Jakarta Tower, Indonesia

Status: Under Construction
Completion: 2009
Height: 558.0m
Observation Deck: 395.5 m
Value of project: US$400 million


New design as of July 2011:
Menara Jakarta

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Older renders:
http://img66.echo.cx/img66/7766/31se.jpg

How does it stack up?
http://img218.echo.cx/img218/7178/comp7xl.jpg
Left to right: KL Tower, Shanghai Pearl Oriental Tower, Toronto's CN Tower and Jakarta Tower

http://img145.echo.cx/img145/7857/tower6ih.jpg

http://www.bethanygraha.org/photos/imgs/201.jpg
some pics of construction site - taken August 2004
http://www.bethanygraha.org/photos/imgs/221.jpg
http://www.bethanygraha.org/photos/imgs/222.jpg


more information: www.jakarta-tower.com

or check out this PDF document: http://www.jakarta-tower.com/images/marketing.pdf

This building will become part of Kemayoran Cyber City. Which is one of Jakarta new CBDs. Afaik, currently they still building the base foundation, which cost Rp. 60 billion (~US$6 million).

It's very good to have the tallest tower in the region, and I'm very glad too.

But for a sec I thought, Is this really a need for Jakarta and Indonesia?, Very big capital of investment. Instead of building this, I think the government should be cleary focussing on improving life qualities of people who live in remote areas, rural Islands or even in the big cities it's self.

Just my opinion though, nothing serious.

Wow, great news! I always loved the rendering of this tower and I'm happy that it's going to be built. :)

Chad, this project is fully funded by the private sector...so it doens't affect the government's budget for everything else. Besides, the construction of this tower will employ thousands of workers over a period of 5 years.

It's very good to have the tallest tower in the region, and I'm very glad too.

But for a sec I thought, Is this really a need for Jakarta and Indonesia?, Very big capital of investment. Instead of building this, I think the government should be cleary focussing on improving life qualities of people who live in remote areas, rural Islands or even in the big cities it's self.

Just my opinion though, nothing serious.

Chad, fully agree, but isn't it similar in Bangkok or Manila. :dunno:

Chad, this project is fully funded by the private sector...so it doens't affect the government's budget for everything else. Besides, the construction of this tower will employ thousands of workers over a period of 5 years.

Thats very great!!!, besides...nah Greg, Bangkokdoesnt has this kind of plan at the moment.

what an awesome looking building... will look even better when its all lit up at night :cheers:

not bad. nice.

jak has another lighted ss that looks great

More photos/renders please. Looks very interesting.

there is always a thin line between spending and using CHAD

Nice job, and they are already constructing. Keep up the good work.

Nice tower. ;)

Hahaha, we Canadians should stick a few hockey sticks on top of the CN tower and make it taller.:D

Great!

Looks pretty nice.

If this thing really tops out there will be a spire battle between this tower and the CN.

Well, the CN tower couldn't be the tallest forever. Now we need a new taller for NA

CN Tower is 553.3m isn't it so it wont take to many hockey sticks at all for them to beat 558m & claim back the title of worlds tallest tower :)

When completed Jakarta Tower will also be the tallest structure in the southern hemisphere, eclipsing the Omega Base Mast at Gippsland (Victoria, Australia) at 427m.

^
I have never heard of such a tower in AU

WOW! Hockey sticks on top of CN Tower's spire to reclaim the title, now that would be a truly Canadian tower! :D

It looks like a pretty cool tower, but I must admit that it looks a lot like a syringe.

Omega Base Mast is a guyed mast and is Australia's & the southern hemisphere's tallest structure at 427m. It was built in 1982 and was the last of 8 Omega stations established around the world by the US government. It hasn't been in use since 1997 when the Omega network was shut down.

Here's a thread for more info. There are plenty of conpiracy theories about it :)
http://skyscrapercity.com/showthread.php?t=148362

bad design. too bad they don't use the old one. hope they change their mind.

old design? Got any pics of it ksunarjo?

Yeah I wasnt aware of another design.

Looks nice, hope its earthquake proof!

They also got a huge volcano in that area!

Thank you Oriolus, but still I wouldn't count that mast. Would be great to get a photo thought.

:)

I'm not counting the Omega Mast as a tower - its just a mast. Omega Base Mast is the tallest STRUCTURE in the southern hemisphere. Jakarta Tower will overtake Omega to become the tallest STRUCTURE in the Southern Hemisphere and overtake CN Tower to become the tallest TOWER in the world.

I understand your point, but still I wouln't even bring up that mast.

:colgate:

the design looks a bit dated back.....

Great tower, original and unique, not another hamburger spire ripoff, and this one is also almost like a skyscraper. Great one anyway.

WOW! Hockey sticks on top of CN Tower's spire to reclaim the title, now that would be a truly Canadian tower! :D

It looks like a pretty cool tower, but I must admit that it looks a lot like a syringe.
Yup, I agree with every point.:D
But it really won't be hard to overtake that title for the Cn tower again.;)

http://www.toto.co.jp/GALLERMA/hist/im/exhibi/53orig/jahnhe.jpg

I believe this is the winning design that was supposed to be the Jakarta Tower, by Jahn. Unfortunately it was always going to be too expensive/ financially not feasible and so they opted to build its present design instead.

i like this design better.........

