Discuss this week's topic here.

Okay, maybe I'm being biased, but it's gotta be SwissRe. :)

This building has revolutionised London's image.




http://www.skyscrapernews.com/images/pics/776SkyscrapersoftheCityofLondon_pic1.jpg



http://************/15jek2

^Well, it's pretty obvious from your avatar that you're biased. :rofl:
Though, it is indeed a beautiful building. :cheers: :yes:

I have a question though: What do you consider "Europe" for this contest?

I think that WTT (Warsaw Trade Tower) is the one of the best skyscraper in Europe.

http://www.sky.s64.pl/home/Wwa/wtt16.jpg

Turning Torso anyone? :D

http://www.bodab.se/webcam/torso.jpg

Love WTT! Im getting sick of SwissRe

Okay, maybe I'm being biased, but it's gotta be SwissRe. :)
This building has revolutionised London's image.
To be honest I don't think the erotic gherkin fits in with its neigbhours!!
WTT is certainly up there, but the Bridge Tower in London I think will leave competition biting the dust!!

Next skyscraper from Warsaw, Rondo1
building finish - end 2005
40 storey

This building will be one of the best in Europe:

http://www.rondo1.pl/img/photos/w01.jpg
http://www.rondo1.pl/img/photos/w02.jpg

pic by rcube

http://www.pjwstk.edu.pl/~s2778/R1/obraz064.jpg
http://www.pjwstk.edu.pl/~s2778/R1/obraz043.jpg

by kafarek

http://img216.echo.cx/img216/5839/ee1ga.jpg

The pickle/elongated egg takes the cake here.

:weird:

swiss:re comes after torre agbar
bridge tower comes after transamerica

size does matter :banana2:

http://www.josef-gartner.de/referenzen/images/commerzbankfrankfurt.jpg

Messeturm, Frankfurt

http://************/5yup2b

Swiss Re. Revolution!!!!

The symbol of a new buzzing London.

The Millenium Tower, Vienna
http://www.studio-international.co.uk/studio-images/shanghai6b.jpg

I got a few

Swiss Re
Tower 42
1 Canada Square
Turning torso
Commerzbank

SWISS RE, no doubt!

Turning Torso
Torre Agbar
Swiss Re
;)

Messeturm and Societe Generale are the best and most elegant in Europe
http://img56.imageshack.us/img56/4626/graniteetsgtwins8cl.jpg

Swiss Re, it revolutionized skyscraper building in London, is the coolest, one of the best looking, innovative design and is just so different, plus has had the most hype about it and won many awards!
http://homepage.mac.com/jvk/gherkin/gherkin-Images/6.jpg

^If this picture weren't so dark it would be awesome.I really like its composition :okay:

Swiss Re

Millennium Tower

Societe Generale

1 - Commerzbank
2 - Swiss Re
3 - Millenium Tower
4 - Turning Torso
5 - Societe Generale

Messetum is the most overrated tower in Europe...I vote Turning Torso or swiss re

i love too cbx tower in ladefense

I don't see how there can be any competition when Turning Torso is there...

id say Saules Akmens and Swissre

Swissre, then.

http://www.willfox.com/images/upc/8.jpg

^Well, it's pretty obvious from your avatar that you're biased. :rofl:
Though, it is indeed a beautiful building. :cheers: :yes:

I have a question though: What do you consider "Europe" for this contest?

There is a monkey in his avatar though?????

I don't see how there can be any competition when Turning Torso is there...

Because wile the shape is interesting it is still quite ugly and the facade is dull.

Europe has skyscrapers?

Europe has skyscrapers?

Shows how ignorant some people are!

The Swiss Re in London is the best looking skyscraper in Europe. It insipired another one in Barcelona :)

But the Messeturm in Frankfurt still best represents the European skyscraper!

http://www.halfenschienen.de/bilder/referenzen/messeturm-frankfurt_02-a.jpg

http://www.amecipizzaandpasta.com/sc4messeturm.jpg

Swiss Re. My favourite skyscraper after the bank of china tower.

Turning Torso...

Messeturm is a beautiful building,
http://img48.imageshack.us/img48/4626/messeturm7no.jpg

and so i Commerzbank..
http://img48.imageshack.us/img48/8984/commerzbank3cg.jpg

The Swiss Re in London is the best looking skyscraper in Europe. It insipired another one in Barcelona :)

It didn't inspire torre agbar, did it ? where did you see that ? they have a very different structure and they were planned at about the same time.

I dont like Swiss Re. becouse it doesnt fit in there, its just out of nowhere and for me it doesnt have a special status in the skyline, just makes it uglier. But thats my spontaneous opinion.
The new scraper in wasrawa looked quite neat.

Swiss re is the most overrated tower in Europe...for me: Messeturm, Societe Generale and since I'm Dutch: Montevideo! ;)

The Messeturm. I absolutely love it.

Tour CBX
Tour EDF
Turning Törso
swiss re

Commerzbank
Turning Torso
Masseturm

I really dislike Swiss Re. It's really ugly, just because it's different, it doesn't mean to be beautiful. Somebody must say that the king is naked. Sory but it looks like, err, ob's tampon.

http://cosmoboy.cz/ob/images/tampon2.gif

Commerzbank
Messeturm
http://img205.echo.cx/img205/6772/23097040xg.jpg

I really dislike Swiss Re. It's really ugly, just because it's different, it doesn't mean to be beautiful. Somebody must say that the king is naked. Sory but it looks like, err, ob's tampon.

http://cosmoboy.cz/ob/images/tampon2.gif

Wow, how childish can some people be?

1) Turning Torso-Malmo
2) Hoftoren- den Haag
3) Warsaw Trade Tower
4) Swiss Re - London
5) Millenium Tower - Rotterdam

It will be T1 for me in 2007 !!!!
http://www.freephotohost.com/out.php/i1089_c.jpg

SwissRe, London

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http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y54/chymera00/iloilocitypics/feeltheheat.jpg

Swiss Re

ooooh, T1 looks sexy!

Soc Gen twins
Swiss Re
Commerzbank
Trianon
DG Bank Tower
Messeturm


Frankfurt has a wondefully rich variety of skyscrapers, almost all of which are architecturally distinguished. Trianon is amazing at night - looks like something out of Star Wars!

1. Swiss Re
2. Turning Torso

Don't know about the rest, I rather like Commerzbank, though.

I think you shouldn't be allowed to chose something from your home country that way we will get a more balanced view.

I am a fan of the Torre Agbar it looks great at night.

For me
1 St Mary Axe.
2 Messeturm.
3 Turning Torso.
4 Commerzbank.
5 Le Tour de Montparnesse.

What about Dutch skyscrapers?

