what a great looking tower/s
319m Nina tower HK

pic by leomack
http://starphotohk.com/hk-place/NinaTower(Pano1A)-800.jpg
the shorty tower is actually quite big at 178m.

http://starphotohk.com/hk-place/20051218-TsuenWan01-600.jpg

Love this tower. I can remember hearing about it way back in 2000.

new 1000footer for HK.
ONE ISLAND EAST
70ST OFFICE
308M
started construction in march.
website>
http://www.oneislandeast.com.hk/
http://www.skyscrapernews.com/images/pics/664NewHongKongSupertallUnderConstruction_pic1.jpg

http://netalbum.netvigator.com/photos/2006/07/17/c3331170501564231153137990949.JPG

location-long way from talls. should dominate the area
http://img137.imageshack.us/img137/9010/islandeast2ko6.jpg

484m/100st ICC
currently lev26/125m.

fatshe
http://www.skyscrapers.cn/forum/attachments/028_9fQL5ybUIh4c.jpg

275m PARK HYATT HOTEL
hidden by green mesh.lol
pic by fatsche
http://www.skyscrapers.cn/forum/attachments/029_cvHz20ukfdem.jpg

Great design !

new 1000footer for HK.
ONE ISLAND EAST
70ST OFFICE
308M
location-long way from talls. should dominate the area

Nina Tower is also a fair way from Central and not even on HK Island. It's right out in the The New Territories in Tsuen Wan. It does dominate the area esp with a little low rise shopping mall next door. There are quite a few tall appartment towers though.

I had a good inspection of Nina Tower this time last year ... it looked great then and it looks great now and it's certainly looking much higher.

This is orginal proposal 515m that was never built.
http://www.emporis.com/files/transfer/5/2002/12/174789.gif

http://www.skyscrapers.cn/forum/attachments/029_cvHz20ukfdem.jpg

Where the feck did the park hyatt come from? that's gone up extremely fast!
It looks almost right behind the Penisula Hotel and very close to the Kowloon Hotel. It's rather monolithic for this part of TST.

I wonder if it causes issues with the helipads on the Peninsula Hotel roof?

ICC is massive. now lev52/219m
pix from taipei walker
http://img151.imageshack.us/img151/471/159ob0.jpg

http://img151.imageshack.us/img151/5329/230hs4.jpg

http://img151.imageshack.us/img151/5980/345ml4.jpg

Brilliant tower. All towers of height should have design to go with them, its just brilliant :D.

pic by leomack
http://starphotohk.com/hk-place/NinaTower(Pano1A)-800.jpg



Is that bamboo scaffolding on the top? F**k that.... :nuts:

pic by leomack
Is that bamboo scaffolding on the top? F**k that.... :nuts:

You know, I don't think I've EVER seen anything but bamboo scaffolding in HK. I don't understand how it all stays up, particularly 300+ metres up... scary.

I saw mega cities HK on tv and they where interviewing a construction worker on the job site & she's talking away, hanging over the edge, tying bamboo bits together, no problems mate, no safety harness. All I could think of was what I said yesterday starting with F.

Bamboo is far stronger than most people give it credit for, and cheap too. But it rots easily. They hold the bamboo structure together purely through plastic ties AFAIK.

I get goosebumps when I see the stuff going on in Hong Kong...I'm studying business here and will be taking a semester abroad at a University in Hong Kong...Can't wait!:banana:

^^ It was the most exciting part of the degree I undertook at U of HK. You will appreciate forward thinking governments much more so than in any english-speaking countries. Their visions are generational wonders!:)

ICC now 72 stories or 278m
kaka.ac
http://i46.photobucket.com/albums/f111/fl3698b/IMG_7056s.jpg

LOVE it!!

I still prefer the old design for Union Square/Kowloon MTR tower.

pic by leomack
http://starphotohk.com/hk-place/NinaTower(Pano1A)-800.jpg



Is that bamboo scaffolding on the top? F**k that.... :nuts:

Just to reiterate, this tower is not in the in the city and it a few kilometres out in the New Territories. It's a bigun for the suburbs and looks even more impressive when its considered as a suburban tower.

