Ive always liked the simplistic design of this 500m giant which is finally uc in Shanghai.
It will eventually reach 101 storeys/492m.


renders
http://www.tc.umn.edu/~eeriumn/moriperspective_night1.jpghttp://www.tc.umn.edu/~eeriumn/moriperspective_day1.jpg

photo update by cityrain
http://image.xitek.com/forum/200509/545/54574/54574_1125842123.jpg


just a simple construction diagram showing current status.
about 30m?

http://img385.imageshack.us/img385/8505/swfc3zq.jpg

Nice diagram Cul, except the circle at the top has been truncated because of its resemblance to the Japanese flag, or so it's been said.

Whatever the reason this is the design now. Still sensational though.
http://skyscrapermodels.us/models/photos/SWFC_2.jpg

thanks orilious, ill amend design.it was going to have an enormous observation bridge which would of been worlds highest outdoor ob deck @ 430m., but i think its been shelved due to impending high winds.

I love that design too.

I wonder how long after the cutout's been compleated will it be before some joker tries to fly a light plane through the hole, it would be pretty tempting....

It doesnt look as good cut off like that. Cause wasnt the bridge gonna be suspended in the circle?

the observation bridge has been canned due to probable high winds. The hole at SWFC top is approx 45m wide. A 747 wing span is approx 64m..
ouch

Nice diagram Cul, except the circle at the top has been truncated because of its resemblance to the Japanese flag, or so it's been said.

Whatever the reason this is the design now. Still sensational though.
http://skyscrapermodels.us/models/photos/SWFC_2.jpg

Nice to see my work travels far.

http://skyscrapermodels.us/models/World_Financial_Center_SHA.html

I personally like the current version of the hole. It ooks like a rising sun, to me at least.

And Cul, the corners curve downward, they aren't angled (If that makes sense).

Apologies STR, I should have given you credit. I got it from the SWFC thread. I've never actually had a look at your site before. Nice work, I'll have to print one out and make it one day.

apparently yet another design change now excludes the hole altogether.
still looks cool but weird
http://image2.xitek.com/forum/200509/2044/204469/204469_1126112625.jpg

Your kidding? Thats freaking shit. The hole was awesome.

So it's finally going up. I quite like the design, but I hate the location. Pudong looks like it's criss-crossed with 8-lane roads.

Without the 'Rising Sun' (nice analogy STR) it looks like a sleeker version of Freedom Tower. I personally like it with the sun. Looks like an alien obelisk and being a bit of a Sci-Fi nut I obviously dig it.

sept 17
cityrain
http://www3.worldisround.com/hosted/19/283/157_o.jpg

Wow, that's going to be massive. Sucks about the lack of hole though, that was a nice and destinctive touch.

What? The hole was the whole reason I liked the tower so much. Now it looks. . .so boring. Ugh.

According to forumer Jue, it was a practical joke. . . do we have any official sources on this?

looks like a giant bottle opener. Easily my fav supertall going up. I love this building and it's great that it is finally going up. I agree with most, the original design (the hole) is probably a touch better. Either way this building rocks hard. Will this be tallest to roof when completed??

They DID change the hole and they've put up lots of posters of it too.

http://img169.imageshack.us/img169/633/915396411284994223oo.jpg

They killed it. They took one of the best designs to come out of postmodernism and they killed it.

Shit...just wondering why?

How many design changes is this frikken tower going through?

Nice diagram Cul, except the circle at the top has been truncated because of its resemblance to the Japanese flag, or so it's been said.Yes, the original circle in the design of SWFC was abandoned due to its resemblance to the Japanese flag re: the rising sun:

____________________http://oregon.4h.oregonstate.edu/programs/projects/Outbound%20Oreintation/country/country%20images/Japanese%20Flag.jpg

Shit ! they are bloody idiots if they changed that unique circle design for that crap at the top now !

bloody morons !

lozza

The revised design makes the tower look like a bloody bottle opener.

It's very sad that they've changed the design over such a trivial reason, which isn't really all that acurate to the Japanese flag.

