Jiali Plaza
Wuhan, China

HEIGHT: 251m/823 feet
FLOORS: 61 floors
COMPLETION: 1997
ARCHITECT: WMKY Ltd.

Jia Li Plaza is located at the Zhongshan Avenue,the west of Jiang han Road, downtown of Han Kou.The plaza is 226.4m in height with 57 storeys above ground and 2 storeyed basement. The first phase of the project has a floor area of 191,400m2. It's total area is 273,000m2. It is a multipurpose building for department store, offices, financial part, restau-rant and entertainment.The wolume and height of the plaza stands the number one in Wuhan. The idea of the design is special.The aim of the pro-ject is modern,high level. The mould-ing of building is harmonized with the his-torical buildings around Jianghan Road. The building is assembled with advanced facilities.The whole design fits the demand of in intelligent build-ing.

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yuk... 3.5/10 why do they build these kind of towers:?

This one looks really awkward. 5.5/10

6/10 - The glass cylinder rising from the square stone of the lower part of the tower is effective, and the glass contrasts nicely with the stone. The strips of glass running down the entire facade are also a good touch. But the tower is too broad and boxy, and the stone needs, IMO more detailing.
The base seems to be fairly well done, though it's hard to tell, and there's more good contrast between glass and stone. But its different colors mean that it doesn't seem to go with the tower, so the overall effect is cluttered and fussy.
And the top doesn't seem to fit in too well, either, since it doesn't have anything much in common with the building underneath it.

Its cool. I don't care for those type spires. The structure is good and I really like the idea of it on top of that market thing or whatever it is.

7/10

this is a building in search of an identity!!..it can't decide what it wants to be..between the stone exterior and the cylinder tower and the top it looks like 3 buildings in one..i've seen designs like this in grade school....yuck!....4/10

I think I'll echo what most have been saying: yuck! There is absolutely no coherence to this design whatsoever. 3.0/10

Too wide and fat. The dome at the top makes it stand out a bit, but the dome does not really fit with the rest of the building.

6/10

7.5/10

I know this comes across as juvenile to many, but I cant help but feel that it is a cheerful design and at least its highly symmetrical.

...and yes, at the very least it is symmetrical.

Another scraper with a combination of forms and materials.

Although i do like the curved green glass, what intarnation is that multi-colored, multi-storey base :? .

A "tryhard" tall.

BTW Where is this "dome" that adelaideglenelg refers to? More like a spire or pinnacle me finks.

6 I kinda guess.

What???

Get this that some ritalin and call a facade doctor. Ew. EW. That is the epitome of BAD POSTMODERNISM. That tinker-toy disaster is lucky I can't vote in the negatives...

This ill proportioned building looks like a bizarre rocket ship, or something out of Toy Town. . . 5/10

Complete and utter crap. This is exactly the sort of building that is giving Asian highrise architecture a very bad name around the World. Perhaps the Asian culture prefers this sort of chintz, but in my culture, buildings like this are ridiculed and derided.

3.5/10

3 or less.
this is the first time i had to give a bldg in the top 100 that bad..
looks like a toy lego, thing! even its spire doesnt match the bldg!
yuk !

sorry, but the base is terrible, and the crown, and the rest is only very slightly better...and none of the seperate styles fit togther at all.

And how exactly do you get a 5 year old building to look so dirty?

3.5/10 - I only give 3 or less to complete crap but this one comes very close.

Come on this is an eyesoare a 0 !!

What the ***k? I've seen many a box better than this! My lowest score yet ->4/10

[size=1]Originally posted by Sunflower
And how exactly do you get a 5 year old building to look so dirty?


Cheap building materials.

Whoah! That nastiness is on the pedestal permanantly? I thought that these were construction pics, and that the cladding hadn't been put on the pedestal of the building yet... Yikes, that really is nasty and very cheap/chintzy looking...

Man, I think this is a real bonafide case of a building being more of an eyesore/embarrassment to the city, instead of showing us how "great" they are.

quite beautiful but more beautiful at night;)

quite nice 7.5/10

The building is a bit fat
4/10

3/10

Probably one of the worst buildings I've ever seen in my life. Complete disgrace to all architecture.

Here is a picture from street level.

http://www.ratsurfer.com/china1/images/wuhan/wuhan_street.jpg

i dunno what i rated this but it sure is ugly

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Better than boring stupid boxes.

A bit gaudy, but it's unique. 7.5/10.

Well you can't denie one thing.It is original!
But that's about it..
5.0/10

This building is hideous. I gave it a "3 or less". Really it deserves a 1.

