Nominate your 3 best new skyscrapers in 2004. Must be completed in this year!

1. SwissRe, City of London


http://www.willfox.com/images/skyscrapers/swissre170904.jpg




http://www.willfox.com/images/skyscrapers/swissre_aerial.jpg




http://www.willfox.com/images/skyscrapers/swissre.jpg





2. ???





3. ???



(not sure about my 2nd and 3rd choices yet ... I need time to think about this. I'll edit my post when I've decided) :)

do not care for the 2nd and 3thd the SwissRe is the best :)

SwissRE
World Tower, Sydney
third one...i dunno, don't know much good 2004 skyscrapers. don't check their finish dates really..

Triumph Palace.
Europe's Tallest since of 20th December of 2003, when it was topped out at 264,1 meters.

picture of unfinished TP about month ago. it will finish on 30th December.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v251/aleksey-kuznetsow/Moscow/Triumph%20Palace/TP1.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v251/aleksey-kuznetsow/Moscow/Triumph%20Palace/TP1a.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v251/aleksey-kuznetsow/Moscow/Triumph%20Palace/TP2.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v251/aleksey-kuznetsow/Moscow/Triumph%20Palace/TP3.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v251/aleksey-kuznetsow/Moscow/Triumph%20Palace/TP6.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v251/aleksey-kuznetsow/Moscow/Triumph%20Palace/TP7.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v251/aleksey-kuznetsow/Moscow/Triumph%20Palace/TP5.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v251/aleksey-kuznetsow/Moscow/Triumph%20Palace/TP4.jpg

Sparrow Hills tower 1
Europe's 4th Residential Tallest and 16th Europe's Tallest. 188.2 meters to tall it is just 2 meters shortly of Turning Torso in Malmo.

some july photos
http://img78.photobucket.com/albums/v251/aleksey-kuznetsow/Vorobiovy%20Cory/VG4.jpg
http://img78.photobucket.com/albums/v251/aleksey-kuznetsow/Vorobiovy%20Cory/VGg4.jpg
http://img78.photobucket.com/albums/v251/aleksey-kuznetsow/Vorobiovy%20Cory/VGg5.jpg
http://foto.rambler.ru/public/u/l/ulex_dubai/7/1/1.jpg
http://foto.rambler.ru/public/u/l/ulex_dubai/7/2/2.jpg
http://foto.rambler.ru/public/u/l/ulex_dubai/7/3/3.jpg
http://foto.rambler.ru/public/u/l/ulex_dubai/7/5/5.jpg
http://www.ivan.ru/2004/moscow-112.jpg

swiss re will win this and thats my nomination.

Swiss Re is the only one and the best ever

Swiss Re, London
Vinoly, Amsterdam
Torre Akbar, Barcelona

I only got 2 so far...

Swiss Re

Time Warner Center:

http://www.skyscrapercity.com/photopost/data/500/24042004_0430Image0022.JPG

http://www.skyscrapercity.com/photopost/data/500/24042004_0430Image0018.JPG

Swiss Re, London

Time Warner Center

Sorry savethewtc, for cramping your style ;)

Goldman Sachs, or whatever that is in Jersey City.

http://www.skyscrapercity.com/photopost/data/500/2404goldman7.jpg

Swiss Re, London
Goldman Sachs, New Jersey
Langham Place Office Tower, Hong Kong

Chalk one more for SwissRe

I thought SwissRe was completed in 2003 :dunno:
Can anybody tell me if I'm wrong?

SwissRe topped out in November 2002, but the building wasn't 100% finished until April 2004.


http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid76/pcf4b59ac3096b04db8c1211ecfe27ba4/fb40d3dc.jpg

Well, it is clear which one gets the booby prize: Triumph Palace, Moscow. It should be named Travesty Tower. What a clunker!
World Tower, Sydney, is better than average, as is its companion, Latitude Tower. Time-Warner is impressive; I don't know Goldman Sachs.
With a small reservation, Swiss Re it is.

mmh @ emporis http://www.emporis.com/en/bu/sk/sa/03/tp/ swissre building won the award for 2003?

ok...i also nominate the swiss re building. if it is not possible then Taipei 101

You forgot to tell where Sparrow hills are, Moscow or Kiev?