Whilst once can understand the symbolism reasons for the change, it is all the same a right royal cockup of the design.

looking massive. love the huge angled support beams.
est height to core- 45m
latest from cityrain
http://img12.imageshack.us/img12/9391/s28vg.jpg

Good old bamboo scaffolding. I wonder if they will ever stop using it in Asia.

diagram update. ive estimated current height as 48m

http://img200.imageshack.us/img200/6381/swfc4px.jpg

Damn it, I loved that circular hole. I'm looking at the original renderings and plans from a 1997 book on Kohn Pederson Fox's works and it was perfect then. I had always preferred the original SWFC design to Kingdom Centre - now I don't. At least the aperture at the top of the Kingdom Centre has curves.

ive worked out by the elevation posted that the 100st floor observation deck which hangs under the lid will be 470m high.! wow

http://img12.imageshack.us/img12/83/12nt.gif

now thats an observation deck!
level 100, 470m high. worlds highest outside of Dubai.

http://img76.imageshack.us/img76/5079/s68wy.jpg

yeah I’m beginning to like the square "bottle opener" look.. good to see that its growing quite nicely

Yes the hole will be missed....

But if it was this more square when the first renderings came out then would we know any better?

latest pic by james foong
http://img486.imageshack.us/img486/1527/a32xo.jpg

UPDATE BY CITYRAIN.
core has really shot up!
level 10 in corebx or 50m
http://image.xitek.com/forum/200511/545/54574/54574_1131368739.jpg

Shit ! Its scary to think its only 50 m high ! It looks sooo short for now because its soo bloody wide, , but yet, 50 m is pretty tall in most cities in the world

cheers

lozza :rock: :bowtie:

latest update by james foong
approx 12storeys/60m high
http://img375.imageshack.us/img375/7431/dddddd2pg.jpg

I'm startin' to love the bottle opener.

DIAGRAM UPDATE
http://img504.imageshack.us/img504/1343/swfc7np.jpg

LATEST PIC BY JAMES FOONG
lev16 in box or 75m high
http://img521.imageshack.us/img521/9503/5457411335009594uf.jpg

Nice photographic work mr foong

Perhaps someone else that's less Japan-phobic will do a version of the circular hole thingo. It really is a destincive and great looking idea for a skyscraper.

december 17th

http://img492.imageshack.us/img492/2055/200512shanghaitrip803a9vs.jpg

thanx spolita.
looks like lev18 in corebox. thats aprox 84m high. progressing fast

update
http://img379.imageshack.us/img379/2299/swfc2ql.jpg

jan 3rd

http://img323.imageshack.us/img323/1175/5457411360174359pq.jpg

Thanks for all the updates! Fast progress, been looking forward to this for a very long time. Shame about the design change, but practically-spreaking, square hole is probably better. Still a great looking building, can't believe how fast this is going up!

Cheers

recent pic by cityrain
lev26 /118m in box
http://www.skyscrapers.cn/forum/attachments/SWFC-2006.1.17_ld3VVwWnMCc4.jpg

heres a diagram update
i put in Shanghais other giants to compare.

http://img363.imageshack.us/img363/1206/swfc2mb.jpg

UPDATE
CITYRAIN
http://s02.picshome.com/321/54574_1139217144.jpg


http://img206.imageshack.us/img206/7303/swfc23bs.jpg

diagram update

http://img96.imageshack.us/img96/5051/swfc26de.jpg

Shit, they dont muck around do they ! already at 140m !

Maybe the workers at Eureka should take a closer look at how these guys do it ey CUL ! hehe ! ( But thats another story ! )

Lozza

SWFC has reached 150m! lev33 in box
http://s03.picshome.com/167/45621_1144918366.jpg

level 36/165m
pic general huo
http://files.photojerk.com/generalhuo/SWFC/54574_1145632123.jpe

reached 150m recently eh? here in sydney we'd put up the rooftop at that point and call it a day... which is, unfortunately, the trend with sydney's current building scene

lev 40/183m/600ft!!
may 4
cityrain
http://s04.picshome.com/c3a/54574_1146749576.jpg

lev45/215m!!
still 30m/8st away from half way mark!

http://s04.picshome.com/c91/54574_1149260113.jpg

That glazing is looking nice. What an incredible pace this is going up.