Hoftoren, Den Haag
http://www.kvb-p.com/images/DenHaag/DSCF1877.jpg
http://www.kvb-p.com/images/DenHaag/DSCF1891.jpg
http://www.kvb-p.com/images/DenHaag/DSCF1881.jpg

Milleniumtoren, Rotterdam
http://www.kvb-p.com/images/Rotterdam/DSCF1063.JPG
http://img444.imageshack.us/img444/7403/dscf24527yi.jpg

Montevideo, Rotterdam
http://www.kvb-p.com/images/Rotterdam/DSCF1651.jpg
http://www.kvb-p.com/images/Rotterdam/1/DSCF1724.jpg
http://img503.imageshack.us/img503/2264/dscf23886wl.jpg

the best skyline in europe is frunkfort

^ frunkfort?

Still The Messeturm :)

2) St. Mary's Axe
3) Commerzebank Tower
4) Turning Torso
5) One Canada Square

Messetum is the most overrated tower in Europe...I vote Turning Torso or swiss re

Messeturm is the best tower in Europe you mean.

My list would be like this:

1: Messeturm (Frankfurt)
2: One Canada Square (London)
3: St. Mary's Axe (or whatever the Hell it's called now)
4: Millennium Tower (Vienna)
5: Westendstraße 1 (Frankfurt)

Honourable mention goes to the Warsaw Trade Tower and the Main Tower Frankfurt.

I'm more to conventional building shapes. That's why I love Messeturm and One Canada.

1- Turning Torso :)
2- Swiss Re
3- Messeturm

Messeturm all the way, because it looks very similiar to Bank of America in Atlanta, U.S.A. and also, it is the tallest skyscraper I have visited in Europe so far!!

Messeturm for sure is one hot soab but european it is not,more an american copypaste.
And that commerzbank tower is realy ugly!i cant believe people love it!
Ofcourse im from The Hague so i love the hoftower,but its probably not the best eventhough it won several prizes concerning architecture i dont think people even know this tower exists.anyway ...mm.mmmm...the best is probably the turning torso first of a revolution, and not that fat tampon in London.

http://www.franklin-schutz.co.uk/Haag2.jpg

http://www.xs4all.nl/~davidee/DH/DH01.jpg Pic by Vertigo.

Messeturm for sure is one hot soab but european it is not,more an american copypaste.
And that commerzbank tower is realy ugly!i cant believe people love it!
Ofcourse im from The Hague so i love the hoftower,but its probably not the best eventhough it won several prizes concerning architecture i dont think people even know this tower exists.anyway ...mm.mmmm...the best is probably the turning torso first of a revolution, and not that fat tampon in London.

http://www.franklin-schutz.co.uk/Haag2.jpg

http://www.xs4all.nl/~davidee/DH/DH01.jpg Pic by Vertigo.

Your maturity is mind blowing.

http://www.willfox.com/images/upc/14.jpg

Your maturity is mind blowing.
lol thanks...its just crap face it.

lol thanks...its just crap face it.
What a valuable contribution to the forum.

lol thanks...its just crap face it.

No don't thank me, thank you for proving my point.

Some of my favourites :

1. Messeturm (Frankfurt, Germany)
2. Turning Torso (Malmö, Sweden)
3. Swiss-Re (London, United Kingdom)
4. Tours Société Générale (Puteaux, France)
5. Hotel Arts (Barcelona, Spain)
6. Torre Agbar (Barcelona, Spain)

What about these beautiful pics taken by Gabe from the Spanish forum of the Arts Hotel in Barcelona?

Hotel Arts next to Torre Mapfre
http://************/ixe3k5

http://************/ixe3x4

http://************/ixe4ab

And one from Torre Agbar behind Torre Colón

http://************/ixe4cg

Torre Agbar is great its on all my la sagrada familia photos :hahaha:

This hotel arts in Barca looks alot like a u/c building in the hague....let me show you....

http://img310.imageshack.us/img310/3562/nieuwbabylon40cf.jpg

[QUOTE=marcobruls]This hotel arts in Barca looks alot like a u/c building in the hague....let me show you....



You're right! Thanks for the pic how tall will it/they be?

By the way, "Barca" (pronounced "barka") means small boat in Spanish the nick name of Barcelona is "Barça" (pronounced "barsa") in Catalan ;)

[QUOTE=marcobruls]This hotel arts in Barca looks alot like a u/c building in the hague....let me show you....



You're right! Thanks for the pic how tall will it/they be?

By the way, "Barca" (pronounced "barka") means small boat in Spanish the nick name of Barcelona is "Barça" (pronounced "barsa") in Catalan ;)

Realy?i thought barcalona was named after Hannibal Barca the carthaginian dude......?

The high tower will be about 140meters and the smaller one 100meters.
They realy do look the same dont they..?!!

I'm still thinking between the Swiss Re in London and The Messeturm in Frankfurt! The Messeturm on the other hand still has the height and has been the most symbolic Euro scraper for years!

Is Bank Tower, Istanbul
http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showthread.php?t=185165
http://i18.photobucket.com/albums/b141/jakobzh/SSC/Faruk_isbank69.jpg

Armada Tower, Ankara
http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showthread.php?t=159839
http://i.pbase.com/v3/28/410728/2/46273851.Armada0457.jpg

Bank Ekspres Tower, Istanbul
http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showthread.php?t=159744
http://i18.photobucket.com/albums/b141/jakobzh/SSC/Kerem1979_113_1354.jpg

Garanti Bank Headquarters, Istanbul
http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showthread.php?t=154507
http://i18.photobucket.com/albums/b141/jakobzh/SSC/garanti100.jpg

Polaris Plaza, Istanbul
http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showthread.php?t=183395
http://i18.photobucket.com/albums/b141/jakobzh/SSC/polaris3832.jpg

Sisli Elite Residence, Istanbul
http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showthread.php?t=162615
http://i18.photobucket.com/albums/b141/jakobzh/SSC/ec6a2e2a.jpg

Sun Plaza, Istanbul
http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showthread.php?t=248158
http://i18.photobucket.com/albums/b141/jakobzh/SSC/725f4f5c.jpg

Yapi Kredi Bank Headquarters, Istanbul
http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showthread.php?t=169612
http://i18.photobucket.com/albums/b141/jakobzh/SSC/a7082ccb.jpg

[QUOTE=marcobruls]This hotel arts in Barca looks alot like a u/c building in the hague....let me show you....



You're right! Thanks for the pic how tall will it/they be?

By the way, "Barca" (pronounced "barka") means small boat in Spanish the nick name of Barcelona is "Barça" (pronounced "barsa") in Catalan ;)
Barça is only for the football team!!
:yes:
The nickname for the city is Barna.
:wink2:

Wow Kika, this pic is really awesome :eek:

http://************/ixe4ab

Yeah, that's a stunning pic.

1. Swiss Re
2. WTT
3 Turning Torso

It's got to be Swiss Re, more commonly known as the Gherkin! Seriously. That is one amazing building!

