#132 l Hangzhou No.2 Telecom Hub l HANGZHOU l 248m l 41 [Archive]

chongqinghero

October 10th, 2004, 06:43 AM

Hangzhou No.2 Telecom Hub
Hangzhou, China

HEIGHT: 248m/814 feet
FLOORS: 41 floors
COMPLETION: 2003
ARCHITECT: ?

Additional Info:

Basement Floors: 3
Floor Area: 59,201 m²
Building Uses
• office
• communication

http://skyscraperpage.com/gallery/data/500/636700ca391c.jpg

http://skyscraperpage.com/gallery/data/500/636700ca661a.jpg

http://forum.xinhuanet.com/upfiles/00ADF05D.002C

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v427/rotpics03/hangzhou.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v427/rotpics03/hangzhou2.jpg

RafflesCity

October 31st, 2004, 03:42 AM

I quite like the base and the white facade goes well with such a wacky design

7/10

Sitol447

October 31st, 2004, 11:58 AM

8,5/10 - Hmmmm interesting..

AtlanticaC5

November 1st, 2004, 12:07 PM

7.5/10 Quite interesting shape, I hope they've fixed the base since that pic was taken :)

Rapid

November 2nd, 2004, 11:51 PM

It really does deserve a real name.

Wu-Gambino

November 2nd, 2004, 11:57 PM

5/10

Extremly boring facade with a redicioulous top. The only thing that saves it is the shape.

empersouf

November 5th, 2004, 02:34 PM

Doesn't look so high, I think it's as boring as Naptown says. 6.0

Dr. Dubai

November 5th, 2004, 04:46 PM

I really like the desing, typical Chinese:D 8/10

R@ptor

November 5th, 2004, 05:10 PM

I really like the design of many chinese skyscrapers...but this one is just terrible, the base, the top and the facade...all just ugly

4.0

CborG

November 6th, 2004, 10:49 PM

the architect must have had eaten some mushroom to end up with this design
:puke:/10

Hed Kandi

November 13th, 2004, 12:14 AM

nice building the 209 m is the top of the bowl.
:cheers:

kshatriya

November 18th, 2004, 03:51 PM

Wacky design. 7/10

Monkey

November 18th, 2004, 04:00 PM

An absurd building. The base, body and crown don't relate to each other, and the facade is unoriginal.

4.5

james2390

November 21st, 2004, 05:04 AM

Do they have a name for this type of architecture?

1/10

Liz L

November 24th, 2004, 10:01 PM

5/10 - I'd like to see a few more pictures, but based on what I do see...

The facade seems like it should dance with the light, there's a good contrast between stone and glass, and at least the roof isn't flat...

But the real facade doesn't look as good as the picture, the building doesn't have good height, and the base, tower, and spire don't go together AT ALL, making it look very awkward.

An attempt to be imaginative that didn't quite turn out right...Maybe an E for efort, though....

DamienK

November 24th, 2004, 10:14 PM

Some nice individual features, but they tried to cram too much into this building, and it looks odd. 6/10.

Taufiq

December 3rd, 2004, 03:46 AM

I like the ball at the top, although I don't like it's height.
7/10

dunnsgr

December 6th, 2004, 01:51 AM

Its like the designer worked too hard. The photograph shows a completely different color scheme than the drawings and what is with the fuschia band above the lobby????? That is completely off the wall, at least it wasn't pink in the finished product.

Zaqattaq

December 6th, 2004, 04:07 AM

7.5

I rather like the ball thing

TritaniumZ3

December 7th, 2004, 04:07 AM

Only one thing to say. That does not look like the 92 tallest!It looks like 600 feat.

ENDOPHINS

December 8th, 2004, 02:09 PM

Another rocket ?? Pretty high but not my taste . 4/10

7 World Trade

December 15th, 2004, 05:14 AM

it's not too bad of a building, but the tallest spire is really unnecessary. but i think the building's taller than what the rendering seem to depict. the rendering just doesn't do it justice.

still, they should've made the top a cube instead of a sphere. a sphere on top of a box just doesn't fit.

6.5

Iiee

December 16th, 2004, 03:02 AM

ugly, 3/10 :bash:

i-mean

December 16th, 2004, 06:20 AM

it's quite bad looking of a skyscraper,but i like the ball on the top

Raine

January 7th, 2005, 04:22 PM

I don't like it
4.5/10

Postuh

January 10th, 2005, 10:08 PM

The top whit the bal in it: 7.5/10
Ground Flours: 5/10

7.5+5=12.5/2=6.25= 6

Rotterdam 4evah

:cheers:

360 Modena

January 11th, 2005, 05:50 AM

Looks like a stubby syringe...... 4

Chad

January 11th, 2005, 05:58 AM

Is it really finished?, the base picture looks like it has been deserted quite a longtime for somehow.