It is very confusing with Swiss Re. How can it be the winner in 2003 on Emporis and 2004 on skyscrapercity? What is the official date for completion?

Sparrow Hills in Moscow.

Complex in Kiev is not finished yet.

Sparrow Hill :bash:

Bloomberg Tower-New York
Time Warner Center-New York
Langham Place Office Tower-Hong Kong

Taipei 101! :D

Bloomberg Tower-New York
Time Warner Center-New York
Langham Place Office Tower-Hong Kong

I would've said Bloomberg Tower too, but it's not completed yet.

SwissRe, London
Taipei 101, Taipei
Time Warner Center, NYC

Time Warner Center
Triumph Palace
might think of something else later.

Time Warner Center-New York and Triumph Palace

only one nomination from me

30 st marys axe, london (aka swiss re)

hm.. i assume that Swiss Re will probably win this contest..

but well.. here's the newly finished Central World Trade Tower in Bangkok, Thailand.
its crown changes colors, graphics, and animations every once in a while.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v515/joprb/cwt_cwp_shrine.jpg
(picture from Jo)

and these pictures are from Chad.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v171/chady/DSC09350copy.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v171/chady/DSC09735copy.jpg
(the thai flag is animated also)
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v171/chady/DSC09699copy.jpg

only one nomination from me: AGBAR TOWER, BARCELONA

Swiss Re is one of world's best skyscrapers as well as one of my favorite skyscrapers and I love it very much but according to Emporis (I'm tended to trust it) it was completed in 2003 so logically it cannot be nominated for 2004. Of course unless somebody is going to provide a proof that it was really completed in 2004.

Now my nominations are:

1. Time Warner Center, NYC, USA
http://units.blogs.com/tt/files/rimg0054.jpg

2. One Churchill Place, London, UK
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v191/blimey_ltu/ldn/175_7511.jpg

3. Europa Tower, Vilnius, Lithuania
http://www.ambrasas.lt/images/realizacijos/europa/euro4.jpg

Emporis can never be trusted imo. They think 12 storie buildings are Skyscrapers. My vote goes to Swiss Re

1) Swiss Re, London
2) Torre Agbar, Barcelona

http://skyscraperpage.com/gallery/data/617/2824barcelona_-___agbar.jpg

3) Langham Place, Hong Kong

http://mywebpage.netscape.com/rotpics02/langa.jpg

http://www.micpix.de/gallery/data/media/164/PhotoContest032.jpg

Ok, so is anybody going to provide a more trusted source about the real completion date of Swiss Re? It would be weird if it becomes a winner of Emporis in 2003 and winner of SSC in 2004.

@coth

do you really think that Moscow's "Triumph Palace" or these "Sparrow Hills" commieblocks are nicer than Time Warner center or Swiss Re? :|

TP have all chances to win Emporis 2004.

Time Warner is nice, but too typical...

My nominations:
1. Time Warner Center NYC
2. Times Square Tower NYC
3. Bloomberg Tower (If you will count that) if not then I'll add the Goldman Sachs tower in Jersey City. Here's a pic that HKSkyline posted and at about 240 meters it's not that small at all..
http://img23.exs.cx/img23/3875/circleline147mv.jpg

Why does noone talk about Taipei 101? According to Emporis and the Skyscraperpage diagram it was completed in 2004.

http://gallery.taipei.gov.tw/kao-pin/co_images/desktop/05.jpg

http://www.msnbc.com/news/2043975.jpg

^^^
Maybe because it's ugly as hell? ;)

swiss re, taipei 101, triumph palace, tower palace three

I am 100% certain that SwissRe was officially completed in 2004! :)

I followed this building's construction from the laying of its foundations, right through to the official opening ... and I can assure you it was completed in 2004.

If you need any further proof, then just look at the prize it won from RIBA (http://www.riba.org/go/RIBA/News/Press_3278.html) (Royal Institute of British Architects). It won the best architecture prize in October, given to buildings completed this year.

