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AtlanticaC5
August 13th, 2006, 05:58 PM
Grand Gateway Shanghai Towers
Shanghai, China

HEIGHT: 262m/860 feet
FLOORS: 52 floors
COMPLETION: 2005
ARCHITECT: Frank C. Y. Feng Architects & Associates


Pics by XiaoBai:
http://images3.fotop.net/albums3/taco1rodriguez/taco1rodriguez/IMG_1230_001.jpg

http://images3.fotop.net/albums3/taco1rodriguez/taco1rodriguez/EE.jpg

http://images3.fotop.net/albums3/taco1rodriguez/taco1rodriguez/IMG_1308.jpg

http://images3.fotop.net/albums3/taco1rodriguez/taco1rodriguez/a_27719.jpg

Pic by phubben:
http://img353.imageshack.us/img353/2784/grandgateway7bo.jpg

Colonel Cadillac
August 14th, 2006, 10:26 PM
Hell yeah - I'm the first post. These looked awful in renderings, so the result is a pleasant surprise. 8/10. BTW what area are these located in?

firulais2005
August 14th, 2006, 11:39 PM
Those towers look really good. I give it a 8/10

Dreamlıneя
August 15th, 2006, 05:08 AM
they're nice buildings! I give it a 9

ZZ-II
August 18th, 2006, 12:04 AM
great towers 8.5/10

Woko
August 18th, 2006, 06:52 AM
They are nice, but they have a bad environement too, it's sad...
8.5/10

ROYU
August 21st, 2006, 06:27 PM
They are great, a shame they are in the middle of 30storeys residentials. 9.0

AtlanticaC5
August 23rd, 2006, 05:29 PM
8/10 Nice twins, modern, fresh and cool tops.

SoboleuS
August 24th, 2006, 12:37 AM
Nice towers, the "tubes" are really cool ;) 8/10

forvine
September 2nd, 2006, 10:53 AM
8/10

z0rg
September 5th, 2006, 09:33 PM
More

http://img426.imageshack.us/img426/9614/img2627rt0.jpg

http://img426.imageshack.us/img426/7506/388596747wphgcmph5cpge3.jpg

Xujiahui Tower (350m+) will be built just behind these twins :D

7 World Trade
September 7th, 2006, 10:14 PM
I'm glad that the construction of these two towers got delayed for a few years so they could polish the original design (which was not as good as what you see today) into something more sleek and modern. I like the towers' semi-transparent grayish blue glass that give them substance, and the innovative cut tubes at the top definitely kick butt.

8.5

DamienK
September 8th, 2006, 08:44 AM
8.5/10. Futuristic. Emporis for some reasons lists them both as 262 m tall.

gutooo
September 9th, 2006, 12:09 PM
8.5/10

Really like them!

_zner_
September 10th, 2006, 01:20 PM
9.0

kirby21
October 15th, 2006, 12:57 AM
8 / 10

mtt16
October 16th, 2006, 08:44 AM
9/10

Kiss the Rain
October 19th, 2006, 10:51 AM
A nice addition to Shanghai's ever growing army of skyscrapers, the top is interesting.

Pengui
October 19th, 2006, 05:04 PM
Well the boxy twin towers are not great, with ugly technical levels, but the cylinder thingies at the top are really nice and those vertical lines running on the side are a welcome addition to the design.
Podium is plain and seen dozens times already.

7/10

R@ptor
October 21st, 2006, 04:26 PM
They definitely belong to my favorite new Shanghai skyscrapers. A nice reflective facade, a design that fits for twins and they totally dominate the skyline in the Xujiahui area.

8.5/10.0

Skyman
November 13th, 2006, 04:38 AM
10/10

Chinky Orz
November 15th, 2006, 03:50 AM
Great modern look, 8.5/10

Darkesthour1220
November 26th, 2006, 06:12 AM
They look great, but i agree with the fact that it's a shame that they are among dingy residential highrises

8/10

marpa
November 26th, 2006, 02:51 PM
9,5/10

SactoSpam
November 26th, 2006, 04:41 PM
9/10

weirdo
November 27th, 2006, 05:05 PM
lovely. 9/10

LAYZIEDOGG
December 16th, 2006, 10:48 PM
nice design but that roof feauture I dont know still a 8/10

artech21
December 22nd, 2006, 07:05 AM
3 / 10

What's the deal with Chinese infatuation and obsession with "twin towers"?