Okapi

January 12th, 2005, 07:58 PM

Not my type.
4,5/10

lffıs

January 16th, 2005, 05:26 PM

250 meters???? It rather looks like 100, or even less.

But because of the nice (chinese!) design, I give it a 6/10.

renell

January 17th, 2005, 09:54 AM

6.5/10 again another building ruined by the top.

Þróndeimr

January 17th, 2005, 09:49 PM

6.5/10

Fabio

January 19th, 2005, 02:07 AM

6/10

I don't like it much

SkyHawk

January 20th, 2005, 04:17 PM

9/10

TYW

January 31st, 2005, 12:50 PM

the base doesn't fit the middle, the middle doesn't fit the top. but each part looks nice separately:D

6/10

NapHsu4922

February 1st, 2005, 02:30 AM

Im not a big fan of the base 5.5/10

Shion Uzuki

February 4th, 2005, 06:06 PM

not perfect, but its different.

I like the top sphere. very futuristic

-(･∀･)-(^｡^)-

February 5th, 2005, 02:35 PM

／( ^｡^)／ BAD ＼(^｡^)＼

Kevinkhoo1986

February 8th, 2005, 06:17 PM

Why are most of the tall chinese skyscraper tend to have spire on top on it? It just make thing worst.

baqthier

February 8th, 2005, 06:21 PM

The thing is the spire is too thin.

6.5/10

BHK25

February 19th, 2005, 06:15 PM

I don't like it 5.0

chongqinghero

March 3rd, 2005, 10:38 AM

http://forum.xinhuanet.com/upfiles/00CA391C.002C http://forum.xinhuanet.com/upfiles/00CA661A.002C :cheers: en

london-b

March 7th, 2005, 11:50 PM

Ugly, sorry 4/10

Q-TIP

March 11th, 2005, 03:51 PM

8.5/10 That went it very quickly!

Alvin

March 11th, 2005, 04:11 PM

Not great...6.5/10

Xeni-2

March 12th, 2005, 09:01 AM

I don't like this building. 6.5/10

MattSal

March 14th, 2005, 04:10 AM

You know it's bad when the building looks better in the rendering than it does in photos. I give it a 6/10, mostly for the facade.

Winus

April 12th, 2005, 12:33 PM

Crapcrapcrap 4/10

get13

April 12th, 2005, 02:06 PM

Eewwww 2/10

Pengui

April 20th, 2005, 05:59 AM

Hahaha, wacky ^^
The box' cladding is really nice though, the top is weird, not in a bad way, and the base has a funny rocket look :-) I think this must be the wackiest of the top 100 ^^
Would have liked it taller.
7.5

Justadude

April 21st, 2005, 08:58 AM

Peculiar building. The ball-spire combo is weird, but without that it would be a very plain building. I don't like the mix of vertical and horizontal stripes. I wish we had more pics to look at. 6/10

1st Division Marine

April 21st, 2005, 09:08 AM

10.

360 Modena

April 22nd, 2005, 11:49 AM

awww... don't be so mean guys, look a 10^ :) thats the spirt! 1O for me too :D

Phobos

May 14th, 2005, 01:44 AM

5/10

I don't like this kind of chinese buildings.

Latoso

May 27th, 2005, 11:57 PM

6.5/10

Jules

May 29th, 2005, 12:05 AM

The ball on top ruins it for me. 5.

geminiguy7

June 8th, 2005, 03:03 AM

i like the ball 7/10

SoboleuS

June 8th, 2005, 12:03 PM

Don't like it. Looks cheap and kitschy. 4,5/10

Reflex

June 10th, 2005, 02:32 AM

7.5/10.

DRAKKO

June 10th, 2005, 03:00 AM

7/10 no se ve tan alto

Medo

June 18th, 2005, 08:05 AM

interesting tower, 7/10

ROYAL BLUE

July 8th, 2005, 02:03 AM

10/10

Djoez

July 10th, 2005, 12:10 PM

Not my cup of tea! The top looks ridiculous 3/10

B@dGuYoM

July 10th, 2005, 12:54 PM

7/10

clarky

July 10th, 2005, 01:25 PM

interesting 8/10

Zarkon

July 10th, 2005, 10:17 PM

the crown is lovely!! 7.5

EarlyBird

July 14th, 2005, 09:08 PM

Strange design. Not my kind of thing, but quite interesting. 7/10.