Emporis is wrong, unless they are talking about when SwissRe was "topped out" (i.e. construction crews reached the final floor).

I am 100% certain that SwissRe was officially completed in 2004! :)

I followed this building's construction from the laying of its foundations, right through to the official opening ... and I can assure you it was completed in 2004.

If you need any further proof, then just look at the prize it won from RIBA (http://www.riba.org/go/RIBA/News/Press_3278.html) (Royal Institute of British Architects). It won the best architecture prize in October, given to buildings completed this year.

Emporis is wrong, unless they are talking about when SwissRe was "topped out" (i.e. construction crews reached the final floor).

Allright, I also checked Foster's website, the date of completion given there is 2004 so you seem to be right. But I'll leave my list as it is because Swiss Re seems to win the competition anyway, just let's bring in some intrigue ;)
Nonetheless I think Swiss Re is absolutely the best high-rise building of the year, perhaps even of a decade, saw it recently from nearby, it looks really incredible, the way to go for London :okay:

A picture by me, not very high quality because of bad lighting but still it shows Swiss Re, I'll go to see it again by the first chance I'll get :)
http://img72.exs.cx/img72/3233/17474559eh.jpg

Too hard too decide, a lot of towers are perfect
But the most innovative design is maybe the Torre Agbar in Barcelona, just take a look at these awesome pics taken by Mmateoca:
(my other 2 choices are Swiss Re, and Felix Tower in Brisbane)

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v354/mmateoca/1agbar14.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v354/mmateoca/1agbar12.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v354/mmateoca/1agbar16.jpg

IMO swiss re is average, and Taipei 101 is ugliest tower of year 2004 for me. But on the other side Time warner centre is pure beauty, triumph palace looks massive and impressive, allthough it s not anything special beautifull it has some of spirit of old times.

no offence, but not everybody likes swiss re :)

^ only everyone that counts ;)

Seriously though, triumph place has a facade straight out of cold war. Not good...

Taipei 101
Goldman Sachs Tower
Time Warner Center

IMO swiss re is average, and Taipei 101 is ugliest tower of year 2004 for me. But on the other side Time warner centre is pure beauty, triumph palace looks massive and impressive, allthough it s not anything special beautifull it has some of spirit of old times.

no offence, but not everybody likes swiss re :)

If Swiss Re is "average" then kill me but I won't find a skyscraper in the world which would be at least slightly "above average"! Man, Swiss Re is not average, it's a fu**ing masterpiece! :)
Agreed about Taipei 101 though.

John, thing i dunno like @SwissRe is the fact it looks a bit... hm... dildish :D

John, thing i dunno like @SwissRe is the fact it looks a bit... hm... dildish :D

Let's just say it looks a bit... sexy ;)

21st Century Tower, Dubai

^
dxb_raptor, come on! The 21st Century Tower was completed in November 2003 ;)

swiss re, London
taipei 101, Taipei
torre agbar, Barcellona (or time warner center, NY)

The Gherkin (Swiss RE) but not Tapei 101. Its ugly. Canary Wharf towers as well because they still look new and good even though they're not- good architects mean these skyscrapers never age!

Swiss Re, London
http://www.badezimmer.ch/images/News/gurkebeinacht.jpg
Frost Bank Building, Austin, Texas
http://users3.ev1.net/~rhuseth2/Texas/Austin/TownLake14.jpg
Langham Place, Hong Kong
http://www.pbase.com/image/32135834.jpg

I'll vote for the most elegant of all: Triumph Palace

For my last nomination, I guess I'll go with Goldman Sachs Tower, Jersey City...

http://www.skyscrapercity.com/photopost/data/3196/24042004_1113Image0010.JPG

^^ Goldman sach tower looks like wannabe Two International Finance Centre in HK :)

01 Swiss RE

02 Goldman Sachs Tower

03 Buckhead Grand, Atlanta GA USA:

http://skyscraperpage.com/gallery/data/585/72buckheadgrand.jpg

http://www.skyscrapernews.com/images/buildings/58_pic1.jpg

http://www.skyscrapernews.com/images/buildings/58_pic17.jpg

http://www.skyscrapernews.com/images/buildings/58_pic8.jpg

01 Swiss RE

02 Goldman Sachs Tower

03 Buckhead Grand, Atlanta GA USA:

http://skyscraperpage.com/gallery/data/585/72buckheadgrand.jpg

what is this?