Its starting to look better and better, and i love its facade, though it looks a bit dark from some of the angles. :)

rising rapidly.
lev47 in box or 220m!

http://s04.picshome.com/c91/45621_1149668930.jpg

I like it, but doesn't it look a bit like the trophy for Wheels "Car of the Year"! :eek2:

hahaha, na not really, sorry mate lost ya

If anything it looks like a giant bottle opener (but one of those classy ones that cost like $1000 but is never used).

lev49 or 228m ,which is same height as MLC in sydney. fark.
http://www.skyscrapers.cn/forum/attachments/tmp1_JhdbxczqdjAj.jpg

I've been reading the internation thread, but can you put it in context of MLC - Fark is right!

Supertalls always look so much smaller when they are under construction!!

lev51 now or 240m! 1 more rise to reach half way!

http://skyscrapers.cn/forum/attachments/tmp4_qMSRiCYmbCPZ.jpg

Standard statement
But after all the delays it coming up fast. I cant wait to see it August

Looks very polluted-foggy

I wonder what the life span is when living in Hong Kong.

appaarently june/ july is hot and smoggy. other months of year are cloudy wet.

wow that has to be one of the fastest rising towers, nice shots:okay:

Looks very polluted-foggy

I wonder what the life span is when living in Hong Kong.

btw, isn't this tower in shanghi?? not hong kong lol

Whoops, Hong Kong, Shanghai same thing. :runaway:

^^ hehe yeah why not, they all have pretty hard names:D:jk:

Lol petrochemcial smog, in shanghai is worse then i thought.

Its not just Shanghai seems to most cities in china or along roadway, small town and just about every where

wats the core height, have to be approx 270m

SWFC has reached lev53 or 251m high (same height as rialto)
http://skyscrapers.cn/forum/attachments/tmp1_68C3iSU8MyNq.jpg

Check out the one-way traffic on that run adjacent to the site.

Check out the latest pics from the thread! (well worth a visit)

Pic credits to Skybean

http://static.flickr.com/53/190157248_2982ba86b7_o.jpg
http://static.flickr.com/60/190773262_f35b99598b_o.jpg
http://static.flickr.com/70/190635138_ef08856c19_o.jpg

yes, they dont muck around in asia, do they !

on 60 minutes last night , there was thiis story on china's economic boom, and they were saying that to build a 28,000 sqm factory, it only takes them 4 months to complete it !

Go figure ey!

Lozza

wow this is moving at a super speed, also great looking shots :okay:

that building is probably built out of 80% australian materials lol :D

Is Pudong one of the most un-pedestrian friendly areas in the world??? Why the hell is there 10 lanes roads all over the place!?!?

diagram update.
even half height its a monster, they seem to be double scale of our towers os?

http://img146.imageshack.us/img146/1506/swfcjuly19rt1.jpg

that building is probably built out of 80% australian materials lol :D

The three red cranes are Orstrayin.

now lev59/267m
lucky1988 pic
http://skyscrapers.cn/forum/attachments/Rail200607280090_CkVf6DG3tZqm.jpg

^^Just love that cladding!!!

Amazing! I haven't looked in ages, it actually has glass now!

WOW!!! How long have they been building for? It's already the size of Rialto and almost Eureka. It took about 6 years for Eureka to be built and this is going up in seconds!! Absolutely FANTASTIC design.

^^ i would have to agree, it has got to be one of the fastest super talls ever done :) great to see it has some glass :okay:

It's construction is very fast! And I haven't looked at this in a while, and when I did I realised it had glass!

WOW!!! How long have they been building for? It's already the size of Rialto and almost Eureka. It took about 6 years for Eureka to be built and this is going up in seconds!! Absolutely FANTASTIC design.

Yeah, Just prooves how slack and how un organized some construction companies are ! Not to mention the shit load of union interference !

Lozza

core rise.
lev57/262m
xiobai
http://i.pbase.com/o4/45/599045/1/65724393.UZAEeW4s.IMG_4076.jpg

Wow it is getting much higher by the day! I love this building and look foward to seeing more progress soon!

And thankyou Mr Braddish for the diagrams you post.

officially now a supertall.
lev66/305m
http://skyscrapers.cn/forum/attachments/tmp_m5YwdLMFKRAj.jpg

This building is wicked!!!