Wow^ is that Barcelona's skyline. Its amazing!

http://www.tiwy.com/wallpapers/moscu/moscow_state_university_1024.jpg

1 Commerzbank HQ Frankfurt

2 Swiss RE London

Foster is Master!

3 Torre Agbar Barcelona

Vesteda Toren - Eindhoven - The Netherlands

***Moscow is the best*** future>>>>MOSCOW<<<<<

federation
russia tower :eek2:

What about leaning twin towers in Madrid, Puerta de Europa, they're quite original. For me the best scraper in Europe is Messturm but Ithink in the future one of the most elegants towers will be Crystal tower ;)

These are the times when I confused between the Swiss Re and The Messeturm. The Messeturm best defines The Euro scraper but the Swiss-Re is something very innovative sometimes even better than The Messeturm.

This will be one of the bests, if not the best...
http://img522.imageshack.us/img522/9692/torremutua0dp.jpg
Just wait until earlier 2008 :cheers:

That one maybe will the best (with federation) Dubai Towers Istanbul 300 m+
http://img524.imageshack.us/img524/336/yourturkishmasteriswatchingyou.jpg

http://img142.imageshack.us/img142/8968/hhgjfjfgjdgjf4fq.jpg

Tour T1 in Paris, Messeturn in Franckfort and Twins towers in Istambul

This thread is about current (not future) buildings.

Vestedatoren (Eindhoven, the Netherlands), of course! :banana: :banana:

http://i.pbase.com/o4/96/601896/1/54708410.panovest.jpg
Photo: Tim de Bruijn

http://i.pbase.com/o4/96/601896/1/54708412.vest2.jpg
Photo: Tim de Bruijn

http://img32.imageshack.us/img32/8154/eindhoven15010620cn.jpg
Photo: MikeyMike

http://img32.imageshack.us/img32/8949/eindhoven150106141os.jpg
Photo: MikeyMike

http://img32.imageshack.us/img32/3901/eindhoven150106178ob.jpg
Photo: MikeyMike

http://img188.imageshack.us/img188/3999/vestedatoren22er.jpg
Photo: Buse

www.vestedatoren.nl

Well, at least the best residential tower ;)

This thread is about current (not future) buildings.
As everybody post pics or renders of future landmark buildings in their cities i've posted mine, anyway Crystal is u/c ;)

What's the height of the residential one of Dubai Towers??

300 m + 94 floors!!!

second one is 250 m +

Woww these twins look better than lbt.Wish these towers would be built in London =(

second one is 250 m +
Alright thnx that's i wanted ;)

Europe's getting tall & taaaaaall
EUROPE TO THE POWER!! :nocrook:

http://news.jasonhawkes.com/l002.jpg

messeturm without doubt. it's THE classical skyscraper in europe.

London and Paris.

Great picture wjfox2002 ;)!!

http://www.germanybyclick.com/frankfurtbyclick/travel/gallery/large/Deutsche-Bank-Frankfurt.jpg

300 m + 94 floors!!!
I calculated with Google Earth, It's 350m tall. Small tower is 300m. But don't forget it.
This thread is about current (not future) buildings.

I calculated with Google Earth, It's 350m tall. Small tower is 300m. But don't forget it.
how did you do that??!!

I wanna know such an interesting thing too :D

Madrid, Puerta de Europa

http://personales.ya.com/luisgp/Madrid/8591175_large.jpg

swiss re London
Lomonosowa University Moscow
Messeturm Frankfurt
Rondo 1 Warsaw
Turning Torso Geteborg
Elf Paris

Comerzbank in Frankfurt

Rembrandt-tower @ Amsterdam, because I love the thirties-architecture-style..

messeturm because it represents the traditional skyscraper like no other tower in europe

^^ I know what you mean....I prefer towers that don't lose sight of their actual "function".

A tree is beautiful because it provides shade and oxygen...no need to carve-it-up into something it isn't. :)

I think those tow towers are the best and unrivalled !!!
That one maybe will the best (with federation) Dubai Towers Istanbul 300 m+
http://img524.imageshack.us/img524/336/yourturkishmasteriswatchingyou.jpg

http://img142.imageshack.us/img142/8968/hhgjfjfgjdgjf4fq.jpg

:) Dubai Towers are great.

Swiss Re

Still messeturm

I really like Swiss Re, although Turning Torso just as very innovative while Barcelona's Torre Agbar lights up magnificently at night.

http://cosmoboy.cz/ob/images/tampon2.gif

Swiss re is the ugliest skyscraper i know. no innovation, no revolution. just a horrible buliding. u ever have seen swiss re in real? UGLY

1. turning torso
2. messeturm

no more...

Oops double post

Bank Ekspres Tower, Istanbul
http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showthread.php?t=159744
http://i18.photobucket.com/albums/b141/jakobzh/SSC/Kerem1979_113_1354.jpg

Are you kidding? This is not about nationalism, it's about the BEST tower in Europe. Do you really find that beautiful?!!

Anyway, these are the best ones:
1. Turning Torso
2. Chassagne et Alicante
http://img510.imageshack.us/img510/6738/dfensecutnt0.jpg
3. Messeturm

This is CBX, which were quoted several times (right hand of the pic):
http://img161.imageshack.us/img161/2156/esplanadedeladefensekj2.jpg

http://cosmoboy.cz/ob/images/tampon2.gif

Swiss re is the ugliest skyscraper i know. no innovation, no revolution. just a horrible buliding. u ever have seen swiss re in real? UGLY

1. turning torso
2. messeturm

no more...

You have an I.Q. of seven. ;)

Sagrada Familia

Moscow University (1953)

http://forum.b.gz.ru/user/upload/file63641.jpg

Swiss Re - Agbar

Turning torso

You have an I.Q. of seven. ;)

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I think I would have to pass the crown to the Swiss Re now.

The egg thing, definitely. Possibly for the rest of the world too, but I'm not sure.

Deffo Swiss Re, there is no other in it's league in Europe at the moment. Revolutionary skyscraper in so many
different ways, has already become a London landmark.

I really don't know how people can consider Torre Agbar to be anything other then a cheap-looking monstrosity
that isn't fit to grace a city like Barcelona.

I mean, just look at it:

http://image.blog.livedoor.jp/modernarchitecture/imgs/f/9/f92264f6.jpg

The colouring on it is atrocious, makes it looks dirty and scabby, and it's even worse at night when they
illuminate it with outlandishly garish colours that clash horribly and make it look like some giant nightmarish dildo.
And, unlike Swiss Re, its shape is completely lacking elegance or style, it is nothing but a discrace to
Barcelona and Europe!