FloridaFuture
December 22nd, 2006, 05:59 PM
they're ok
7.5/10

Piotr-Stettin
December 24th, 2006, 03:56 AM
twin towers :) :cheers: 8/10

vincent young
December 30th, 2006, 04:05 PM
3/10

Absurd design for the top. Incomprehensible choice of shapes and forms for the building proper. And they built two of them! Even with great towers, building two next to each other would be a bad idea.

Bad decisions everywhere!

sharpie20
January 13th, 2007, 06:34 PM
10/10

I get a chance to look at these twin towers from my grandmother's balcony everytime i'm in shanghai. I think these two skyscrapers are some of the better one's that shanghai has to offer. It's a simple yet elegant design that doesn't look at all tacky and it doesn't have that "cheap" look that some skyscrapers are notorious for.

frango1
January 27th, 2007, 07:03 AM
3 / 10

z0rg
January 31st, 2007, 07:41 PM
http://www.skyscrapers.cn/forum/attachments/_MG_0620_8YdsO8BYGpR9.jpg

http://www.skyscrapers.cn/forum/attachments/_MG_0645_Gsyo0yUUjsB8.jpg

Rizzato
February 6th, 2007, 04:36 AM
these towers look alright, what Im really worried about is shanghais non descript skyline. they are nice, but they stand out awkwardly among miles of cookie-cutter residentials.

TYW
February 14th, 2007, 10:50 AM
8/10

lovely building. my only problem is with the cylinder top which needs to be a little wider. it just looks too small for the building's width

Imperfect Ending
February 16th, 2007, 01:17 AM
8/10

looks really good in some angles

Reflex
February 28th, 2007, 11:42 PM
8/10.

SkyLerm
April 3rd, 2007, 03:52 PM
7/10 no more.

Wu-Gambino
April 6th, 2007, 09:42 PM
Good lord, I guess I don't see this. There's no way these deserve nines or tens. The cylinders on the top take away from a decent tower, but these things don't even flow into the base, which is pretty ugly.

6/10


FloridaFuture, nice avatar!

W!CKED
April 14th, 2007, 02:50 PM
8.5/10

Ralphkke
May 11th, 2007, 12:31 AM
Nice i like these towers! A 8,5 out of 10.

chinatown
May 15th, 2007, 02:58 PM
simple but nice.
love it
8/10

cong san muon nam
June 8th, 2007, 07:59 AM
8/10

Aliya
June 24th, 2007, 07:06 PM
8.5/10

Henk
June 25th, 2007, 02:58 PM
7.5/10.

big-dog
August 22nd, 2007, 10:19 AM
have been to Shanghai twice but never noticed this one. 9/10

LMCA1990
August 25th, 2007, 02:01 AM
8/10 -nice, but why is it a sticky?

Slodi
August 26th, 2007, 10:47 AM
very nice project 9/10

Cabman
September 11th, 2007, 01:06 AM
Don't like the base, love the crowns 8/10

FROM LOS ANGELES
September 12th, 2007, 01:58 AM
They're ok, though nothing special. 7.5/10

newyorkrunaway1
September 25th, 2007, 08:03 AM
9.5/10

Astralis
September 26th, 2007, 01:30 PM
10/10 :cheers:

MasonicStage™
September 26th, 2007, 01:55 PM
9/10

RON-E
September 27th, 2007, 07:38 AM
9/10

beautiful twins!

big_dman27
October 5th, 2007, 08:01 PM
7/10

DragonAnime
November 23rd, 2007, 09:05 PM
Very interesting- 7/10

kon133
December 9th, 2007, 11:23 AM
3/10 :ohno:

clarky
January 21st, 2008, 10:09 PM
8/10

Halabalooza
February 24th, 2008, 09:35 AM
hot 8

roen
March 14th, 2008, 01:29 PM
8/10

Ni3lS
March 30th, 2008, 02:40 PM
8,5/10

GOR@N
April 12th, 2008, 03:57 PM
9.5

Blair
May 5th, 2008, 09:52 AM
9.0

Nikkodemo
May 8th, 2008, 03:48 AM
Nothing special.

