http://chinese.chosun.com/site/data/img_dir/2005/01/05/200501050000261top_center_w350.jpg

http://photoimg.enjoyjapan.naver.com/view/47/43/enjoyjapan_17/23000/22359.jpg

http://skyscraperpage.com/gallery/data/500/2635busan_j_1.jpg

http://jennyhouse.info/zboard/data/sky_Image/SV407076_1.jpg


I've never seen a thread for this supertall even though it's higher than SWFC and Union Square phase 7. This is supposed to be under construction so I posted it here but am not entirely sure. Maybe it's on hold or what? Does anyone have any info because it seems this one's been forgotten.

Anyone know anything about this tower?

wow, that are some amateur renders...

but I hope it's really UC.

I heard about this tower a long time ago and I guess it was being redesigned,I'm not sure though :(

From Emporis:

News: 107 storey skyscraper construction intensifies (01-06-05)

After settling arguments about the Yeongdo bridge in the city of Busan, the construction of Busan Lotte World's 107 floor building will finally start by the end of this month (January, 2005). The arguments ended after the city of Busan and Lotte Shopping agreed on expanding the lanes of the bridge to ease traffic congestion that might be caused by the high-rise hotel complex. Ground preparation will end by March and Koreans will start seeing the rise of their newest tallest building.

But in the same page you can read: 'According to numerous sources, the project has not started construction'.

More renders:

http://www.taxidermista.net/fotos/lottetower.jpg

http://www.taxidermista.net/fotos/lottetower2.jpg

There is a thread somewhere, probs in the News and Developments threads. Anyway someone from Busan or someone in Busan or going there needs to get us some picys. :)

hmm i do not think that we have a forumer from or near busan.. :(

well i remeber a forummer posting a picture of the site,and it looked quite dead.

how can such a major project have nothing on the web? not every day a 500m skyscraper starts up. i cant find anything only old competitions and old articles.

Very high building! I like it! :)

how can such a major project have nothing on the web? not every day a 500m skyscraper starts up. i cant find anything only old competitions and old articles.
Exactly, that's why I posted it. I knew about this project but was surprised that there was no news. As seen in the photo ground work has started.

BTW I think it looks great. It'll have the same Taipei 101 effect but this tower looks a lot better.

I've been aware of the distinct lack of info about this tower for a while. I mean it's the second tallest building underconstruction right now and will currently be the third tallest building on Earth at completion.

There's some info in this Busan construction thread:
http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showthread.php?t=204516
And there was a construction thread for it but it was moved to News & Developments for some reason:
http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showthread.php?t=178826

There's apparently info on this at Daum skyscrapers cafe (http://cafe.daum.net/skyscrapers). We need some Koreans (SUNNI??) to keep an eye on it. These are the latest pics from Daum, posted by Waterloo in April - looks a bit desolate :(
http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid166/p770c5e56f96a4f763ba0e11b0d62a826/f45af901.jpg
http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid165/pb5b6c4df8e43c801d4e3c5fbccc58fdd/f46c5f6c.jpg

There's apparently info on this at Daum skyscrapers cafe (http://cafe.daum.net/skyscrapers). We need some Koreans (SUNNI??) to keep an eye on it. These are the latest pics from Daum, posted by Waterloo in April - looks a bit desolate :(


So I guess construction hasn't started at the end of January.

What a great time for skyscrapers we live in, i say.

wow, that are some amateur renders...

but I hope it's really UC.

What's amateur about 'm? Picture quality is a little low, but apart from that it's not that bad in my opinion.

Since your internship you're getting render-snobby, AE!

perspectives are bad in the renders, and i'm not saying I can do better... :sleepy:

:eek2: Astonishing

Another taipei is forming

http://skyscraperpage.com/cities/?buildingID=16018
it saids there applying for a height increase to800m

http://skyscraperpage.com/cities/?buildingID=16018
it saids there applying for a height increase to800m

This is the tower for Seoul.
The tower here will be build in Busan.

Another taipei is forming
Yes but unlike taipei101 this looks great by itsself.

BTW I hope they don't build that fugly eiffel tower ripoff. What a shame it'd be to replace that beauty of a tower with something really tacky.

damn youre right my bad,no wonder i serach google images and the renderings were totally different

damn youre right my bad,no wonder i serach google images and the renderings were totally different
Whoops. I made the same mistake.

bumpo. we need updated pix.

I second that. I had totally forgot about this project, last i remember seing renders was more than 2 years ago i'm sure, and didn't think this was currently under construction.
Would any Busan forumer please stand up? :)

Korea’s skyscraper history began with the construction of the 63 Building, a 60-story building 249 meters high, the highest in Asia at the time, in Yeouido-dong, Yeongdeungpo-gu in 1985.

Before the 63 Building was built, the 31-story Sam-il building (114 meters), which was constructed in 1969 and is located in Gwancheol-dong, Jongno-gu, Seoul, was the only tall building in Korea. Since 2003, the 63 Building, which remained the tallest building in Korea over the last 20 years, yielded that honor to the 69-story combined residential and commercial buildings such as the Hyperion in Mokdong, Yangcheon-gu, and the Tower Palace in Dogok-dong, Gangnam-gu Seoul, to become the third highest building.

