Best Cancelled Skyscraper

Nominate what you think are the 3 best proposals that were never built, based on project renderings and other information you've seen. These must be "official" projects that were serious proposals at the time - in other words, you may not nominate your own made-up "fantasy" projects. They must be real projects by real architects that failed to materialize for some reason or other.

If you need some help in deciding, you can check the diagrams here:
http://www.skyscraperpage.com/diagrams/?17315106

Please use this thread for nominating only. You may post 1 picture for each of your nominations. If you wish to
discuss the topic in detail, or post larger numbers of pictures, then please use the "DISCUSS:" thread.


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General rules:
The Hall of Fame forum is where we decide about our all-time favourites from the world of skyscrapers, skylines, buildings and cities. Every week users can nominate and vote in a specific category.

The five nominations that get the most mentions will be up for the final vote the week after. The one receiving the most votes will go into the Hall of Fame.

Nominating
If you name more then three, only the first three will count. If you name the same structure or city three times, that will be counted as one. Do not use this thread for discussions.

Promoting your favorite
Discuss this week's topic in the 'DISCUSS:' thread.

I really liked the crystal facade of the Kowloon MTR Tower (now Union Square's commercial supertall).

My nominations:

1. Grollo Tower, Melbourne

http://i2.tinypic.com/s63hc1.jpg




2. Albert Memorial Tower, London

http://www.skyscrapernews.com/images/pics/200TheAlbertMemorial_pic1.jpg




3. Parkhaven Tower, Rotterdam

http://i2.tinypic.com/s63hvk.jpg

Miglin-Beitler Skyneedle, Chicago

http://www.emporis.com/files/transfer/6/2002/09/160336.jpg
http://archiv.neviditelnypes.zpravy.cz/architek/0805b.jpg

Weston Tower - Toronto

http://skyscraperpage.com/gallery/data/547/28toronto-westinolympiatower.jpg

College Park - Toronto (podium was built)

http://skyscraperpage.com/gallery/data/547/28toronto-eatonscollege.jpg

Maryon Tower - Toronto

http://skyscraperpage.com/gallery/data/547/28toronto-maryontower.jpg

As for the last, as far as unbuilt skyscrapers go, it's a beaut! It's much better unbuilt than built....

Courtesy from SSP


Hong Kong Wan Chai tower, Hong Kong. 400m.

http://www.skyscraperpage.com/cities/?buildingID=23203&drawingID=18298




Brisbane Central, Brisbane. 450m

http://www.skyscraperpage.com/cities/?buildingID=1700&drawingID=1698

7 S. Dearborn
http://img91.imageshack.us/img91/4948/tall13ju.jpg

Miglin Skyneedle
http://img91.imageshack.us/img91/2672/mbskyneedle79iq.gif

Damac HQ- forgot about that one, but I loved it the first time I saw the rendering

I only got 1 right now:

Citygate ecotower, London, 485m
http://www.skyscrapernews.com/images/pics/189CitygateEcotower_pic1.jpg

Miglin-Beitler Skyneedle, Chicago hands down. Revive it!!!!!!!!!

Damac Headquarter in Dubai
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v171/chady/media.jpg

Mmmmm miglin-beitler. Wow that would have looked great. It doesn't matter chicago has the best skyline in the country with or without it.

Toronto's maryon and weston towers should get put back on the drawing board, any idea why they never built them?

IMO It is ''Three Empires Tower Istanbul '' =( 650 m ! :bash:

http://skyscraperpage.com/gallery/data/560/4023tet.jpg

Albert Memorial Tower in London too. This would have really improved the view of big ben.

1. Grollo Tower - Melbourne

2. Brisbane Central - Brisbane

3. Parkhaven Tower - Rotterdam

I pick Skyneedle in Chicago.

1 - 4 First Union Center - Charlotte, NC
2 - Tour Sans Fins - Paris La Défense
3 - 3 california Plaza - LA

http://img91.imageshack.us/img91/2672/mbskyneedle79iq.gif

I wanna cry everytime I se this pic :cry:

1) Kowloon MTR Tower (Hong Kong HK)
2) 7 South Dearborn (Chicago IL)
3) United Tower (Dubai DU)

1: Miglin-Beitler Skyneedle
2: 7 South Dearborn
3: United Tower

(united tower is probably unknown to most so here are a few pics:)

http://img48.imageshack.us/img48/6448/u11kb.jpg

http://img85.imageshack.us/img85/793/u21qw.jpg

1. Maryon Tower - Toronto, Canada
2. Palace of the Soviets - Moscow, Russia
3. SkyCity - Pasig, Philippines
http://skyscraperpage.com/graphics/dotclear.gif

Parkhaventoren - Rotterdam
Albert Memorial Tower - London
Hong Kong Wan Chai tower - Hong Kong

palace of the sovijets looks cool. (im not a commie but hey it does look cool!!'

palace of the sovijets looks cool. (im not a commie but hey it does look cool!!'