8/10

Fundador
May 8th, 2008, 11:44 AM
beautifull 9/10

MDguy
June 21st, 2008, 05:29 PM
Really nice! 9/10 it could have been better without the base though

mozarab
June 25th, 2008, 07:56 AM
Hell yeah - I'm the first post. These looked awful in renderings, so the result is a pleasant surprise. 8/10. BTW what area are these located in?

it's located in the XuJiaHui CBD.

Mateus_
July 23rd, 2008, 05:11 PM
8/10

xever_7
August 12th, 2008, 01:16 AM
8.5/10

Miguel_Prat
September 11th, 2008, 02:04 AM
7/10

UNDECEIVED
September 12th, 2008, 06:19 AM
5/10

Kawasaki KG
September 12th, 2008, 10:37 AM
8/10

henry hill
September 21st, 2008, 05:55 PM
9/10

Rutger1991
October 16th, 2008, 05:20 PM
6.5/10

Go Ahead Eagles
November 13th, 2008, 12:29 PM
8/10

Eric Offereins
November 28th, 2008, 10:35 PM
The buildings look very good and so does the base. I am not convinced bij the top of the towers. :) 9/10

snail456
November 30th, 2008, 04:12 PM
8.5/10

Like the tops :D

railway stick
November 30th, 2008, 04:53 PM
8/10. I Like these dark glass towers.

briker
December 2nd, 2008, 03:44 AM
9/

Inconfidente
December 12th, 2008, 02:42 AM
06/10

SilentStrike
January 18th, 2009, 06:16 PM
very nice, 8/10

Malbo
February 3rd, 2009, 02:07 PM
8/10

Mosaic
February 23rd, 2009, 06:30 PM
8/10

Freezy89
March 1st, 2009, 08:47 AM
7.5/10

Persiancat
March 3rd, 2009, 01:13 AM
I kinda like'em!:)
8.5/10

Manitopiaaa
March 21st, 2009, 08:48 PM
Dumb. Im tired of "Gateway" buildings. 4/10

DinamiT
March 25th, 2009, 10:29 PM
8.5/10

Too small to give a better rate

A_Voz_Da_Figueira
April 5th, 2009, 02:44 PM
9710

A_Voz_Da_Figueira
April 5th, 2009, 02:45 PM
*9/10

#obert
April 6th, 2009, 03:26 AM
8/10

skyperu34
April 16th, 2009, 05:56 PM
Nice complex... 6.5/10

()_T
April 17th, 2009, 01:09 AM
Nice Towers!

9/1o

tonyssa
April 19th, 2009, 08:29 PM
8/10

Severiano
July 18th, 2009, 02:49 PM
8/10

Nice towers, not in the main skyline of Shanghai, they are kind of off the beaten path in 徐家匯。I love the view of these towers you can get at night while walking down Hengshan road.

HK999
July 18th, 2009, 04:06 PM
8.5/10. i like the twins! :)

Jan Del Castillo
July 28th, 2009, 12:59 AM
9. Very good building. Regards.

Srdjan Adamovic
July 28th, 2009, 10:26 AM
6/10

Skyton
July 29th, 2009, 12:30 PM
8/10

deranged
August 13th, 2009, 05:57 PM
7/10

wise_zech
September 16th, 2009, 01:38 PM
9/10

christos-greece
September 24th, 2009, 06:21 PM
9/10

sharky_88
October 2nd, 2009, 11:57 PM
7/10

Squiggles
October 9th, 2009, 11:50 PM
8/10

Not too bad. Having two of them makes it better, I think.

xavarreiro
October 16th, 2009, 07:36 PM
8/10

desertpunk
October 25th, 2009, 11:22 AM
Very nice pair. 8

national guard
November 29th, 2009, 06:50 AM
nice twin towers.:)
9/10

sieradzanin1
November 29th, 2009, 02:18 PM
9/10

KAZAN RESIDENT
December 31st, 2009, 06:39 AM
8/10

Heroico
January 4th, 2010, 05:24 PM
nice towers 9/10

New York Morning
January 6th, 2010, 04:59 PM
Give 9, nice twins!

makaveli6
February 8th, 2010, 02:37 PM
8/10

Camaway
February 10th, 2010, 11:49 AM
Decent towers that get lost in Shanghai's skyline