I can't really tell from that picture how the old desing looks really...

:|

after this tower is built i wouldn't be surprised if the CN tower increases it's height. afterall, didn't the designers say that the CN towers height could be increased if it's 'world tallest title' was taken? it may go over 600m!! and the CN tower has a public observation floor 50m's higher than the jakarta tower's highest floor.

i will watch the jakarta tower construction and this IS good news for the southern hemisphere. i just prefer and admire the CN tower more.

kool..thats fukin off the hook..wot a wicked design
it reminds me off a mass off version of the Dubai Airport A.T.C tower
and in fact if I could eat it I would put it in a sandwich :eat:

Oh ! Excellent it would taller than KL tower is Malaysia.

just wondering,is this tower located in the city?

Well with the CN tower's mast havin the advantage of reachin 2000 ft if am not wrong, will be interesting to see what happens when this is completed.

This project will have a huge potential to put Jakarta on the world map and improve tourism

just wondering,is this tower located in the city?
no, its not located in the current main CBD area but this area is being developed as the next CBD, telecommunications and tourism center. There are also plans to build south east asia's largest auto mall (cars etc). The site used to be an airport and so its got world-class infrastructure such as fibre-optics, high capacity electricity/water pumps, broadband etc.

Wow! Taller than CN Tower. And I always thought it was impossible. Nice to hear (to read, he he)...

This project will have a huge potential to put Jakarta on the world map and improve tourism

yup yup

http://www.toto.co.jp/GALLERMA/hist/im/exhibi/53orig/jahnhe.jpg

I believe this is the winning design that was supposed to be the Jakarta Tower, by Jahn. Unfortunately it was always going to be too expensive/ financially not feasible and so they opted to build its present design instead.

I like this design than the previous one. :okay:

Jakarta Tower, Indonesia

Status: Under Construction
Completion: 2009
Height: 558.0m
Observation Deck: 395.5 m
Value of project: US$400 million

http://img66.echo.cx/img66/7766/31se.jpg

How does it stack up?
http://img218.echo.cx/img218/7178/comp7xl.jpg
Left to right: KL Tower, Shanghai Pearl Oriental Tower, Toronto's CN Tower and Jakarta Tower

http://img145.echo.cx/img145/7857/tower6ih.jpg

http://www.bethanygraha.org/photos/imgs/201.jpg
some pics of construction site - taken August 2004
http://www.bethanygraha.org/photos/imgs/221.jpg
http://www.bethanygraha.org/photos/imgs/222.jpg


more information: www.jakarta-tower.com

or check out this PDF document: http://www.jakarta-tower.com/images/marketing.pdf

taller than KL tower :eek2:

CN tower is the most elegant.............

CN Tower is 553.3m isn't it so it wont take to many hockey sticks at all for them to beat 558m & claim back the title of worlds tallest tower :)

When completed Jakarta Tower will also be the tallest structure in the southern hemisphere, eclipsing the Omega Base Mast at Gippsland (Victoria, Australia) at 427m.

It will also be the ugliest in the Southern Hemisphere. Why oh why didn't they come up with a better design - that expensive proposal that was rejected was so much better. This tower would have to be one of the world's most repulsive. Such a disparity of shapes and styles - no cohesion in any of the design.

I personally like it. Certainly not as ugly and dull as KL Tower, and it seems more attractive to me than the Pearl Orient Tower. The latter, however, has always been a atrocious and horrid design in my eyes.

i like it but i think pearl tower is nicer

yeah i think some design is lacking on the tower but still i like it

Very proud to see this Beauty rise in my Home Town.
When It 'll be finished. I'll sure gonna visit Jakarta.

Fabulous tower! But perhaps, it's design too complicated in comparison to similar towers...

Jakarta Tower, Indonesia

Status: Under Construction
Completion: 2009
Height: 558.0m
Observation Deck: 395.5 m
Value of project: US$400 million

How does it stack up?
http://img218.echo.cx/img218/7178/comp7xl.jpg
Left to right: KL Tower, Shanghai Pearl Oriental Tower, Toronto's CN Tower and Jakarta Tower


i thought that the CN-tower higher was, because this tower is 558 metres and the CN-tower is 720 metres

or is the jakarta-tower higher because an high spire or something?

^720m i think is a made up value.. no building has ever come close to this figure (burj dubai will) the tallest thing ever erected on this planet was a communications mast at 650m and that fell down.

CN tower is just over 553m to the very tip of its spire/antenna. the heighest viewing bit is at 446m, but the main observation area only at 346m.

in summary jakarta tower will be bigger for the simple reason that you made up the height for CN tower :)

It will not be the tallest structure in the Southern Hemisphere, if Solar Chimney at Mildura will be built!
Otherwise, why did they not built a tower with a longer spire in Jakarta? This tower will not be taller than Ostankino-Tower in Moscow, which is since 2003 579 metres high!
I would have built a tower in design similiar to Gerbrandy Tower, only larger: e.g. a 400 metre high concrete tower with a 600 metre high guyed mast on the top!