Comparing Torre Agbar to Swiss Re is like comparing a dolled-up prostitute with too much makeup, to Jessica
Alba or Keira Knightley:

http://img206.imageshack.us/img206/5420/threesaintsju5.jpg
http://www.seas.upenn.edu/~morris/London-Images/4.jpg
http://img452.imageshack.us/img452/3265/swissre3lw.jpg
http://www.vam.ac.uk/images/image/13587-large.jpg
http://www.essential-architecture.com/LO/001-Swiss.jpg

And to those few idiots on this thread who have said Swiss Re is ugly: get the hell off this site, you don't have
any right to be on it. Everyone is entitled to their oppinion, yes, but not everyone's oppinions are correct
or even worthy of being voiced; and to say Swiss Re is anything other then a 21st century masterpiece is a
clear indication of a dull, uneducated, unenlightened mind with no appreciation of good architecture!

:cheers:

I really don't know how people can consider Torre Agbar to be anything other then a cheap-looking monstrosity
that isn't fit to grace a city like Barcelona.
[...]
Comparing Torre Agbar to Swiss Re is like comparing a dolled-up prostitute with too much makeup, to Jessica
And to those few idiots on this thread who have said Swiss Re is ugly: get the hell off this site, you don't have
any right to be on it. Everyone is entitled to their oppinion, yes, but not everyone's oppinions are correct
or even worthy of being voiced; and to say Swiss Re is anything other then a 21st century masterpiece is a
clear indication of a dull, uneducated, unenlightened mind with no appreciation of good architecture!

:cheers:

Wow this is tolerence! Nobody's allowed to have a different opinion than yours. Otherwise they're called "idiots".
How old are you?

Wow this is tolerence! Nobody's allowed to have a different opinion than yours. Otherwise they're called "idiots".
How old are you?


Good reply Karakuri! :cheers:

Wow this is tolerence! Nobody's allowed to have a different opinion than yours. Otherwise they're called "idiots".
How old are you?

yes, this is no discussion. this is the swiss re fan thread....

^^No, half of it seems to have been a Swiss Re bashing thread, calling it a gigantic tampon etc... But I don't see you complaining about the immature fools posting pictures of tampons?

Everyone is entitled to an opinion, but when people are just down right insulting posting stuff like that what the hell do they expect?

torre agbar is great because it looks intemporal, and because it looks like it could have been in a star wars movie..
it looks futuristic and old at the same time. it doesnt even looks like a skyscraper. Its Sci FI to the present.
Its ahead of its time. Its sometimes beautifull, sometimes ugly.
http://www.aviewoncities.com/img/barcelona/kvesp1023s.jpg

Swiss re is beautifull, but way too conformist and simplistic. its overrated, because everything that comes out of london is overrated. other cities dont pimp their monuments like london.


granite will be my number 1 or maybe number 2 soon

http://www.defense-92.fr/photos/ph1214.jpg
http://www.defense-92.fr/photos/ph1144.jpg

^^No, half of it seems to have been a Swiss Re bashing thread, calling it a gigantic tampon etc... But I don't see you complaining about the immature fools posting pictures of tampons?

Everyone is entitled to an opinion, but when people are just down right insulting posting stuff like that what the hell do they expect?

Well, saying "this building is a piece of shit" is one thing; but saying "you all are idiots because you like this tower" is a bit different.
I don't care about people insulting towers, but if they insult other forumers that's a different strory.
Moreover, I saw the New Year's eve video of Torre Agbar, it was just WOW, this tower rocks.

Agbar Tower, Barcelona

http://img119.imageshack.us/img119/1363/agbareq0.png


Take a look and play the video...:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PTp9cxdOSLc&eurl=

Agbar Tower, Barcelona

http://img119.imageshack.us/img119/1363/agbareq0.png


Take a look and play the video...:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PTp9cxdOSLc&eurl=

^^ When you saw that you need to recognize that it's not only one of the best in Europe, but also in the whole world ( and stop comparing it with a badly made up hooker :bash: ).

More of IS Bank Tower in Istanbul:

http://i47.photobucket.com/albums/f197/zhjakob/SSC/3-5.jpg

http://i47.photobucket.com/albums/f197/zhjakob/SSC/1-9.jpg

http://i47.photobucket.com/albums/f197/zhjakob/SSC/2-6.jpg

Swiss Re for definate is the best European skyscraper because it is one of the few that could compete for the best Skyscraper in the world! but hopefully another proposed skyscraper in London will take that title ;)

IMO
Messeturm is better :D

I think that building in frankfurt, the biggest one that stands out the most, is the best. I am not a fan of either the torre agbar or swiss re.

^^ When you saw that you need to recognize that it's not only one of the best in Europe, but also in the whole world ( and stop comparing it with a badly made up hooker :bash: ).

Well, saying "this building is a piece of shit" is one thing; but saying "you all are idiots because you like this tower" is a bit different.


Oh, I thought it was OK to call a tower >insert bad name here< as long as you didn't take the piss out of the people who liked it? So it's OK to call Swiss Re (Which is IMO a far superior tower) this and that but they aren't allowed to do the same to your beloved Torre Agbar?

Get over yourself

^^


:fiddle:

^^


:fiddle:

:lol: :lol: :cheers: :lol: :lol:

My "beloved" Agbar. That is sooooooooooooo sweety :lovethem:
Don't take it personaly man, you're not Swiss Re's owner. And I never said I didn't like Swiss Re, I do like it, but the fact is Abgar at night it's just :tyty:

IMO they are not to be compared: Swiss Re can be part of a cluster, while Abgar's got to stay standing alone like a lighthouse.

They're building a small cluster around the Torre Agbar with towers from the likes of David Chipperfield.

'Swiss Re, it revolutionized skyscraper building in London, is the coolest, one of the best looking, innovative design and is just so different, plus has had the most hype about it and won many awards!'

And it's empty!

its empty?
why?

Its not empyt lol

Its not empyt lol

Go for a drink with friends in Tower 42, look down on Swiss Re and marvel at the wide open spaces.

And it's empty!

Erm... no. There were some problems filling it initially (back in 2004/5), but it's almost fully let now.

Current: Messetum
Under Construction: Federation Tower
Future: Russia Tower

1 Canada Square!!!
http://tyom.net/gallery_files/photos/canary_wharf_tower_medium.jpg
http://www.aidan.co.uk/lg/LonCanaryWhfSnst0Z01.jpg
http://mirror-us-ga1.gallery.hd.org/_exhibits/places-and-sights/_more2004/_more01/England-London-Docklands-Canary-Wharf-tower-by-night-1-DHD.jpg

Swiss Re is way over rated in my opinion, but I'm not saying that it's ugly. Just that it's not as good as people say that it is :)

My fav European Skyscrapers are (in no particular order):

Turning Torso
Commerzbank
Swiss Re
And some of Warsaw's skyscrapers but I'm not gonna mention them becouse I might like them not becouse they are that good, but just becouse they are in Poland. Local patriotism :)

I think that some builds in London and Paris...so...

Obviously I don't know all scrapers in europe, so I am listing just few of my favourites here...

