I think thats what they're called. Anyway, what is your favorite cylindrical skyscraper?

Mine is the Marriot Renaissance Center in Detroit.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v712/NapHsu/kveus053s.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v712/NapHsu/kveus052s.jpg

Mori building, Tokyo. THe diameter is just huge!

http://shinji.ath.cx/diary/images/2003/hills-mori-building.jpg

That apartment building in Johannasburg... with the open part in the middle. No idea what it's called or where to find any pictures (post some!), but that building is just surrell.

Its called Ponte City and is 54 floors but is not completly cylindrical as it has a flat section at the Northern elevation where the lift shafts are

there she is~
http://www.amethyst.co.za/JhbLandmarks/Ponte.jpg
http://www.chief.co.za/joburg/Hillbrow/4_August_2004_087.jpg
http://www.chief.co.za/joburg/Hillbrow/4_August_2004_096.jpg

Tour Crédit Lyonnais, Lyon (1977)
http://eras.free.fr/images/lyon/lyon.jpg
http://thvitry.free.fr/mesphotos/preview_640_2003_12_06_Tour_Credit_Lyonnais_2.JPG
http://www.lyon-photos.com/diaporama/lyon-photos.php?id_rub=1&id_slieu=10&img=partdieu05.jpg
http://www.alyon.org/InfosLyon/geographie/lyon_aerien/auditorium_tour_part-dieu.jpg
http://www.alyon.org/InfosLyon/photos/Lyon_recent/part-dieu/crayon_vue3.jpg

I really like the one in Detroit

torre europa (madrid)
http://www.aviewoncities.com/img/madrid/kvesp0636b.jpg
http://www.fotomadrid.com/fotos/dscn1989.jpg

A green lipstick in Hong Kong :

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v81/asiaglobe/hongkong/RIMG1080.jpg

I think thats what they're called. Anyway, what is your favorite cylindrical skyscraper?

Mine is the Westin Hotel in Detroit.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v712/NapHsu/kveus053s.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v712/NapHsu/kveus052s.jpg
That's a Marriott, isn't it?

My favorite is the Westin Peachtree in Atlanta, the first huge cylindar.

That's a Marriott, isn't it?

My favorite is the Westin Peachtree in Atlanta, the first huge cylindar.

Your right. For some reason I always thought it was the Westin Hotel. :dunno:

Your right. For some reason I always thought it was the Westin Hotel. :dunno:
Probably because of the almost identicle Westin Peachtree in Atlanta.

Singapore's Temasek Tower: currently the tallest cylindrical skyscraper in the world ( the Wells Fargo Plaza in Houston is taller but is more like a shifted fractured cylinder, in the shape of a dollar sign)

http://members.iinet.net.au/~paulkoh/temasektower.jpg

Westin Peachtree Plaza, Atlanta

http://www.stehvieh.de/suedstaaten2/images/westin.jpg

The Stamford Raffles Hotel, Singapore (also used to be a Westin branded hotel)

http://www.geocities.com/PicketFence/5192/raffles.jpg

^^

It isnt actually a pure cylinder as the other side is squarish

http://img97.exs.cx/img97/3088/swisssun3ct.jpg

So far I only know one cylindrical tower in Malaysia which is in Kota Kinabalu, Sabah.

122m, 32 storeys

http://2.srv.fotopages.com/2/3894881.jpg

My favorite would have to be the Westin Peachtree Plaza in Atlanta, with the Azrieli Center Circular Tower in Tel Aviv and the Kenyatta Conference Center in Nairobi tied for second.

^^

It isnt actually a pure cylinder as the other side is squarish

http://img97.exs.cx/img97/3088/swisssun3ct.jpg

Thanks for clarifying that Raffles.
I still like the design :)

Thanks for clarifying that Raffles.
I still like the design :)

same here, as well as the awesome views (http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showthread.php?t=100426) from up there :cool:

Bristol Tower

http://img184.exs.cx/img184/1037/bristoltower01s6qp.jpg

http://img184.exs.cx/img184/8346/bristoltower02s0rg.jpg

http://img184.exs.cx/img184/7384/bristoltower05s9kw.jpg

http://img184.exs.cx/img184/4279/bristoltower07s0ak.jpg



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Mainz Turn

http://home.planet.nl/~bemme299/IMAG0156.JPG

International Place, Boston

http://www.soeppainting.com/galleries/images/commercial/internationalplace.jpg

Bristol Tower in Miami is HOT!!