This project will have a huge potential to put Jakarta on the world map and improve tourism
??? Indonesia is full of great tourist attractions!!! Who will go to a city just see one single tower???

it looks to me though that the space deck (i think thats what its called) is higher than the obs area on the Jakarta tower.. correct me if Im wrong. but the height it has over the CN is to the tip of the antenna.

Burj Dubai will be by far the tallest, but Im a little disappointed with the Burj even after hearing that the public obs deck is only at 124th floor. With that said, will the public obs deck on the burj dubai be any higher than this jakarta tower, or even the cn towers upper deck?? Only time will tell, but this will be very interesting to see!!

As for this Jakarta tower, I think this is one of the best looking ones Ive seen to date.. I think the CN is the shit (though a little outdated), but this new one looks soo crazy good, and futuristic!! also the fact that it looks like there is actually a building in the base of it too, thats awesome.. This one, and the Torre tower that is being done in Mexico will be my favorites.. Ill really be able to judge though when I visit them; one of these days Ill make it over to Canada, Im just afraid that Ill end up wanting to stay there for good based on the things I hear about that place from my friends!!

??? Indonesia is full of great tourist attractions!!! Who will go to a city just see one single tower???

as it is the WTB, look at dubai.they expect that in the follow years many people come to dubai to see the burj dubai (in the years after in finished).

think about the good years of the twin towers

I congratulate the Indonesians on this mighty building, it's great to see them powering ahead with such a large and grand project - I am bitterly disappointed in the final design they have chosen however.

I am gobsmacked that so many of you like it. It is an example of something that could be done so much better with the level of excellence found in some of our artists, engineers, architects and designers today.

It breaks almost every principle of good design. It it simply a hotpotch of differeing styles and shapes, none of which work in harmony to create an enduring and cohesive form. I have said it in earlier threads - this design (created by the guy that did OPT?), has simply borrowed key elements of his earlier design and lumped them together with this newer design. Where OPT was a success, this one is however a failure. OPT has a flow and a extremely high-tech design slant with a very powerful allusion to technology through the "atomic structure look", with good used of this symbolic shape and style, although contrived, it still works exceptionally well - mostly due to its extraneous and shocking style. This new one is not shocking, just plain strange looking - it reminds me of a 5 year old stacking toilet and glad wrap rolls together to form a tower.

The design is far too fussy, combines far too many differing elements and does so in a manner that suggest a 'tacked-on' design appearance. The observation pod looks as though it was an afterthought and the design would have looked better without it. The design is also too evocative of a person standing which adds to the extreme tackiness. It's far from futuristic and more likely to date that most towers, it will date even worse than the space needle has.

Those who slag on Menara Tower as boring and ugly might want to take a closer looks at the detailing and interiors, where islamic design and principles have been carefully considered.

BTW this is not a dig at our friends in Jakarta, but rather an expression of my disappointment that something better did not eventuate.

a bit old fashioned, yes. tacky, maybe. but ugly....not really, comparing it to Shanghai OPT! Never was a big fan of that one. But I have to say the CN Tower arguably has a very timeless design.
I think this tower will look a lot nicer once completed and seen in real life, rather than renderings. it'll be a nice new landmark for the sprawling city.

So what is the status of this building?

it will function as hotel , observation deck , tv/phone tower , discovery/science center , shopping mall

So what is the status of this building?
its under construction, should be ready by 2009.

It could really be very high, but I still think that CN Tower has a better design and is more elegant... This one has a great height, but is nearly "ugly" to look it... CN is still better...

On http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showthread.php?t=202036 you can find more data about the tallest construction, built so far.

It could really be very high, but I still think that CN Tower has a better design and is more elegant... This one has a great height, but is nearly "ugly" to look it... CN is still better...

totally agree........
CN is more......
elegant.......
and prettier.........
JKT Tower just wanna be the tallest........
but not "THE" Architectural Icon of asia...............
but as an asian.............
it's great enough to have a super tall tower in our region..........

cool dude ...

its under construction, should be ready by 2009.
if its undeerconstruction, shouldnt be in construction threads?
this is proposed section.

more news please... i've checked the official website a couple times but the website is not on... what's going on??? Is it on Hold again??? Somebody please tell me what's going on????

Yep, the website is down , unfortunately. BUt it doesn't mean that the project is on-hold...one Indo forumer is currently in Jakarta (Encon) and we've specifically requested that he take pics of the construction site as we are all dying to know how it's going !
(btw the reason why you don't see many pictures is becos the tower's not actually located in the Main CBD)

if its undeerconstruction, shouldnt be in construction threads?
this is proposed section.
oh ic..sorry :D
should we move the thread? mods?

I don´t like this tower

any construction image updates?

any construction image updates?
should be coming soon. :)

the pics of jakarta tower will be next week (latest)

promise!


cos next friday will be back to singapore! so indo forumers that stay at jakarta can still continue to take pics !