Swiss Re, London - great shape, creates nice contrasts with neighbouring architecture

Japan Center, Frankfurt - Nothing to compare to, very original.

Commerzbank, Frankfurt - reminds me a flagship, also quite extraordinary.

you just don't forget buildings like these, so that's my current list of top scrapers.

I like the Belgacom-building in Brussels (Belgium)

http://www.freefoto.com//images/1401/10/1401_10_53---Belgacom-Building--Brussels--Belgium_web.jpg
http://us2.pixagogo.com/S5j7xoHSaS-G2TKV61ncpjyXbVsRN5XMZSxZqt!vwHScRVS55suBH-EtvSGTFoEeNQYHtpql5vQruz!ftqShwCtEksy!CC9QCJBhgQkBlOpGWPVgaj4J1ya8zl2R!CS-ZW/2005-03-25_Belgacom-buildin.jpg

No doubt; The Hoftoren in The Hague! The pictures below are from Flickr.com.
Not mines.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v713/Simsplanet2/Hoftoren1.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v713/Simsplanet2/Hoftoren2.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v713/Simsplanet2/Hoftoren3.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v713/Simsplanet2/Hoftoren4.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v713/Simsplanet2/Hoftoren5.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v713/Simsplanet2/Hoftoren6.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v713/Simsplanet2/Hoftoren7.jpg

My favourite are Hoftoren, Societé Gégéral... and umm, well, thats all :P
Swiss Re is ok but l;ike previously said, it is over rated.

Palace of Culture and Science, Warsaw

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/0/09/Palackultury.jpg

Swiss Re, London
Commerzbank, Frankfurt

blehh PoCaS in Waw is awful as well as the whole composition of scyscrapers in this city there shoud be a defined zone for highrises..now Warsaw looks like a pancace with some stick put on...

^^ Does it mean that those who say Warsaw's skyline is the best in Europe are not skyline experts?

Its funny most of ppl here say that Messeturm is classic european skyscraper.
In my opinion it is the most american scraper in Europe, its obvious it looks like ESB, no doubt about it.
I went thru this topic and have not seen any pic of R1 so...
(from polish forum)


(fotki: sojuz, rcube, Ptrykacz, michau, SoboleuS, www.rondo1.pl - kolejność przypadkowa ;))



http://static.flickr.com/43/83822118_e8fa3f4c31_b.jpg

http://static.flickr.com/12/88578654_4a33dc0298_o.jpg


http://img25.imageshack.us/img25/4930/rondzio99rb.jpg



http://img219.imageshack.us/img219/1088/r1jan061jj.jpg



http://www.rondo1.pl/picture.do?mode=display&id=578


http://www.rondo1.pl/picture.do?mode=display&id=580



http://img25.imageshack.us/img25/6389/rondzio41ic.jpg

http://img401.imageshack.us/img401/457/r411qn.jpg

http://static.flickr.com/38/104504943_00f641e413_o.jpg

http://www.rondo1.pl/picture.do?mode=display&id=588

http://img401.imageshack.us/img401/5753/r215ds.jpg


http://img530.imageshack.us/img530/5121/79bb.jpg


http://maciek.i365.pl/gallery/albums/warszawa/zmiany/Rondo1/2006_01_08%2C_Warszawa%2C_Rondo_1%2C_3.jpg

http://maciek.i365.pl/gallery/albums/warszawa/zmiany/Rondo1/2006_01_08%2C_Warszawa%2C_Rondo_1%2C_1.jpg


http://maciek.i365.pl/gallery/albums/warszawa/zmiany/Rondo1/2006_01_08%2C_Warszawa%2C_Rondo_1%2C_4.jpg

http://maciek.i365.pl/gallery/albums/warszawa/zmiany/Rondo1/2006_01_08%2C_Warszawa%2C_Rondo_1%2C_5.jpg

http://img401.imageshack.us/img401/4299/r246fn.jpg

http://img50.imageshack.us/img50/6931/173ld.jpg

http://img50.imageshack.us/img50/2724/144gy.jpg

http://img514.imageshack.us/img514/3107/r10027pw.jpg

for me: Messerturm, Frankfurt on pole position and Strijkijzer, The Hague (UC) on the second place.

Kanyon, Istanbul:

http://i47.photobucket.com/albums/f197/zhjakob/Projects/5-4.jpg

http://img212.imageshack.us/img212/4628/kanyon47xe.jpg

http://img170.imageshack.us/img170/172/kanyon21ri.jpg

http://img212.imageshack.us/img212/4135/kanyon22qs.jpg

http://img212.imageshack.us/img212/4527/kanyon124al.jpg

http://img170.imageshack.us/img170/207/kanyon120ux.jpg

http://img169.imageshack.us/img169/5647/acilis1tm9.jpg

http://img169.imageshack.us/img169/1795/kanyonshoppingmallinlevvu2.jpg

By and large, European skyscrapers aren't the most inspiring.

Title goes to Swiss-re or Turning Torso.

I like the Hoftoren very much.
I think it should be in the list.

My favourites are:
1. Palace of Culture and Science in Warsaw
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/0/09/Palackultury.jpg

2. Hoftoren in the Hague

I also like very much The Europa Tower in Vilnius
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/e/ea/Europa_Tower.Vilnius.Lithuania.JPG

http://farm1.static.flickr.com/15/21466248_18f5147503_o.jpg

This one is in Lisbon Portugal. Not that tall... but very nice

By 2015, Milan will have got beatiful skyscrapers like these:
http://www.msrmilano.com/images/citylife.jpg
These will be beautiful
http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showthread.php?t=469666

^ This thread is about COMPLETED buildings.

Messeturm, Frankfurt
Westend-Tower (DZ-Bank), Frankfurt (that thing with the crown)
Tour Elf, Paris
Tower 42, London
Lomonosov-University Building, Moscow

del

1- one canada square

http://de.structurae.de/files/photos/111/onecanada01.jpg

A better pic of Naberezhnaya Tower by Axort:
Naberezhnaya Tower in Moscow, europe's tallest building, is not yet finished, but on the foto below it looks as good as completed so i think it can be posted here
http://img519.imageshack.us/img519/5276/panorama1rie1.jpg

http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b387/wjfox2005/city021107.jpg

My no.1 would be Bahn tower in Berlin. Pitty it isn't taller :(...

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v247/passean/bahn_ev.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v247/passean/bahnnight.jpg

:cheers:

^^Nice one, indeed it has class :)

SWISS RE !

#1 Messeturm, what else please? :)

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/4c/Friedrich-Ebert-Anlage_2%2C_Frankfurt.jpg

#2 Commerzbank Tower

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/20/Frankfurt.Commerzbanktower.wmt.jpg/449px-Frankfurt.Commerzbanktower.wmt.jpg

#3 Deutsche Bank Twin Towers

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/de/thumb/f/f7/Zwillingstuerme.jpg/800px-Zwillingstuerme.jpg

1. Swiss Re - London
2. Rondo 1 - Warsaw
3. Bahn Tower - Berlin

The Deutsche Bank Towers - black facades rocks!
http://www.skyscraperpicture.com/frankfurt127.JPG

These are the Euroscrapers that you can find in SC3000 Unlimited :) I always use this set when I create my version of Eurocities.