Great building. Awesome progress. Disgusting pollution.

pollution -by product of big metropolis. lets hope our cities dont get like some chinese cities,

now higher then sydney tower
lv68/313m
http://skyscrapers.cn/forum/attachments/tmp_dAuu1m9gWCf8.jpg

wow what amazing speed it is being contructed, 2 floors in as little as 6-7 days? wow!!

Gosh, the facade is looking exactly like the render! Amazing!

My Grandparents are spending three weeks in China, 1 in Hong Kong 1 in Shanghai and 1 in Beijing.

They are in Hong Kong now and going to Shanghai next week so they will see this building, and they said they would take photos of it.

soon to be crowned sexiest glass in the world

a more accurate height estimate is lev68=300m/
scaled off elevation
latest pic.
http://skyscrapers.cn/forum/attachments/295314016_216581f8a5_o_37eloTNlaIFL.jpg

Wow, what an angle to get. Look at the traffic pile up on the 5 lane road, gees lol.

I met the vice president of the new Pudong downtown area planning authority today when he and other collegues were visiting sydney. they came into city council to view our city model. I gave a talk and showed some models of worlds tallest. he recognised the model of SWFC and said how a taller bldg (up to 650m) is in pipeline, should be built near it with in 5 years. wow

render>
http://www.skyscrapers.cn/forum/attachments/278972_1159442150_5FboDZL5G1KK.jpg

image broken lol Edit: thanks for fixing cul.

OMG that building is fantastic!

That is massive, I hope it gets approval.

^^ did SOM design it ?

Orgasmic.

It looks like God's long neck bottle opener.

lev75/325m
http://skyscrapers.cn/forum/attachments/tmp_w61Bc7wrFjIy.jpg

Love that glass!!!

Is the design not still up in the air. That looks about the right height, i saw a doco on the downtown development in Shanghi. The tower will be complete by 2012

Seems a long way off considering it's height already.

yeah that glass is awesome

76fl/330m
http://skyscrapers.cn/forum/attachments/tmp2_YZ3nWBT9SUp8.jpg

Great photo showing 2 great buildings.

I met the vice president of the new Pudong downtown area planning authority today when he and other collegues were visiting sydney. they came into city council to view our city model. I gave a talk and showed some models of worlds tallest. he recognised the model of SWFC and said how a taller bldg (up to 650m) is in pipeline, should be built near it with in 5 years. wow

render>
http://www.skyscrapers.cn/forum/attachments/278972_1159442150_5FboDZL5G1KK.jpg

I know this won't make sense to anyone else BUT... with that 600+ one there, SWFC looks like it makes more sense.

I loved the old circular design of SWFC, and since they changed it to the square, it just looks a little odd... but with the other one in the background, it makes SWFC look bolder (even though it's smaller....)

//end pointless ramble...

lol this building makes SWFC look tiny.

SOM can do much better, I don't like that new tallie at all.

those construction pics are breathtaking

That tall building would be a good replasment for sydney tower
dreams

78/338m
http://www.skyscrapers.cn/forum/attachments/tmp2_ugUMiNsWwNxq.jpg

Never seen that 600m+ tower.

It's strangely unremarkable.

Just doesn't look 'right' for Pudong.

The asymmetric shape clashes with the SWFC, which itself is a shadow of it's original design.

Besides, why build a 650m building if you are not going to make it world's tallest?

In that way this new proposal is like the SWFC itself - a great tower with the singular misfortune of living in era of even greater towers.

current status is that core is at lev78 or 350m. Its geting ready to convert over to steel framed core instead of concrete.
this pic by xitek is one of the most amazing ive seen in 5 years on the forum.
out of this world

http://www.skyscrapers.cn/forum/attachments/278206_1166585472_BCNoDhKxWbG4.jpg

WOW
thats awesome

pretty flash. Australia wont get anything like that for 10 years+
I guarantee you.

I don't think Australia's gonna get a project like that EVER.

for 10 years? lol
i think i agree with sharpie. "never" is the word im looking for.
these super bldgs in china and dubai are another scale.
our tallest office bldg is still 250m rialto.
when are we going to get another all-office over 200m? let alone 300m?
the SWFC is huge. over 65m wide x 65m. we have pencils in comparison due to being resi use. this is why we need to distance ourselves from comparisons with os skyscrapers.

