well, the site looks alot better now :) im not sure when the initial building will start though :)
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v370/ch1le/air6.jpg
Mmm, ill try to keep this updated :=)

edit: oh and sorry for the bad quality :) im a NOOB in takeing pictures... well started today, dads cam - dont know functions so well, pics are only 640x480 and i have a shaky hand :O + it was quite windy at the top of radisson

cool :okay:
excellent location for such a tower. And do they allow to go upstairs on the roof of Radisson? Is there an observation deck?

And those commies, they're so close to the center! :eek:

Where are the renderings of the tower
i can only see that picture taken from the roof

not tower, but towers ;)

and a rendering, though shown before
http://www.tallinn.ee/est/ametid/saastva_arengu_ja_planeerimise_amet/arhitektuuriteenistus/korghoone_3-piritalt3.jpg?sess_admin=0d12e821aabf59a6c6db3d61c0188a7b

ehh, those commies are seen only from the air, not from the ground level :) they are "hidden" commies :) :) and yes, theres an open air cafe at the top of Radisson SAS tallinn :D

Sorry, but if they are going to gain that design and colors, then I don't think I will like them :|

However, great news for Tallinn skyscraperfans ;)

They are alright.

Thank god they're at least not taller than ET, otherwise it would mean Vilnius is completely defeated, thank you Tallinn's government for limiting the height of new highrises :)

hehehe :I :) still, higher ones will follow soon!

@John
that's cruel, you know:D

hilised, kas pole? :)

hehe, mis teha, vihma sajab nii kõvasti et ei saaks nagunii magada:D

@Renx
yeah life is cruel sometimes, limiting height to 123m should be the most violent thing on earth to a skyscraperfan :)


@ch1le
what higher towers are going to follow? Do you have any info?

hilised, kas pole? :)
Ei ole, siin kell on just 8 ohtul :D

This is such a great project, can´t wait to see it constructed. You´ve found an excellent spot to photograph the site Ch1le! Keep us up to date with the construction as it advances ok? :)

Great project. Tallinn skyline will be awesome after these towers are ready. :)

It is really kinda surprising to see those poor blocks so close to the city centre :runaway:
But in any case with these new tours Talinn will firmly make it to the No1 spot of the BaltoScandic verticals again! ;)

hehehe, ok im back from countryside! :) i left after makeing this thread :P lol, too bad i missed all that flooding! Mmmm, Pornstar, those commies are "hidden" - well, from a pedestrians Point of View, only from air u can see a couple of them :=, there are some better Stalinist era buildings covering them :)

Ill surely try to keep you updated, John, eerrr... there have been alot of proposals for higher ones, just the council keeps limiting them, but im sure they wont stand the pressure for long.. :) A 35 storey building(was planned to be 40) will spring up soon too, although not sure about date, My friends uncle is a "headcheese" in construction company Skanska, and he promises higher ones... :) :)

huh, i was bored today, so i made this amateur render of tallinn... i really hustled in makeing this, and it is my first render ever... should be tallinn 2006... mby more will be built ofcourse:)
http://www.hot.ee/ch1le/tall2.jpg

i would have wanted to add the 35 storey building, but im not sure about the designs, the location i aint sure of either! so, laterz!

Good :) But - you could remove the tilt of the picture before.
Hotel Viru looks like the lost child

Looks good! :)
I agree with Gatis, Hotel Viru looks very lonely.

gatis i agree, that tilt is annoying, ehh hotel viru is lonely... but if it was up for me id rather blow it up then build something next to it... ITS TOO CLOSE TO OLD TOWN!

(edit) i removed TILT now :) check it, i replace the other pic, dont want to deformat this page ! :cheers:

gatis i agree, that tilt is annoying, ehh hotel viru is lonely... but if it was up for me id rather blow it up then build something next to it... ITS TOO CLOSE TO OLD TOWN!

(edit) i removed TILT now :) check it, i replace the other pic, dont want to deformat this page ! :cheers:

exactly what I thint, they'd better demolish it, just not a place for such a massive building next to the oldtown.

it isnt just next to the old town, its a major eyesore!

... and viru will stay lonely for a long time, there aren't any open spaces nearby where they can build new taller buildings to 'bring' viru nearer to the city area.

demolish it. together with viru center. we need more open space!!!!

viru centre is just fine, find me a city where there is more open space than in Tallinn? if u want openspace so much stay away from maakri... or go stay at kadrioru park, climb up to St.Olaf church, take a alook around the town, u see 90% trees and 10% HOUSES, i personally, wouldnt like to live in a dam village!

oh, btw, welcome to this Forum :)

"but if it was up for me id rather blow it up then build something next to it... ITS TOO CLOSE TO OLD TOWN!"