"Those who slag on Menara Tower as boring and ugly might want to take a closer looks at the detailing and interiors, where islamic design and principles have been carefully considered."

how perceptive.. :cool:

Jakarta Tower can withstand earthquake @ which richter scale?

Chad, this project is fully funded by the private sector...

Alvin, the private sctor being whom in particular?

nice tower!

Alvin, the private sctor being whom in particular?

Before the economic crisis of 1998, this project was going to be funded by Indonesia's most well known tycoons and supported by the central government. Now, it is being funded by a consortium of local (but smaller-scale) businessmen, apparently associated with a church (believe it or not).

yeah alot of it is being funded by the bethany church, which was my mom's old church when we lived in singapore.. they're pretty crazy... i remeber having our sunday services in singapore's grandhyatt hotel every sunday where they would pretty much book all the grandballroooms and meetingrooms that were available... I would imagine that being at least 50grand each sunday? probably more.. n all the christmas parties and stuff would be held at the ritzcarlton's grandballroom.. pretty cool for a church

soo with that in mind... the world's tallest tower... sure why not?

ok i got he jakarta tower pics already


latest:

still see no cranes and no developments at all only see some car dig the soil maybe for foundation


i only take 2-3 pics as there isn't much too see


but the area is really big!!!!!

alright everyone with this picture u are about to see , will bring some of u dissapointed

as u can see there is not much work done since last august 2004

20 june 2005:
still donig the construction: (see the yellow digger)
http://i9.photobucket.com/albums/a57/encon11/DSC01486.jpg

http://i9.photobucket.com/albums/a57/encon11/DSC01485.jpg

the area of the jakarta tower took the whole of the area of the old airport (kemayoran airport)

which is really big!

the first tower win abroad by a shanghai company

the area from far:
http://i9.photobucket.com/albums/a57/encon11/DSC01488.jpg

Hahaha, we Canadians should stick a few hockey sticks on top of the CN tower and make it taller.:D

LOL haha TRUE... :rofl:

This would probably be the case:

:tiasd:

Indonesians would laugh at the Canadians haha.. :jk:

I've no doubt that owners of CN would increase the height to stay above this tower. When the Ostankino Tower caught fire and renovations were in place, the Russians there stated that they may beat CN to over 560m. CN officials stated that they will not relinquish that title since building higher would mean better tv reception and more money for the Greater Toronto Area.

The CN Tower was designed to have a height increase for revenue purposes. The final possible height? According to the boys at CN....just over 2000 ft or 610m.

Yes, it is true that records are meant to be broken and CN holds the title for a long time but the gang at CN won't give up without a fight and I see a higher CN Tower to at least recapture the observation and telecommunications record.

Burj Dubai is underway and will put a decisive end to all.

Burj Dubai is underway and will put a decisive end to all.

YES, and I'm very happy about that. I thought it sucked that the tallest "structures" on the planet were either antennaes or... antennaes with observation decks. Finally it'll be a habitable building, not an antennae, not a solar tower, not a space elevator...

:) :) :)

http://i9.photobucket.com/albums/a57/encon11/DSC01486.jpg

I love this pic... it makes it look like this tower's being built in someone's backyard! :rofl:

So... I think it's time to move this thread to "Construction" since the backhoe arrived on the scene. :)

nice but i would prefer CN TOWER!

The Jakarta Tower website wont work :?

Nice.

3rd pic is da best. The tower will look really good when it's completed.

Highlights from the Marketing Collateral:

http://img107.imageshack.us/img107/4651/jakartatower11hz.png

http://img107.imageshack.us/img107/6945/jakartatower21wf.png

http://img163.imageshack.us/img163/5791/jakartatower39li.png
http://img107.imageshack.us/img107/5756/jakartatower41ry.png

http://img163.imageshack.us/img163/2137/jakartatower56pe.png
http://img107.imageshack.us/img107/3953/jakartatower67wd.png

http://img163.imageshack.us/img163/4895/jakartatower73bk.png
http://img107.imageshack.us/img107/8213/jakartatower80lw.png

WoW
:bow: :bow: :master: :master:

GO JAKARTA!!!

sad news for jakarta tower :

http://newsgd.com/pictures/construction/200505230133_42705.jpg

It seems they have changed the height of the new tv-tower in guangzhou again! now they are making it taller, the last decision was to make it 450m now they have increased the height to 610m...

The article:
Guangzhou, capital of Guangdong province, will harbor the world's tallest building - the to-be-built Guangzhou TV tower will reach 610 meters tall, according to the Tower's construction management center.

The project will cover an area of 175, 000 square meters, with a total investment of 2.215 billion yuan. The first phase of the project will be finished by 2007


finish faster than jakarta tower ^ :cry:

wat i like about this tower is the fact that they've managed to incorporate traditional indonesian architecture into it, while at the same time giving it a modern twist. put together, the pointy hat-like "roof" along with the three columns, closely resembles those traditional indonesian huts on stilts.

