"ŪBIG" togeather with "Hanner" today officially proposed ~200 mio EUR project (the sum is aproximate and investors said that they'll invest as much money as there will be needed). The whole complex consists of: 21 000-29 000 places stadium with sliding roof, ~2000 places congress center, 3 and 5 star hotels, office building, etc. The architect is Massimiliano Fuksas. Some small renderings:
http://img68.imageshack.us/img68/7865/file7089455stadionas3gd.jpg (http://www.imageshack.us)

http://img68.imageshack.us/img68/1779/file7089459kompleks8av.jpg (http://www.imageshack.us)

Personally I still can't believe it and I'm quite sure that it'll not be approved since they plan to demolish old sport hall (municipality some time ago said that they'll not allow to do so) and those high-rises will be too close to old town.
Anyway this seems for me somehow unreal although investors are very real and they officialy proposed this project in municipality of Vilnius today.
I hope for the best. :)
Maybe anyone can get more renderings?

Some photos from presentation at Vilnius municipality:
http://img99.imageshack.us/img99/5822/050714n14314mv.jpg (http://www.imageshack.us)

http://img99.imageshack.us/img99/6756/050714n143140lb.jpg (http://www.imageshack.us)

http://img99.imageshack.us/img99/5697/050714n14325jb.jpg (http://www.imageshack.us)

From left: Massimiliano Fuksas, Vilnius mayor, some guy from "Hanner", some guy from "UBIG"
http://img99.imageshack.us/img99/1001/050714n14356kj.jpg (http://www.imageshack.us)

http://img99.imageshack.us/img99/6181/050714n14330lz.jpg (http://www.imageshack.us)

http://img99.imageshack.us/img99/4764/050714n143137vi.jpg (http://www.imageshack.us)

http://img99.imageshack.us/img99/5292/050714n143129jq.jpg (http://www.imageshack.us)

photos taken from www.vilnius.lt

Want my opinion? Here it goes:
There are no posibilities that it'll be realised - tallest tower is in a distance of ~50 meters from old town.

Did the olimpics go to Vilnius?

this is my reaction

that highrise seems close to 200m

It can't happen in Vilnius

:eek2: :eek2: :eek2:

Yep, I can say only the same thing as ch1le, this looks unreal to me.

wait.... the sporting hall (those weird round things...) + the stadium + 11 highrises?!?!!?!??!?!?!?!

all this?!??!?!?!! it seems like a huge,huge,HUGE area!

what's there now?

^^^ :)

http://img183.imageshack.us/img183/2069/zalg2tp.jpg

^
Tear it down, tear it down:yes:
Build, build build Vilnius:cheers:

wow that project is amazing!!!! i really hope its done.

Some of the highrises look a little boring and boxy but the rest looks way too unreal! I really hope these get approved and built! That would be awesome! :D

Great :okay:

I think today Fuksas is the best italian architect (of Lituanian origin... :) )

I personally love much his works...

Some of his recent projects

Twin Towers, WIEN
http://www.*************/exhibitions/Shanghai/3.Massimiliano-Fuksas.jpg

Distilleria Nardini, BASSANO del GRAPPA, Italy
http://www.archweb.it/architetture/Fuksas/fuksas_nardini/Fuks_1.jpg

Spazio Armani, HONG KONG
http://www.*************/architects/Fuksas/armani/4.Armani.jpg

Project for Congress Center, ROME
http://www.bta.it/img/a0/03/bta00324.jpg

Project for Piedmont Region seat, TURIN
http://sbase720.scarlet.be/archinews/032004/portrait2.jpg

Ferrari Center of Research, MRANELLO, Italy
http://www.europaconcorsi.com/db/pub/images/2449/1488796078.jpg

New Exhibition Center, MILAN
http://www.corriere.it/Media/Foto/2005/04_Aprile/01/MILAN.jpg

For more info: http://www.fuksas.it/html/entrada.html

wow :master: . Finally my dream is comming true :)

This kind of development would look credible in Shanghai (without exaggeration)... but Vilnius?? :eek2:

somehow i do believe, that this project with some modifications on those highrises will be realized, they already own the spots hall, zalgiris stadium and the land around, and that guy from "UBIG" (Vladimiras Romanovas) is to rich and to serious to make jokes like that

I really hope you are right Pabloni, this project is without a doubt the most interesting urban idea in Vilnius ever. This would be a unique world-class center which could be built in London, Paris, NYC or Shanghai and make these cities proud of having something like this. If Vilnius gets this it would be something beyound the most optimistic dreams of mine. :D

Btw, according to the article the 5* hotel is planned to have 400 rooms what means it would be the biggest hotel in Vilnius (currently the biggest one is Reval Hotel Lietuva whic has 290 rooms). Oh well I can't wait more news about this project. :)

some information i found about Vladimiras Romanovas:
he is owner of "Ūkio" bank (estimated property ~0,5 billion euros and grows very fast, 58% last year), is also shareholder of biggest alumina factory in the world in Nikolajev(Ukraine), also some lithuanian comapany's, four football clubs (lithuanian champion FBK 'Kaunas', Edinbourgh 'Hearts' (paid around 30 million pounds for it) and also two clubs in Belarus and Moldova (dont know what clubs), .... all in all he is really rich, also i saw few days ago on the news journalist asked him about this project and he said that he is very serious about this and by his calculations this project should earn him (and his partners) as he said "už kiekvieną investuotą litą turėtume gauti po litą pelno", short translation: ~200 million euros

I say go for it, if you can....Looks cool....

wow this project is amazing i hope it gets built - the stadium looks interesting to say the least ! any info on what height would the highrises be ?