You don't have to be one to like it :D

Also who can forget Wright's mile high skyscraper:

http://membres.lycos.fr/boscha/desurbanisme/images/onemile1.jpg

Also who can forget Wright's mile high skyscraper:

http://membres.lycos.fr/boscha/desurbanisme/images/onemile1.jpg

The Mile High skyscraper is more vision than cancelled.

Wouldn't the defense department veto such a skyscraper even if it was technically feasible? Don't they own the airspace above a certain height?

DAMAC Headquarters, Dubai

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v171/chady/media.jpg

Badriya Tower, Dubai (415m)

http://www.skyscrapercity.com/photopost/data/500/11020Badriya_Tower.jpg

United Tower, Dubai

http://img48.imageshack.us/img48/6448/u11kb.jpg

The Mile High skyscraper is more vision than cancelled.
Yes, as I said at the beginning, this is for cancelled skyscrapers - i.e. projects that were serious proposals to begin with.

The Mile High Skyscraper was never a serious proposal.

And btw - could you PLEASE use the discussion (http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showthread.php?t=330761) thread. It takes ages to setup these contests and it's annoying when I have to sift through all the discussions in the "nominations" thread...

1.Albert Memorial.London :

http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y68/El_Greco/281london-albertmemorial.jpg

2.Central Criminal Courts.London :

http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y68/El_Greco/4629CentralCriminalCourt_pic1.jpg

3.Selfridges.London :

http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y68/El_Greco/selfridges2072.jpg

Sorry about that then

i'll go with badriya tower.. it was simply amazing..

my vote is for Palace of the Soviets

that building is pure bad ass.

Millenium Tower and Ivana, both from Las Vegas.

Millenium Tower and Ivana, both from Las Vegas.

Is there one in Vegas? The only ones I know are in London and Tokyo :)

Wanch, next time you post discussions in this thread, you're brigged.

The Mile High Tower was never technically CANCELLED.

What do you think the Burj Dubai is? ;)

More nominations please! Come on, don't be shy! :)

Not exactly a skyscraper, but it's almost shame it's cancelled: Beacon of Progress, Chicago. Height: 457.2 m / 1500 ft. Proposed in 1900.

The Beacon of Progress, 1900 (http://libraries.mit.edu/archives/exhibits/beacon/index.html)

http://i30.photobucket.com/albums/c321/chriswevers/beaconofprogress.jpg

http://i30.photobucket.com/albums/c321/chriswevers/beacon5n_2.gif

http://i30.photobucket.com/albums/c321/chriswevers/beacon_color2.gif

http://i30.photobucket.com/albums/c321/chriswevers/beacon5h_2.gif

http://i30.photobucket.com/albums/c321/chriswevers/beaconcompared.gif

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Reason: Not a nomination

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Reason: Not a nomination

World Trade Center, Chicago
2,300 feet (701m) 186 stories. Proposed in 1981 completion would have been circa 1987.

Computer rendering.
http://img164.imageshack.us/img164/1313/wtcf.gif _ http://img164.imageshack.us/img164/5043/wtcb.gif

http://img154.imageshack.us/img154/8271/wtc1.th.jpg (http://img154.imageshack.us/my.php?image=wtc1.jpg) http://img154.imageshack.us/img154/9305/wtc2.th.jpg (http://img154.imageshack.us/my.php?image=wtc2.jpg) http://img154.imageshack.us/img154/4676/wtc5.th.jpg (http://img154.imageshack.us/my.php?image=wtc5.jpg)
http://img154.imageshack.us/img154/3006/wtc4.th.jpg (http://img154.imageshack.us/my.php?image=wtc4.jpg)

http://img154.imageshack.us/img154/3180/pc-wtc.th.jpg (http://img154.imageshack.us/my.php?image=pc-wtc.jpg)
http://img154.imageshack.us/img154/7815/jfk-wtc.th.jpg (http://img154.imageshack.us/my.php?image=jfk-wtc.jpg)

http://img130.imageshack.us/img130/9370/23009ao.gif

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Reason: Not a nomination

World Trade Center Chicago (modified proposal) 2,500 feet, 210 stories. By the same developer as the SOM design above.

http://img90.imageshack.us/img90/2458/wwtc6ra.gif

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Reason: Not a nomination

Bank of the Southwest Tower, Houston
82 Floors, 1,401 feet.
http://skyscraperpage.com/gallery/data/589/28houston-bankofthesouthwest.jpg

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Reason: Not a nomination! Please use the "Discuss" thread

*sigh*

Xujiahui Tower, Shanghai:

http://www.emporis.com/files/transfer/5/2000/11/107922.jpg
http://www.emporis.com/en/il/im/?id=107922

Metlife North Tower, New York:

http://skyscraperpage.com/gallery/data/532/28newyorkcity-metropolitianlife.jpg
http://skyscraperpage.com/gallery/data/532/28newyorkcity-metropolitianlife.jpg

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Reason: Yet more discussion instead of a nomination!!!

chicago beacon of progress if freaking great! my vote goes there!