:haha:

[QUOTE=[will harbor the world's tallest building
finish faster than jakarta tower ^ :cry:[/QUOTE]

I dont think so.... BD will be the WTB

Someone correct me if I'm wrong, but I doubt they'll be able to finish Guangzhou tower in 2 years...the article says "Phase 1" only, without specifying what it means...

I dont think so.... BD will be the WTB


oh yeah Burj Dubai The tallest building !

Btw is BD tallest tower or building???? :dunno:

tallest everything, 189ish floors of real building towering way above anything else.

Why isnt the www.jakarta-tower.com working?

it looks great

It's really nice, i do like the Shangai Pearl Tower best. I love how these new towers are becoming more modern & with futuristic designs. This will make the world notice Jakarta.

why wont www.jakarta-tower.com work??!!? Pelase tell me pLEASE!!!

dont know. it used to work but i guess its down noW? m

The Jakarta Tower website wont work :?

what happens?
under construction maybe?

i think so.

looks pretty good. bigger than CN tower too, that's pretty cool.

it will probably surpass the CN tower, but it was, is and will always be a classic tower.

I heard that the project is definitely cancelled.
true or false?

^^ it is not cancelled probably they on-hold or change the design it will resume :)

it's totally confirmed that they will resume rite? someone in indonesian forum said so..

Latest news!!!

It is Confirmed still U/C !

boo... :sleepy:

I really don't know if I should be excited ..but it's ok I guess

WOW NICE TOWER AND VERY HIGHER

WOOT

Reminds me of the tower in Shnaghai.

Some construction pics, taken 14 Dec 2005 by Encon:

http://img217.imageshack.us/img217/8069/dsc04194s4od.jpg
http://img212.imageshack.us/img212/773/dsc04192s5ct.jpg
http://img217.imageshack.us/img217/2647/dsc04196s1ky.jpg
http://img217.imageshack.us/img217/2563/dsc04195d0gc.jpg
http://img205.imageshack.us/img205/9619/jkttowers9nr.jpg

Haaa ....
Alvin
cannot stand to up lift this thread .. :D

yes :D Thanks Alvin just now I search this whole N and D thread with my slow connection and give up :D

thx for the update!

Any updates on this, been 1/2 year since the last ones? any new pics?

someone should make a new thread in the Construction Update section this is only "Highrise News".
But new updates will be great!!!

no sign of Construction and not sure wheter it is on hold or resume

wow you put this on Favorites didn't you :hug:
the Project isn't on-hold but Its the Foundation that's taking a while to build (to make it earthquake proof) :) + their keepning an eye on Guanzhou tower :tongue:

Nice tall & bold, but not very sleek and elegant

no sign of Construction and not sure wheter it is on hold or resume

Ugh, that's bad. This is supposed to be the tallest U/C in South East Asia right? Or has something else overtaken?

I went there once and the elevator stopped for 20 minutes.

^^ there? where? Jakarta Tower is U/C boy! they didn't put the Elevator yet!

Its nice. I like it better thab Sumida Tower.

much better design than sumida tower and Guangzhou TV Tower

the Guangzhou tower is basically a 450 structure with a 150m pin on top. doesnt compare to a structure like the Jakarta tower.

I know, but i mean, all these towers have spires, and all of them are Free-Standing towers so they're in the same category or not?

^ well yeah. maybe they should count the highest part of superstructure or concrete? but if tower is steel maybe superstructure.

ngapain lagi si tu org gila........
kata2 org yang gitu indo boleh lebih bagus negara dia....

and what should this be??

Indonesia is also booming?!! Nice building, wonder how it would look personally!

any new pics or news?
now a long time that i've heard something about this project

I thought this tower started its construction way back.

I've asked about the project in the Indonesia Section, hopefully i'll get good news :)

I think it's on hold...

Oh -- I was ready for the hockey sticks to put on the CN Tower.

Oh -- I was ready for the hockey sticks to put on the CN Tower.

nice i could see the CN tower right now!

I reckon the whole world is in a building frenzy/supertall boom

^^ Agree!
Every day we see more and more buildings which are becoming higher and higher.
Jakarta tower is ok!:cheers:

Any updates???

if you want to know... you gotta go to Jakarta and see for yourself :)

Very futuristic.

Nyah.. no updates.. the construction site is currently only a very big pond and deserted. The project is either postponed or back to the drawing board. I dont think its been can celled though. Indonesia has dreamed about such tower since the first president era.

a mod should change the title to on Hold

THATS NOT GOOD.....i juss found out bout this building and it maybe on hold or canned...well the CN Tower is relieved.

no the CN Tower is definitely not relived....Guangzhou TV tower is UC and will be almost 60m taller than the CN tower. and in some months burj dubai will be the tallest freestanding structure on earth ;)

so futuristic! amazing one!!!

Wow this tower is ugly. It has nothing on the CN Tower, which is beautiful.

^^ i dont really like the design either :p
maybe now it's on hold (maybe.. i havent been to the site yet)

no updates on this one :ohno:

^^ i dont really like the design either :p
maybe now it's on hold (maybe.. i havent been to the site yet)

is it possible to visit the site?