It is rather big in comparison to the Rialto.

http://img401.imageshack.us/img401/1984/swfcrltrsrs0.jpg

^^ indeed, Rialto Towers look's like a toy compard to SWFC

Uhm no they actually look like a building that is smaller than the SWFC.

Poor Jin Mao.

Ok lets say 50 years+

Well so far for Country of size we still have taller buildings than Japan, with their population times 6 of ours or something.

Yet Tokyo is too cool for super-talls etc.. So much going action on the ground that makes up for heights. (Night life, culture, hipsters, big population, and other stuff)

lev78/336m
the concrete core has terminated. a steel core will now be constructed.
jan15
http://farm1.static.flickr.com/144/359070073_60966f4593_o.jpg

^^ Probably a really dumb one, but why would one favour steel over concrete? Cost/weight? Just wondering cos in oz, very little seems to be done on steel, its all concrete, whereas in London it seems to be the opposite - lots of steel, not so much concrete? then you have this and burj for example that have half half....?

I agree that this is one of the all-time most amazing pictures from the forums. It's very similar to a shot of Jin Mao in very much the same lighting that was posted a couple of years back.

current status is that core is at lev78 or 350m. Its geting ready to convert over to steel framed core instead of concrete.
this pic by xitek is one of the most amazing ive seen in 5 years on the forum.
out of this world

http://www.skyscrapers.cn/forum/attachments/278206_1166585472_BCNoDhKxWbG4.jpg

wow
skyscrapers.cn

http://skyscrapers.cn/forum/attachments/tmp1_YdP9Y0o5EPIn.jpg

What an awesome tower, so simple yet so effective!!!

I saw an interesting documentary on Shanghai on Foxtel yesterday and my Grandparent's house. It was really interesting.
It explained how Pudong is literally all mud which complicates the contstruction of these buildings. And they have to make an air tight shaft so the water in the mud can't get in. And for the typhoons Shanghai has they had to add the hole so the wind travels through the building and not against it.
And they changed the design of the hole into a trapezoidal shape because there was some commotion that the circular shape looked too much like the Japanese flag.

Anyway if you have Foxtel and you want to see the program it is called Man Made Marvels and it is on Tuesday on the Discovery Channel I believe.

its going well

my fav scraper u/c at the moment

so classy

jan26
ssfan
http://skyscrapers.cn/forum/attachments/tmp2_uABJR9mIOwYY.jpg

lookstopped out! but still 150m to go!

http://xs511.xs.to/xs511/07052/shanghai8.jpg

^^ could you make the sky part bigger or longer so i could use it in paint and draw the rest much higher like you said CULWULLA

you've got to wonder, with all that smog, how often will the top of this tower even be visible?

there's something so depressing about those two last photos: the smog, the bleakness.

Such a beautiful building but the surrounding environs really ruin it.

You never know, they could change the surroundings.

building quality in Shanghai sure has improved over the years.

Check out this pic of Shanghai. Do you think the new buildings are let down by the surrounds?

http://skyscrapercity.com/showthread.php?t=439167

gees look at all the slummy commie blocks. I would much prefer to live in a smaller, but more nicer looking city than a huge ugly one. Such as Australian cities :)

Check out this pic of Shanghai. Do you think the new buildings are let down by the surrounds?

http://skyscrapercity.com/showthread.php?t=439167

Yes. Not to mention the smoke haze.

great photo. 340m to the left, 350m to the right
http://skyscrapers.cn/forum/attachments/tmp_uRWkuhPoCbhJ.jpg

diagram update
http://img299.imageshack.us/img299/9900/swfcmarchen4.jpg

Jin Mao looks better in that light. But we shall see.

lev82/353m
pic by orion/skyscraper.cn
http://www.panoramio.com/photos/original/1363442/swfc.jpg

I love the facade!!! This is going to be fantastic!

Very nice. Shanghai needs more glass to take the eye away from all those other shockers. Reminds me of the freedom tower in NY but a more refined design.
Should be interesting when it tops out. I preferred the round void in the top section, but it still looks good.

lev88/378m
http://derives.1.free.fr/swfc87.jpg

OMG I cant believe post 151, blue sky! How could I miss that? Too busy staring at the tower I spose....