Temasek Tower, Singapore (235m)
http://www.skyscraperpicture.com/singapore28.jpg

http://www.skyscraperpicture.com/singapore30.jpg

This tower is the tallest cylindrical building in the world.

And it has no columns supporting the tower at all!
Yup, NO COLUMNS! :D

Designed to resemble a stack of coins, it was built by the government to house various ministries and government bodies. Ownership of Temasek Tower has since been transferred to private hands.

http://img87.exs.cx/img87/7937/dsc069840ql.jpg

http://img87.exs.cx/img87/5030/dsc069879vc.jpg

http://img87.exs.cx/img87/5530/dsc069938mb.jpg

an office building in Barra da Tijuca Beach, Rio de Janeiro...
ps: sorry I forgot the name

the Ponte Building in Johannesburg.

Is Swiss RE consider as "cylindrical"....if it is then that's my choice.

Millennium Tower, Vienna Austria 190 meters, 50 floors

http://www.studio-international.co.uk/studio-images/shanghai6b.jpg

Maintower,Frankfurt

http://home.hetnet.nl/~tadebruijn/frankfurt/maintower.jpg

http://www.helaba.de/hlb/generator/wwwroot/Helaba/Presse/Pressefotos/Fotos/ilMaintowerTotale1.de,property=image.jpg

Westin Peachtree- Atlanta
BMW HQ-Munich
http://monthly.chosun.com/upload/cowriterboard/BMW_HQ1.jpg

Westin Peachtree Atlanta

Wells Fargo Plaza in Houston:
http://tinypic.com/21slnc

http://tinypic.com/21slr9

http://tinypic.com/21sltk

http://tinypic.com/21slxh

Torre Europa

http://www.fotoMadrid.com/temp/150/dscn1984.jpg.jpeg (http://www.fotoMadrid.com/ver.php?id=490)
Click on the thumbnail to see it full size.

http://www.fotoMadrid.com/temp/150/dscn1989.jpg.jpeg (http://www.fotoMadrid.com/ver.php?id=494)
Click on the thumbnail to see it full size.

Marina City in Chicago, Illinois!

http://i22.photobucket.com/albums/b326/marinacity/marinacity.jpg

(Photo by InTheLoop)

westin peachtree Atlanta is all time fav for me.
In europe the maintower is cool! :)

More pics of Marina City.

http://staff.science.uva.nl/~azollman/pics/2004_10_chicago/marina_city_towers.jpg

This photo was taken by me, it's the full 3megapixel unedited original (i.e. It's HUGE). Click on the thumbnail to see it full size.
http://img8.echo.cx/img8/6438/chi0784kh.th.jpg (http://img8.echo.cx/my.php?image=chi0784kh.jpg)[/QUOTE]

I like the ones in Singapore, Chicago, Frankfurt, and Lyon as well. I've seen the Komtar building, which is in Georgetown, Malaysia

Sisli Elite Residence, Istanbul
140m / 35 floors
completed in 2000

Sisli Elite Residence Tower includes 61 luxury flats with floor areas varying between 170 and 532 m². The antenna-shaped mobile crane on the top of the building is used for cleaning the windows.


http://dunyaturk.com/tr14/kemal_bereket_gorunum2.jpg

http://dunyaturk.com/tr17/wwwsercande_Sisli7.jpg

http://dunyaturk.com/tr17/wwwsercande_Sisli15.jpg

http://dunyaturk.com/tr17/wwwsercande_Sisli9.jpg

http://dunyaturk.com/tr17/wwwsercande_Sisli33.jpg

http://dunyaturk.com/tr31/Faruk_sisli1.jpg

http://dunyaturk.com/tr01/plazadan_elit.jpg

http://dunyaturk.com/tr17/wwwsercande_Sisli8.jpg

http://dunyaturk.com/tr17/wwwsercande_Sisli6.jpg

http://dunyaturk.com/tr14/Burc_sisli_denizden.jpg

http://dunyaturk.com/tr01/plazadan_sisli3.jpg