New 90storey/336m mixed use tower for Panama City. "Palacio de la Bahia"
amazing design. 300m high observation deck.
unique floor plates.Construction has commenced ,will be tallest in Latin America on competion in 2009.

photos courtesy of menandro

http://img422.imageshack.us/img422/7987/palaciodelabahai5qd.jpg

floor plan
sort of two towers above one.
http://www.palaciobahia.com/04palacio/galeria3/grandes/06.jpg

http://www.palaciobahia.com/04palacio/galeria5/grandes/01.jpg

love the interiors
http://www.palaciobahia.com/04palacio/galeria2/grandes/03.jpg

location
http://img91.imageshack.us/img91/1488/ubicacion4mw.jpg

Man, i love double height windows. Best thing ever.
Very whacky looking tower, I like it.

nice.

Whacky indeed, but still cool.

Looks like somthing you would see in dubai.

I like it!

HUGE: So god damn fat.

im sorry, but what the hell is that fugliness...

What the hell is that torch cauldron?

What the hell is that torch cauldron?
A helipad.


It looks about as good as a giant turd. It makes most of the designs I have conceived look almost conservative. That ugly helipad hat must go - it's just beyond feral.

i think its a beautiful tower. so differnt from the norm. lots of shapes and forms.
atleast the top hasnt got a boring spire or mast.

I agree and that photo with the apartment is superb.

Fancy Shmancy - an architect with a sense of humor. Honestly it is an amazing tower but did anyone else laugh when they saw it - LOL.

Its so...... Fancy!

Fancy Shmancy - an architect with a sense of humor. Honestly it is an amazing tower but did anyone else laugh when they saw it - LOL.

Its so...... Fancy!

Yeah.

Overall it looks like rainforest design + something you see in North Korea.

At first glance it looks like that giant Hotel in Pyongyang because of the revolving restaurant.

I'm really lovin' the interiors and the main towers look good but the 'podium' or lower reaches let it down.

omg sexy!

i'm so glad that tower looks crap otherwise i'd be envious...

I am surpised alot of you like it. It's an example of very mediocre design.

It looks to me like a model you might expect to see in a 1960s sci-fi show - or in something like the thunderbirds. It's so vulgar it's almost palitable. I will say the double high apparment with void and exposed windows look amazing though.

It looks ok, but that top bit...what ever you would call it, looks kinda weird.

yet another 80storey/250m+ apartment tower for panama city
ARTS TOWER
http://www.habitatsrealty.com/imagenes/arts/800/arts.jpg

not forgeting the 104st/381M ICE TOWER

http://www.qualityinvestment.com.pa/uploads/IceTower/IceTower3G.JPG

Don't like the ice tower too much but the arts one is great!!

wow, panama city is really bringing out the futuristic and diffrent designed buildings. And I dont seem to mind any of them at all. Anything different is good imo.

I'm going to have to watch this place more often.

hmmm i say we need more of that here :P

A few other Panama City U/C:

Torre Vitri - 75 stories - 240 m
http://img65.imageshack.us/img65/5393/vitri1bh.jpg

Ocean II - 73 stories - 235 m
http://img81.imageshack.us/img81/8948/ocean5jk.jpg

Pearl Tower - 70 stories - 213 m
http://img73.imageshack.us/img73/7377/pearl1sz.jpg

Trump Tower Panama
http://img73.imageshack.us/img73/5559/trump1ef.jpg

not sure what to think of the exterior but at least it is not mundane looking so it will at least capture your attention.

blah

What's with all the huge towers in Panama??

That Arts Tower is a brilliant design.

Love them all accept ice tower :)

i dont like the look of the trump tower.

So how come donald trumps going for panama with all the malaria and poison water there instead of the gold coast where the sand is white? I'd be pleased if donald trump came to australia and planted one of his buildings somewhere. :)

how about Trumps latest for Panama
http://img109.imageshack.us/img109/9913/t33la.jpg

So how come donald trumps going for panama with all the malaria and poison water

Are you kidding or are you actually THAT ignorant?

Don't like the ice tower too much but the arts one is great!!

I am loving that Arts Tower, everything about it seems just spot on. It's brilliant and it's a pity we didn't get something like that here.

Are you kidding or are you actually THAT ignorant?

I think he's actually that ignorant. Can't be sure though!

Just kidding. Panama City is an amazing place. Does it get more North American or Latin American tourists?

Panama City is an amazing place. Does it get more North American or Latin American tourists?

Mostly Latin Americans I'd say, maybe as much as twice the amount of North Americans (I guess you mean USA and Canda).

Waters Tower is another project in Panama that I like:

http://static.flickr.com/47/167198644_cedde7228a_o.jpg

72 floors 220m

Hello my fellow Australian friends,I'm American and Panamanian and I decided to simply show you one of the 2 cities from where I am from. This is Panama City,Panama,a city with a population of almost 1.5 million people. Sometimes considered to be the best Latin American skyline in the world. Enjoy!