OMG I cant believe post 151, blue sky! How could I miss that? Too busy staring at the tower I spose....

Every city gets good and bad days with haze.

Yeah, but Chinese cities are chocked with pollution so blue sky is a rarity.

surely that much pollution has got to be unhealthy.

lev89/385m
http://farm1.static.flickr.com/199/470971088_7e72891be6_b.jpg

http://derives.1.free.fr/swfc234.jpg

http://derives.1.free.fr/swfc232.jpg

Such an amazing looking building!!

I was in Shanghai last week on business. It's an utterly amazing building when you walk up to it.

I have a stack of photos, I just need to organise them.

This building looks amazing!!! Can't wait to see the end product.

may20
lev91/405m
http://farm1.static.flickr.com/213/505985065_abfe82658b_b.jpg

the lev95 bridge walk will be 440m high and the lev100 observation deck will be worlds highest at 470m

http://img61.imageshack.us/img61/7614/025af1e5wl9.jpg

Only 10 storeys to go...not long the speed that they are building this at!!

yes approx 90m/300ft go . apparently will be sept.

http://img61.imageshack.us/img61/7614/025af1e5wl9.jpg
wtf. Is this picture from the pc game "City Life"?

Bump. Any updates??

wIUfOnljAjc&v2

That's awesome, looks like Jin Mao is floating in the clouds!

june24
http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1181/621869251_60a9737be8_b.jpg

http://bbs.hasea.com/attachments/forumid_17/20070624_d892a22572978a4a98d287X4v9hJ9YFE.jpg

see thru model of top section
http://i175.photobucket.com/albums/w132/DaSilWil/DSCF2635.jpg

425m high. so impressive
pic by general huo
http://img.club.pchome.net/upload/club/other/2007/6/28/hu_andy_1183016607.JPG

This is one great building. Still prefer the first design (i know it had political issues) but i am warming up to the new one.
To think this was once the world's tallest. It won't make the top 5 in a couple of years! This is def a new golden age for scrapers.

todays pic. lev96 has been reached or 435m i more level and then the start of the hole
Its now same height as roof of Sears Tower. sears gets swallowed up again.

http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1160/767135097_fe4ad11c9a_o.jpg

OMG, this building has to be one of my favourite UC at the moment around the world, behind Burj.

These are the buildings of the future!!! They keep eating Sears Towers! LOL

the two tower cranes are being relocated so work can start on the hole section
http://pdkm01.mofile.com/p/2/2007/7/19/HF/HF9KY89NAN_204.jpg

5 more floors to go now, wonder how long to top section will take.

i reckon a few months. pretty tricky up there.

It looks great, really liking the view of it in the last photo. The glass is just perfect.

how good does the lit up cross beams look!!
http://www.skyscrapers.cn/forum/attachments/20070725_754e75cd89518d839f359GmWovCZvTKE.jpg

Bloody hell I love this tower. Great construction technique too, I like when the facade isn't far behind the poured slabs.

http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1141/951073642_9f21d735c2_b.jpg

This tower is gona be the nicest and biggest bottle opener in the world!

more awesome shots
http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1132/1026624752_ed7a95d7bb_b.jpg

http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1163/1026625494_27e54a4984_b.jpg

makes the 420m Jin mao look small

http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1405/1026401343_b39ce4c708_o.jpg

It's too bad Jin Mao is next to it.

This building is even more beautiful in real life. I saw it about 3 weeks ago and it was an overcast day so I couldn't see the top part because it was in the clouds (or smog).

Shanghai isn't as dense as it looks in the last pic, theres HEAPS of building everywhere but they seemed spaced out.

Cool pics. this one is turning out really really good.
Check out the Chrysler rip off in cul's last pic.

[QUOTE=CULWULLA;14665511]more awesome shots
http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1132/1026624752_ed7a95d7bb_b.jpg

Look at the man on the very top, shows just how big this development is.