Tsuen Wan
Note the position on Tsuen Wan on the map below, with HK Island to the south, it is defintely a little way out of the city and kowloon.
http://traffic.td.gov.hk/images/en/live_full_map.gif

Damn, why can't we get a few of their scrapers!!! Ours are all under 300m with a few exceptions.

another supertall progressing well.one island east
why cant australia do what HK do. just throw a 300m tower in a middle of lowrise crap/
currently about 50fl/250m

http://i135.photobucket.com/albums/q144/aboveday2006/ssmar2002.jpg

http://netalbum2006.netvigator.com/netalbum/photos/9585b1e661a2d0b4dea994e74f3a46aa6339632fae0725641483db61390819d75b6eceb63d23790a8618a43700da6216

I love these HK designs.

High Quality reflective glass. ;)

:p

My god i have to get to HK someday. I'm a real sucker for shiny glass skyscrapers ;) It really is the modern skyscraper mecca, more so than Dubai IMHO.

It's going gangbusters! HK here I come.

http://netalbum2006.netvigator.com/netalbum/photos/9585b1e661a2d0b4dea994e74f3a46aa6339632fae0725641483db61390819d75b6eceb63d23790a8618a43700da6216

That is sex.

ICC has reached lev77 or just on 300m
http://www.skyscrapers.cn/forum/attachments/20070708_caf6afb9a0d96a8fa3d4VA4oz9MC8CRZ.jpg

what a great looking tower/s
319m Nina tower HK

pic by leomack
http://starphotohk.com/hk-place/NinaTower(Pano1A)-800.jpg
the shorty tower is actually quite big at 178m.

http://starphotohk.com/hk-place/20051218-TsuenWan01-600.jpg


The facade on the smaller tower on the top pic is how I'm expecting Vision's facade to turn out, well it ought to anyway... Highly reflective, just gorgeous and timeless. I hope the lighter green tinge won't ruin this though...

Wow, some truly stunning buildings being constructed over there!!!!

hk is so impressive
http://img208.imageshack.us/img208/975/1321397302ddf605ee1dbqp8.jpg

^^ Yeh, Hong Kong is really awsome.
I really prefer the design of the buildings in Hong Kong - - I really like the 'glassy effect'.
Even though the 'suburban design' which melbourne and other australian cities are embracing are still pretty good - - i still think should build a few more glassy ones

I used to love arriving in Hong Kong on a trip. Driving in from the Airport watching the massive suspension bridge be built over the harbour, and ICC slowly reaching for the sky. It's absolutely breathtaking!

ICC is now 400m high and 7th skyscraper in history to have 100 floors
pic by aboveday

http://starphotohk.com/hk-place/2008/20080121-UnionSquarePhase7ICC(Pano)01-800.jpg

another supertall for HK.
the 308m One island east. full height in just one year!

http://starphotohk.com/hk-place/2008/20080203-TaiKooPlaceOneIslandEast(Pano)01-960.jpg

Nice :)! how many supertalls (300+) are U/C now in HK ? Like the glass on One Island East tower but can't see the photo of ICC .

Ooh I'd love that baby in Barangaroo, or somewhere in the middle of the Chifley Talls... sweet!

why can hk build a scraper that big in one year and we need 5?

my god
http://img166.imageshack.us/img166/7444/251211161441c21fd1c5ojg1.jpg

Anyone got any idea how many towers there are in HK that are +150, +200m +250m and +300m ????
Surely the most of any city in the world ( maybe apart from Dubai for +300m jobs) , including NYC ???

That pano is fucking crazy.

Anyone got any idea how many towers there are in HK that are +150, +200m +250m and +300m ????
Surely the most of any city in the world ( maybe apart from Dubai for +300m jobs) , including NYC ???

Unfortunately, I haven't come across a very reliable breakdown of buildings by height, especially for the shorter ones. There are just too many of them.

icc has had its core box removed .ready for top 18fl/65m or so of hollow steel construction
looking magnificent
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3037/2957920531_a9b9a37789_o.jpg

iCC is a monster~! now 30m higher then sears tower
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3377/3336818206_35a9e8a5ed_b.jpg

These post-reunification super towers are great to look at from a distance but for street activation and podiums they are pretty ordinary..

Two International Finance Centre
http://www.defacto2.net/x/k (4).jpghttp://www.defacto2.net/x/k (7).jpg

International Commerce Centre
http://www.defacto2.net/x/k.jpghttp://www.defacto2.net/x/k (6).jpghttp://www.defacto2.net/x/k (3).jpghttp://www.defacto2.net/x/k (1).jpghttp://www.defacto2.net/x/k (2).jpg

ICC now topped out at just under 1/2 kM high
http://img14.imageshack.us/img14/2883/p3200016.jpg

Yeah from a distance they look great if a little disjointed esp ICC, it links Kowloon with the Island iconically but unortunately it's not really in a great spot on the Kowloon peninsula. I really preferred the taller towers being hidden a little back off the water, these babies just sit right on the harbour and diminish the rest of the skyline.