Bluga and me are probably the only ones here who have seen this beauty in real. It's especially gorgeous at night. It suits Wuhan very well...

9/10

Several things are quite unfortunate about Jiala Plaza, I'm afraid, although it also has redeeming features. It rises quite awkwardly out of a bases that seems hardly related to the tower. Almost the entire top third is a patchwork of different elements that don't relate to each other. Yet I like the color combination of the tan stone and the green glass, as well as parts of the design of the lower portion of the building. A 5.5.

The top is terribly ugly and very poorly designed. It has not been incorporated well into the rest of the tower.

A real disappointment

3/10

The tower is nice, but the lower part doesn`t fit to the building in my opinion.

If not for the section jus below the crown, it would have been a much more successful tower. 7/10.

3 oh my, this thing is ugly!

Shame on you all! Its not that bad!





2/10

Expresses: 'PREFAB'

Bleeeeeeh, ugly. Looks just like a watertower and looks really cheap. 4/10.

7.5/10 I don't think it looks that bad.

at least, I don't like it AT ALL. 2 or 3/10

Oh my GOD!!! Who is the Architect that designed this building!!!......4/10

It oughta be illegal for things like this to be built :puke:

What? I can see a few people finding it awkward but just about everyone hates it. When I opened the thread I thought I would be seeing some nasty, horrible colored box. But this skyscraper is different, maybe too different for some of you but I like it.

8

Some cheap scraper that dosen't quite make the cut.. :rant:

5.5/10

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<tr><td align=left valign=top>6/10 - The glass cylinder rising from the square stone of the lower part of the tower is effective, and the glass contrasts nicely with the stone. The strips of glass running down the entire facade are also a good touch. But the tower is too broad and boxy, and the stone needs, IMO more detailing.
The base seems to be fairly well done, though it's hard to tell, and there's more good contrast between glass and stone. But its different colors mean that it doesn't seem to go with the tower, so the overall effect is cluttered and fussy.
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great analysis. I agree with you completely. If the top is matches more with the body and if the base uses the same colors as the body, I would've given a 7.

4/10

It looks like a mix of the Conde Nast Bldg, Westin Peachtree Plaza and....and...something more.

4/10

Looks ok when it's dark. 5.5/10

ok here is my attempted to be objective here. what really makes this bldg not attactive is the base. without the mall there it would look at look taller and detract away from the busy top. Also they should have done something better with the roof cone. The flat sides make it look like a shiny cell tower. All in all this one is just too busy for its own good. Hopefully other taller bldgs will crowd it out or surround it for its own good.

It does look good at night though....... 6.5/10

I can´t believ this bad votings! (0,1,2)

It´s different and its perhaps some special chinese style!

7.5/10

UGLY!

Looks much shorter than 251 metres to me. 5.5/10

looks OK in the dark....AND when they switch all the lighting off around it. i shudder at the thought of ever seeing something like this built in the UK!! 2/10

doesnt look tall, extremely ugly base, everyone had already said it. i dunno why the poll above says i've already voted. i cant find a previous post of mine. i hope i didnt click anywhere above the last option.

i think its kinda neat now, i dint like it before. i like how everything contrasts

btw. i gave it an 8

i don't get it, why so many ppl rated this one so badly? it's such a unique building. i like how the architect made contrasts glass and masonry on this building. they just need to reclad the base to meke it correspond with the tower more.

8

Haha, it's forbidden to blow trumpet in Wuhan, check the sign in the middle of the pic:
http://www.ratsurfer.com/china1/images/wuhan/wuhan_street.jpg

2/10

I'm done with the 100! :guns1:

no thanks


3

These Chinese have strange taste....
3 (or less)

I like the big windows near the bottom of the tower. The tower is a bit too chunky for my liking, however. The colour is okay.
7.5/10 :)

5.5/10 :)

7.5/10


there is something about this tower that I don't like.

4/10 Because it has some height.

bit of a mix of styles
almost like 3 towers in one
like someone has jumble low mid and high rise
Still its some what special and does have roof feature and some height ratio over width

4/10

7.5/10
Nice shape & facade but the crown does not seem to match with the rest of the building.

Ugly. It would be a bit better if the white corners went up higher and there was less of that glaring solid green center.

I give it a 2.

Not near as bad as you guys are making it out to be
7

no comments. :bash: 1/10

7

4/10 the base of the building is very very very ulgy

It will look better if the building just the cylinder parts. Looks like the owner designed it. 4

looks ok at night, but i dont really like the design....................4.5

the architect couldn't make up his mind! Square? Circle? Triangle? Looks cheap. 3/10

Looks like Conde Nast.

