Wuhan World Trade Center
Wuhan, China

HEIGHT: 273m/896 feet
FLOORS: 58fl
COMPLETION: 1998
ARCHITECT: ?

The building is located in Wuhan's flourishing commercial center adjacent to Wuhan Department Store. The apron section is a synthetic department store. Its height is 226m.The design of the elevation and environment space adopts multiunit piece and symbolic skill built of Chinese constructions possessing most re-preventative. Spring type roof to be simplified forms unique top feature. The structure adopts interior-tube and exterior frame tube system possessing advanced technology such as pressed concrete folding slab and other new technologies, therefore, the height of the floor layer is decreased and the beneficial result is increased.

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this one is not that bad. . but it could do without the cross-stiching windows in the middle . . 5.5/10

yeah. I don't see them "appealing"

7/10

not bad at all...looks like a typical post modern design and the setbacks look good near the top...just seems to work in this tower but I can live without the X bracing on the windows, luckily it doesn't overpower the design....8/10

The diamonds running up the building are a bit excessive, but fortunately they aren't too noticeable. The Wuhan WTC looks great in that first pic, the crown is a nice subtle touch to a nice tall skyscraper. Not that it's anything special, but it's decent enough to get a 7.5/10

The facade is very nice with the colours of green and white, pure Asian style, but the cross stitching is not very attractive.

7.5/10

7.5/10

Pleasant looking but looks a wee bit cheap. Although it is tall I feel that it could be a little taller and the facade more outstanding.

Reminds me a little of Baiyoke Tower in Bangkok.

7/10 - Good height, helped by the indentations in the sides and the small setbacks near the top.
I like the idea of the strip of glass running up the facade, but it really could do without the crosssticching, and the detaling of the top looks a bit cheesy. Plus, the facade is a bit bland. I'm also not quite sure about the base...

Yes Raffles, "a wee bit cheap" looking.

Although the top looks messy, I do like the little bit of green glass cladding near the top that continues down the ediface with its cross stitching (or X bracing).

I am partial to its vertical setbacks on and near its corners.

Out of the 4 pics posted, my favourite is the 3rd pic looking up from street level.

A kind 6.

Nothing that special but it's ok.

7/10

I like the details on the crown and the diamonds on the glass. . . 8/10

Not as bad as the other Top 100 building located in Wuhan, but not by much. Another completely jumbled, ackward PoMo mess. There seems to be absolutely no rhyme or reason to its looks, no historical context is conformed to whatsoever, even though various historical attributes are evident. My guess is that the architect who designed this building had little to no formal training.

4.5/10

nice bldg, but not to my taste.. 7

the top looks great the rest doesn't !

I absoultly don`t like it! it looks a little bit cheap! 4/10

I don't like it, too! It's not my taste. 4/10

Ive never heard of this building. its "aight".
I give it a 6.

I like it, I know I have weird tastes tho :)
I give it a 8.

not bad!! i'll give it 7.5/10

5.5/10

A decent shape, but the concrete isn't good.

It's OK
I give it 7/10

i dont mean to be offense but this building just lack of any architectural or aesthetics value . The roof is uninspiring and dull where any decent apartment and condonium building will do a better job.Lastly the material it used make it looks cheap

Definately has that new age Asian style. I'd say it gets a 7.5/10. Nothing special, but not that bad.

The only thing i see is crosses.I can't pics of this tower.So if somebody can can they update this thread?

its a box, but its not that bad.. 6

yuk! no higher than a 3!!

B...A...D....:cheers: 5/10

7/10... nothing spectacular...

a bit naff, vaguely 80's style.
Neither sleek and beautiful nor mean and imposing.
A bland and mediocre piece of design.

6/10

7.5 A nice looking building... though I don't like the "diamonds"

A pleasant design.

Well, it's interesting. Some of the obvious bold features are too much, though. 6.

Bleh design, but atleast it's tall. 5/10

Just ok... I don't like the whitish look of the facade..

7/10

Looks like it came out of a "kit" not designed or inspired. I like the top tho.... so 6.5/10

9.5

The top pyramid could be bigger

hmm, i dont remeber this one at all, 9

u know, this thing got sort of a pre-war style to it. it somehow reminds me of woolworth. this is definitely the best of Wuhan.