Korea’s Tallest Building-

Although the 63 Building is still the nation’s tallest office building, it will drop further down the list in the near future. The 107-story “Busan Lotte World” building is currently under construction (due in 2013), and the construction of a second 112-story Lotte World building is being promoted:
http://www.skyscrapers.cn/images/asia/ko/Busan_Lotte_Tower-5.jpg

i thought green is old proposal...

Due in 2013????? :(

January 2006 by citypia

http://i.photo.empas.com/citypia/citypia_9/sp/58/%B7%D4%B5%A5%B0%F8%BB%E77.jpg

http://i.photo.empas.com/citypia/citypia_9/sp/53/%B7%D4%B5%A5%B0%F8%BB%E72.jpg

That's a pretty big hole. Thanks for the update!

Hmmm, I don't like the design really... and the location doesn't look very urban, given the fact that there's a supertall going to be built... I'm not really fond of this project, but it might change once it goes up...

I remember this project, but it has changed very much...

These two images shows the first project for this skyscraper, at that time, it supposed to be the world's tallest, but i don't know today...


http://img297.imageshack.us/img297/11/lotte2worldtowerpusansouthcore.gif

http://img297.imageshack.us/img297/6823/lotte2worldtowerpusansouthcore1.gif

But seeing the new renders, i realize that i was very out of updates, i'll try to keep visiting this thread, thank you guys...

The old gesign looks muuuuuuuch better!!!

They're not digging the pit for the tower, only the low rise element next to it. Will believe it when I see it, Korean supertalls seem to be a pipe dream.

ANY UPDATES?

This is one of the buildings that is cluttering your diagram cul. Its not under construction yet.

http://www.skyscrapers.cn/images/asia/ko/Busan_Lotte_Tower-5.jpg
Oh! Simply stunned. :)

I can't wait!!!!!!

I think larven's right. If you compare this render to the photo of the site it's clear that there isn't any construction where the tower is supposed to go:

http://chinese.chosun.com/site/data/img_dir/2005/01/05/200501050000261top_center_w350.jpg

http://img475.imageshack.us/img475/2392/lottesite5er.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

great looking tower :okay:

handsome tower though.

is this the same "Lotte" company that makes those scrumptious koalas with chocolate inside? or am i completely mistaking this for something else?

beautiful tower btw... hope it gets built =D

Id rather see the old design built... its much better imo

Any recent news on this. My girlfriend (who's Korean) works not too
far from Pusan ... if i can I'll ask her to look in on what's happening
if she goes to Pusan.

Oriolus, there is probably a road on this render, so the building site localization iz correct imo.

http://chinese.chosun.com/site/data/img_dir/2005/01/05/200501050000261top_center_w350.jpg

http://xs73.xs.to/pics/06122/hmzzz.PNG

fantastic project :eek2:

Any recent news on this. My girlfriend (who's Korean) works not too
far from Pusan ... if i can I'll ask her to look in on what's happening
if she goes to Pusan.


Please check it out. very little news coming from this potential #2 or 3 worlds supertall.

Thank you :)

It's a pity there's no official news on this project. I wonder if it has progressed since it really looks good.

nice to see un update, any very recent one?

Holy shit! Is that a ferris wheel in the rendering? :lol:

It's stunningly tall.

This just in from a credible news source:

http://www.chosun.com/national/news/200604/200604160057.html

(in Korean)

In translation (roughly)- The tower's height has been increased to 510m. Tower to be completed in 2008, shopping mall and such to be completed in 2010. Design changed from a lighthouse shape to a ship shape.
They say also that the construction has been delayed a lot due to restoration efforts on the nearby bridge or something..

there is no way this one will be completed in 2008!!!

i love all the controversy around this project

This just in from a credible news source:

http://www.chosun.com/national/news/200604/200604160057.html

(in Korean)

In translation (roughly)- The tower's height has been increased to 510m. Tower to be completed in 2008, shopping mall and such to be completed in 2010. Design changed from a lighthouse shape to a ship shape.
They say also that the construction has been delayed a lot due to restoration efforts on the nearby bridge or something..
ship shape? i can't imagine ship shape on the 510m high building. :weird:

A large version of the Titanic but vertical?

No? Can't imagine it?

a building with ship shape doesn't resemble completely like a ship.
The al burj arab was made to look like a sailing boat. Does the burj al arab is a "vertical titanic" just because it has a ship shape?

there is no way this one will be completed in 2008!!!

i love all the controversy around this project


koreans are known for devilish building speed....once they get started that is..

in fact, the burj dubai is being constructed by a korean company, samsung employed by emaar.

imagine how fast they would build in korea

How can they have this building completed in under 2 years if they haven't even started? They'd have to have a huge work force working roudn the clock to get this project finished if they plan to do so.