4/10 because it looks niec during night

4/10

Its not a bad building, but its not that great either. It is a unique use of space, and the design is somewhat unusual (although not by any means unique). I like the general shape (minus exteraneous and juvenile architectural details) of the tower. Still the WHOLE thing feels like a mall (not just the mall part), a lot like a "plastic/commercial" feeling mall in the US, or like a toy for a toddler. Like the color, and the mix of glass and masonry, and from a business standpoint its interesting, but thats it.

crazy one! 7.5

deserves 8.5/10

4.5/10

A ridiculous looking building, totally lacking in grace or elegance.

It's even worse when viewed close up.

5/10

4

Oh my.... the only thing mildly redeeming about this oddity is the glass effect of the cylindrical portion of the tower. They need to build 8 really tall buildings surrounding it.

Love the facade at the top, but it's height doesn't exactly flatter.

5/10 its not very attractive at all!

Haha, it's forbidden to blow trumpet in Wuhan, check the sign in the middle of the pic:
http://www.ratsurfer.com/china1/images/wuhan/wuhan_street.jpg

Could it mean no honking (car) horns?

Yuck!!! 2/10

7.5/10

I really don't like this tower. I give it a 5/10, though it deserves lower IMO. Rather sad piece of architecture..

5/10

Yuck! I always hated this building. Now I hate it even more. I give it a 3.5/10. :tongue:

Not bad, 7

egh!!!
Ugly 3.5/10

Aik 4/10

4/10. Yuk.

A nice mix of shapes, colors, and materials, although I don't really like the orange of the base. I especially like the section going from the podium to the first setback. I'm not too sure about the square things at the top of the cylinder...
Nice height, and extremely pleasing at night.
7.

Whoa! I can only think of one word to describe it: :puke:

10.

2^ lmao... thats mean, lol... its not the best, but i'm not gonna spew 6/10

3 or less

:puke:

4.5
Well even at 226m, it looks smaller than that

3.5/10 Only because I give it the benefit of the doubt that something more hideous exists out there.

2.

5.5 ewwwww

Awkward and kitschy... 4/10 :|

8/10

4/10.

7.5/10.

4.0
A shame...

7/10

Ugly kitch tower 4/10:puke:

strange... 6.5/10

Very awkward looking. 5/10.

4/10

6.5/10 I don't particularly like it.

6/10. Tacky.

Gross building. 3 or less

6/10

4.5/10 :|

7/10 Quite good

7/10

Who gave it 10???
3 or less really~~

What are those box things doing at the top. I build lego buildings that look better than this.

:weirdo: 5/10

Jiali Plaza is currently dead last in the ROT top 100. I just had to come and see what was so bad about it. I've seen the photos and.............

I like it!! I mean sure the podium is terrible and doesn't go with the tower at all but I really like the tower itself.

8-1 for podium= 7/10

Well, I like the glass cylinder at the top, mostly the top has brought my attention. The rough is cheaply done. The only good thing is the bottom layer of the building. Overall, this building is also boring in my eyes. 6/10

Ouch, my eyes! Not good, 4/10

It looks like somthing i would design when I was 10. 6.0

6.5 But ONLY because it fit in... NOT because I like the looks of it!
http://skyscraperpage.com/gallery/data/721/1842__20339___20029___24191___22330_1.jpg

3.0
looks like shit,i've designed better buildings than that when i was in middle school.
lets start from the top,the pyramidal roof doesn't fit in it tries to copy messeturm(sp?),the spire has to go.the green glass is ok and i like the circularshape at the top but whats up with the square finy things.the stucco facade should be removed,make the complete structure that circular glass type at the top.the base is horrendous and needs to be destroyed..........

6/10 I hate this building.

it is ugly 5.5

5/10

i don´t like the structure and the lines of this building

5/10

I gave it a 6.5/10 because, hey, at least they tried. The podium and the silly "hat" don't fit the main body of the building, but at least it's not a box. Lose the podium and hat, and it would be pretty darn good. But as it is, it's just too busy and random to be appealing.

this is one of the ugliest building that I've ever seen thoughout of my life.0.5/10

not my type of buildings but still 6/10

it's so ugly and unacceptable. I don'tlike it. 0/10

5...i don´t really like at all

Look cheap.

Quite weird. 3/10

6.5/10

Not my cup of tea 4

4/10....

I dislike this building, especially with the glass squares near the top. 4.5/10

5/10

It's intesting to see all the geometric shapers collide with each other. 6/10

4/10

I like the bottom and middle with the green glass and the white stone. They look great together. But once the stone ends and all thats left is the green cylinder, all hell breaks loose. the four squares are atrocious and the crown isn't much better. ruins the whole project.