In no particular order
Swiss RE
Taipei101 (or was that 2003?)
AOL TW Center

AGBAR TOWER, BARCELONA (Jean Nouvel)

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v354/mmateoca/1agbar101.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v354/mmateoca/color.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v495/thehushpics/agbarvespredor.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v495/thehushpics/agbcreafoto.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v495/thehushpics/xfoto8rt.jpg


No rival for the catalan tower!

(Mmateoca Pics>Ets un crack!)

what is this?

A new residential tower in Buckhead (a burough-like section of Atlanta).

Oh yeah, Buck. I forgot about Buckhead Grand.

^^ Goldman sach tower looks like wannabe Two International Finance Centre in HK :)

Cause I think it's the same architect. Pelli if i'm not mistaken. He's got a tendency to copy and paste. :)

A new residential tower in Buckhead (a burough-like section of Atlanta).
nice one. any more photos?

1st- Torre Agbar , Barcelona
2nd- Swis Re. London
3rd- I´m not sure

:) :) :) :)

agbar isnt finished is it? arent they still fitting out the inside?
swiss re is finished and occupied.

don't know, but if that, so it is outside of competition... it will be same story as with Swiss Re... For Emporis finished in 2003, for SSP in 2004

My nominations are as follows:

1. Swiss Re, London (UK)
2. Time Warner Centre, NYC (USA)
3. Europa Tower, Vilnius (Lithuania)

1. TWC, NYC
2. Goldman Sachs, NJ
3. SwissRe, London

Swiss Re is a really cute building! But it is too short to be called a skyscraper.
http://picserver.org/view_image.php/XFTNIC9WU780
http://picserver.org/view_image.php/2RH7GCC1GUD2
http://picserver.org/view_image.php/BA1372J8L6OH
http://picserver.org/view_image.php/43RI0E5X2Y3V
http://picserver.org/view_image.php/137E0LQ7878J

Taipei 101 it deserves it - the tallest in the world altough taipei's only skyscraper.

Swiss Re is a really cute building! But it is too short to be called a skyscraper.

600ft is easily tall enough to be a skyscraper. This building can be seen from half the places in London.

http://picserver.org/view_image.php/U0V3OI86STN0

Shin Kong Life tower is 254 meters tall and it is also in Taipei .. please check some updated Chinese web site to learn more about Chinese scrapers ... China has 9 of the 15 tallest buildings in the world ...
http://picserver.org/view_image.php/5DD4FDA9O69G

i hate swisse re, uglyiest thing ever, best new skyscraper for this year would have to be Tapei 101 or World Tower Sydney
and the bukhed one from atlanta, its awesome.

According to the Emporis data base there are no completed highrises in Wenzhou at all! ... so I guess these buildings can all nominate for this year then ...
Wenzhou World Trade Grand Hotel
http://picserver.org/view_image.php/BQ6Q2V343450
Wenzhou Telecom (the building in the right)
http://picserver.org/view_image.php/V9V18846N371
http://picserver.org/view_image.php/51K80Q5F3J17

Here are some uncatalogued buildings from Nanning. Remember, you can't vote for these because they do not exist yet .. at least not in Emporis data base ..
http://picserver.org/view_image.php/F70501S3GLEU
http://picserver.org/view_image.php/RTRQ7KDW7N1M
http://picserver.org/view_image.php/00EMJLJ90OG6

Here is the non existing (not yet catalogued) Hongshan Hotel and some other pics from Urumqi. The building in construction in the second pic (Zhongtian International Mansion) is 200m tall.
http://picserver.org/view_image.php/09X24833UEL9
http://picserver.org/view_image.php/325YFVA27840
http://picserver.org/view_image.php/Q85417K3WRUW