I think that WTT (Warsaw Trade Tower) is the one of the best skyscraper in Europe.

http://www.sky.s64.pl/home/Wwa/wtt16.jpg

^ Agreed!

http://farm1.static.flickr.com/104/428328880_b918532022.jpg

These are the Euroscrapers that you can find in SC3000 Unlimited :) I always use this set when I create my version of Eurocities.

Indeed...gives me memories too. :)

Also, Messeturm and Commerzbank Tower, among others, are in SC4.

Ministry of Foreign Affairs

http://www.moscowvision.ru/img/sk80.jpg

http://www.michau.se/pics/my_pics/moskwa/2005_sept/050925_moskwa_4938.jpg

http://www.michau.se/pics/my_pics/moskwa/2004_sept/moskwa_040919_0044.jpg

Hotel "Ukraine"

http://www.michau.se/pics/my_pics/moskwa/2004_sept/moskwa_040919_9596.jpg

:)

Stalin sisters in Moscow
This was a great skyscrapers project after the WW2

http://i14.photobucket.com/albums/a301/Elarc/Diagram/StalinFinal.jpg

The one in Moscow reminds me of the one in Warsaw

:)

Stalin sisters in Moscow
This was a great skyscrapers project after the WW2

http://i14.photobucket.com/albums/a301/Elarc/Diagram/StalinFinal.jpg
You forgot this:
http://foto.lu.lv/arhiivs/2004/44.ned._25.10.-31.10.2004/slides/IMG_1281.JPG

NABTOWER in Moscow!

Rondo 1
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/pl/7/73/Zdjęcie_25.jpg
More photos of Rondo 1 here (http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showthread.php?t=318219)

I find Tour EDF the best skyscraper in Europe at the moment.

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/3c/Tour_EDF.jpg

Forumers should not be allowed to vote skyscrapers in their own countries. Now this thread is dominated by a bunch of hysterical kids who scream their toys are the best.

Not particularly tall, but a beauty nonetheless.

Senate House in London:

http://farm1.static.flickr.com/195/496736169_699c5f99e9.jpg?v=0

(courtesy of stevecadman, flickr)

http://farm1.static.flickr.com/39/78856758_b0a8e8e216.jpg?v=0

(courtesy of Homemade, flickr)

http://farm1.static.flickr.com/9/76663264_dbffce29f2.jpg?v=0

(courtesy of Gwire, flickr)

this building of london is pretty cool as well
http://*************************/london/jpgs/london_building_aw050507_043.jpg

^^ Nice one Rocky.

That's the Shell Centre. I like it too, although it doesn't appear to be too popular on these forums. The main criticism levelled against it is that it's too short and stumpy. Perhaps it could be a bit taller, but I still think that it's a nice midrise tower and because of it's classic look, it has dated well, unlike many other 60s towers.

It also fits in well with the neighbouring County Hall (in the right of the pic) and makes a nice backdrop to the London Eye.

I find Tour EDF the best skyscraper in Europe at the moment.

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/3c/Tour_EDF.jpg

Forumers should not be allowed to vote skyscrapers in their own countries. Now this thread is dominated by a bunch of hysterical kids who scream their toys are the best.

I realy like this tower, so smooth and simple and I love the way it has that chunk cut out at the side, which makes it that bit more interesting to look at.

Definitely one of Europe's best scrapers, if not THE best.

^^ Nice one Rocky.

That's the Shell Centre. I like it too, although it doesn't appear to be too popular on these forums. The main criticism levelled against it is that it's too short and stumpy. Perhaps it could be a bit taller, but I still think that it's a nice midrise tower and because of it's classic look, it has dated well, unlike many other 60s towers.

It also fits in well with the neighbouring County Hall (in the right of the pic) and makes a nice backdrop to the London Eye.


I agree it is too short to have an impact on the skyline. However, it is very nice looking when you are on the thames bank or on the grass in front of the tower. Heh I even dated a girl here ( not for the tower, but for the park, I am not that skyscrapers geeky) :banana:



here one of my favorites in Northern Paris

Tour de la villette, 125 M 1973
http://www.paris-skyscrapers.fr/photos/1177886049R.jpg

cbx, la defense
http://img169.imageshack.us/img169/5131/dsc00730ut1.jpg

here one of my favorites in Northern Paris
Tour de la villette, 125 M 1973


http://grandparis.free.fr/quiz/goodies/seine-st-denis.JPG

http://irgendwo.free.fr/montmartreoct/9.jpg

Yes not bad, I like its asian style but far to be the best skyscraper in Europe. :)

but far to be the best skyscraper in Europe. :)far to be considered to be skyscraper.

It is taller than many proposed towers in this thread. ;)

Thx minato. I like it, Theire should be more towers in that area. the 93 north of Paris IS the best place for future developements.

Not particularly tall, but a beauty nonetheless.

Senate House in London:

http://farm1.static.flickr.com/195/496736169_699c5f99e9.jpg?v=0



I saw this building in the movie adaption of George Orwell's 1984. They used this building as the residence of inner party members.

Those classics are plentiful in London. Can't see why it can be a 'best' in Europe.

Those classics are plentiful in London. Can't see why it can be a 'best' in Europe.

Not really, in fact this is the only pre WW2 highrise building that I can think of in London (excluding churches, cathedrals, Big Ben etc.). There are other tall 1920s / 1930s buildings in London e.g. Shell Mex House, but they tend to be 12 floors or less. Senate House has 19 floors and looks more like a proper US style skyscraper.

Also, I don't think that Senate House is the best skyscraper in Europe, I just thought that people might be interested in seeing pictures of it, although perhaps I should have made that clear on my post.

As I said before, I think that Tour EDF in La Defense is perhaps Europe's best present skyscraper, although the Gherkin and the Stalin Sisters in Moscow come pretty close.

I think that Tour EDF in La Defense is perhaps Europe's best present skyscraper, although the Gherkin and the Stalin Sisters in Moscow come pretty close.http://skyscraperpage.com/diagrams/?32380090

http://skyscraperpage.com/diagrams/?32380090

What did you want to show with this link? Good design is far more important than height itself. Triumph Palace is the biggest kitch that has been raised in Europe for decades.

Of course I'm biased but I really like the Torso:

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7e/The_Turning_Torso,_Malmo.JPG/300px-The_Turning_Torso,_Malmo.JPG

http://www.mediaarchitecture.org/wp-content/uploads/2006/07/TurningTorso11.jpg

But those Dubai Towers in Istanbul will without a doubt beat the Torso in both design and height.