Ssssstunning pics posted by autumnriver:

Stunning pics from xitek.com
1
http://img480.imageshack.us/img480/8527/62629768mx6.jpg
2
http://img340.imageshack.us/img340/7362/1095721186481174vf8.jpg
3
http://img169.imageshack.us/img169/4623/2958631186493739mp4.jpg
4
http://img329.imageshack.us/img329/1660/1095721186481232oj1.jpg
5
http://img398.imageshack.us/img398/4472/545741186498335mf7.jpg

Holy cripes, how many people must live in Shanghai? Those last pics just show wall to wall apartments to the horizon.
Nice glass on the SWFC.

wow thats the first pic of the city i have seen without the smog :), doesn't look that bad after all lol.

More coolness...

August 7th:
http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1137/1037715451_dfc112f09f_o.jpg

nice to see the hole forming

More great pics posted by ssfan of this megatower:

some pics from skyscrapers.cn
http://skyscrapers.cn/forum/attachments/20070809_2e92a820af6ce610ec15bYhEGNBM7o7z.jpg
http://skyscrapers.cn/forum/attachments/20070809_3197ae4e840a5d075c2375iJLXUVs0W9.jpg
http://skyscrapers.cn/forum/attachments/20070809_0d1d9cd6851ebaf845e6cTklpTExnddo.jpg

halfway up lev101 or 485m. cant believe its nearly done
http://derives.1.free.fr/swfc200807d.jpg

Now this tower I like, but I'm not sure on the feature on the top with the 'botle opener' hole. Other than that, nice facade, and clean, crisp lines and form.

Soooo much better the Burj Dubai. This is a beautiful building.

Fire halts Shanghai WFC construction

From "KHL World Construction Week".......

Editor: Richard High

A fire at the Mori Building Co.'s 101 storey Shanghai World Financial Center (SWFC) has stopped work on what will be the world’s second-tallest skyscraper once completed in 2008.

The blaze started on the 26th floor of the building in Shanghai's financial district at about 4:30 pm local time Wednesday 14 July, according to a spokesman quoted by local press agencies.

At the time the spokesman said he did not know if there had been any injuries or how long construction could be delayed.

Smoke could still be seen emanating from the building at 6 pm local time. Firefighter on the scene were quoted as saying the blaze had been brought under control, while ambulance crews arriving at 5 pm said they had not had to treat any injuries.

Witnesses said smoke was seen coming from the building at 4.40 pm, with police and firemen arriving about 10 minutes later.

Mori Building, Japan's biggest private real-estate developer, is investing YEN 105 billion (US$ 888 million) constructing China’s tallest building. Construction was halted in 1997 because of the Asian financial crisis and in 2005 political tensions over Japan’s occupation of China in World War II led to the removal of a circular hole from designs of the building's apex amid concerns it resembled the Japanese flag.

omg, nooooooooooooo, as long as it didnt collapse :|

So thats why they changed the circle design to the misshapen square it is now. The circle looked waaaay better.

basically because it looked too chinese. eg flag,
now only 10m top section to go

http://img170.imageshack.us/img170/7416/20070825e0b3174b08e106aus7.jpg

Japanese???

I think they have a nerve considering they see nothing wrong with threatening Taiwan with war. Besides, the circular void was quite elegant. This one looks like someone forgot to finish the building.

elegant

:bash:

My spelling I presume?

http://img54.imageshack.us/img54/8185/untitled1xx9.gif

I just made this quickly in Photoshop.

I must admit after comparing the two I prefer the circular-void version. It gives the building a less heavier visual appeal with the curves and would've looked great, IMO. The square void also looks fantastic however it has a much heavier look.

just about there. only 5m to go.

http://skyscrapers.cn/forum/attachments/20070902_3bcab39c354f51d4c98auQpvQM8Ns4N3.jpg

I don't think it would of been a problem if anyone new of the square void before the round one.

It's a good top out anyhow compared to a standard box design with a petty spire although a building of that size would of had a decent one anyway.

topped out!!
http://skyscrapers.cn/forum/attachments/20070906_ce85d006cabd81d35cb10WUpNWqaYTPc.jpg

looks really weird side on

http://skyscrapers.cn/forum/attachments/20070906_7f9482bc89500f36a685uR4DJkTDmuO8.jpg

They always say "never trust the render". However I believe that after watching this beast grow, I'd have to say this is an exception.