Possibly developer bankruptcy?

maybe later.. since it's about 10-15 km far from my house..
lol.. the developer is a church.. :D

its a futuristic design, its sad to heard on hold.

maybe later.. since it's about 10-15 km far from my house..
lol.. the developer is a church.. :D

the developer is a church?
what did u meant:dunno: ?

maybe a good thing that its on hold, hopefully they change design while they're at it, looks horrible.

^^ yeah.. hopefully
now the developer is a christian organization.

its a futuristic design, its sad to heard on hold.

The design was a shitheap mess and the ugliest thing I have seen in ages.

The design is far from futuristic. It's boring with too many stylistic elements copied from OPT (same designer). It's disgusting overall and you should all be thankfull its been stopped for now. Maybe something more original and better executed can rise in its place.

i find the design great, hopefully the won't change it ;)

magnifico

what happend? still on hold?

it really looks like a trophy

looks like shit. im glad its on hold.

^ lol. i know the design is bad :D:D
if its not on hold, it's cancelled :ohno:
or hopefully they change the design :D:D (only my dream tho.. lol)

so its canceled ...I am am really unhappy to hear that. t would have been a great addition to Jakarta :fiddle: :cry:

it would be a great addition to Jakarta's skyline but the design is pretty tacky, very much like a cheap trophy, no offense to fellow Jakartaians...I'd like to see a better designed observation tower to complement Jakarta's fast growing skyline..

^ hmm yeah, the design is kinda tacky.
it's unclear, nor cancelled or U/C :)

:master: Even though I'm Indonesian ,,, and waiting some supertalls to be build in our country ....


I will praise that this building never come to reality ....find another design , for sure :D

shit,it was cancalled!!:bash: :ohno: :cry:

we must see pic`s from the plot pleas post some !

So stupid building this, Jakarta has mass poverty and the money is being spent on lame observation/tv towers.

This reminds me of the Empire state building getting built during the Great Depression.

^ hmm.. it's not a govt project. its funded by private christian organization :)

looks like a pretty okay project! i didn't even know it existed!




This reminds me of the Empire state building getting built during the Great Depression.

you mean giving jobs to people who couldn't get jobs was worthless in the depression? and sorry to break the news,but new york also has its fair share of poverty problems and builidngs are still going up there

is jakarta tower cancelled??

not yet but i guess that will come sooner or later

Jakarta Tower is great and awesome. Hopefully would be built soon.:banana::banana:

*no idea*

*no comment*

If it's going to be cancelled, too bad. I was hoping to see this for the last 4 years or so.
http://www.gadgetroad.com/wp-content/uploads/Image/2007/June/technology/top10-structures/number7-1.jpg

The Jakarta TV Tower was to be completed in the 2010s, but that is not likely as this tower will be cancelled. Why is the tower being cancelled anyway?

It's not formally cancelled, but they are working on it in a snail pace, continue to dig a huge hole....

they're working on the site???

It's not formally cancelled, but they are working on it in a snail pace, continue to dig a huge hole....

really ??? :bash:

It's not formally cancelled, but they are working on it in a snail pace, continue to dig a huge hole....

at this rate, it should be finished by the end of the century.:)

what is the current news about this? are they still want to construct or they already been cancelled it?

what is the current news about this? are they still want to construct or they already been cancelled it?

I don't think so..
But my Indonesian mates barely know about the building 0_0
There's not much news about the tower nowadays..
Well, let's see... XD

Jakarta's 'tower jungle' to be felled

Mustaqim Adamrah , The Jakarta Post , Jakarta | Wed, 05/28/2008 12:56 PM | City

The Jakarta administration is planning to replace the city's 2500 base transreceiver station (BTS) towers with 850 newer, more strategically located towers, an official said Tuesday.

City spatial planning agency head Wiriyatmoko said the new towers would be erected at 850 different locations as recommended in a study by PT Jakarta Komunikasi.

PT Jakarta Komunikasi is a subsidiary of city-owned construction firm PT Jakarta Propertindo.

"More than 800 BTS towers will be built on vacant land throughout Jakarta. Each tower will be used by at least three cellular operators," Wiriyatmoko said at City Hall.

"The spatial planning agency will determine the towers' design. We're still working on it."

He said the plan to remove the existing towers came after complaints they made the city look like a "tower jungle".

More than 1,700 legally built BTS towers will be dismantled, Sarwo Handayani, assistant to city secretary for development, said Monday.

The plan is a follow-up of a 2006 regulation requiring cellular operators to share towers -- a system which industry experts say would drastically reduce each company's operating costs.

The concept was first introduced in Jakarta in 2001, with a gubernatorial decree stipulating each tower be used by at least two cellular operators.

As a result of the 2001 ruling, the city's property management and control agency stopped issuing licenses for new towers in 2000. The licenses for the existing 1,700 towers expired in 2006, but because the PT Jakarta Komunikasi study was only completed this year, temporary extensions were granted earlier this month.

The temporary licenses will expire as soon as the city administration starts implementing the plan to dismantle existing towers and build new ones.

Last year, the property management and control agency dismantled 75 of 1,508 towers whose licenses had expired.