Sadly enough, the TT is the only true skyscraper in all of Sweden :(
Here in Stockholm the tallest building is the Kista Science Tower which hardly classifies as anything else than a tall building.. I cant believe the horrible "box" they put up on the roof!

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/92/Kista_science_tower.jpg/398px-Kista_science_tower.jpg

At least we got a 41 floor building that has been approved, but this being Stockholm and all I wouldn't be surprised if it turned out to be 15 floors in the end :ohno:

http://img-fotki.yandex.ru/get/9/yarikch.7/0_3e13_bf2f293d_orig
By Yarik.

+
http://www.journaldunet.com/economie/reportage/les-sieges-sociaux-des-entreprises-du-cac-40/image/26896.jpg
One of the best for sure

We all have our favourites and it is all a matter of taste but I would be surprised if Tour EDF at La Defense didn't win a popularity contest.

It is near perfect in my view. The Gherkin is lovely and witty. It fits in perfectly with london's "post modern capital of the world" self image and is a building of its time and place but EDF is simply beautiful a la 333 Wacker in Chicago. Neither ultra tall but both simply world class buildings adding beauty and grace.

Of course I'm biased but I really like the Torso:

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7e/The_Turning_Torso,_Malmo.JPG/300px-The_Turning_Torso,_Malmo.JPG

http://www.mediaarchitecture.org/wp-content/uploads/2006/07/TurningTorso11.jpg



Well, I'm not relly that biased, but I like it too :D
One of the best in Europe, Even in the world :)

:cheers:

BEAUTIFUL BUILDINGS ALL AROUND EUROPE!!!!

Some of my favorite skyscrapers in Europe are, in no particular order: Rondo 1, Turning Torso, Torre Agbar, The Gherkin.

Commerzbank!

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/dd/JMatern_060320_8433-8436_WC.jpg

I also like turning torso, Mosseturm, Palace of Culture and Science, and so many more, those are just first thoughts

The Vesteda Tower in Eindhoven ofcourse!

http://aycu19.webshots.com/image/36498/2000704742578138011_rs.jpg

THERE CAN BE ONLY ONE - Messeturm - Frankfurt!

Eat this, fufus!

http://img212.imageshack.us/img212/4381/frankfurtmesseturmnachtkl0.jpg

http://img444.imageshack.us/img444/45/frankfurtmesseturmdichtoz8.jpg

http://img404.imageshack.us/img404/9853/frankfurtwolkenkratzerfoq8.jpg

http://img140.imageshack.us/img140/6377/frankfurtwolkenkratzerfnt9.jpg

http://img99.imageshack.us/img99/3073/frankfurtsungoesdownnw6.jpg

Of course I'm biased ;) The Gherkin, Turning Torso and Tour EDF are also not that bad thou.

Well.. for me messeturm is like an asian version of ESB:D

Towely is way to stoned to judge about design aspects of the Messeturm. Better try Mr. Hankey, the Christmas poo.

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/f/f6/Mrhankey.gif

By the by, where do we have to search for the similarities to the ESB?

Turning Torso looks quite awesome.

http://www.globalphotos.org/malmo/20071002/IMG_4398.jpg

http://www.globalphotos.org/malmo/20071002/IMG_4396.jpg

http://www.globalphotos.org/malmo/20071002/IMG_4482.jpg

http://www.globalphotos.org/malmo/20071002/IMG_4562.jpg

http://www.globalphotos.org/malmo/20071002/IMG_4563.jpg

http://www.globalphotos.org/malmo/20071002/IMG_4572.jpg

http://www.globalphotos.org/malmo/20071002/IMG_4594.jpg

http://www.globalphotos.org/malmo/20071002/IMG_4595.jpg

http://www.globalphotos.org/malmo/20071002/IMG_4610.jpg

http://www.globalphotos.org/malmo/20071002/IMG_4612.jpg

http://www.globalphotos.org/malmo/20071002/IMG_4638.jpg

http://www.globalphotos.org/malmo/20071002/IMG_4650.jpg

1. the Torso, Malmo
2. Swiss Re - London
3. Bahn Tower - Berlin

Torre Agbar ! Incredible lively building !

Turning Torso is crazy as well !

Granite in Paris is first class !

EDF tower, Paris: (certainly one of the best skyscraper in Europe with Swiss Re...)

http://www.emmalucie.com/images/orage3.jpg

http://eras.free.fr/images/EDF/EDF3.JPG

http://blog.jeanrond-photo.com/public/images_crepuscule/DSC_0052_scr.jpg

http://www.defense-92.fr/liste/Photos/IMGP14330.jpg

http://i1.trekearth.com/photos/47708/054.jpg

http://earthworm.online.fr/photos/defense/Pict7758.jpg

http://img168.imageshack.us/img168/8373/37020837bo5.jpg

what about the Strijkijzer from The Haque.
http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2096/2213568807_dcf5611466_b.jpg

And The Red Apple of Rotterdam will be my favourite skyscraper when it's finished.

http://www.nieman.nl/content/images/Red%20Apple%20Rotterdam.jpg

http://207.44.228.231/marin/TRA_2504200802.jpg

http://207.44.228.231/marin/TRA_2504200804.jpg
(last 2 pics from marin)

And what do you think about Z-Towers in Riga ?

http://img139.imageshack.us/img139/5182/ztowersprojektsbilde2bi3.jpg

http://i162.photobucket.com/albums/t270/MartinsLV/ZTower3.jpg http://i162.photobucket.com/albums/t270/MartinsLV/ZTower4.jpg

this helipad(?) on the top is quite ugly

favorits of brussels (not all of them that wouth be a lot)

dexia tower brussels



http://www.fotosop.nl/files/thumb_big_20080513132021396153416.jpg (http://www.fotosop.nl/mijn_fotos.html?show=39615341620080513132021)

http://www.fotosop.nl/files/thumb_big_20080513132112311115803.jpg (http://www.fotosop.nl/mijn_fotos.html?show=31111580320080513132112)

http://www.fotosop.nl/files/thumb_big_20080513132204224382976.jpg (http://www.fotosop.nl/mijn_fotos.html?show=22438297620080513132204)

financial tower
http://www.fotosop.nl/files/thumb_big_2008051313264529738782.jpg (http://www.fotosop.nl/mijn_fotos.html?show=2973878220080513132645)


my favorit: covent garden

http://www.fotosop.nl/files/thumb_big_20080513133013763805637.jpg (http://www.fotosop.nl/mijn_fotos.html?show=76380563720080513133013)

buth in the hole world i guess it's that covent garden and number one, swiss re london

I find this one very unique and beautifull. She's not completed yet but she will probably be in 2009.

http://images2.photomania.com/528463/1/rad06572.jpg (http://www.photomania.com/)
http://images2.photomania.com/528463/1/radD7697.png (http://www.photomania.com/)
http://images2.photomania.com/528463/1/rad71119.jpg (http://www.photomania.com/)
http://images2.photomania.com/528463/1/radE4F5E.jpg (http://www.photomania.com/)
http://images2.photomania.com/528463/1/rad1F5D7.jpg (http://www.photomania.com/)
http://images2.photomania.com/528463/1/radE8BA7.jpg (http://www.photomania.com/)
http://images2.photomania.com/528463/1/radC2BB3.jpg (http://www.photomania.com/)

enjoy :banana:

London
Paris
Madrid
Lisbon
Amsterdam
Berlin

^ It's best European skyscraper, not skyline. Still, since the European skyline thread is closed, I vote for Paris.