My favourite 'Three Empires Tower Istanbul'
It would built on the sea
And it would be ''600 m & 200 f'' !

Well maybe it is not the best cancelled tower but perhaps the best one too be cancelled in Vancouver? My personal favorite developer is Bing Thom so 687 Howe is one of my personal favorites!

http://img92.imageshack.us/img92/4538/1581817nd.jpg (http://imageshack.us) http://img68.imageshack.us/img68/5959/1582457dw.th.jpg (http://img68.imageshack.us/my.php?image=1582457dw.jpg) http://img68.imageshack.us/img68/9875/1583907de.th.gif (http://img68.imageshack.us/my.php?image=1583907de.gif)

My nomination: Badriya Tower, Dubai, United Arab Emirates.

http://i3.tinypic.com/vo0cr9.jpg

415m, 96 floors - cancelled due to the death of the investors wife.

IMO, this is one of the biggest losses to Dubai's skyline!

Bring back Badriya Tower! :D

More nominations please - this thread will close tomorrow.

1: Miglin-Beitler Skyneedle
2: 7 South Dearborn
3: United Tower

(united tower is probably unknown to most so here are a few pics:)

http://img48.imageshack.us/img48/6448/u11kb.jpg

http://img85.imageshack.us/img85/793/u21qw.jpg

Unknown? Not to me. It is horrible it didn't get built cause the design is one of the 5 best designs I have seen for a Dubai tower ever!

http://www.aftonbladet.se/nyheter/0002/17/tower2.jpg

Not so beautiful, but I just don't want you to forget that we had Europe's tallest tower projected for Malmö, Sweden only a few years ago with 85 floors and 325m! It was called Scandinavian Tower and the investor was a norwegian rich man called Arthur Buchardt.
It totally felt out of proportion for Malmö though, now we have the beautiful Turning Torso instead...

1) Badriyah Tower, Dubai, United Arab Emirates.
2) United Tower, Dubai, United Arab Emirates. :D :D :D

grollo
http://www.bonaccigroup.com/Images/BWtower.jpg
opus, miami
http://www.sunnyrealtyfl.com/images/Design_District/Opus_Miami_b.jpg
columbus tower,miami
http://www.pickardchilton.com/imgs/columbus_main_03.jpg
new york stock exchange tower, very similar to the freedom tower
http://skyscraperpage.com/gallery/data/532/28newyorkcity-newyorkstockexchange.jpg

1. Maryon Tower - Toronto, Canada
2. Chicago WTC

United Tower, Dubai, United Arab Emirates:

http://img202.imageshack.us/img202/5402/137eg.jpg

http://img202.imageshack.us/img202/9749/142ih.jpg

http://img202.imageshack.us/img202/1157/129qq1.jpg

http://img202.imageshack.us/img202/3642/10eg2.jpg

Gorgeous! :D

Tour sans fin Paris 426m 1989

http://www.paris-skyscrapers.com/newsite/photos/tsf02.jpg

The Ryungyong Hotel in Pyongyang almost fits this bill. It was almost completed, but construction was halted before it was finished, and so it still sits, an unfinished, windowless shell, at 105 stories.

http://img135.imageshack.us/img135/8862/ryugyonghotel9ww.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

http://img135.imageshack.us/img135/9120/nhnkorearyugyonghotelpyongyang.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

Here are my nominations:
1- Tour sans fin (Paris La Défense)
2- Babel Tower (somewhere in the middle east)
3- Marion Tower (Toronto)
4- Grollo Tower (Melbourne)

Ryungyong Hotel

I quite liked the London Millenium Tower it was this tower that got me into Skyscrapers.

1996
386m

Of Course it has the Swiss Re building in its place now. :cheers:
http://i77.photobucket.com/albums/j43/London_Guy23/67LondonMilleniumTower_pic1.jpg

1.Park Haven Tower, Rotterdam
2.Albert Memorial
3.Three Empires

Pacific Place in Dallas

http://img56.imageshack.us/img56/6080/pacificplacecenterctm001unbuil.jpg

Grollo tower -Melbourne (first design, not the horrid redesign)

Weston Tower - Toronto looks quite cool

Brisbane Central, Brisbane. I like the design, And Aust could of used another biggie :p

Thanks for everyones' nominations. The results will be announced later.