Chibcha2k

July 18th, 2005, 10:08 AM

<3.5

i hate it

Accura4Matalan

July 18th, 2005, 01:05 PM

6.5/10

JDRS

July 18th, 2005, 08:40 PM

7.5/10

Javi

July 19th, 2005, 11:29 PM

great base and facade. 9/10

El_Greco

August 9th, 2005, 08:59 PM

hmm well..i like facade..but..c'mon why they are building such buildings? :poke: 6/10

verycoolnin

August 11th, 2005, 05:01 AM

In that last picture it looks run down. 5 of 10.

jimm

August 11th, 2005, 08:25 PM

6/10

Trances

August 28th, 2005, 10:19 AM

oddly impressive
9/10

pali

September 6th, 2005, 03:03 AM

good looking building 7

andysimo123

September 9th, 2005, 12:41 AM

6/10 different design from most other buildings.

Imperfect Ending

September 21st, 2005, 06:38 AM

7/10

hotel shampoo bottle

rk_rk

October 1st, 2005, 04:19 PM

Nothing special. 5/10

jesarm

October 2nd, 2005, 05:09 PM

I don´t like very much this building 6/10 bu it has innovative and original extructure

Dancer

October 4th, 2005, 07:51 AM

No its not good looking. i dont know why I just dont like it. 6.0

The Mad Hatter!!

October 4th, 2005, 04:52 PM

4.5
what a wierd building, the top looks ugly thanks to the sphere thing,facade not to bad.but the base has to be the worst part of the building

Gerard

October 6th, 2005, 10:42 AM

Typical chinese and therefor not my cup of tea. 6/10

Henk

October 15th, 2005, 12:49 PM

I don't like the ball on the top of the building. 6.5/10.

www.sercan.de

October 23rd, 2005, 03:37 PM

6/10

Skylandman

October 30th, 2005, 08:44 PM

4.5/10 looks like made by childrens

sharpie20

November 20th, 2005, 10:13 AM

3/10 just plain bad

Cabman

November 22nd, 2005, 04:20 AM

What a nightmare 4.

ChiLooper

November 23rd, 2005, 04:13 AM

Eh
5/10

CrazyCanuck

November 23rd, 2005, 04:25 AM

I can't seem to like this no matter how hard I try, 5/10

Adam from Oz

November 24th, 2005, 04:16 PM

Silly architecture.

5/10

Cheers,

Adam

superskyline

November 24th, 2005, 05:32 PM

i dont like it... plus it looks wicked short!
5/10

DïegôLG

November 26th, 2005, 07:07 AM

6/10

Sinjin P.

December 3rd, 2005, 04:31 AM

OMG! 7/10

forvine

December 7th, 2005, 11:21 AM

Another building in China that like to have a Ball or globe somewhere in their building... 4/10

mr_storms

December 31st, 2005, 02:19 AM

bland building with a bad top and bottom. 4.5/10

anakin

January 2nd, 2006, 09:10 PM

8/10

Principes

January 3rd, 2006, 09:01 AM

6/10 battered.

P.

FROM LOS ANGELES

January 6th, 2006, 03:34 AM

Well, it succeded in sticking it out, nice too. 7/10

warnings

January 9th, 2006, 01:32 PM

5/10

Scruffy88

January 10th, 2006, 04:16 PM

2/10

Moren-o

January 22nd, 2006, 06:06 PM

You can't be serious when you design a base like that, the top is too much as well.
5/10

premier

January 22nd, 2006, 09:20 PM

The building-6.5/10
The ball-1/10
Overall-3.5/10

FJP

March 19th, 2006, 03:01 PM

7/10

davidwei01

March 19th, 2006, 03:12 PM

Hangzhou is a large city in China. It'll be better after Shanghai-Hangzhou maglev's completed. 9/10

marpa

April 14th, 2006, 11:43 PM

3/10

willbig13

April 16th, 2006, 07:17 AM

Not a fan overall, but not the ugliest building ever, 4.5

Guangzhou

April 16th, 2006, 07:20 AM

It's shit. 0/10

Skyman

April 17th, 2006, 03:35 PM

It's ugly stuff...2/10

Mosaic

April 18th, 2006, 11:48 AM

ugly. 3/10

dżimi pejdż

April 18th, 2006, 02:37 PM

4/10

LAYZIEDOGG

June 4th, 2006, 01:09 AM

nothing special 6/10

Woko

June 4th, 2006, 07:17 PM

ugly 0/10

ZZ-II

June 13th, 2006, 11:11 AM

7.5/10...looks to small

mtt16

June 29th, 2006, 10:24 AM

7.5/10

virarch

July 3rd, 2006, 10:27 PM

1/10

yet another failed attempt to look "modern" or "different" by cramping all kinds of shapes and styles into a single building.

I suggest we give such brainless design patterns a more vivid description: "skyline littering with Chinese characteristics."

broadie

July 12th, 2006, 08:15 AM

cool i like it 7/10

mannix_10

July 12th, 2006, 08:22 AM

8/10

gutooo

July 16th, 2006, 10:03 AM

6/10

Mosaic

August 19th, 2006, 08:56 AM

6/10

Dreamlıneя

September 5th, 2006, 05:50 AM

6/10

skipperBill

September 10th, 2006, 10:19 PM

6.5/10.