Anything to the ctba level of quality really does it for me. I think London also has very high quality, specially in their current projects. La defense is going trough a lot of reclads which is great bc a lot of them looked outdated and Frankfurt makes the best skyline but im not so much of a fan when it comes to their individual quality.

http://img215.imageshack.us/img215/3075/3441245995555d99c3b9.jpg (http://img215.imageshack.us/i/3441245995555d99c3b9.jpg/)

http://img37.imageshack.us/img37/5788/flickrcoloresbien211208.jpg (http://img37.imageshack.us/i/flickrcoloresbien211208.jpg/)

http://img189.imageshack.us/img189/365/rascacielosnoche1.jpg (http://img189.imageshack.us/i/rascacielosnoche1.jpg/)

But the kio towers have as special place for me, the first of their kind. Just love them

http://img685.imageshack.us/img685/4517/3404223753cfd3b34539.jpg (http://img685.imageshack.us/i/3404223753cfd3b34539.jpg/)

It´s so stupid that people from England think that their highrise buildings in London are beautiful. Same with Dutch people and their buildings in Rotterdam
or even the Hague.
In any case you have to look to Frankfurt if you really want to see beautiful
skyscrapers in Europe.
:cheers:

I saw this building in the movie adaption of George Orwell's 1984. They used this building as the residence of inner party members.

Not many people know that Hitler had this earmarked as his headquarters in London if he ever invaded GB.

As for best European skyscraper:

1. Triumph Palace, Moscow
2. Tour Total, Paris
3. Torre Espacio, Madrid

The Dexia tower in Brussels, Belgium, because of it use of light:

http://neatorama.cachefly.net/images/2007-11/dexia-tower.jpg

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3275/2669661366_8878912da8_o.jpg

http://i126.photobucket.com/albums/p101/tictack_no1/screen-capture-4-17.jpg

http://i126.photobucket.com/albums/p101/tictack_no1/screen-capture-2-21.jpg

http://evooet.unblog.fr/files/2007/12/bruxel1.bmp

Commerzbank and Messeturm are very nice, I love these buildings.

What do you think about Rondo 1 in Warsaw? Designed by Skidmore Owings & Merill

http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4071/4247894855_bd8a6143e3_o.jpg
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http://img193.imageshack.us/img193/4406/r1xx.jpg
By forumer Polex

http://img222.imageshack.us/img222/4535/255ph.jpg


http://czarnota.org/gallery/albums/warszawa/zmiany/___Srodmiescie/Rondo1/2007_03_02_-_001_-_Warszawa_Rondo_ONZ_-_Rondo_1.jpg
By forumer Pstrykacz

Turning Torso, Malmö. Period.

It´s so stupid that people from England think that their highrise buildings in London are beautiful. Same with Dutch people and their buildings in Rotterdam
or even the Hague.
In any case you have to look to Frankfurt if you really want to see beautiful
skyscrapers in Europe.
:cheers:

Keep on drinking on that one...

Imperia Tower,Moscow,239 m,60 fl,currently T/O...
http://i50.************/riwv3a.jpg

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Name: Palace of Culture and Science
Native Name: Pałac Kultury i Nauki
Year: 1952-1955
Place: Warsaw
Architect: Lev Rudnev
Floors: 42
Height: 231/168 m (spire/roof)

External Links:

► Official Web-Site (http://www.pkin.pl/)
► English Wikipedia Entry (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Palace_of_Culture_and_Science,_Warsaw)
► Photos at Wikimedia Commons (http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Palace_of_Culture_and_Science)

I like it because there is not many classic skyscrapers in Europe and it's a quality project. If the upper part was just a little bigger - it would be as graceful as a modern fighter plane.

^^ no i personally dont like that Palace of Culture and Science, in fact it's justa copy of the main building of the Moscow State University:
http://www.moscow-driver.com/pictures/0209-3.jpg

Turning Torso is a pretty weird building too, so i think the most marvelous already completed one is the Agbar Tower. Totally fascinating:
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/af/Barcelona_Torre_Agbar_01.jpg/450px-Barcelona_Torre_Agbar_01.jpg

Speaking of upcoming structures.. the Federation Tower is gonna be very epic&awesome:
http://images.km.ru/estate/feder.jpg

Current situation:
http://s002.radikal.ru/i200/1002/0e/97adefcb54e0.jpg

Turning Torso for me. Then Torre Agbar.

no i personally dont like that Palace of Culture and Science, in fact it's justa copy of the main building of the Moscow State University:
You may not like it but it's definitely not a copy of the MSU. The differences are especially striking on aerial photos.

^^ No, it's not a copy, but (to the untrained eye) there's a lot of similarities between them...

^ It's the same architecture, but very different design. They're both really beautiful!

London and Paris.
Never heard of a Paris or London skycraper?:nuts:

I like Messeturm and Torre Agbar the most. Torre Agbar has such an interesting coloured facade.

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/1/16/SwissReHQ.jpg

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/34/30_St_Mary_Axe_-_The_Gherkin_from_Leadenhall_St_-_Nov_2006.jpg

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3198/3116932286_6e44a56bb9_b.jpg

http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4057/4469629071_a6c594fd9d.jpg

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2740/4464233946_fa44777cc8.jpg

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3017/2428413620_77a6297560_o.png

http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4004/4479684512_0d16fd6afc_b.jpg

That "egg" is too tall)

Turning Torso ffs. European skyscrapers aren't that great, but I mean, who doesn't love Turning Torso????
http://www.essential-architecture.com/MISC/turning-torso-01.jpg

I think i'd also go for Turning Torso... That, or Eindhoven's Vesteda tower.

http://img839.imageshack.us/img839/4543/vesteda1.jpg (http://img839.imageshack.us/i/vesteda1.jpg/)

http://img541.imageshack.us/img541/7999/vesteda2.jpg (http://img541.imageshack.us/i/vesteda2.jpg/)

I like Agbar tower.

1.The Moscow State University is an icon, it is better than all buildings here)
2. Federation tower
3. Mosfilm tower

It's not better, YOU think it's better.

I Like more modern skyscrapers like this one :yes:

London Bridge Tower - the "Shard of Glass"
http://www.skyscrapernews.com/images/pics/46TheShard_pic2.jpg