You can't destroy it, Viru hotel is a legend! :)
Almost every finn knows the Viru hotel.

well, yeah :) still :)

well,what about the thread, have they built anything?

im not in posession of a camera atm, in 3 days mby, i will try to update

viru centre is just fine, find me a city where there is more open space than in Tallinn? if u want openspace so much stay away from maakri... or go stay at kadrioru park, climb up to St.Olaf church, take a alook around the town, u see 90% trees and 10% HOUSES, i personally, wouldnt like to live in a dam village!


viru center is a disaster but who cares about what i think, right? :) 90% trees? haha. it's not about trees, it's about open space, where people can relax and read a newspaper or something and not go far away from where they live/work. that's something the city area lacks. now read my signature. why not argue? because it's just my opinion. :)

well, i must agree with you antip. I love open spaces too, fountains, benches and stuff like that is great! For our great satisfaction, "The city wants to build a plaza at the beginning of Tartu Road (from City Plaza high-rise building to the crossing with Liivalaia Street). There will be fountains and some trees. The plaza will be probably done with Tartu mnt. 15 at the same time. The tramway will stay.

I am not sure, but I think that's why City Plaza has such name."

the above was quoted from a nother estonian forumers - Juno're's, post!

i checked the site out today, not much going on, well its sunday :doh:, 3 piledrivers were there though, seems they are just driving piles in atm...

Thanks for the update! I'm keeping my eye on this thread, for Tallinn's skyline will get incredibly much better with Tornimäe towers.

If you ask me what Tallinn's modern downtown needs it's trees lined by the streets.

Are those renderings on page 1 the final design?

not sure... the renderings are not that good, dont give much detail about materials, since u see that plot is quite small, i cant understand how on those renders it fits!... the design should be similar, not too much glory, hope that they use good materials, i read it will be metallic glass panes and so on, but i aint sure. from what i understand it should be all glass... the rendering show it as too brutish i guess ...
edit: imo they are quite different from other skyscrapers in tallinn, it isnt a box, hehe, it doesnt try to "cheat"(like union bank, or Radisson, ofcourse City plaza is ok, but its 34 meters shorter, its amaizing imo, it will be so much taller!)the roof is the initial top height..

http://www.emporis.com/en/il/im/?id=176340
http://www.emporis.com/files/transfer/6/2003/01/177235.jpg

Could the facade be similar to Citigroup Center in Los Angeles?

quite possible..

heres something for you to feast your eyes on!
http://www.hot.ee/ch1le/loige.jpg

Thanx:)

When are the towers supposed to be completed?

sometime 2006... well, 2 years is quite a long time, but look at it from this angle - there are 2 towers!

2 years is not that long for 2 towers like this. :)

And the longer it takes, the more time you'll have to be impressed by the new rising towers;)

yeah, i hope to see 2 couple other rising along with it... its quite possible!

Two years is definetely a very short time! That's the time what we here have to wait for a 16 story high-rise to finish.

That diagram was very much appreciated. Looks like the first two floor will have shops, third a conference center and fourth one a health center. What is the vacancy rate for Tallinn's hotels -- is there market for yet another?

ehh, we could use more of them! the hotels are full in summers some 80%. A hotel with a conference centre will try to increase its capacity at winter by attracting confrences there - has worked well for Radisson SAS.
The hotel in one of the twins isnt unvealed yet, it's rumoured to be of a very famous chain, and it will be 5 stars.
id also like to point to there height marked on the top... 122.5 m, im confused now, 112 or 122.5? The latter one is ofcourse better, its also possible that nimbys wanted to shorten it and they lost the small garden and the roofterrace at the top of the residential tower! NIMYS are real idiots, for a couple of meters they might loose something as good as a roofterrace, a nother thing was, tallinn planned to extend Rävala road, they invisioned building a tunnel(first car tunnel in tallinn), it would have required 2 houses(heritage protection)to be taken down, ofcourse the they yelled out loud, and a overgorund road was planned - that would have required destruction of 7 houses... so to save 2 heritage buildings(small wooden huts i guess) they might destroy 7 ...

(edit3 or so)hmm in the text about the changes done to the project i don't see any remarks about height, im curious...122.5 - mby its from sealevel? but 10m? i think the ground is 7.5m above sea level

Please put jah in the question box on the right( KÜSITLUS). It says: Should skyscrapers be higher than Oleviste wich is 125 meters.

http://www.epl.ee/

Done! The poll seems bad so far...35% jah and 65% ei

The situation a week ago:
http://www.hot.ee/tornid/Image1.jpg

The situation a week ago:
http://www.hot.ee/tornid/Image1.jpgAt least some machines.