_zner_

November 8th, 2006, 04:54 AM

9. a bit odd but looks nice.

Chinky Orz

November 16th, 2006, 01:42 AM

8/10 Very nice top but the base just looks so awkward

weirdo

November 26th, 2006, 02:39 PM

no pic of the real thing from top to bottom yet?

alsen

January 19th, 2007, 04:36 PM

not my type..4.5

ROYU

January 20th, 2007, 06:14 AM

What a bad thing 5.0

FloridaFuture

January 20th, 2007, 10:26 PM

Boring facade, boring building
4.5/10

david thomas

January 30th, 2007, 03:21 PM

0 / 10

I don't think the architect of this building will be able to design well even after 30 more years of learning and hard work. He simply doesn't have the necessary artistic flair. He should change job.

kamil.bukowski

January 30th, 2007, 09:29 PM

7.5/10

W!CKED

April 14th, 2007, 03:02 PM

7/10

Ralphkke

May 12th, 2007, 03:54 AM

Nice. 7 out of 10.

Aliya

June 25th, 2007, 03:56 PM

7.5/10 looks lke a rocket

Skyman

June 28th, 2007, 09:08 AM

7/10

Kelsen

July 13th, 2007, 07:16 AM

8/10

Piotr-Stettin

August 1st, 2007, 02:46 AM

6,5/10

Sound.

August 26th, 2007, 10:20 PM

6/10

LMCA1990

August 26th, 2007, 11:13 PM

7/10

Slodi

August 27th, 2007, 12:20 PM

ugly base but the rest quite good 7/10

newyorkrunaway1

September 25th, 2007, 09:48 AM

1/10

Astralis

September 25th, 2007, 03:33 PM

6/10

MasonicStage™

September 26th, 2007, 08:21 PM

8,5/10

RON-E

September 27th, 2007, 08:12 AM

1/10

Nikkodemo

December 20th, 2007, 10:29 AM

What a name!

7/10

kon133

January 1st, 2008, 12:05 AM

3/10 :ohno:

krzewi

January 7th, 2008, 10:49 PM

3 thats ugly !!!

IMPRESARIO

January 21st, 2008, 01:58 AM

Another rocket ?? Pretty high

Halabalooza

February 24th, 2008, 10:37 AM

8.5 its nice

GOR@N

April 12th, 2008, 05:16 PM

7/10

Fundador

April 16th, 2008, 12:03 PM

intersting design 8/10

Teriyaki

April 16th, 2008, 04:28 PM

10/10

henry hill

September 19th, 2008, 05:03 PM

Interesting, strange, can even too strange. Matter of the taste as ever:)

5/10

Eric Offereins

October 12th, 2008, 02:35 PM

6/10

Rutger1991

October 16th, 2008, 10:20 PM

8/10

Kawasaki KG

October 17th, 2008, 10:54 AM

5.5/10

DinamiT

April 3rd, 2009, 02:39 AM

8.5/10

A_Voz_Da_Figueira

April 3rd, 2009, 02:25 PM

9,5/10

rockin'.baltimorean

April 5th, 2009, 04:32 AM

looks like a rocket......

6/10

tonyssa

April 19th, 2009, 09:33 PM

7/10

skyperu34

May 16th, 2009, 12:14 AM

Ugly...

3.0/10

pepe.eu

May 30th, 2009, 01:46 AM

7.5/10

ireneo

June 20th, 2009, 12:21 AM

7.5

Jan Del Castillo

July 28th, 2009, 06:26 PM

8. Good building. Regards.

deranged

August 14th, 2009, 07:40 AM

7/10

xavarreiro

October 17th, 2009, 07:34 PM

8/10

desertpunk

October 30th, 2009, 12:43 PM

A rocket to Mars that will never leave the launchpad (unfortunately). 2

national guard

November 12th, 2009, 09:46 AM

^^:lol::lol::lol:

ugly base.

6.5/10

Heroico

November 18th, 2009, 10:36 PM

bonivison

November 19th, 2009, 04:37 AM

顶个球用大厦
都不知道说什么好了
杭州在我心中是那么有品位的城市怎么也会这么喜欢顶个球用啊
最触目惊心的是武汉的顶个球用大厦中国城市就好这一口
总喜欢在楼顶上做点文章

sieradzanin1

December 30th, 2009, 04:23 PM

6.5/10

New York Morning

January 6th, 2010, 07:46 PM

7.5

Heidjer

August 12th, 2010, 03:46 PM

Well, I've seen a handful worse, that's why it get's an 1.5/10

motozine

August 16th, 2010, 06:27 AM

this building definetely inspired by pearl oriental tower in shanghai.unique 7.5/10