9.0

I don't like the top...6.5/10

5.5/10

i like it

8

8/10, not bad

8.5/10 ! :)

7.5/10


it's ok.

5/10

7/10
The shape is okay but the facade is not so good.

The color of the glass and concrete doesn't match good to me. Anyway, I kinda like the simple design. 7/10

6/10

6/10

The colors are ok, the diamonds are only ok, the size is nice. The only thing that makes this building a little above average is the top which is pretty nice.

I think it's ok but I really hate what's in the middle of it and it sometimes made me go crosseyed and am now sick of looking at it. So I gave it a 5.5.

sorry! only 4

5/10 - Ugly..

5/10

6.5

Nuthin' special.

I don't like this, looks ugly. 4/10

6.5

Kinda busy and the facade is unappealing. Is that a highway right next to it? Decent shape, tho, and soars nicely into the sky.

I like the top of the structure, this one has good height too.
7.5/10

:puke: :toilet:

7/10

not bad 7.5/10

Kind of ugly IMO, but it has a certain elegance to it that is hard to ignore. I give it a 6.5/10.

Nice tall tower. 8

Ok but the x bracing windows in the middle are horrible 6

i dont mind its not a great tower but still woth respect
it does well to not appear boxy
only thing i dont really like is the cross stiching
5/10

The crown is not bad if you don't look too closely. Otherwise it seems to be lacking some cleaning, or maybe the construction quality was not good enough.
Overall so-so minus ;-)
4.5

1/10

7/10

6.

4/10

Too "disneyland-style" for my taste.

yuck 4/10

Looks OK, but it's nothing spectacular. 6,5/10

6.0 nothin special imo.

7/10

Mwoah.. 7/10

An interesting building. Very "corporate". 7/10.

6.5/10

7/10

nothing to write home about 7/10

5.5/10

5/10

8.5/10

Sorry, 6.5/10

very nice building
8.5

the top is very ugly
5/10

very nice building

9/10

More bad post-modernism that comes off looking very cheesy.

4.5/10

I just don't like the look of it, I would rathr look at something else, it's not got an appealing factor to it. 7/10

It doest say anything to me but box with fancy trim and small windows. It is tall ill give it that. 6.0

looks nice 7/10

6.5/10. Pretty ordinary. Facade looks quite bland and the top doesn't appeal to me at all, not in relation to the facade anyway.

9/10

5,5/10

5.5/10

7/10.

eww, quite cheap. 6/10

7/10 - The height is okay... but it's boring too IMO

It leaves me a bit cold only 4.5

nice 8/10

6/10

6/10

Nice, 7/10.

6.5/10.

6.5/10

It's quite good. 7/10

nice bldg, but not to my taste.. 7

same here

really not feeling anything about this.
3.5/10

7.5/10..........................

It's quite good. 7/10

8/10

1/10

3/10

Tall but otherwise not appealing

Shape- so easy and plain that it makes a diference in all this skyscrapers, but front elevation and top make me sick..Too orient. < I'm not sure if I can call it 'tacky'> 6,5/10

just high thats all 5/10

Boring. 5/10

I like it 9/10

8/10 nice

2/10

unsatisfactory

8.5/10

6/10

5/10

8/10

6.5/10

7/10

6.5/10.

0 / 10

The mainland Chinese architects seem to have a compulsive urge to seek out the most stupid, most childish, most clowning designs for the top of their buildings. It's a nation-wide phenomenon. They still can't get a grasp of the basics of architectural designs that the Europeans had mastered hundreds of years ago.

Or perhaps most Chinese are born with bad tastes.

not a fan of the cladding.

facade is borrrring, shape is cool
6.5/10

0 / 10

The mainland Chinese architects seem to have a compulsive urge to seek out the most stupid, most childish, most clowning designs for the top of their buildings. It's a nation-wide phenomenon. They still can't get a grasp of the basics of architectural designs that the Europeans had mastered hundreds of years ago.

Or perhaps most Chinese are born with bad tastes.
3 / 10

"slightly better than the other cigarette lighter designs in China (thanks to a simple, clean glass facade) but it's still a stupid cigarette lighter design." - artech21

...

Stop smoking Dragons! Top 21st Century top man artech21 says: "Deng Hsiao Peng design dummies break the East Wind."

Hundreds of years of Western wisdom fall from lips. Drip, drip. Which stronger, water or stone? Learn patience, do nothing until you know answer. He comes to teach.

Mukherjee

6/10

Nothing that special.

7/10

Too ugly.

1 / 10

is it the building or the pictures is not appealing? anyway, 8.5.

4/10 I agree with everyone who says it's "cheap" looking, some chinese skyscrapers have that problem.

7.5/10
i like it

5/10

0 / 10

A new way to make the top look trashy.

0 / 10

A new way to make the top look trashy.

The base isn't any better either. 0 /10.

3 / 10

"slightly better than the other cigarette lighter designs in China (thanks to a simple, clean glass facade) but it's still a stupid cigarette lighter design." - artech21

...

Stop smoking Dragons! Top 21st Century top man artech21 says: "Deng Hsiao Peng design dummies break the East Wind."

Hundreds of years of Western wisdom fall from lips. Drip, drip. Which stronger, water or stone? Learn patience, do nothing until you know answer. He comes to teach.

Mukherjee

What planet are you from?

If you can't handle basic English, don't bother to post here. You're wasting others' time.

0 / 10 from me for the building, you and your English.

0 / 10

Did the architects think it's funny?

0 / 10

0 / 10

7/10

7.5/10.

5/10

Funny to see how many europeans have been bashing this building. I bet if it was placed in their city (where it would most likely be the highest building not only in their home town but even in their whole country) they would go crazy about it and start a bunch of threads only to celebrate it... ;)

8/10 btw

6.5

9 - okay.

7/10

6.5 Looks like a house on the mountain.

nothing spectacular. 6,5/10

7/10

Like the height but a depressing design.

6/10

8-10

eww 5/10

nothing special, just tall 6/10

7/10

7/10

7/10

7/10

5/10

5/10

The main part is a little bit boring... 6.5/10

Not the greatest. 7/10

4/10

hmm 5/10

5/10.

Not good, but not bad.

8/10

6/10

Nothing that special but it's ok.

ugly and boring. 5

not bad 7/10

5/10

7/10

I don't like it 5/10

7/10

8/10

4/10

6,5/10

7/10

9/10 for the top, 1/10 for the bottom.

together, 5/10.

5.5/10

7.5/10

7/10

8/10

Huge but not beautiful enough...

5/10

6/10

5.5/10

4/10...

6/10

9/10. this tower rules in wuhan!

8. Good building. Regards.

6/10

90's architecture :puke: 4

7/10

Yikes! Bad vernacular stuff on what is essentially a North Korean apartment block. 4

UGLY! (sorry) 6/10

6.5/10

6/10

This building isn't ugly per se, but it has absolutely no stand-out characteristics whatsoever.

7,5/10

7/10

5/10

7/10

5.5/10

6.5/10

5.5

6/10

Looks so cheap.

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6/10 Good for height, tacky for finishing.

7.5/10..the height saves this building

8/10

7/10

7.5

6/10

IT just doesn't look like a WTC, looks like a hotel. I don't like the crap at the top, and it could have done without the cross-stitching. Color is also off, imo.

7/10

I agree with the inconvenience of the cross stiches. Not appealing really.

7/10

I like the Chinese influence on it. Other than that, looks okay.

Not very attractive. 3.5/10

9.5/10

thank you very much!!

6/10

7.5/10

8/10

8/10

5/10

7/10

7/10

5.5/10

8/10

8/10

7/10, nothing special

6,5/10

6/10

5/10

6.5/10!

7.5/10 from MEDAN, INDONESIA

7,5/10

6,5/10

7.5/10

6.

6/10, not really my style.

Very ugly 4/10 :puke:

Ugly from top to bottom, 3 or less.

5,5/10

i'll give it 7.5/10

Just hideous. Like they got any no-name-low-rise bank building in China and just started copy and pasting extra floors on it until it got to 270 meters.

4/10. anything lower is reserved for abandoned concrete shells or military bunkers

7.5/10

Looks like something I could walk past and not care about at all. 4/10

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