"ei" - down to 57% - a bit better. Can I vote too? (I tried and they said: Te olete juba hääletanud! Is this something rude?)

/\
it means "You have already voted!"

In my opinion there might be height limit, but with some exceptions. Anyway I voted "jah."
By the way, the towers get cornerstones during September.

I got that too, but didn't think more of it/thought my vote got registered

edit: ok, ic

wow Juno're! your here! WOO WOO WOO, good to see you bro! i ofcourse vote "jah"
estonian general public, well the internet fairing ones, are very critic in everything new...

well, situation yesterday, sorry for quality, the terrace at radisson was closed, and i had to take pic from a toned window, and my hand was shaky! :(
http://www.hot.ee/ch1le/twinair.jpg

and this is from the underground parking lot
http://www.hot.ee/ch1le/ehitus.jpg

(EDIT)edited photo up: its 2 weeks old. but the situation right now is quite similar. well, i spent an hour just standing next to the pit and watching the construction... 2 pile drivers, doing just that, driving piles in the soil. Was quite a sight, they are quite big(look at the pic, inside the RED outline)they got one in the ground, lifted other up, set it atop the other and bam, in the ground it dissappeared, well, they did that a couple of times...they did it at quite a pace. Then the steel skeleton was put inside the column, and concrete added... final product(in the blue outline): some steel structure above ground, just yelling BUILD ME, build me! ahh, i still cant wait seeing the first construction overground! Dont know how many of those columns will they drive in the soil...

edited above post (!)

They are going to build everything in two years? :eek: Are you sure that the ones who are realising the project are estonians? :sly:
:jk:

The construction site is very small for two high-rises - they really are going to be very close to each other.

realising? yes builder is estonian, Merko or merks or merko statyba, is the builder. yep... the construction plot sure does seem small!!!

"Merko statyba" actually works in Lithuania not Estonia ;) although it belongs to estonian group "MERKO EHITUS"

yes... i know that... its a sister firm... but means same as Merko... :)

mmm... these pics were in another thread, dunno, i guess they are by Juno're
http://www.hot.ee/skyscrapers/pea3.jpg http://www.hot.ee/skyscrapers/pea4.jpg

the residential tower looks so small, yet its the taller one, 30 storeys.. its SOOO small.. just 14 000m2, thats like approx 450m2 per floor...! TINY!

:eek: i visited the site again, well, then i eyeballed around for 3 hours :P. Wee, they will add the construction tabel next to the street, with the twin pic! It wasnt on it actually today, it was laying on the ground upsidedown, but i still got a good look at it, the pic ought to be quite accurate, shouldnt it - considering that i got a lot more information on the building itself, first off, dont worry, it will be in the S&B forumers "favorite list 2006", its glassy, yes, all glass, like union bank, just a bit more tinted dark. The facade should be similar to city plazas just ALL GLASS. Then, i counted what i thought were floors on the infotab, i read the floors on the building that seemed to be taller, i got 34...ok, weird, read it again - 34, and then again STILL 34. WEIRD WEIRD WEIRD, but super cool, if its like that... highest habitable floor in Baltics? Ok, remember assume that the floor count is right if the construction site render is spot on, and if i really can count things that seem to be floors! :eek2: :eek2: i couldnt grab a engineer from the construction site and ask him wtf was that?... so... i dont know...but wooow.. im speechless!

PS! All that assumed on from the construction site side infotab. Talking bout the color and floors of the dark tower. didnt get a good look at the other one :(

Coolness.

I've always had my faith in this project, as well as Estonian architects, who've proven themselves very capable with designing high-rises. :)

*happy that we have a neighbour city with a positive attitude toward high-rises*

hehe, the building across the street (u know, the modern office building, as u commented it in episode 1) is made by the same architect, quite nice. Any comments about 34 floors i counted? :runaway:

:) But this is nice! I am glad about you. IMpatiently waiting this rendering.

gatis, so am i :) but i dont have a camera, cant take a pic of the tab :(

34 floors you say.... :eek2:

but dam, in the tablo, it sayd 30... ch1le might have counted 34... but it says 30, its up with the other info... so.. :( total area is 43 000m2, and construction end october 2006

Welcome to the forums, karackhal! :wave:

As to the discrepancy in the floors count, there may be a simple explanation: there may be underground floors for parking and storage, and there is probably some mechanical floor on top for elevators, utilities & the like ... :)

thanx whose homepage, but its just ch1le writing in his name at his pc :D :P, the floors didnt disappear, it was planned 30, yet i, i mean ch1le, counted 34 on the pic... :)

Ladies and Gentleman. Im pleased to tell you all :bowtie: ... that a crane is beeing set up next to the site. :dance: :carrot: :nocrook: :rock: :eek: :clown: :crazy2: :righton: :lock: :cheers2: :naughty: :pepper: :cheers1: :cheers1: :master: :master: :banana2: :banana2:




P.S i saw this from a tram a bit away from the construction site, if i saw wrong at it wasnt really a crane, dont kill me

http://www.hot.ee/skyscrapers/city.jpg
Stockmann's area in 2006

nice :cool:! you even added the shadows, in winter they will be soooo long!
Just one question... doesnt Postimehe maja deserve a place in that render :cry:

Cool map, I had no idea it (they) were so close to the other tall buildings. Will be a pretty dense area:)

U didnt?! :omg:

k... the last piledriver has left the site! expect pics very soon :)

But where is Tartu mnt. 15?
It's not hard to render or something

time for some more pics... as i said crane appeared:
http://pic4.picturetrail.com/VOL729/2828831/5696797/73061413.jpg
by now all pile driving machines have left on 31.10 however 1 was still there:
http://pic4.picturetrail.com/VOL729/2828831/5696797/73061416.jpg

and -
http://pic4.picturetrail.com/VOL729/2828831/5696797/73089243.jpg

just a note... i think the reason why i counted 34 floors on the render (you can count em too) is the 2 floor high wall at the top of the dark tower, i think its for observation uses, and there might be a small garden at the top. - just assuming.

I'm just wondering, how far are they with the construction right now? I haven't been to the site like 3 weeks.

pretty much like in the pic i took.. just more of those boxes have been poured, and more earth removed...pile drivers left like 20days ago. So now they just have to dig the earth from around the piles.. and pour concrete over them to form those boxes... that will take time.. then construction as we know it will begin.

...yes, i noticed they dug the foundation of the crane sometime now, today the lower piece was assembled, it was much larger then the current one next to the site, alot wider, ergo it will be much taller :drool:.

...yes, i noticed they dug the foundation of the crane sometime now, today the lower piece was assembled, it was much larger then the current one next to the site, alot wider, ergo it will be much taller :drool:.
The cranes are being "built" at the same speed in Estonia as buildings in Lithuania. :D

I think they are just taking their time :D

yes.. indeed Edd :) Really, quite sad im talking about a crane being built :)

@ch1le: Don't be too upset. :pet: Afterall it is being built and it means that some day it will be built. ;)

Hahaha ch1le don't worry that's totally understandable :D I'll totally beat you in being sad when someday they'll start some of the projects I'm waiting here, I promise that :)

hmm, second crane takeing on Height... countours of tt1 (taller) can be seen.

Great, can't wait to see some photos. :)
How tall are they now (estimate)?

Today, I think, Osten Tor crane was put up too, it's almost the same height as Tornimäe.

"yes.. indeed Edd Really, quite sad im talking about a crane being built"
I'm talking about cranes too, it's exciting to see them grow taller. :)

wow. osten tors crane up too??? kewl!.. Sdes, the beefier crane, that gone go up to 120-130 is about the height of Stockmann...
Pictures, yes, ill try to get cam by december, then ill flood you guys with pics :P

good news...:D
I haven't seen the c.site for about two weeks...:((so I have no idea how's the situation in there..)
And wohoo..Osten Tor crane was put up...:)

crane update :P
They are attatching the boom... :)
about the building itself, rebar is beeing layd at the base of the taller tower.

i was at the site today, without camera, sadly since the weather is very crappy..
IMMENSE progress, you could actually see something that has a resemblance to a building, groundwork has been completed... expected pics soon

Can't wait! I am quite exited about this project :)

ooh ooh ooh

I'm too ecxited to form any words...

I miss the c.site every day only by 100m or so..but with weather like that...I have to wait for the pics..:)

floor -1 50% done on TT1!

hmm... third crane ( I THINK ) beeing erected at the site

fresh pics.. from a couple of hours ago:
note third crane is beeing assembled!
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v370/ch1le/ermo/twinsuc.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v370/ch1le/ermo/twinsuc2.jpg
the man isnt standing a pit anymore :D
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v370/ch1le/ermo/twinsucaction.jpg
reflection from Union:
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v370/ch1le/ermo/unikraana.jpg

Thanks for update ch1le, lets hope that we'll see not only cranes but also some buildings rising next time. :)

well, -1 on tallest tower is almost ready :D

well, -1 on tallest tower is almost ready :D
You're ahead of us, Helsinki's tallest is -5m atm :D

Nice photos :)

Cool! Theproject is proceeding nicely! Am I dying of jealousy or what... We should tie up our Green Party (leftist eco-tyrants) and show 'em Tallinn...