Those podium shots make the place look like morwell on a sunday & yes, i agree with you Avatar, i always wondered why the taller towers where smack bang on the waters edge. Its not as if they are the most lively addition to an active waterfront. But in terms of size, sexy glass etc I cant complain. Still using that bamboo scaffolding I see. (shudders)

Feels like an eternity with International Commerce Centre / Union square / whatever

http://alamarav.com/alastair/pics/random/hotel_view_night.jpg

They need 1 day to approve a scraper and another to construct it. We need 1 decade to approve one and a century to build it. Then halfway through we'll find that we're off our budget and it'll take another decade to build something that's now toned down and less than impressive.

this is being advertised like no tomorrow all over the MTR: http://www.lakesilver.hk/eng/

no big towers however...

Tayser - this it at the end of the Ma On Shan Line, isn't it?

I love HK property developers - there are more disclaimers on that site than actual information about the development. Are you familiar with The Palazzo, another development by Sino Land? It's much the same as Lake Silver: plonked on top of a distant MTR station, painted pink with some plastic arches and given an amazing 'clubhouse' that will quickly become empty as the developer closes the facilities.

And I didn't even mention the tiny habitation cubes. Sorry, apartments.

ICC nearing completion
http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2794/4100193407_6ae09c20de_b.jpg


http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2670/4106694358_150ec908cc_b.jpg

Festival City, Shatin

http://www.globalphotos.org/hongkong/2010/1128/IMG_8291.jpg

http://www.globalphotos.org/hongkong/2010/1128/IMG_8304.jpg

http://www.globalphotos.org/hongkong/2010/1128/IMG_8327.jpg

http://www.globalphotos.org/hongkong/2010/1128/IMG_8341.jpg

http://www.globalphotos.org/hongkong/2010/1128/IMG_8365.jpg

LOHAS Park, Tseung Kwan O

http://www.globalphotos.org/hongkong/2010/1127/IMG_7854.jpg

http://www.globalphotos.org/hongkong/2009/0830/IMG_0294.jpg

Serenade, Tai Hang Road

http://www.globalphotos.org/hongkong/2009/1213/IMG_4356.jpg

http://www.globalphotos.org/hongkong/2009/1213/IMG_4328.jpg

http://www.globalphotos.org/hongkong/2009/1213/IMG_4325.jpg

ICC

http://www.globalphotos.org/hongkong/2010/0703/IMG_6750.jpg

http://www.globalphotos.org/hongkong/2010/0703/IMG_6773.jpg

http://www.globalphotos.org/hongkong/2010/0703/IMG_6774.jpg

^^ Still building ugly walls of skyscraper flats :ohno:

Love the height and density of developments on HK island & in Kowloon, but I thought developers were barred from building such walls now - as it affects the microclimate, air quality etc?

Those condos trump SimCity.

I thought meriton was bad...

Pretty damn scary - like battery houses for people instead of chooks. Couldn't they vary them a bit in design and/or height?

ICC

http://www.globalphotos.org/hongkong/2010/0703/IMG_6750.jpg



I think this sums up HK's skyline perfectly. Build one sexy ,glassy scraper at the front to hide all those eye sores at the back. At street level i loved the clash between the 2 (1st vs almost 3rd world) it was very interesting. In actual fact i just loved HK in general.

http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5129/5210843638_b5979ca234_b.jpg
http://www.flickr.com/photos/xavibarca/5210843638/sizes/l/in/photostream/

Gah! Them residential towers makes Admiralty in Brisbane look good :O

I like those twin towers, here:
http://www.globalphotos.org/hongkong/2009/1213/IMG_4328.jpg

^ That's an urban redevelopment project called Serenade : http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showthread.php?p=69583607

Tamar Government Headquarters - will open later this year :

http://www.globalphotos.org/hongkong/2011/0312/IMG_4682.jpg

50 Connaught Road Central - a new building in the classical style :

http://www.globalphotos.org/hongkong/2011/0401/IMG_5743.jpg

http://www.globalphotos.org/hongkong/2011/0401/IMG_5751.jpg

http://www.globalphotos.org/hongkong/2011/0401/IMG_5764.jpg