How can they have this building completed in under 2 years if they haven't even started? They'd have to have a huge work force working roudn the clock to get this project finished if they plan to do so.
normally, when construction starts, the foundation takes alot of time, but assuming the tower has same or similar floorplates all the way, the construction speed rapidly increases ;)

but then,...at 510m, i doubt itll get finished by 2008

Oriolus, there is probably a road on this render, so the building site localization iz correct imo.

http://chinese.chosun.com/site/data/img_dir/2005/01/05/200501050000261top_center_w350.jpg

http://xs73.xs.to/pics/06122/hmzzz.PNGHave a look at the render below (from the same direction as the construction photo). It's obvious that the current excavations must be for the lowrise theme park buildings because in the renders they are shown to be immediately abutting the existing road, with Lotte Tower between the lowrise buildings and the river. The new road shown in the renders looks as if the deck extends over the river anyway.

http://photoimg.enjoyjapan.naver.com/view/47/43/enjoyjapan_17/23000/22359.jpg

That's impossible to finish this in 2008, probably, 2009-10.

Ok, i got the facts:)
the Shopping mall and the Theme park is due to finish in 2008 while the rest (phase two) the hotel is due to finish 2013

the official height for this project is not 510m, 50m taller than originally planned.

^^^^OH!! :omg: 510 meters!!!

Cool

From where is the info with 510 m??

From where is the info with 510 m??
an article from Chosun.com
you can not believe me if you want:)

^its not that he doesnt believe you, just that its helpful to post your sources, now hes gonna traul through an entire website with babel fish by his side struggling to find the proof youve found.

One of the few projects that are even slower then the LBT. Such a shame...

i look forward to this more than any other tower in asia (if not the world). so tall and sleek.

Construction pics
Photos by haru7788


http://blogfile.paran.com/BLOG_9232/200603/1143424252_lotte2.jpg

05/Feburuary/2006
http://blogfile.paran.com/BLOG_9232/200602/1139191708_lotte2.jpg

15/January/2006
http://blogfile.paran.com/BLOG_9232/200601/1137462998_lotte.jpg

08/January/2006
http://blogfile.paran.com/BLOG_9232/200601/1136771234_lo01.jpg

05/December/2005
http://blogfile.paran.com/BLOG_9232/200512/1133752542_1205_lotte.jpg

20/November/2005
http://blogfile.paran.com/BLOG_9232/200511/1132542127_051120_1.jpg
http://blogfile.paran.com/BLOG_9232/200511/1131329814_1106_2.jpg

This is one of the buildings that is cluttering your diagram cul. Its not under construction yet.

No, YOU're totally wrong
IT'S UNDER CONSTRUCTION RIGHT NOW!

If you don't believe me, check it out BY YOURSELF, IN PERSON
(I already know you've always commented on Korean supertalls in nagative ways all the time, even though you know nothing about it)

incredible !!! then at 510 m.h. its going to become the second tallest in the world only after burj dubai !

I think larven's right. If you compare this render to the photo of the site it's clear that there isn't any construction where the tower is supposed to go:



No, larven's wrong and you are wrong too.
It's clear there is the contruction(foundation work) where the tower is suppose to go.

Also, why Lotte are making such a huge pit if they don't build the tower
Don't you think the pit is too big just for the low-rise?

last year
http://kr.img.dc.yahoo.com/b16/data/city/6f/1141998737_%C1%A6%B8%F1_%BE%F8%C0%BD.jpg

Thank you very much into a rare sight of this supertall. Excellent quality :)

No, larven's wrong and you are wrong too.
It's clear there is the contruction(foundation work) where the tower is suppose to go.

Also, why Lotte are making such a huge pit if they don't build the tower
Don't you think the pit is too big just for the low-rise?

last year
http://kr.img.dc.yahoo.com/b16/data/city/6f/1141998737_%C1%A6%B8%F1_%BE%F8%C0%BD.jpg

I think it´s very difficult to tell if this building is really under construction or not.
Let`s compare this complex with the 2IFC. They build the shopping mall first and then they build the tower.

If the entire site was under construction it would be more easy.

The pit is very huge but it`s still to early to be sure.

I don`t want to say that the tower is not under construction because i am not sure. I also can`t say that the tower is under construction. Let`s wait.

Thank god we have haru7788. :)
citypia i would be grateful if you could post his pics here as soon as possible.

the basement(parking lots) of the ifc mall is even deeper than the cofferdam of the 2IFC , not to mention the size :)

I think it´s very difficult to tell if this building is really under construction or not.


If so, you need to visit the construction site BY YOURSELF IN PERSON.

You will see the big public relations office for the visitors there.
Ask them whether this building is really under construction or not
You will get the definite answer from them right away. not from me, not here.

Of course, you will get to konw the whole process of this project.
cause the office offer a variety of free services including a free guide and brochures as well as detailed miniatures which is shown how to construct this project
and lots of audio and video materials and Internet services.
You even experience the process of whole construction through visual aids, year by year, month by month, even day by day.



Let`s compare this complex with the 2IFC. They build the shopping mall first and then they build the tower.

If the entire site was under construction it would be more easy.