Sort of an interstate in Panama that goes above water...
http://www.czimages.com/CZMemories/Photos/corrsur/Corredor_sur2.jpg
Balboa Avenue(It is one of the main avenues in the city. It stretches from Colonial Panama City that dates back to the 17th century to the modern Panama City
http://www.photoatlas.com/photo/panama_avenida_balboa.jpg
Panama City Picture
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v142/menandro/buena.jpg
And just random pictures of Panama including constructions in which some of these places are going to be the site for some of the tallest buildings in the world....
http://img198.exs.cx/img198/7601/panama086yv.jpg
http://img150.imageshack.us/img150/4084/panama989ab.jpg
http://www.worldrider.com/blog/photos/panama_city_cerro_ancon.jpg
http://img110.imageshack.us/img110/4016/point35ld.jpg
http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y14/coronado129/August%2005%20and%20onward/f2dfced9.jpg
http://www.photo.net/philg/digiphotos/200401-panama-city-aerials/18.half.jpg
http://i49.photobucket.com/albums/f289/jarish01/Punta%20pacifica/terramar/P1140849.jpg
http://i49.photobucket.com/albums/f289/jarish01/Punta%20pacifica/terramar/P1140851.jpg
http://i49.photobucket.com/albums/f289/jarish01/Punta%20pacifica/terramar/P1140850.jpg
http://i49.photobucket.com/albums/f289/jarish01/Punta%20pacifica/terramar/P1140854.jpg
http://i49.photobucket.com/albums/f289/jarish01/Punta%20pacifica/terramar/P1140855.jpg
http://i49.photobucket.com/albums/f289/jarish01/Punta%20pacifica/terramar/P1140857.jpg
http://i49.photobucket.com/albums/f289/jarish01/Punta%20pacifica/terramar/P1140859.jpg
http://i49.photobucket.com/albums/f289/jarish01/Punta%20pacifica/terramar/P1140860.jpg
http://i49.photobucket.com/albums/f289/jarish01/costa%20del%20este/P1130982.jpg
http://i49.photobucket.com/albums/f289/jarish01/costa%20del%20este/P1130987.jpg
http://i49.photobucket.com/albums/f289/jarish01/costa%20del%20este/P1130974.jpg
http://i49.photobucket.com/albums/f289/jarish01/costa%20del%20este/P1130924.jpg
http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y14/coronado129/P1000310.jpg
http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y14/coronado129/P1000306.jpg
http://img139.imageshack.us/img139/147/modern89hg.jpg
http://img139.imageshack.us/img139/4821/modern211gm.jpg
http://img139.imageshack.us/img139/8181/modern118sq.jpg
http://img98.imageshack.us/img98/8756/miasto4wr.jpg


Some of the projects that are under construction
ice tower 104 floors 381mtrs(2010,Under Construction)
http://www.c21online.net/ImagenUpload/5370%20-%201.jpg


trump tower(Under COnstruction 2009)
http://img363.imageshack.us/img363/6021/oc1bp.jpg

vitri tower 75 floors 240mtrs(Under Construction 2008)
http://www.c21online.net/imagenUpload/5194%20-%201.jpg

ocean two 70 floors 236 mtrs(Under Construction,2008)
http://www.ffproperties.net/images/big_ocean2.jpg

ten tower 47 floors 177mtrs(Under Construction,2008)

Arts Tower 250m(2009,Under Construcion)
http://img.photobucket.com/albuns/v59/albrook/P1010154.jpg
http://www.habitatsrealty.com/imagenes/arts/800/arts.jpg
Palacio de la Bahia 93 floors 350m 2009(Under Construction)
http://www.proyectosterra.com/images/fachada1.jpg
http://img448.imageshack.us/img448/303/palacio6cy.jpg
Farros del Panama(285m,Under Construction,2009)

http://www.fotothing.com/photos/197/1979ae1c87087eb36375875d638bc95e.jpg
Torre Planetarium 300m(Under Construction 2009-10)
http://img222.imageshack.us/img222/2447/planetarium4hd.jpg

Special thanks to Djmegabyte,Menandro,Panamaniac,Shafick,Eduardo Alonso.

All of these projects are under construction so that you all know. I will put some more another day. If you want to see all of the projects going on in Panama then check this website,
This website includes all of the projects going on in Panama right now including the ones that are already built. (http://www.emporis.com/en/wm/ci/bu/sk/li/?id=101251&bt=2&ht=2&sro=1)

Panama City looks great! :okay:
Those new projects are amazing. Cant wait to see the city in a couple of years. Would be a great place to practice base jumping.
Great shots my friend. :okay:

-koolkid

You're all over the website! Man you're on fire! LOL thanks man.

^^ hahaha
:lol:
No problem.
:wave:

-koolkid

Holy Crap - that city skyline puts Melbourne to shame (a city twice the size!)

* Moved thread here from QLD section.

Yeah, a lot of towers for 1.5 million!! Dam! We have urban sprawl and they have so many towers...:cry:

Great city! Looks like its in a boom cycle...

thanks panamaboy, but make sure you scroll down page and see if there is another panama thread. which there is. ive merged them. lots of tall bldgs going up! why? Dubai effect? tallest being 381m ice tower?
will any of them have any observation decks? seems ashame if none of them do.
hope we get construction updates?
cheers mate

lets see some U/C shots cos it seems everthing is U/C at the moment there

has anyone any updates of the big ones in this thread? i cant understand the language in South America threads.