Some of the highrises look a little boring and boxy
Yeah, like that one near down left corner.
http://img99.imageshack.us/img99/5697/050714n14325jb.jpg

But still that project looks amazing! So many highrises there. :drool:

wow this project is amazing i hope it gets built - the stadium looks interesting to say the least ! any info on what height would the highrises be ?
It was only said that the height of buildings will be lower than of Gediminas castle.
But this project as we see in renderings will not be aproved anyway. That's why I think so:
Heritage protectors didn't allow to build 8 floor building just next to the place where tallest building is planned in this project. So there is probably no posibilities that so high buildings will be approved.

I think that this project will be changed to a low-rise version maybe with few smaller high-rises further from old town. Anyway even if there will be low-rise buildings instead of these high-rises it'll still be a great project.

a pity that it probably wont get approved as it is because highrises would give it that little extra ;) but your right its still a great project

WOW!!! Why oh why they couldn't choose less controversial place so that project has more hope to be realised??? (And where would they find market for one more huge arena?)

WOW!!! Why oh why they couldn't choose less controversial place so that project has more hope to be realised??? (And where would they find market for one more huge arena?)
I doubt the location can be changed since the project is meant just for that. About controversy I agree, but there's a little hope some illogic laws will be changed and other projects would emerge either. About arena, they believe Zalgirio stadium will be the main and the only big stadium in the city.

Investors own that ugly sport hall building and land around it that's why that place was chosen. And there is only one normal stadium in Vilnius which has only ~5000 places so Vilnius needs new stadium very much.

As i'm speechless today, i'll just say "great project, i hope it will be realised".

Today there is an article about this project. M. Fuksas said that such project in western Europe costs about 500 mio EUR, in Lithuania investitions for it could reach about 300 mio EUR. Most known Lithuanian architects ( Ambrasas, Palekas, Pempė ) gave quite negative opinions about this project - I think it's because that they feel that they are left outside of this huge project.

E.g. it was written something like that: "architect Pempe was shocked that such tall buildings were proposed next to Gediminas castle". Btw, architect Pempe is a looser himself - he is an author of "Delfinas" apartaments.

Anyway it just shows that the project is unreal to be realised as it is planned.

^^^ Can you take a shot of the newspaper?

It is simple impossible... It can't be done and never will. The project is simple too big. It is too much undertaking. They probably split project in peaces and maybe they will build a stadium and a conference hall in ~7 years. That alone would be huge achievement.

^^^ Can you take a shot of the newspaper?
http://img350.imageshack.us/img350/9296/untitled14sl.th.jpg (http://img350.imageshack.us/my.php?image=untitled14sl.jpg)

http://img350.imageshack.us/img350/9296/untitled14sl.th.jpg (http://img350.imageshack.us/my.php?image=untitled14sl.jpg)
Dėkui ;)

architect Pempe is a looser himself - he is an author of "Delfinas" apartaments
He he :) he should emigrate now ;)
300 mio EUR should be quite possible for Vilnius, but such projects are not built in two - three years, they may be plan to do it "bit by bit" over some 10 years

He he :) he should emigrate now ;)
300 mio EUR should be quite possible for Vilnius, but such projects are not built in two - three years, they may be plan to do it "bit by bit" over some 10 years
Yes, it's a longer term project. I think that it'll be something like this: at first it'll take some time to argue with heritage protectors, then it'll take some time to change all project to a low-rise version, then after some time it'll finally be approved. Then it'll take lots of time to build everything. In article it was written like this:
"Investors talk about terms very carefully. A. Zuokas (the mayor of Vilnius) said that congress center should be finished in 2009 year, maybe only some interior works will be left."

Wow! You are an "optimist" :)
At least Zalgiris stadium could get sliding roof??? This story is a bit similar (but of much larger scale) than that of Skonto in Riga. Skonto in order to get the sliding roof will build two highrises too - to generate the profit. Heritage inspectors not heard yet.

^ I think I am more realist or maybe even optimist (without quotes ;)). Stadium of Zalgiris most likely will get sliding roof since the talks about that sliding roof are very old and there were never mentioned any versions of Zalgiris stadium without that roof.

Impressive. Do Lithuanian football clubs draw 20-30k gates ever? The national team would pull a decent gate when they play but that size stadia in Vilnius seems excessive.

However, if it is affordable, then bring it on. Looks fantastic.

Architects Association of Lithuania published their opinion about the project: tall buildings should not be allowed there and old Sport hall should not be demolished. Generally it means that they're strictly against this whole project. Btw, it was mentioned that the tallest proposed high-rise in project was 60 meters high - so those high-rises are quite short.

Maybe 60 floors ? not meters ? Because they look reeeaaally tall...

Maybe 60 floors ? not meters ? Because they look reeeaaally tall...

no, Massimilliano said they wouldnt be higher than Gediminas tower