Since when the foundation work(something like the land reclamation, solidifying the land for the tower) exclude the part of the under construction?
Lotte is still doing the foundation work, even though they are working even on sundays
It is not that easy work to build the big building on the sea, there used to the sea once, near searshore
It takes lots of time to do the foundation work only.
I have even heard the explosion to break the hard rocks from there


As you can see, Lotte is building the steel frames for the site of the department store.
and it is the last stage of the foundation(the ground work) for the tower.
They already put the steel H beams into the ground for the tower


The pit is very huge but it`s still to early to be sure.

I don`t want to say that the tower is not under construction because i am not sure. I also can`t say that the tower is under construction. Let`s wait.

Thank god we have haru7788. :)
citypia i would be grateful if you could post his pics here as soon as possible.


http://kr.img.dc.yahoo.com/b16/data/city/6f/1141998737_%C1%A6%B8%F1_%BE%F8%C0%BD.jpg
and the pit is just the part of the whole complex.
Don't jump to the conclusion, through someting like comparing IFC or 2IFC or whatever

Anyway, I like your a litmusless position :)
OK, let's wait, only the time will tell :)

It's going to look really nice when it's done, but they've got a long way to go yet, lol

^its not that he doesnt believe you, just that its helpful to post your sources, now hes gonna traul through an entire website with babel fish by his side struggling to find the proof youve found.

I want to meet babel fish :P

Don't worry, this big hole will be filled with a HUGE skyscraper in 5-6 years. I just hope I won't lose my interest in it by then.

WOW!! It's the first time i see this renders and info about this tower. 494 m is an amazing height :cheers: but at all the skyline is :sleepy:

Wow, I missed this huge tower. Great design and height!

It's definitely great and would be a great pity if it did not get built. Hopefully the speed will pick up since it's one of my favourite supertall designs

finally found this thread!

need more updates!!!

yeah, we'll see new pics!!

It's taking a long time to build especially being a korean building. They usually knock skyscrapers up in no time. But i do remember lots of hype about it last time I was in Busan.

Nice!

Construction update, please? It's very nice

^^ right http://smiliestation.de/smileys/Sauer/54.gif (http://smiliestation.de)http://smiliestation.de/smileys/Sauer/54.gif (http://smiliestation.de)

yeah, it's end of month we need some pics please

It is a nice tower but the skyline is going to look quite bad after it is completed. It is simply too tall compared to other buildings in the city.

^^ yes this building is lonely after its completed

^^Doesen't matter!!!!!!!!!

^exactly, means you get to see it in all its glory from miles away... i sometimes wonder if skyscraper designers in New York, Hong Kong etc. should only design the top 50m or so, its all thats ever seen

Few months ago(from Internet)
http://kr.img.dc.yahoo.com/b16/data/city/eb/1154008387_1.jpg

^^ Despite the above pic posted by citypia, the last construction pics for this project was on May 7, over 2 1/2 months ago (page 4 of this thread).

Looking forward to how this is progressing via more pics.

It is a nice tower but the skyline is going to look quite bad after it is completed. It is simply too tall compared to other buildings in the city.

Maybe not
Because Busan is turning into really "skyscrapercity" indeed all over places
(Most of them are completed or U/C)
http://kr.img.dc.yahoo.com/b16/data/city/dc/1153367128_fghfh.JPG

Moreover
Even Busan Lotte world tower 2 won't get the title of the tallest of city
This one will be the king(Cetum WBCB, over 510m)
http://cfs6.blog.daum.net/upload_control/download.blog?fhandle=MDdGcVhAZnM2LmJsb2cuZGF1bS5uZXQ6L0lNQUdFLzAvNy5qcGcudGh1bWI=&filename=7.jpg

http://cfs7.blog.daum.net/upload_control/download.blog?fhandle=MDdGcVhAZnM3LmJsb2cuZGF1bS5uZXQ6L0lNQUdFLzAvNy5qcGc=&filename=7.jpg

^^
Burj Busan :lol:


Busan is amazing!!!

this joint looks amazing.......well the render does. but how slow is progress! it'll be done by around 2015 by this rate :(

Done by 2015, Liverpool UK will have a daily service to Seoul by then:)

^^
Burj Busan :lol:


Busan is amazing!!!


Yes, looks indeed a bit like the Burj Dubai!! :cheers2:

it this tower UC or still Approved/Proposed?

^^its under construction

^^
Burj Busan :lol:


Busan is amazing!!!

ROFL, so true!! I thought the same thing when I saw it :D

^^its under construction

When it goes to update on Emporis?

is it still 494m or 510m?

Can we please have an update.

yes, please?

I 3rd that. What the hell is happening with this one?

Is busan's skyline dense enough to complement Lottle tower? what is their progress so far? and is the final height 494 or 510?

494m as far as i know

Any new up date's ???

that would be great

Found this on Flickr.....says it was taken on September 9......if thats true then Lotte doesn't look like its progressed at all.....:ohno: ......im guessing u all know where it is being built by looking at the photo^^

http://img301.imageshack.us/img301/8886/busanlu8.jpg

Amazing pace eh? :ohno:

No, wait! we have progress! couldnt save the pic though...

http://flickr.com/photos/luisferreira/237543038/in/set-72157594274707302/

The first picture is clearly very old, as they hadn't torn up the field yet.