Hari Sasongko, head of the agency, said the planned dismantling of towers this year could meet with budgetary hurdles.

"It costs between Rp 15 million (US$1,609) and Rp 20 million to dismantle a 20 to 30-meter-high tower," he said.

Heru Sutadi, a member of the Indonesian Telecommunications Regulatory Agency, said most cellular operators supported the shared tower concept in principle.

"But some towers cannot be used by more than two operators," he said.

"The administration should also allow operators to use one tower each for towers that serve as core nodes in their networks."

Emaar Jakarta tower to be the tallest in SE Asia

The Jakarta Post , Jakarta | Tue, 05/06/2008 2:01 PM | Business

Dubai-based real estate giant Emaar Properties plans to build a landmark tower in Jakarta, which would be the tallest skyscraper in Southeast Asia, a presidential envoy says.

Special envoy for the Middle East Alwi Shihab said Monday the Chairman of Emaar, Mohamed Ali Alabbar, had proposed the project to President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono during an informal meeting on Saturday.

"At the moment, we're still looking for the right location in Jakarta for the site of the project... we are ready to build the tower, our homework is to find the right location, " Alwi told The Jakarta Post.

Emaar, the largest land and real estate developer in the Gulf, is famed for its ongoing construction of Burj Dubai in Dubai, which would be the highest skyscraper in the world. The 718 meter-tall building is scheduled to be fully constructed by the end of this year.

Alwi said the Jakarta project was part of the company's commitment to invest in Indonesia.

In March, Emaar signed a joint venture agreement with the state-owned Bali Tourism Development Corporation to build an integrated tourism project in southern Lombok, West Nusa Tenggara, with a total investment of US$600 million. During the initial stage, they would build four luxury hotels, including Ritz Carlton and Giorgio Armani hotels, along with related tourist facilities.

"Emaar has started building its offices in Lombok and is carrying out trainings in conjunction with the tourism ministry for locals to assist in its projects," Alwi said, adding that up until now, the Indonesian government had received investments worth almost $5 billion from the Middle East and that it was targeting to attract $10 billion by 2009.

He said among those committed to invest in the country was Ras Al-Khaimah of the United Arab Emirates, which would bring a total investment worth $1.5 billion to construct an integrated port at Tanjung Api-Api, and a railway line from Palembang to Tanjung Api-Api.

Another company, Dubai Drydock, is ready to invest up to US$1 billion for the construction of a shipyard and an industrial city in Batam.

The envoy said the company had opened its office in Indonesia and had paid for the project's land, while adding that conglomerate company Pacific Inter-Link planned to invest US$500 million in a palm oil refinery plant in Dumai, Riau.

Dubai-based Al Ghurair Group also showed its commitment to invest around $500 million in the renovation and improvement of old refinery plants.

Previously, Saudi Telecom Company's Axis invested US$1 billion in the telecommunication industry. Alwi said the investors hoped to fully realize their commitments soon.

"Some of them complained that bureaucracy in our country has been too slow in responding to their proposals. While it only takes a few months to manage permits in Malaysia, for example, it could take years in Indonesia," Alwi said.

This had caused many of them to invest in Malaysia and Singapore instead, he added.

cool news, but what has this to do with the jakarta tower? seems it is an different project

sorry guys but it's sucks:puke:

LONG LONG... NO Update...
Pakabar Nih Proyek..
Enibodi know...:ohno:

well actually it's still continue you can see at this

http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showthread.php?p=27576026#post27576026

http://img205.imageshack.us/img205/1766/p3rpfoxngnh8zws9mqb6.jpg (http://imageshack.us)
http://img205.imageshack.us/img205/p3rpfoxngnh8zws9mqb6.jpg/1/w574.png (http://g.imageshack.us/img205/p3rpfoxngnh8zws9mqb6.jpg/1/)

can anyone translate this text?

the excavator smoothing the terrain to build jakarta tower in ex-kemayoran airport, Central Jakarta, in October 2008. The tower was build on 4ha(40.000m2)
with height 558m. the construction was start on 1997 and abandoned for a several years because lack of money.

now the construction was began again.

sorry for my english.

Looks good this tower.Congratulation.

so the tower is UC again? great to hear that :).

wonderful looking tower

I don't really like the design, but it's still nice that Jakarta is getting a supertall, even if it's "only" a TV Tower...
In the last few years we had a TV/observation tower boom ,esp. in Asia, as Teheran, Guangzhou and Tokyo all have Towers U/C, which is a great thing IMO, because TV towers often become more a landmark for a city than skyscrapers , like CN Tower in Toronto, or the Fernsehturm in Berlin.

Well.. i don't like the design. But i think it will look great when constructed. :D Go Jakarta! :okay:

Hopefully they will continue to build it

its great news..but once again..the design its to old style for next future design..

This one is really beautiful :)

but i like the location of this tower..its strategic place in jakarta area...

I don't really like the design, but it's still nice that Jakarta is getting a supertall, even if it's "only" a TV Tower...
In the last few years we had a TV/observation tower boom ,esp. in Asia, as Teheran, Guangzhou and Tokyo all have Towers U/C, which is a great thing IMO, because TV towers often become more a landmark for a city than skyscrapers , like CN Tower in Toronto, or the Fernsehturm in Berlin.

Don't forget Manila. :nocrook:

yup of course congratulation to Manila...the construction has begin right ??

I'd prefer this tower will not to be continue due to its outdated designs,which a quite far of main CBD too.

Will be a nice tower :)
So "on hold" in the title of this thread should be changed :) Right?

yeah and Jakarta will arrives more 2 supertalls

St Moritz--->under construction approximate +/-332m

Emaar Jakarta tower--->Proposed but will be the tallest in ASEAN Approx ++600m

I'd prefer this tower will not to be continue due to its outdated designs,which a quite far of main CBD too.

hah?? based of what ur reason like that ??^^
are high rise tower should build at main CBD only ??

is this UC? if not should be in proposed section.

hah?? based of what ur reason like that ??^^
are high rise tower should build at main CBD only ??

So - what based ur reason to say "highrise" only in the main of CBD?

I was obviously according its height and the located,thus tower are not fits enough to effect all surrounded...it will more precise if does built integrates in the center of cbd such many other city as Toronto even shanghai, where a skyscraper are pulled there and the gap is just too far for me. either it won't be good only seeing one single area tower ..though ain't expected whether its U/C? at least can get more better designs.

is this UC? if not should be in proposed section.

i think the progress still not 100% UC....
will up date as soon as possible...^^

It's fake...there's not even news so far.unless the last old pics.lol

Hope this tower gets on the way soon ! I like the design, especially the bottom part and its public free area...

i see no problem lah about the design...the architect design has do their job .
i think the design its related with spirit of jakarta indonesia..
the main important its when the tower will raising..??

It's fake...there's not even news so far.unless the last old pics.lol

old pics?? fake? can u prove that?

please compare this pic.
http://img205.imageshack.us/img205/1766/p3rpfoxngnh8zws9mqb6.jpg

with this one.
http://img205.imageshack.us/img205/9619/jkttowers9nr.jpg

We can see the progress of this project. But still not sure it's going to U/C or still on-hold project. Going to a big parking park?

^^^^ To prove the pics is not really funny ; although this pics has been posted before somewher on this forum? But i'll wait my comment until got better info. :)

i love the design so much..but i hate the 'on hold' word..
i hope the construction begin soon n taller than before..

i think 558m its not bad....the important its design should more related with jakarta culture...

^^ Jakarta culture?you mean Betawi/batavia culture?i can't imagine some kind of 'ondel-ondel' style on the roof top or something..maybe that would be beautiful n fantastic..or maybe you can describe it for me?

This tower kind of looks like a newer version of the Space Needle. http://tinyurl.com/697awf/.gif (http://tinyurl.com/6g9pxn) http://tinyurl.com/5qr7b3/.gif (http://tinyurl.com/5joq9s) http://tinyurl.com/6qxg5q/.gif (http://tinyurl.com/6bsl3a)

Space needle is landmark too..:)

私はそのデザインが好きです。:)

^^^^ Looks abandoned...

World’s tallest skyscraper for Indonesia


Indonesia could have one of the tallest skyscrapers in the world within three years, soaring 558 metres (1831 feet) above Jakarta, an official said on Friday (January 23).

Despite the world economic crisis, a consortium of local businessmen has agreed to go ahead with the mammoth “Jakarta Tower” in the northern Kemayoran area of the capital, development official Sarwo Handayani said.

“The project has been halted for more than a decade. Now, the developers want to resume the project with added technology,” she said.

“Hopefully, the tower can be finished by 2012. It will be something that Indonesians can be proud of.”

The tallest building in the world is Taiwan’s Taipei 101, which stands up to 508 metres.

But the under-construction Burj Dubai tower in the Gulf state of Dubai will be the tallest when it is finished, at over 800 metres.

558m isn't really that close to World's Tallest Skyscraper. And it's not even a skyscraper in a true sense.. I think.

have they heard of Dubai?
also there are other towers uc or planned higher then CN towers 553m. jakarta people have to realise it would have been tallest tower about 10 years ago when it was first mooted, but hello its 2009???

The article never claimed that it would surpass other supertalls in Dubai or anywhere else, it just stated that it would be "one of the tallest skyscrapers in the world".....so, it still makes sense.

Yes!
It's U/C!
the new Jakarta's landmark..

So its u/c right?

So its u/c right?

You're right!

where did you get the news?

^^i think, he read a newspaper... because i read it too:D

^^ :D

the construction will be continue...according at news jakarta newspaper....

:okay: good news. good to see a rival of Pagcor Tower. :D

the construction will be continue...according at news jakarta newspaper....

:cheers: I've read it, too....

It`s very nice for indonesia...
But...I think the design is not very good...

^^
yap... agree with u the design is not good enough. argghh.. damn, an ugly skyscraper will be born J/K

c'mon guys,,, it's a good start that Jakarta will have 500m++ m towers :cheers:

ugly? who cares? :D

great news!