4/10

I like the contrast, personally. It works well. 7.5/10

glass and stone in one fat building ..eww
3/10

6/10 No.

The interior looks extravagant, but the exterior seems a mismatched patchwork of differnt styles - pathetically patched together. Agree with Pablo that it looks better at night - maybe the darkness hides some of the patchwork? =D

5/10 The first picture looks gross...

it's so strange... 6/10

3/10

Looks okay at night and is pretty tall. That is about all it has going for it. 4.5

5/10

looks like a rocket to me......4/10

it made me blind

6/10

Wak!!! 0/10

at night its beautiful,during the day its almost ugly 6.5/10

it's ok, 8.5/10

It just doesnt seem to know what it wants so it just rams a load of different styles into one to create a piece of architecture which looks like Picaso under the influence of drugs and alcohol whilst trying to feed a baby.

5.5/10. Would look really nice if it was a different color with different colored glass and the top didn't have those huge blue squares on each side. Also seems way to wide.

6.5

7/10 not my type

6/10

eh... 7.5/10

0/10

What a mess! A clear pattern has emerged for highrises in mainland China - in a totally misguided effort to look "modern", incompetent Chinese architects (and equally incompetent and meddlesome bureaucrats) try to cramp all kinds of shapes and styles into a highrise project regardless of their architectural merits.

The result - a bunch of ugly, garbage-like eyesores far worse than simple cubes.

It's not just inexperience or bad taste anymore; it's a sheer lack of common sense.

(Common sense is in spite of, not the result of, education.)

below averege looks taky

5/10

a bit fat, but not bad 7/10

Looks weird, like it's almost too short for its height or something.. 5/10 O_o

8/10

6.5/10.

4/10

6/10, looks better at night

0 / 10

typical Chinese garbage building.

5/10

quite dreadful
3/10

4/10

What can you say? It's just bad architecture.

1 / 10.

0 / 10

(minus 10 / 10 actually)

6/10

0 / 10

The architects of this building are obviously unqualified. My guess is that they got the job through "back door" - the way of life in mainland China.

0 / 10

The architects of this building are obviously unqualified. My guess is that they got the job through "back door" - the way of life in mainland China.

Most mainland Chinese architects are incompetent. We all know that through their atrocious designs. But one thing you probably didn't know is their huge ego. They readily consider themselves among the best, if not the best, in the world. The rabid attacks on French architect Paul Andrew over the design of Beijing's National Grand Theatre were more than enough to demonstrate their arrogance.

As for the building ...

0 /10

3/10 and less....'gastly'.

3/10 and less....'gastly'.

you meant "ghastly"?

1 / 10 from me for this building.

i'm not as mean as the rest of you even though i don't like it all that much..they tried....a little......6

5/10 :(

0 / 10

Look at the dirty exterior. How old is this building again?

0 / 10

0 / 10

Look at the dirty exterior. How old is this building again?

It doesn't matter how new a building is in China. Most of the time it looks dirty before the construction is complete and stays dirty afterwards. I theorize that it's an extention of the bad personal hygiene of mainland Chinese ... the spitting, the public toilets, the smoking etc etc.

0 / 10

7/10

No!

4/10

eerrr... 3/10

AH this tower really sucks:) A 1,5 out of 10.

4/10

4/10.

9 - I like it.

6.5/10

ugly 4/10

7/10

:ohno:

3.5/10

Not bad 7/10

7,5/10

4/10

4/10

Meh. China. 6/10, lol.

3/10 :down:

fat!

good top.
7.5

Not bad.

8.5/10

3....

4/10

4,5/10

8/10:)

8/10

One can see, that it is a completely different culture. Matter of the taste as ever. For me, the inside out special.
7/10

6/10

8.5/10

tasteless.

2/10

ok.....the first thing is, the square that protrudes from the cylinder is unnecessary. it is distracting......like a booger in someones nose while your trying to talk to them. the second thing is, where the cylinder starts. It is not carried down to the base but is flat surfaced.....not sure i like that too much. at least they carried the glass down. the material they used to construct the base looks super filthy...that's that good chinese air.....a 7

8.5/10

8/10

7.5/10

3/10

6/10

yikes

10. Excellent building. Regards.

6/10

7/10

5/10

Badly derivative of derivative design. 4

6/10

6!

Damn. 1/10

7/10

6/10 don't like it

9/10

6/10

6/10

7/10

6/10

6.5/10 nothing special

4/10

Ugly and tacky.

7/10

looks bizarre!!

3/10