The first picture is clearly very old, as they hadn't torn up the field yet.

Ahhhhhh thats why I posted a link after that showing there is progress......:nuts:

Found this on Flickr.....says it was taken on September 9......if thats true then Lotte doesn't look like its progressed at all.....:ohno: ......im guessing u all know where it is being built by looking at the photo^^

http://img301.imageshack.us/img301/8886/busanlu8.jpg

this tower is being built to slow for me:sleepy:

For you? I think for all of us mate lol

For you? I think for all of us mate lol
:lol: yeah for all of us, whens the official date of completion ????

...uhmm, sometime in 2075 :|

I'm not sure even the second picture is completely up to date.

it seems like there is no progressing at all.

it's being built though, that's a plus

it seems like there is no progressing at all.

As far as I know we have not seen a recent picture.

nice update

nice updateUhmmm :eek:

???

i reckon if we dont have updates or evidence of construction, then the thread should be removed. waste of friggen time.i really hate it when i open threads like this this only to find people saying -any updates.

They haven't even started the tower Cul. If you look at that recent photo the hole that is being dug (ever so slowly) is not the site of the proposed tower but the low rise element. In fact I saw a similar photo over a year ago and very little has changed, I think this thread is a waste of time and should be removed. This supertall is going nowhere.

that's harm but right

That tower is UC!

any new pics?

wow this tower looks very tall

Yeap, there's nothing new. Agree with Culwulla, this thread must be deleted.

I get the same feeling about this tower that I got with the Shanghai WFC about 5 years ago.

This is a wonderful tower, but as the other say we need to see an update of the construction.

January 4th:

http://farm1.static.flickr.com/150/358121440_3a6307b0ec.jpg?v=0

found this pic on the net, but i don't know when taken.

http://i16.tinypic.com/2ih7bpj.jpg

Why is it that the details of this tower are so sparse? Looks like they are working on it... I guess.

the hole is not for the tower

It's not? What is it for then?

Yeah, I wanted to ask exactly same question.

NICE tower. i liked it.

Huge hole...

Its for all the construction workers to relieve themselves in.

http://www.togerland.com/style_emoticons/default/rimshot.gif

:|


Yeap, there's nothing new. Agree with Culwulla, this thread must be deleted.

Yeah, gosh coming to this thread expecting something is a waste.

Looks to me like this isn't UC . . . almost like it's a farce or something. :-\

Yeah, I wanted to ask exactly same question.

look at the locations and you'll see it:

http://www.die-wolkenkratzer.de/pics/busan-lotte-tower-02.jpg

^^ Looks about the same to me. I'm confused:ohno:

yeah it should be removed, nothings happening at this site


If this building is under construction or if it does actually get built....then I'll be a monkey's uncle.

Remove this thread.

I feel the Lotte World project is a no go. The South Korean's talk about huge buildings including (I think) a 960m tower.

Too much talk from there with ZERO action.

^^ Looks about the same to me. I'm confused:ohno:

i still belive that tower will be build!!

according to the renders the tower will be build at the market area, and that's not the hole:

http://i10.tinypic.com/2z3whw3.jpg

^^ Oh, ok now i get what you saying. You meant the exact placement of the tower relative to the project. But why such a deep hole for the smaller building (although it doesn't seem to be taking the same footprint as it would seem like in the rendering). I wonder if there was a re-design and it hasn't been released yet...

Probably the big hole is for all of the buildings including the 494-meter-tall Lotte. Does this hole have the same depth in all its excavated area ????

They spend all their time, money and people on building skyscrapers elsewhere :P Such as in Dubai...

its definately UNDERCONSTRUCTION! and its now 510m!!! will be completed by 2013.
plus another 106storey is being built!!! which will start this month!!

http://english.busan.go.kr/community/news/news_01.jsp?nSelected=2&command=view&sn=582

that are really fantastic news :banana:.
so anyone should update this on emporis

yes, also this damn thread title.
should read-BUSAN: LOTTE WORLD TOWER (510M/107ST)

Is it really under construction? Unless there's a recent pic which shows the hole with workers actually on site doing stuff then I won't believe it.

They spend all their time, money and people on building skyscrapers elsewhere :P Such as in Dubai...

They don't spend money on Burj Dubai, they GET PAID to build it. And the problem with their many megatall proposals at home, is same as with US ones. Alot of regulations keep killing them.

Is it really under construction? Unless there's a recent pic which shows the hole with workers actually on site doing stuff then I won't believe it.

I have to agree with Malec. Lotte supertall proposals go back for several years. None have resulted in an actual building. Note the Lotte World II Hotel in Seoul and The Lottes SuperTower in Seoul.

http://www.emporis.com/en/wm/bu/?id=lotteworldiihotel-seoul-southkorea
http://www.emporis.com/en/wm/bu/?id=lottesupertower-seoul-southkorea

Yes, you are right Altin, but it was sort of meant tongue-in-check :-)

I really do hope they might eventually come round to perhaps building the Busan World Business Centre, I love that design...

http://english.busan.go.kr/community/img/skyscraper.gif

At least there are some other large projects being built in Busan while this thing waits. A couple of 65 story ones, although still about half the size of Lotte. Then maybe it won't be so out of place. By the way, has anything with the name "Lotte" in it ever been built--anywhere? lol

not that i know

^^ LOTTE is very big in retail, hospitality and entertainement sector in Korea. They just have big ambitions but not enough political influence to get their project approved.

That's all ... or as I see it.

I like the design alot, and I also like waterfront structures.

Lotte has a lot of high-mid-rises throughout Seoul and mostly in Busan. They aren't that notable however.

any new update ?

no, unfortunately not

Lotte has a lot of high-mid-rises throughout Seoul and mostly in Busan. They aren't that notable however.

Actually, the Lotte Hotel in Seomyon was Pusan's tallest building for several years after it was built in 1996. It's still the tallest building in central Pusan, if you don't count the residential towers in the relatively suburban districts of the city.

an update about 1 or 2 months old.. happy? i am :)
http://image.dcinside.com/viewimage.php?id=building&no=29bcc427b49d3fa762b3d3a70f9e2628aa52c045d404722f073e8f77ae9527cdc67ef0388e00c5dba584d5468ff22eb42663c087dbddf2a1f675e36a2f3ed7519ae6229018d1d318e83f6e512eeaba088ffee61909e294014026b2108cc1aa4529&f_no=a66b30aa0702b46692ed5d74d95ac9ed5213bf4690817428cbb2

b-b-b-b-but th-th-th-that means th-th-they are a-a-a-a-actually g-g-g-going to b-b-b-build something....OMG


dayum thats a big hole lets hope they actually finish it... or even break ground for that matter.... any more recent news??

thank you SUNNI, where did you find that pic?

Nice hole

I really like the design of it. Hopefully they will not alter it.

I really like the design of it. Hopefully they will not alter it.

the hole? :tongue2:

thank you SUNNI, where did you find that pic?
i found it in a image forum in dcinside.com

Nice hole
its gotta start somewhere ;)

OMG indeed.

Seems like no one there, facing a major delay or on-hold with significant reason?

so this one's officially delayed??

Its officially a hole if you ask me :)

Seems like no one there, facing a major delay or on-hold with significant reason?

seems like a lot of people there, facing nothing at all
because the ghost can pit the huge hole all alone

Look at the pictures
If no one is really there, why so many parked cars are there?
Who control the power shovel?


http://image.dcinside.com/viewimage.php?id=city&no=29bcc427b49d3fa762b3d3a70f9e273446cd0e3f3d7c3373f4952dd4217bedc34f140a2b851f799db5f8ba9d9db2543e0316e1198f05fc&f_no=01ec8071abd531a0

http://image.dcinside.com/viewimage.php?id=city&no=29bcc427b49d3fa762b3d3a70f9e273446cd0e3f3d7c3373f4952dd4217bedc34f140a2b851f799db6adba9f9fe3543e803820cf1a74ea0e20&f_no=01ec8071a88376a167b9

Kinda looks like a certain West building u/c in China

they're definitely working on the complex and also on the tower when you ask me

I din't realize that the're preparing the site for the construction. That's great!!
When do you think the construction will begin?

The work goes on

Nice building according to the renders... But they need to BUILD them!!!!!
it are all seemingly hollow promises to attract investors who end up bankrupt iff they dont start building fast!!!!

using this:
http://chinese.chosun.com/site/data/img_dir/2005/01/05/200501050000261top_center_w350.jpg

and this:
http://www.die-wolkenkratzer.de/pics/busan-lotte-tower-02.jpg

I get this:
http://img255.imageshack.us/img255/665/lotteworldtowerhm3.jpg

The tower isn't being build, it's the entertainment lowrise (btw, the tower is a bit of, needs a bit to the upperleft)

The tower isn't being build, it's the entertainment lowrise (btw, the tower is a bit of, needs a bit to the upperleft)

Every couple of months someone says this. But I find it a bit hard to believe that one of the bigger holes in the world is dug for some lowrises. Remember that those renders are as old as the hills, if I'm not mistaken, and there is not guarantee that they didn't make a slight movement in the masterplan as to where the tower is located.

Underground parking garage for the department store and hotel?

seems like a lot of people there, facing nothing at all
because the ghost can pit the huge hole all alone

Look at the pictures
If no one is really there, why so many parked cars are there?
Who control the power shovel?


http://image.dcinside.com/viewimage.php?id=city&no=29bcc427b49d3fa762b3d3a70f9e273446cd0e3f3d7c3373f4952dd4217bedc34f140a2b851f799db5f8ba9d9db2543e0316e1198f05fc&f_no=01ec8071abd531a0

http://image.dcinside.com/viewimage.php?id=city&no=29bcc427b49d3fa762b3d3a70f9e273446cd0e3f3d7c3373f4952dd4217bedc34f140a2b851f799db6adba9f9fe3543e803820cf1a74ea0e20&f_no=01ec8071a88376a167b9

Work surely is going on there, but it is taken way to long and the pictures don't show a rush of work.

In the second picture, they are doing the site retaintion wall. Then they have to excavate the pit there.

amazing project...good design :okay:

It's good to see action on the site but after many years of this project going nowhere I'm still skeptical

its going somewhere :)
http://pds35.cafe.daum.net/image/41/cafe/2007/04/21/21/23/462a022b015e8
as of late march 2007

Okay well that's over a month old now and doesn't even show any progress. If it were for real, there'd be something happening, right?

i just posted a pic showing progress,,, its now above ground;;;

The picture is taken quite from far away...we can't tell for shure...from this distance...it's hard to tell ..oh course it look like the one from one month ago...we need a closer aproach in order to have a good evaluation of what is going down there...:cry:

really? it is above ground now?

At least some action... :)

Wouldn't there be any formal news if there was such progress?

Hopefully they'll do something with it, I really like this tower.

last time : 494m but changed now 510m!! why...:ohno:

Why not?

ZZ-II!! Why not!! I think... Busan Lotte World Tower President want tall up 510m beat Taipei 101 509m!! so..poor 1m :tiasd:

Do we have an actual construction pic??

Anyone??!!

doesn't seem so :)

wow...this is going to be nice tower for sure! :cheers:

Okay well that's over a month old now and doesn't even show any progress. If it were for real, there'd be something happening, right?

well, all they did was digging underground.. they should make "a firm foundation" so ground can holds 100 floors tower, i've been that site and they were digging very deeply and were constructing something like pipe lines underground

also seoul lotte tower is doing same thing.. and I don't know about seoul's another supertall IBC but probably they are doing same thing too..

don't like this design at all...one of the worst skysrapers that is being built, far away from the quality of western skyscrapers or chineese. to bad, it could have been a really nice building, what a waste of money!

I actually prefer this style to that of western or chineese architecture for the most part, this one almost reminds me of something you'd see near the beach in Dubai.

Anyways, this is actually one of my favorites being built...
To each his own though. Everyone's got their prefrences.

2/5/2007
http://img1.dcinside.com/viewimage.php?id=city&no=29bcc427b79d3fa762b3d3a70f9e2734ddb8cbe5cb2541db222bba3e7dbedf05ab9d7e06873233348371ad3a1f9e10074d856efad09607c6d0348b&f_no=27b8826bb69c32b669

http://img1.dcinside.com/viewimage.php?id=city&no=29bcc427b79d3fa762b3d3a70f9e2734ddb8cbe5cb2541db222bba3e7dbedf05ab9d7e06873233348327a26845924000f0bf7e8e3ba5953618215e&f_no=27b8826bb19c32b669

http://img1.dcinside.com/viewimage.php?id=city&no=29bcc427b79d3fa762b3d3a70f9e2734ddb8cbe5cb2541db222bba3e7dbedf05ab9d7e0687323334832cf06e15c846078fbb80b11cda627e54cdb575&f_no=27b8826bb48176ac7eb8

http://img1.dcinside.com/viewimage.php?id=city&no=29bcc427b79d3fa762b3d3a70f9e2734ddb8cbe5cb2541db222bba3d78bedf0693e55ebdd4a74cf34525808961d07bf6a1b697a996e874a20ee1a6adc45a6a&f_no=21b2c432e0d937a869f1dca511

5/6/2007
http://image.dcinside.com/viewimage.php?id=city&no=29bcc427b79d3fa762b3d3a70f9e2734ddb8cbe5cb2541db2228ba3e7fbedf05c999f01cde0975824868cbe69e057421043d790a5e07c464f2e990a497c218&f_no=21bcc423b4836af53af1dca511

http://image.dcinside.com/viewimage.php?id=city&no=29bcc427b79d3fa762b3d3a70f9e2734ddb8cbe5cb2541db2228ba3e7fbedf05c999f01cde09758248669fefcc037c2067487a0d40dc84dc515289fe050ec7ab&f_no=21bcc423b4836af53aea98bf06d6

U/C !!

Impressive foundation ^^

Real crap, part of the wall protecting the hole has colapsed. This will cause some delay for sure:(

any links or photos kovac???? edit:ooops

great finally!!! so its uC??? is 510m its new official height? have we a new render? ill add to tallest diagram.

I don't wish to piss on anyones parade but I think all the excitement about this one being U/C really is premature. If you take a look at the render below there is clearly a low rise circular building in roughly the same position where we see the circular foundation in the construction pics above. In fact there has been no excavation at all on the part of the site where the tower is supposed to be. I think the low rise element is underway but see no evidence whatsoever that the tower is.


http://photoimg.enjoyjapan.naver.com/view/47/43/enjoyjapan_17/23000/22359.jpg[/

your right larven.

maybe they can't build the tower because of this hole. i believe it is the same as we have at Marina 101

I don't wish to piss on anyones parade but I think all the excitement about this one being U/C really is premature. If you take a look at the render below there is clearly a low rise circular building in roughly the same position where we see the circular foundation in the construction pics above. In fact there has been no excavation at all on the part of the site where the tower is supposed to be. I think the low rise element is underway but see no evidence whatsoever that the tower is.