construction update 28.01.2005
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v370/ch1le/tornimcs.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v370/ch1le/tornimn6.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v370/ch1le/tornimconst4.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v370/ch1le/tornim5.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v370/ch1le/tornim3.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v370/ch1le/constructiontornim.jpg

Hi everyone,
New Thread is created. 3D models and renderings.
Visit it: http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showthread.php?p=3157119#post3157119

Thanks for the update ch1le :) Btw, I know why the constrcution is so slow. Just look, the workers are doing nothing! :D

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v370/ch1le/tornimconst4.jpg

Well now I can see they have done at least something...
But yes,as Mantaz said,the workers are not working:bash:

Thanks for the update ch1le :) Btw, I know why the constrcution is so slow. Just look, the workers are doing nothing! :D

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v370/ch1le/tornimconst4.jpg
most of the workers were on tornimäe 2... :) there are some 30-40 workers there imo...
edit: also a large portion are woking inside the almost complete floor -1!

http://img89.exs.cx/img89/8030/tornim2pg.jpg
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http://img89.exs.cx/img89/9607/tornim30st.jpg
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http://img89.exs.cx/img89/2944/tornim18165av.jpg
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http://img89.exs.cx/img89/7671/tornim18191na.jpg


from today

It's starting to look seriously now :okay:

It'll probably start to rise faster now. Thanks for update ch1le. :okay:

Oh yeah... now the interesting part of the construction begins :okay:

GREAT construction photos, ch1le! :) This is getting to be sooo exciting! :banana:

Question:

Will Tallinn skyline look different when I get here in 2007 (maybe 2006, we might change the date because 2007 seems to long)?

zulu... Tornimäe will be finished in 2006, tartu mnt 15 mby 06 or 07... prolly 06.. plus loads of other projects :) Tallinn will look Very different... biggest changes lay in 05-06-07

Aha! I cant wait to go, I hope we go on 2006 but I dont think we will because of FIFA, so 2007 most likely...

Wii!!!! The Hotel operator for the tornimäe 28 storey twin has been announced!!! It will be Raffles internationals Swissotel Tallinn Estonia! Great news! Raffles International is a very well known firm!!! They have 26 luxury hotels worldwide so its really cool they chose us!

I am dissappoined - I thought I'll see some construction pics. Anyway great news. I hope to see its update sometime soon. ;)

Raffles International is Singapor`s company, cool. Hotel will have 239 rooms and it will be opened in beginning of 2007.
I hope to see some construction pics too..

you will get con up pics today :) Trust me!

:) mmmmm....droool drool

Raffles is a very fancy hotel chain indeed! :cool: We stayed in one of their places in St. Andrews in Scotland once (didn't pay for it though, it was a gift from my mother-in-law ;) ). It was a converted castle with a large & beautiful formal Italian garden. And now Raffles is coming to Tallinn? Wonderful! :okay:

@ch1le: great! :banana: I'll stay tuned. :)

you will get con up pics today :) Trust me!
That's good :)

http://img107.exs.cx/img107/3677/tornime19hb.jpg
http://img107.exs.cx/img107/3971/tornime24ci.jpg
http://img215.exs.cx/img215/9943/tornime36sw.jpg
here you go :)
Mm, just a perspective of commies east :), hard to think that the tornimäe crane there is 1/3 of the building its building!!!
http://img208.exs.cx/img208/9783/img25163jg.jpg

coolcoolcool

Looks not that bad after all :)

Thanks for update. Atlast it's starting to rise. :okay:

Thanks for the update ch1le.
Nice to see some progress :)

tnx for the pics Ch1le
and they will totally cover half the city from this angle,mwuhahaha:)

Oh, they`re still building first floor but certainly it`ll start to rise more faster...

Cool! Damn! I am green with envy.. ;) But congratulations anyway, I'm glad to hear these great news.

http://img66.exs.cx/img66/2814/tornimerender8ns.jpg

latest render ive done

Tornimäe towers look tall! Good rendering. :)

Some "nite" renderings of Tornimae buildings i made.

http://i140.exs.cx/img140/1795/tornimaenite14rx.jpg

http://img108.exs.cx/img108/6823/tornimaenite28fx.jpg

Well-done rendering, towers look very nice in this rendering. Maybe Tallinn needs more conservative looking towers like these.
Edited: and also futuristic towers....

YanXenus, niiiice! :drool:

the best render of the twins so far:okay: (but Ch1le's renders are good too:))

oh wow, these are superb!

Thanks, but...

the best render of the twins so far:okay: (but Ch1le's renders are good too:)):

The renderings are based on Ch1le´s fotos . So we can say that Ch1le´s part of work under my picts is sencitive, :)

if you need more photos, i can surely send you some ;)

if you need more photos, i can surely send you some ;)

M-m-M-mmmuidugi !!!

Ootan :wave:

Tornimäe towers: 25.03.2005

http://img117.exs.cx/img117/4021/img34383nb.jpg

the Hotel tower is the one on the left and will be 28 (107m) and the Apartment is on the right at 30 (112m)

:) These will be great

I see Tornimäe is rising up nicely. I bet it's gonna be a top-scraper of the Baltics among Saules Akmens of Riga. You'll have some envious friends here in the north side of the gulf very soon. :)

I passed from there today. Great that twin towers are rising fastly...

sander, how tall were they? was the roof put up on aptartment tower yet? Last time i was there was a week ago, ive been stuck in my little commie for a week now and havent got the nervous to go out coz of illness, but im freaked out how it looks already?

Talinn is a city of contrasts.

@ch1le: I didn`t looked very exactly and I went along Maakri street, but I saw already 3rd storey.

ah, hmm that makes sense, since it is3 floors from maakri street (31 then)

Talinn is a city of contrasts.
yes, it is, but what brought it forward in you from that pic?
:cheers:

http://img59.exs.cx/img59/65/tornimeuc4dk.jpg
and
http://img59.exs.cx/img59/8531/tornimeuc22mn.jpg

from today, quite high already

aumm...! Im confused now, really confused! www.skyscraperpage.com says that Tornimäe apartments will be 114.9m and Tornimäe Hotel (Swissotel Tallinn) will be 109.5!

the extra meters are sure welcome!!!!!!!

from Today...(sorry for the bad stitch and distortion)
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http://img57.echo.cx/img57/3798/tornime2vn.jpg

construction dynamics:
April 3rd http://img59.exs.cx/img59/65/tornimeuc4dk.jpg


April 12th http://img174.echo.cx/img174/4108/tornime25iq.jpg

Thanks for the update ch1le.
It's nice to see that the twins are getting taller :)

These towers are still groundlickers, but anyway it`s good to see that they`re rising. ;)

at least they have done something:)

yea like they've moved the crane on the left :eek:

16.04.2005
http://img172.echo.cx/img172/4605/img44913bw.jpg

wee!


oh look at those buildings in the front - in my opinion this whole quarter should be demolished to make room for 1 highrise + a small park + a pond or something...
who's with me? :D

Would bring even some people there ;). It's like abandoned future city or something.
Some cafes and...

no worries, those factory buildings will go down and the beutiful facades at maakri str will be preserved.. and besides a highrise is already planned on those building

construction dynamics:
April 3rd http://img59.exs.cx/img59/65/tornimeuc4dk.jpg


April 12th http://img174.echo.cx/img174/4108/tornime25iq.jpg


April 25thhttp://img260.echo.cx/img260/7745/img45288yo.jpg

no worries, those factory buildings will go down and the beutiful facades at maakri str will be preserved.. and besides a highrise is already planned on those building
What highrise?
How high? That's pretty good news.

thats a stale proposal, i have talked bout these a hundred times, scroll Tallinn development thread ;)

Thanks for the update.

Too bad the speed of construction sucks bad ;)

Thanks for update. Yeah, this is so depressing to see that skyscraper raises only by one floor with 2 weeks.

13 May 2005

http://img70.echo.cx/img70/338/img48973wb.jpg

As I see the speed isn`t even 1 storey per 2 weeks :ohno:

yep they are damn slow atm...there were some holydays in between the last update and this one so they slacked off... hopefully construction will go alot faster once the 5 storey podium - atm its almost 3 storeys, is ready

What's wrong with constructing slower? Its their own problem

some more pics... from Today:
http://img134.echo.cx/img134/3868/img50929eo.jpg

...
http://img208.echo.cx/img208/8374/img50935rd.jpg
and:
http://img103.echo.cx/img103/2402/img49367rx.jpg

August 2004
http://www.hot.ee/tornid/Image1.jpg
May 2005

http://img62.echo.cx/img62/8001/tornime3yt.jpg



slow

dynamics..
April 25th
http://img260.echo.cx/img260/7745/img45288yo.jpg
and today 21st may
http://img200.echo.cx/img200/1091/img52090ga.jpg

Yeah, this is so depressing to see that skyscraper raises only by one floor with 2 weeks.

I don't think so. Preferably one floor with two weeks with good quality and polishing than one floor with one week showing element borders and with no polishing. :)

I think that way too. Speed is their own problem. Of course, there are good quality highrises which are built fast, but this is rather expception.

the one in the left is beeing built even slower, 1 month - 1 floor, after ~1,5 years it should be done :)

At least it's rising and hopefully some more will rise soon. Tallinn is changing fast and for the better.

there was something wrong with crane or something.. so progress was haulted :( (atleast that is what i think :P)
anyhow this from yesterday... Soon the 5 storey podium will be done..! Yuppiiee, workers can then consentrate 100% on the towers! :D
so... aum 6th of June
http://img275.echo.cx/img275/9615/img60042ik.jpg

Sad to hear that the progress was haulted. Now I hope that they are building
with faster speed.

Yea, the speed sucks, but the building looks massive :okay:

buildings ;) /\ ... it may seem big, but its even bigger in reality ;) The first floor is approx +6m!

Some of projects in Vilnius are already ending while their counterparts in Tallinn are waiting for a speed up. Hopely it won't last forever (<== I don't mean it :D)

Tornimäe is still at 5 floors, but now they have started the construction of "Normal" floors.. not 7m ones :)
anyhow, this image is from today... the dumbdumbs who call tornimäe a box can have a look and get some idea of the shape ;)
http://img132.echo.cx/img132/6499/img60932uk.jpg

nice photo!
but i think they should stop building now, it looks so cool next to stockmann, like its smaller sister. yea!

(p.s. - any of you have a timemachine?)

on of 3 cranes on the tornimäe site has been extended, its also the main crain that should and will go the highest... its not at its full height atm ;) DUH...
http://img53.echo.cx/img53/8180/img68894mc.jpg

Any update of the towers? 2 weeks gone since last update.

sorry, but they havent done much so i decided not to make pics :( they have stumped for some reason, ill do an update when a new floor is done

http://img132.echo.cx/img132/6499/img60932uk.jpg
Looks very beautiful

http://www.wspgroup.fi/kortes/prod_wind-engineering.asp

If you look in the down-right corner you see a small notice regarding the Tornimäe towers, where it says that the project's going to include a mall. Now I had no idea about this, did anyone else?

Yes it will have a mall, healthcentre, a conference centre ! Thats what the part what connects the towers is for... its HUGE! :)

Didn`t know that. But anyway that`s great. Mixed buildings are good for urban environment.

Mmm... malls :) Now I wonder: Will the lower floors (meaning the mall) open before construcion is completely finished?

/\ i think that is quite possible, usually the lower floors open earlyer (like at City Plaza).. so im pretty certain

Probably offtopic but is there somehing mall-like in City Plaza? Maybe in the lower parts that weren't finished last year?

well, not anything mall like no, but there are some shops and the lower levels... there's a mall next door at Rävala 4 :)

there's a mall next door at Rävala 4 :)
You mean this thing? I thought it was part of the City Plaza.
http://www.rand-tuulberg.ee/images/ravala.jpg
Actually I was reffering to this :)

that will be opened this summer :)

that will be opened this summer :)
And have a mall?

Time for some new pics? Reliable sources tell me that the 6th floor has been reached? Or are they reliable... :)

your wish is my command, pics are 1.30 hours old.
6th of june
http://img275.echo.cx/img275/9615/img60042ik.jpg

http://img255.imageshack.us/img255/3038/img69804er.jpg


added for comparison the 6th of june pic! Apalling progress

You're very fast ;).. What else do you do if we command you? :D

Are they on summer holiday?

I think it's too hot for them to work, cause 2 weeks has gone and they have done almost nothing outside!

In the USA they normally construct about one floor per week on these types of projects...with a floor area at least five times larger. I'm a little surprised how long this is taking them...

well it has gone with "OKAY" speed til this floor, they havent added a floor in a month... seriously, i dont know whats wrong with them :D

I'm assuming that work of at least some kind is still happening, that it hasn't stopped? Perhaps more attention is being focused on completing the internal workings of the first four or five floors...and once that's done, they'll continue with the two towers?

well i dont know, cant talk of internal works yet as its still a concrete shell.
frankly i have no idea why they have stalled.

Floor number 6 is under construction:
http://img244.imageshack.us/img244/9813/tornime3xh.jpg

Dear i say it!? THEY MADE A FLOOR in less then 2 weeks... they have actually speeded up! :D

heres the pic from June 30th
http://img255.imageshack.us/img255/3038/img69804er.jpg


July 8th!
http://img111.imageshack.us/img111/6431/p10101851km.jpg



:banana:

Looks not that bad :)

i think you should have sayd it LOOKS HUGE! notice the tiny tiny midget workers :D

The 6fl looks tiny tiny, as is the workers ;)

yeah, it may seem tiny, but its not even 3m. its 3.3m! :D so it's just proof of the massive size of the lower floors :) Oh, and there is a small setback where this tower and the base starts, so its bit behind the bigger floors, notice the small cut in the corners of the 5 lower floors, thats the outline of the tower

I don't see any problem with these towers being built slow. But they would be very massive, enormous!!!! Tallinn now would get some Manhattan feel with Sun shining in the street for some minutes in day ;)

went to Tornimäe today, saw large metallic pieces beeing assembled in the yard, also parts were installed on the tower floors, such blue weird metallic stuff, was

A) Auto climbing module, this seems more logical as it seemed to have system to move up

B) facade clipper or something

What's the name of the two twin towers under construction in Tallinn?

Towerhill a.k.a Tornimäe ;)

Towerhill a.k.a Tornimäe ;)

Tower Hill is a site and tube station in London :lol:

Nice to see that this project is moving forward, first floors indeed looks quite massive.

June 30th
http://img255.imageshack.us/img255/3038/img69804er.jpg

July 8th
http://img111.imageshack.us/img111/6431/p10101851km.jpg

july 18th
http://img143.imageshack.us/img143/1745/p10102106yq.jpg

I'm still amazed how slow a construction can go.
But, at least some activity, crossing fingers for faster works.

Don't worry. If the big economical crisis of 2015 will not be too hard, it has good hope to be completed ;)

Don't worry. If the big economical crisis of 2015 will not be too hard, it has good hope to be completed ;)
Or then Tallinn will get TALL skeleton. :|

Don't worry. If the big economical crisis of 2015 will not be too hard, it has good hope to be completed ;)
LOL! :D

Anyway, the speed is not that slow and it's better to build it in slow speed than to forbid constructions of high-rises at all as happened with some proposals here in Vilnius (it was forbidden to build proposed high-rises next to "Panorama" mall).

pics from today, again work has slowed down and they are setting up the autoclimbing/worker protection unit :D Its awesome might i add, anyhow just 2 bits are up and from what i can understand the entire upper part of the tower will be covered with them and they will be raized as the tower grows :D Its cool, havent seen anything like it before in this part of the woods! Seems like it may take weeks still til they can get it done.
notice the yellow autoclimbing unit!:)

http://img343.imageshack.us/img343/7255/p10102534yy.jpg

closer look:
http://img327.imageshack.us/img327/3815/p10102444vu.jpg

Maybe they should start building the towers, not autoclimbing units :D

yeah lol... :D you lithuanians are all alike :D so jealous :D

@ShuMi They need to protect workers from fatal 6th-floor wind blows before they start it building :D

^lol :D

Haven't seen one of those before. What exactly does it do? :?

Anyway, thanks for the update ;)

My gosh, the view from the first pic looks awesome now, just IMAGINE how the towers will fit it behind that shopping mall...godness i can't wait for it to go up...when is the completion date, next decade?

end of 2006 is the completion date :)

Of what? autoclimbing units or the towers? :D

So it would take 1 year for every tower then...it's worth a wait then!!!

this thread is like an everlasting anecdote :D

Indeed it is.
This is the crew behind those autoclimbing units. It seems it's going to take a long time.
http://www.teniskemp.cz/foto%202003/reklama-doka.jpg

What do they do with those sticks? Mix the cement? :wtf:
Maybe they should use something else or even try to do something like lithuanian workers: :booze:

haaah obstacle

http://rada7.ee/ikoonid/axe.gif

In fact ShuMi, yes, it's the new upgraded version from

http://www.better-living.jp/photo_kitchen/mixer_sb.jpg

http://img355.imageshack.us/img355/6770/img0364s2hd.jpg


a few weeks more and Radisson will never be seen from this angle again :(

Still building the autoclimbing unit? :D

ch1le - What are they gonna build after tearing down the low-rises on that pic?

a road :)

Now that's urbanism! Hehe, no really I know traffic can be tricky around that intersection. Know anything more about the plan for the intersection?

well... that building is in the way of the Tartu road extension ;)
Stage 1 of the reconctruction will be completed in August, so in a couple of weeks, heres some renders of Stage 1:
http://www.hirvesoo.ee/kodu/pl/tartumnt/tartumnt2.jpg
http://www.hirvesoo.ee/kodu/pl/tartumnt/tartumnt3.jpg
http://www.hirvesoo.ee/kodu/pl/tartumnt/tartumnt4.jpg
http://www.hirvesoo.ee/kodu/pl/tartumnt/tartumnt5.jpg
http://www.hirvesoo.ee/kodu/pl/tartumnt/tartumnt6.jpg
http://www.hirvesoo.ee/kodu/pl/tartumnt/tartumnt1.jpg
yummie, aint it? Especially because there is some unknown highrise in the plans (note the white on is Tartu mnt 15)

That`s cool. I wish that many streets would look like that instead of boring typical apperance.