According to Emporis the tallest building in Guiyang is 106m and it was built in 1988 .. I think some of these buildings are higher and newer than that ...
http://picserver.org/view_image.php/YC938VH3B06Z
http://picserver.org/view_image.php/PS75070YKVT5

Panda, you'd better sign your application at emporis and improve its database instead of posting sarcastic messages here ;)

Emporis knows very well what they are doing .. But you are right .. I will refrain making remarks about them .. I believe everybody got my point ..
Here are 2 brand new buildings from Changchun and Harbin
unknown building in Changchun
http://picserver.org/view_image.php/7Y74E1625HGW
Sinoway Hotel towers, Harbin
http://picserver.org/view_image.php/Z4RDV6KU531M

If anybody knows when these buildings where completed please let us know all ... I think at least some of them are very recent.
http://picserver.org/view_image.php/45NB9HJ3SH32
Taiyuan World Trade Center ... reminds me of NYWTC
http://picserver.org/view_image.php/8B9WLDXZVIC9
http://picserver.org/view_image.php/4856S14D23NK

Panda. We talking about buildings completed in 2004.

These are the most recent buildings I know from Dalian
Shingi Park residential buildings
http://picserver.org/view_image.php/K5SF2ZJS6P80
Zhongshan Square
http://picserver.org/view_image.php/M5395J195WBA

The building on the right (with the red ribbon) has just been completed. It is really not beautiful .. but kind of intriguing ..
http://picserver.org/view_image.php/UZ29II3D3HEP
I believe all these buildings have been completed this year. Please correct me if I am wrong and I will remove them from the forum.
http://picserver.org/view_image.php/2J6PL87MN037
http://picserver.org/view_image.php/MQXGJ7AQO6NV
This one is in the Xujiahui Square area and it is just completed.
http://picserver.org/view_image.php/7TU99G6G37ZX
The building in the back, on the right is an awsome one. Sorry this pic is centered on the Science and Technology museum but I coundn't find any better .. I think this scraper would be a good candidate. If anybody have a better pic please post it.
http://picserver.org/view_image.php/8123704E32GC

www.skyscraperpage.com has a pretty good data base and according to them both of these buildings was completed this year.
Golden Business Center
http://picserver.org/view_image.php/YHOSMDF96HL8
Hung Cheong Plaza
http://picserver.org/view_image.php/XN51XQDFAYGP

Taichung Tower is 192m an it has just been completed
http://picserver.org/view_image.php/ELAUYNC026N9
http://picserver.org/view_image.php/UG498JWZ7O58
http://picserver.org/view_image.php/RR5424CO0JU8

hi, Panda, please be serious. if you are not sure the completion date, then do not hurry to post. Besides, most of the buildings you posted are far from being eligible to be nominated.
The Taiyuan world trade center is nice, though.

@Panda
Please stop spamming this thread.

I am sorry guys .. I mistakenly thought that this forum is for the Best new skyscraper of 2004 in the World .. So, I posted a couple of handsome new buildings from China. I did not know that the forum is reserved to American and European (especially British) highrises.

I am sorry guys .. I mistakenly thought that this forum is for the Best new skyscraper of 2004 in the World .. So, I posted a couple of handsome new buildings from China. I did not know that the forum is reserved to American and European (especially British) highrises.

It is for the best new skyscraper of 2004 in the world. In this thread however, you just post your 3 nominations, not display what was built in 2004.

Hope that clears up the confusion.

1st- Time Warner Center, New York

2nd-Hung Cheong Plaza (if it was completed this year)

3rd- ?? Not sure will decide later..

The taichung tower looks quite good for a chinese tower, unusually understated!

It's look like a fat pencil....no..no..it's not the best...

Agbar tower in Barcelona (not finished)

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v354/mmateoca/1agbar16.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v354/mmateoca/color.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v354/mmateoca/a137fa16.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v354/mmateoca/mati.jpg

I was forced to flip a coin to decide between #1 and #2. :)

1. Swiss Re
2. Time Warner center
3. Taipei 101 (it's tall, at least)

1. Taipei 101
2. TWC
3. ?

will people PLEASE stop mentioning agbar, it isnt finished and isnt eligible for this years competition. it applies to FINISHED buildings only.