That render is really really ancient. I think it is FAR more likely that the position of the tower has moved slightly in the time since that render was made, then that they are building low rises with a hole deeper than they are tall. Especially since from time to time some Korean forumers have indicated that this hole is indeed for the tower.

That render is really really ancient. I think it is FAR more likely that the position of the tower has moved slightly in the time since that render was made, then that they are building low rises with a hole deeper than they are tall. Especially since from time to time some Korean forumers have indicated that this hole is indeed for the tower.

So its old....it doesn't automatically mean they've changed the design. Have you any evidence or proof that the design has changed and the tower position moved? The position of the circular building on the render and the accompanying construction photos look bang on the money. It could be a deep foundation for any number of reasons....you only need to see how close the site is to the river for one. Sorry but I'll take my direction from the official render and what we see rising before our eyes over gossip and hearsay.

So its old....it doesn't automatically mean they've changed the design. Have you any evidence or proof that the design has changed and the tower position moved? The position of the circular building on the render and the accompanying construction photos look bang on the money. It could be a deep foundation for any number of reasons....you only need to see how close the site is to the river for one. Sorry but I'll take my direction from the official render and what we see rising before our eyes over gossip and hearsay.

No, I don't have evidence of anything, except that there isn't really a precedent for having a hole like that for little lowrise crap. That hole looks like the foundation for a huge tower, not like for a pissy little building. Of course we just have to wait and see since we never get any information about this building. I'm just stating my opinion, but I certainly wouldn't base much on ancient renders. If you didn't know anything about the Chicago Spire and all you had was a render from a year or two ago, you would have it in the wrong place since they moved it to the adjacent lot. It's not much of a stretch to imagine that they may have moved around the buildings in this complex in the 2 years or so since that render was made.

as it looks from here it could be easilly a underground parking ...but we'll have to see

there's not even a core in that pic, so it's clearly not the tower

http://img505.imageshack.us/img505/3792/late112345pq1.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

agree totally with you, this can't be the tower

This Korean building is completely out of place compared to it's surroundings.

true, but many high rises are under construction in busan right now
by the time this building is finished, there should be several other buildings that complement it

besides, taipei 101 doesnt look that bad all alone. lol

^^ because nothing is around taipei 101

There is a huge hole at the site right now. The surroundings are blocked off as well. This is near the Nampo-dong station, right?

There is a huge hole at the site right now. The surroundings are blocked off as well. This is near the Nampo-dong station, right?

All the Experts on here will assure you that the massive hole is just for a 5 storey lowrise.

lol, no they wont!

belive hollie, that hole isn't for the tower ;)

lol, no they wont!

belive hollie, that hole isn't for the tower ;)

I win.:banana: :cheers:

Good observation to who ever noticed it

I win.:banana: :cheers:

:lol:

dang that foundation layer must cost a lot of money huh?

Yes, you, guys are right.
This huge pit is not for the tower alone.

The huge pit is for the center hall.
Exactly, the pit is not only for the entertainment building but also for the deparment store and 107 floors hotel.

As far as I heard, this hole is the kernel core.
It is the anchor which sustain whole buildings(107floors tower, entertainment building and department store)

Currently, Lotte are constructing the bridge(Youngdo bridge) to connect tower(unfortunately, it has not be seen in the pictures here)
consequently, the tower will come soon.
http://image.dcinside.com/viewimage.php?id=city&no=29bcc427b79d3fa762b3d3a70f9e2734ddb8cbe5cb2541db2228ba3e7fbedf05c999f01cde09758248669fefcc037c2067487a0d40dc84dc515289fe050ec7ab&f_no=21bcc423b4836af53aea98bf06d6

Even this picture tells that the pit is not only for the entertainment building but also for the tower.
Look closely and carefully
the the tower and entertainment building are combined in the lower part.
Actually, departmet, entainment building, 107floors hotel are combined, connectting new-built bridge and subway.
I mean they are not alone,they are not the parted buildings independently,
they are just the part of the whole project.

As you can see, half of circle are the for the lowrise, What is for the rest of circle?
Of course, Lotte has lots of work for the tower alone.
They have to expand the hole for the tower.

Just wait for a while
Only time can tell
http://img505.imageshack.us/img505/3792/late112345pq1.jpg

Interesting hole

:lol:, yes very Interesting

what's so interesting about a underground-parkig structure ??

Damn they need to make this tower...

believe me, they will....but it needs its time

Then time it shall have.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v81/asiaglobe/IMG_1462.jpg

what's so interesting about a underground-parkig structure ??

a lot! esspecially if you have to draw one for school. :)

concrete should be poured soon in that hole

I am Stunned !!!!!!


Ashely
http://mackgonzalves.blogster.com/subliminal_tapes.html

Come on guys, be logical. How can anyone really believe that the hole shown in the last pictures is for a 5 storey small building?

That is DEFINITELLY for a BIG tower and the fact that a lift pit is not present doesn't mean anything, since there are different lift technologies a pit may or may not be neccessary. Also the hole will NOT get bigger, as someone stated above.

(I'm not a professional but I've seen/experienced alot of towers going up)