I'm going to visit this building within the next decade.

I think this is becoming my favourite building.

yes its a beauty
http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1063/1396112302_bd303e11d2_o.jpg

Drool!

A building that has turned out immensely better thant its render. Superb!

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2047/2227226367_d0dbc56600_b.jpg

amazing website>
http://www.swfc-observatory.com/
the 101st floor will have glass bottom, some 474m high. fark

latest
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3022/2343308444_f7d835d3c4_o.jpg

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2287/2327169922_8c1a939ed0_b.jpg

I just shit my pants, thats amazing.

i'm just curious but how are they going to get the two cranes down? are there any mobile cranes which can reach that height? probably would be... i guess but... it just seems too tall for one.

^one of them will disasemble the other then a smaller crane will be erected to dismantle the last red crane, then the small crane will be dismantled and taken down in goods lift
latest
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3195/2377066634_9ce07feabc_b.jpg

^^ thanks, makes sense...

i can't believe they changed the design because of it looking like the japanese flag, and the world thinks we're racist :lol: i mean i don't know about anyone else, but when i see the old design i don't see or think of the japanese flag lol

Wow this one is great, one of the most beautiful buildings around. Can't say that i like the roads surrounding each scraper though. Looks stupid and fugly

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3159/2482830766_6f99956099_b.jpg

whats everyone think of SWFC?
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3102/2566914741_a00a025246_b.jpg

Sexy. That new tower next to it will be even MORE stunning though :eek:

I still prefer the circular hole.

One of the best skyscrapers in the world.

Wow lol.

yes the circular hole would have looked more spectacular.
that view is from ob deck of jiin mao which is 350m high.
half a km high tower.
this was supposed to be worlds tallest back in 1997. at 460m.
but it was shelved for a decade. now at 492m its currently 3rd tallest and thats as high as it wil get as there are now a dozen projects uc that will eclipse it.
quite amazing really

nice scraper, pity about the rest of the city

Amazing! Beautiful building. :)

deleted

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2210/2584289377_f928bcdf10_b.jpg

WOW! That is gorgeous. If there was any fault it would be the podium. Should be straight up. This just moved into my top 3 Tall buildings in the world.

http://i36.tinypic.com/2mrgswi.jpg

:drool::drool::drool::drool::drool::drool::drool::drool:

fark
http://www.tvdance.com/chrisfarley/images/2a.gif

Without a doubt, the most futuristic city.

Simply amazing!!!

deleted

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3174/2685160930_9207fbb44d_b.jpg


such a treat this tower
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3075/2684356487_bbe14ff1a5_b.jpg

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3186/2685176464_4717f33ca8_b.jpg

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3086/2685167682_a5432c645b_b.jpg

from todays telegraph
http://www.news.com.au/dailytelegraph/story/0,22049,24245194-5013605,00.html

Bird's-eye view 100 floors up

THE world's highest observation deck - located on the 100th floor of China's tallest skyscraper - is about to open to the public.

The sightseeing spot is 474m above the ground in the Shanghai World Financial Centre. It opens on Saturday.

Sightseers who want a bird's-eye view of the city will have to pay $25 each for the experience.

The building, finished earlier this year but not yet open to the public, has 101 floors for a total height of 492m, making it the tallest in China.

As well as the observation deck, the building will also have a luxury hotel, shops and 70 floors of office space.

Until now, the highest similar venue has been the Sky Pod of the CN Tower in Toronto at 447m high.

this is worth a look. a timeline of constrction
iNy0KLdik6k[/QUOTE]

view from 472m
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3152/2842855871_3557bfbe4e_b.jpg

http://bbs.home.news.cn/upfiles/03802CCE.002C

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3289/2841992005_c13624a401_b.jpg

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3064/2859903101_184f8f26af_b.jpg

simply amazing...love this building even though it looks like a giant bottle-opener.

^^That night shot is incredible!!

Will post some of my pics when I get a chance to upload.

THE MOST amazing observation deck in the most amazing tower, ever.

This is simply one of the finest skyscrapers ever built.

Did you have an awesome time in China? :happy:

Im in Nanjing right now actually. Came from Shanghai and going to Hangzhou tomorrow. I'm absolutely loving it.:banana: