a crappy rendering:
http://www.metrolehti.fi/content/acrobat/helsinki/FIHEL_20060426_A_metro.pdf

So anyhow, Keilaniemi (the home of powerhouse companies such as Nokia, Fortum, Kone), Espoo is fairly likely going to get a new 26-storey tower. The building would be more than 100 meters tall. Heikki Levo, a bigwig of sorts from the construction company Hartela says that since space is very scarce in Keilaniemi, we might actually see even more high-rise buildings there in the future. The other option would be to halt all development in the area right now. The city of Espoo is backing the plan as they feel that Keilaniemi needs a new addition to its skyline. The department of city planning of Espoo will consider the plans today.

Just as a side note, there has been a lot of activity in Keilaniemi recently, and several office parks have been planned there (some U/C), so I'm pretty optimistic about this one. :cheers:

On the other hand I'm glad that more highrises gets built, but at the same time I'm somewhat disapointed how precious floor space is "wasted" across the Helsinki region in distant suburbs ie. Aviapolis, HTC-Keilaniemi and now this. When you should instead build all of them in the same area, stacked on each other, preferably Pasila. :)

That will look great with Fortum headquaters and Kone building. Keilaniemi skyline will be one of the best in Finland after this tower, and even better if they will construct more highrises there. Construction should start on next year, so it should be finished after few years.
Keilaniemi area nowadays. Talles building is 84m at this moment:
http://www.juvankoski.com/ilmakuva/x/espoo/images/otaniemi_fortum_ym4_030905.jpg

Oberleutnant found some great new renderings! (source (http://www.espoo.fi/hankkeet/?Path=1;28;29;1047;1098;46351;4736;11902)) You can also see Fortum II building on these renders.

It looks amazing. This is one of most interesting projects in Finland IMO. :drool: :eek:
http://img126.imageshack.us/img126/1245/keilis1lw.jpg
http://img85.imageshack.us/img85/7484/keilis23qb.jpg
http://img222.imageshack.us/img222/5788/keilis58xq.jpg
http://img75.imageshack.us/img75/4331/asemapiirrustus7jq.jpg
http://img75.imageshack.us/img75/6690/keilis39um.jpg

Looks nice, but I still hate Keilaniemi. Just imagine if all the floorspace of Keilaniemi had been/was built in 5-10 towers in Pasila/Böle.. .
(No I won't drop it :) )

Looks great! :okay:

I just got back from a discussion over the new 1000m tower proposals in Baharin, but for S&B, this is bigger news than a 1km tower is for the world. Great news! :banana:

Hot damn! That looks so good I´m about to ..ckin wet myself! So it´s not just going to be the tallest in Finland, it´s also a double tower with a sweet midrise right next to the main tower! Can´t believe it...

Don't hold your breath, we still have to wait for "the NIMBYs strike back" -part. Let's keep our fingers crossed, Keilaniemi is one of the few places where a proposal like this could actually go through.

Great news, its a good looking tower! I really hope they built it! :okay:

This project have new name now: K9

Also Hartela have opened homepage for this project also: http://www.hartela.fi/k9/index.html

Someone should update new name on SSP. (Keilaniemi tower -> K9)

Impressive, I love to see clusters :)

this lilttle cluster will look very cool (:

This project has been relaunched and got a slight a redesign and the height is now 111 m.

http://www.keilarantatower.fi/

This project has been relaunched and got a slight a redesign and the height is now 111 m.

http://www.keilarantatower.fi/

What have they done the last four years? When contruction start?

So...if constructed,it would be second tallest building in Helsinki,right after Pasilan TV tower?

:cheers:

Keilaniemi district is part of Espoo.

So...if constructed,it would be second tallest building in Helsinki,right after Pasilan TV tower?

:cheers:

It will be the tallest high-rise building in Finland. And like satama said, it isn't in Helsinki.

http://www.hs.fi/kuvat/iso_webkuva/1135256921641.jpeg

http://static.iltalehti.fi/uutiset/keilaniemijuttu_uu.jpg

I just made a raw google sketchup model:

http://i114.photobucket.com/albums/n260/Janne_H_2006/keilarantatowermodel.png

Keilaniemi district is part of Espoo.

And like satama said, it isn't in Helsinki.

Espoo,Vantaa etc are by my standards Helsinki :D (metro area,that is :D) Anyway,fingers crossed and let's hope this project gets built :)

Exactly Espoo is just an extension of Helsinki.

I read in the paper that after the metro station in Keilaniemi is completed several residential high-rises will be built on top of the station. They described the future Keilaniemi as a mini Manhattan :lol:

And what ever happened to the proposed Tapiola towers?

For comparison:

Kista - Stockholm Central Station: 11 km.
Keilaniemi - Helsinki Central Station: 7 km.
Placa Mayor, Madrid - Quattro Torres: 7 km.
Zuidas - Amsterdam Central Station: 6 km.
Ørestad centre - Copenhagen Central Station: 6 km.
La Dèfense - Place de la Concorde, Paris: 6 km.
Canada Square - City of London: 5 km.
Placa Catalunya, Barcelona - Diagonal Mar: 5 km.
Ncc - Vilnius Central Station: 4 km.

And what ever happened to the proposed Tapiola towers?

Nothing as far as I know. To my recollection their construction was planned to coincide with the metro extension.

A nice panorama "from the top of the tower".

http://www.keilarantatower.fi/panoraama/index.html

^^

Very nice! :okay:

Oberleutnant found some great new renderings! (source (http://www.espoo.fi/hankkeet/?Path=1;28;29;1047;1098;46351;4736;11902)) You can also see Fortum II building on these renders.

It looks amazing. This is one of most interesting projects in Finland IMO. :drool: :eek:
http://img126.imageshack.us/img126/1245/keilis1lw.jpg
http://img85.imageshack.us/img85/7484/keilis23qb.jpg

^^It really looks excellent.

^^It really looks excellent.

Indeed, the design is nice but old. The new design is good but not as good as the old.

http://i114.photobucket.com/albums/n260/Janne_H_2006/keilarantatower.jpg

Big renders:

http://i114.photobucket.com/albums/n260/Janne_H_2006/keilarantatowerrender3.jpg

http://i114.photobucket.com/albums/n260/Janne_H_2006/keilarantatowerrender5.jpg

http://i114.photobucket.com/albums/n260/Janne_H_2006/keilarantatowerrender2.jpg

http://i114.photobucket.com/albums/n260/Janne_H_2006/keilarantatowerrender.jpg

http://i114.photobucket.com/albums/n260/Janne_H_2006/keilrantatowerrender4.jpg

Boring design.

Boring design.

Yes and they should double the hight to 50 st at least...

Why would you want more height if you think the design looks boring? To see it's boringness from a greater distance?

Why would you want more height if you think the design looks boring? To see it's boringness from a greater distance?

No I mean it's looks boring because the building is to short for the design. Double the hight and it will look much better...

Height increased:
1x 40 stories
2x 36 stories
1x 32 stories
:)

Height increased:
1x 40 stories
2x 36 stories
1x 32 stories
:)

Wrong thread. This is the right one http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showthread.php?t=558231&page=2