007/20070312-NinaTower42FloorView02-600.jpg

http://starphotohk.com/hk-place/2007/20070312-NinaTower42Floor(Pano)01-600.jpg

http://starphotohk.com/hk-place/2007/20070312-NinaTower42FloorView03-600.jpg

http://starphotohk.com/hk-place/2007/20070312-NinaTower42FloorView04-600.jpg

http://starphotohk.com/hk-place/2007/20070312-NinaTower42FloorView05-600.jpg

http://starphotohk.com/hk-place/2007/20070312-NinaTower42FloorView06-600.jpg

http://starphotohk.com/hk-place/2007/20070312-NinaTowerTsingYi(Pano)01-400.jpg

Great update, but is the top still not finished?

sweet ;)

WOW !!! Very nice !

I like the skybridge and of course, that glass floor !!!

waaaaahhh a puplic observation bridge??? ... coz of the glassed floor?? beautifull tower

How would that be allowed with the flight path over Tsuen Wan?

Maybe only VTOL planes will be allowed at CLK now =)

Surprise surprise!! Thanks for the updates!!!

It's said that the building's owner, Nina Wang, passed away yesterday (Apr. 3rd, HK time). She has been the richest woman in Asia for many years.

It's said that the building's owner, Nina Wang, passed away yesterday (Apr. 3rd, HK time). She has been the richest woman in Asia for many years.

Hong Kong's richest woman Nina Wang dies at age 69
The Associated Press
Published: April 4, 2007

HONG KONG: Hong Kong's richest woman Nina Wang, best known for a sensational legal battle over her missing husband's estate, has died from an illness, her spokesman said Wednesday. She was 69.

Wang's spokesman Ringo Wong said Wang died from an illness Tuesday, but he declined to give specifics.

Hong Kong media had reported earlier that she suffered from ovarian cancer, and that it had spread to her liver and other organs.

Wang made headlines in Hong Kong with her legal fight against her father-in-law over her husband Teddy Wang's estate.

Teddy Wang was kidnapped in 1990 and declared dead nine years later. His body was never found.

A court ruled in 2002 that Teddy Wang's 1990 will was a fake, and that Nina Wang "probably" forged it.

Teddy Wang's father, Wang Din-shin, was named the sole inheritor of his son's fortune by the court. However, Hong Kong's top court reversed that ruling in 2005, and Nina Wang inherited the estate.

The eight-year legal battle captivated the public with colorful and lurid detail. Wang Din-shin had accused his daughter-in-law of adultery.

Forbes magazine this year ranked Nina Wang as the world's No. 204 richest person with a fortune of US$4.2 billion (€3.14 billion).

http://i135.photobucket.com/albums/q144/aboveday2006/xin_ffed9e5b22a2421ea07a3b4a9f1d490.jpg

龔如心 Nina Wang (1937-2007)

RIP (btw, I find her quite creepy. Rich, but creepy)

poor Nina never see the final building get done....I think she's alright, creepy but funny.

What a bridge. It connects two towers in a curve. So much steel structure bears it.

Towering monument to a big dreamer
Hong Kong Standard
Thursday, April 05, 2007

Nina Tower in Tsuen Wan symbolizes the enterprising nature of a billionaire who dared to dream big.

The newly opened Nina Tower is a 42-story hotel in Yeung Uk Road. Next door is Teddy Tower, a soon-to-be- completed 88-story hotel and office building dedicated to her missing husband, Teddy Wang, who was declared dead by a court after being kidnapped.

The towers are linked by a sky bridge on the 42nd floor.

The ever-smiling Nina Wang dreamed of building the world's tallest commercial building in Tsuen Wan, but the government frowned on the idea of a 110-story tower, considering flightpaths to the airport as well as height restrictions.

"Had the empire of Teddy Wang been inherited by some other woman, his assets could have been easily transformed into a gigantic closet of clothes and a massive collection of jewelry," people close to Nina Wang have observed.

"It would certainly require someone as tough as Nina to keep what has been left behind by her husband intact and expand it."

Although reports have suggested that Teddy Wang would affectionately call his wife "silly piggie," Nina Wang was a clever but frugal businesswoman who built a real estate empire.

It is hard to miss a tower built by her company, whether in Sha Tin, Central, Wan Chai, Causeway Bay or Tsuen Wan. The hard-working billionaire never took for granted the wealth left behind by her husband - rather, she grew the fortune he left.

She married Teddy Wang on her 19th birthday and helped her husband start a pharmaceutical firm, which later transformed into a chemicals producer before eventually emerging as a real estate giant in Hong Kong.

Last year, she planned to inject inject some assets in Chinachem's portfolio into a real estate investment trust, with the aim of raising capital to finance other projects.

She put her mark on HK's skyline with that building. What other scrapers did her company build?
It seems quite impressive what she did judging by that text in the post above.

BTW what does T/O stand for in the threadtitle?

^^ Topped Out

She put her mark on HK's skyline with that building. What other scrapers did her company build?
It seems quite impressive what she did judging by that text in the post above.

BTW what does T/O stand for in the threadtitle?

A lot, more notably the Repulse Bay Hotel Building, and several buildings (not as obviously seen) along the Hong Kong Island skyline... among others.

Chinachem is a relatively small property developer and a lot of their projects are suburban, so they don't have a marked representation in the skyline. L'Hotel Repulse Bay is an exception, but that is away from the main skyline.

Here is a rendering of what Nina Tower was supposed to look like before the planners axed that plan due to its commanding height in the middle of the flight path :

http://the-sun.on.cc/channels/news/20070405/img/sn09040502_big.jpg

lol, the top part looks like the Chrysler Building

That proposal at the time if built would have been the world's tallest building

wasn't the old nina tower planned with an height of 518m?

Nina Wang originally wanted to build the world's tallest building in Tsuen Wan, which was axed by the government since it was too close to the flight path. Hence, 2 shorter buildings came up as a result.

wasn't the old nina tower planned with an height of 518m?Yes. There is a diagram & a little information about it HERE (http://www.emporis.com/en/wm/bu/?id=ninatower-hongkong-china)

I love the final "product". The whole complex is so high-tech looking.

BTW The names of the 2 towers make sense now re "Nina & Teddy Towers". Kind of a shame Nina died this year, unable to see her husband's namesake tower fully completed.

Thanks for all the info posted guys :okay:

Nina tower is sexy

Nina tower is sexy


Yeah, I want to lick it. :booze:

now do we have some pictures of it beeing topped out..?????.....I don't see them...

site before: http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showthread.php?t=104784&page=45 ;)

RIP Nina Wang.

It is a shame she will never see the finished product.

aww i feel really sad, bless her. she looked nice

THAS A SAD THING DO HEAR

4/18

http://www.globalphotos.org/hongkong/20070418/IMG_1822.jpg

http://www.globalphotos.org/hongkong/20070418/IMG_1824.jpg

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taken by AlexMC @ dcfever.com

when will they remove the green from the top-part?

when will they remove the green from the top-part?

I'm afraid it will stay there 4 a while,her master just dead,her family will have a war about the massive amount of legacy,so...

Updates?

Updates?

here we go....beautiful shot by kingkonghk @ dcfever.com

http://i135.photobucket.com/albums/q144/aboveday2006/kingkonghk.jpg

It's beautiful blue...

I can't believe it , will they NEVER finish this dam crown ?????????????:bash:

:lol:. that's really weird i think

I can't believe it , will they NEVER finish this dam crown ?????????????:bash:

I told you... the bamboo is part of the permanent design! :P

when will they remove the green from the top-part?

I don't know, I just want to climb up there and tear it off.

good idea ^^

I can't believe it , will they NEVER finish this dam crown ?????????????:bash:

Chrysler Tower's crown was quicker than this! Lets hope for an amazing crown.

I told you... the bamboo is part of the permanent design! :P


It's scary....slowly im believing what you are saying = )

love this tower looks fantastic in Hong Kong good addition :bow:

Originally one of my favourite towers when it was still under construction, just wished they finished with the damn crown already, lol.

And I must admit, Tsuen Wan's skyline alone is enough to compete with many skylines around the world with the view in this pic:

http://i135.photobucket.com/albums/q144/aboveday2006/kingkonghk.jpg

After some more commercial + premium residential towers, Tsuen Wan will have a full, complete skyline. Right now still too many older commieblock-looking towers dominating.

The view from the skybridge looks great! I don't like the unfinished or whatever top.

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^^ My god... this pic looks really cool!

only in Hong Kong!

http://farm1.static.flickr.com/169/422850897_894de7899a_b.jpg

^^ My god... this pic looks really cool!
huuuaarrrrrr look at the new harbour bridge .. im going crazy .. hadnt seen an update since long time ... great pic.

^^ lucky cow

http://i135.photobucket.com/albums/q144/aboveday2006/specialteam.jpg

view form The Peak, taken by specialteam @ dcfever.com

nice the light of the city :) is inviorating

hongkong is so developed and beautiful

BTW how many children did she have?

None, that's why there was a huge lawsuit and debate over who inherits.

apparently she changed her will and the ENTIRE will goes to a feng shui master.

Was he porking her or something...?

I can see no other reasonable logic behind the thinking, "Hmm if I die, I know, I'll give all my fortune to my feng shui master."

is this building ever finished yet??

Originally one of my favourite towers when it was still under construction, just wished they finished with the damn crown already, lol.

And I must admit, Tsuen Wan's skyline alone is enough to compete with many skylines around the world with the view in this pic:

http://i135.photobucket.com/albums/q144/aboveday2006/kingkonghk.jpg

they've been doing w the top for so long.

Maybe what happened was that they were going to leave it as some weird steel crown, then they noticed the uproar of forumers and the general public...

Is teddy tower (the taller of the Nina Towers) on hold?

maybe they construct some ears to the head ^^ ...

ears??? ^^

http://i135.photobucket.com/albums/q144/aboveday2006/-2.jpg

well the Nina (small one) look good at night with the lighting...I think the tall one will have the same lighting too

looks so nice....

The enigma of Little Sweetie - Face value
21 April 2007
The Economist

Nina Wang, a property tycoon said to be Asia's richest woman, leaves behind many unanswered questions

THE funeral of Nina Wang, which took place on April 18th, was an uncharacteristically lavish affair for a woman renowned as much for her frugality as her wealth. Ms Wang is thought to have become the richest woman in Asia after the disappearance in 1990 of her husband Teddy, who left her a property empire reckoned by Forbes to be worth $4.2 billion. This week's funeral brings to a close an extraordinary life story that has kept Hong Kong enthralled and mystified for years.

Among the very few things that can be said with certainty about Ms Wang was that she cut a colourful figure amid the local pinstriped tycoons. Until shortly before her death on April 3rd, aged 69, she wore pigtails dyed to match her miniskirts and bobby socks, and sometimes liked to bring a pet dog or monkey to meetings. Nicknamed “Little Sweetie” after a comic-book character with a similarly beguiling smile and sense of style, her picture was a constant presence in the local papers. And despite her great fortune, she displayed a quirky austerity, pausing on the way home from an elegant dinner to grab leftovers at the kitchen, and hosting soirées at McDonald's.

Teddy was equally frugal and is said to have chastised her for paying an $11m ransom when he was kidnapped in 1983, even though he had spent eight days tied to a bed and had then been stuffed into a fridge. So when he was next kidnapped in 1990, Nina paid up only $34m, half the requested amount. It was evidently not enough: Teddy was never seen again. One of the many people jailed in connection with the abduction said he had been dumped into Hong Kong harbour, but Teddy's body was never found and doubts persisted. Nina said she believed he would return and under a power-of-attorney arrangement she was allowed to run his property firm, Chinachem, in his absence. Teddy was declared dead by the authorities in 1999.

Settling his estate inspired an epic probate battle between Nina and Teddy's father, Wang Din-shin, that played out in the press in 2002. Din-shin produced a will written by Teddy in 1968 after he apparently discovered his wife was having an affair; it left Nina with nothing. Din-shin then accused her of being on birth-control pills even though Teddy was sterile, implying continued adultery. Nina responded with another will, conveniently written just before Teddy disappeared in 1990 and with a title-sheet saying “One life, one love”. It gave her everything. Only two witnesses existed for this will, Nina and the Wangs' butler, who died shortly after Teddy was declared dead.

The first phase of litigation went against Nina; the judge called the 1990 will “utterly ridiculous”. Criminal fraud charges were filed. But the ruling was sensationally overturned on appeal in 2005 and the charges were dropped. After the announcement, Nina's brother was beaten outside the courtroom. Someone was apparently unhappy about the outcome. Nina sued Wang Din-shin, demanding to know who financed his side of the lengthy and hugely costly litigation. He refused to say.

The origin of Nina's and Teddy's fortune has always been mysterious and became more so as it grew. The Wang fortune originated in Shanghai, where the two met as children. They migrated to Hong Kong in the 1950s after the communist takeover, when getting out was hard and shifting wealth even harder. (Many Hong Kong fortunes are hard to explain, and it is considered bad manners to ask questions about their origins.) By the 1970s, the Wangs' company, Chinachem, owned vast swathes of the New Territories, the stretch of land between Kowloon and the Chinese border. The firm eventually erected more than 300 buildings, many of which were controversial because they circumvented zoning laws or were said to skimp on quality.

Mystery piled upon mystery

But the oddest aspect of Chinachem's management was not how tough it was on costs and quality or how it finessed local building authorities—familiar complaints, justified or not, about many landlords—but rather how lax it was on revenues. Hong Kong tycoons are known for working their assets—erecting buildings, filling them up, raising rents, then knocking them to rubble when demand allows for bigger replacements. In contrast, Chinachem had empty buildings, none more bewildering than a project Nina launched in 1997 when she spent more than $1 billion to build a curious funnel-shaped apartment block in Hong Kong's lovely Repulse Bay. Not a single one of its 184 units has ever been rented or sold, notwithstanding a booming market for flats. She subsequently built a 42-storey “Nina Tower” and at her death was building an adjoining 88-storey “Teddy Tower” in a depressed area of Kowloon, where typical corporate-tower clients are unlikely to want to work.

On Ms Wang's death the Hong Kong papers were filled with her pictures, her smiles and, inevitably, stories that portrayed her in a less flattering light. A maid claimed she had not received an increase in her $500 monthly salary for 14 years. Stanley Ho, a friend and a fellow tycoon, claimed that a reluctance to pay medical fees meant that the ailing Ms Wang consulted a doctor only in December, by which time her illness, believed to be ovarian cancer, was too advanced to be treated. But others have disputed this version of events.

Speculation abounds about who might be the heir to Ms Wang's fortune. Reports first suggested it would go to charity, then to family members. More quietly, many people wonder how much of a fortune there is to inherit. Property empires rarely lack debt. Projects have partners. And Chinachem's cavalier attitude towards management suggests it was operating outside the world of disciplined, credit-scarred bankers. Just because it was never clear who Ms Wang's backers were does not mean they do not exist. Pigtails and pets were always a wonderful distraction. The question that remains is: from what?

this is a beautiful tower!!! ongrats to HK!!!

And when will the shopping mall and the hotel pools be finished?

Light testing on Nina Tower!


http://yeukfung.no-ip.org/gallery/d/100019-1/IMG_1950.JPG


a clip at youtube:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fBUnhJhzQng

How come every building starts using the same lighting style! It's disgusting!!!

LOL,because LED lighting is cheap and eye catching.

It caught my nerves instead of my eyes...
And Megabox is doing the same damn thing...

Megabox looks good from far though...

^^ During the day it looks really cool, but at night...

^^ During the day it looks really cool, but at night...


http://img263.imageshack.us/img263/6244/l976671182569962zo4.jpg

not that bad....

Looks pretty good...

^^ During the day it looks really cool, but at night...

Allow me to disagree, it looks fantastic at night! (from far away anyway, I've never actually been there).

Who took that pic by the way, it's ridiculously clear.

I mean it's ok when it's on its own, but when every building is trying to use the same lighting style... it becomes tacky and lacks elegance

Yes, but that's Hong Kong isn't it?

HK used to be more elegant?

Pre-97 you mean? ;)

^^ Not really, but we used to have less flashy lighting schemes. Now every building knows how to flash.

Yea, reckon they really ruined it with the new BoC lighting. But then if they didn't change it for BoC, it'd be ridiculously overwhelmed by CKC, who's lighting, despite being extremely flashy, actually looks good (and overwhelming).

i agree totally with rach ... excessive multicolorchanging blinking flashy lighting is super tacky ...
those are like way too bright ...
i think the Center started it which is kinda subtle ...
and then CKC ... now its everywhere ...
since when every new projects have to add a few lines of lights at the crown ...
argh ...

I think it looks better at night ...

That image takes ages to load! Please use bayimg.com in the future or something. Anyhow judging by the photo on the previous side the nightlighting i think looks great, i think colorful spectacular nightlighting suits HK.

Yup, of course you can't please everybody, but at least for me i like HK's night lights!

Hong Kong at night is breathtaking, it's so neon and electric looking. Definitely a city of the future if I've ever seen one. I hope to go there someday to see it myself...

Hong Kong at night is breathtaking, it's so neon and electric looking. Definitely a city of the future if I've ever seen one. I hope to go there someday to see it myself...

That's HK......traditional, modern and futuristic. All three in one city, which is its biggest appeal.

Any news on this tower??? What's up with the crown?

That's HK......traditional, modern and futuristic. All three in one city, which is its biggest appeal.

Any news on this tower??? What's up with the crown?


I heard they are installing the world`s biggest spotlight on the crown. :lol:

rendering

http://www.sino-land.com/cht/photolib/000095/000095_03.jpg

even more spotlights!!LOL!!

http://www.sino-land.com/cht/photolib/000095/000095_04.jpg

Whow...

Crazy stuff

That looks nice :d

LOL! Impossible to sleep in those buildings with lighting like that :D

Looks like (the rendering that is) something that wouldn't be unfit in Vegas.

even more spotlights!!LOL!!

http://www.sino-land.com/cht/photolib/000095/000095_04.jpg

looks nice, but the waterfront isnt correct ... the tower is to far away from the waterfront and whats that for a bridge?? sry, but i love details :lol:

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Very cyberpunk.

Top still in scaffolding :

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http://www.globalphotos.org/hongkong/20070707/IMG_7159.jpg

Amazing photos hkskyline. Finally this beast is near completion. Looking as amazing as ever too. :okay:

Thx for the update.

Looking good.Looks just like the rendering:)

I love the color of the glass...

Very nice tower, witha very good shape, especially at the top.

http://the-sun.on.cc/channels/news/20070712/img/a10712_big.jpg

Nina Tower is worth 8 billion HKD, while the l'Hotel Repulse Bay on Hong Kong Island is worth a whopping 8.8 billion HKD.

^^ Never came across my mind that nina tower is worth less than repulse bay 129

Whats what?

Whats what?

It's a list of property values that were owned by either Nina Wang or Chinachem (not a complete list).

Is it just me or has this tower risen agonizingly slow? I'm pretty sure it has been U/C since I first got interested in skyscrapers back in middle school. I'm about to start my junior year in college and it's just now T/O? What took so long?