7

Anachak
February 13th, 2010, 10:07 AM
9/10 unique :wave:

joshwebb
March 29th, 2010, 01:37 AM
4/10

ReissOmari
March 31st, 2010, 10:39 PM
8/10

ethan153
June 30th, 2010, 10:05 PM
cool! I like it!
9

Heidjer
July 2nd, 2010, 11:35 PM
Nice modern Asian skyscraper. 7.5/10

ikops
July 9th, 2010, 03:19 PM
There are probably better-looking twins, but I still like them. 8/10

Arrrgh
July 20th, 2010, 10:53 PM
These towers scored a 7.40 on average. Go to http://gbuscraper.blogspot.com/2010/07/grand-gateway-towers-shanghai-74010.html for more information.

Pjepzietsj vkoegnia
July 21st, 2010, 03:19 AM
ugly symmetric

OldBoy137
August 11th, 2010, 07:22 AM
2 regular twins, 7/10

romanito
August 23rd, 2010, 05:38 PM
9/10

Medy
October 25th, 2010, 05:45 PM
9/10

ShangHigh
November 9th, 2010, 10:30 AM
If I remember correctly, 262m included spires that were - thank god - never added. The true height should be therefore something in the 224 to 230m range. I see that building every day in real, hard to imagine it is 262m tall.

MonsterPug
November 27th, 2010, 11:20 PM
7.5/10

xavarreiro
December 20th, 2010, 02:43 AM
9/10

Geocarlos
January 13th, 2011, 07:03 PM
9/10

krzewi
January 27th, 2011, 08:28 PM
7/10

v-sun
February 10th, 2011, 02:52 PM
9/10

mossimoh
May 2nd, 2011, 10:25 PM
8.5/10

yudibali2008
May 17th, 2011, 08:49 AM
9/10

dnh310
May 18th, 2011, 02:21 AM
7,5/10

xJamaax
June 6th, 2011, 01:09 PM
Amazing:okay:

9/10

mecanico242
June 12th, 2011, 08:30 PM
8/10

keroro91
July 19th, 2011, 09:34 AM
3 or less/10

G0suzzi
August 15th, 2011, 04:49 PM
9/10

@dark spirit
August 17th, 2011, 03:16 PM
I like these towers.
9/10

eurico
September 25th, 2011, 11:04 AM
8/10

Mike____
September 26th, 2011, 12:58 AM
8/10

TheZoolooMaster
September 27th, 2011, 09:35 PM
I don't know what it is about these towers, but they just don't do it for me. They seem a bit too fat for their height... 6/10

Delmat
September 29th, 2011, 02:52 PM
8.5

MichW
October 1st, 2011, 05:53 PM
7,5

Volksraad
October 24th, 2011, 10:03 AM
7/10

Lazy Traveler
October 24th, 2011, 01:21 PM
8.5/10 Good :okay:

luis fernando
November 13th, 2011, 11:50 PM
8/10 liked enough

dsanjaya
November 14th, 2011, 11:02 AM
9/10 AWESOME TWIN TOWER :okay:

Mr_Dru
November 20th, 2011, 06:21 PM
7/10

Wilz
December 19th, 2011, 08:37 AM
8.5/10 from MEDAN, INDONESIA

tim1807
December 29th, 2011, 10:00 PM
Nice. 8,5/10

Kanto
January 15th, 2012, 06:44 PM
Average 6/10 :dunno:

oompaloompa
February 15th, 2012, 10:00 PM
8/10

pawel19-87
February 20th, 2012, 08:07 PM
8.5

ShangHigh
March 5th, 2012, 07:31 AM
Had a conversation with fellow member ganghui in another thread:

Quote:
Originally Posted by ShangHigh View Post
Grand Gateway in Shanghai for instance is still listed at 262m even though that was supposed to be the total height including spires that were cancelled in the end.
You're both right and wrong. The spires were cancelled, but they were then replaced by the "domes". It is listed at 262 m and that's the correct height.


I've been following this project since the mid 1990's when Hang Lung started construction on the shopping center. I used to visit the construction site on a monthly base when the towers rose 2003/2004 and still remember the topping out on August 4, 2004. I was an editor for emporis.com/skyscrapers.com at that time and I can assure that the final height was 224.51m.

At one point in 2002/2003, those spires were planned to be added: http://en.51office.com/uploads/100611/1-10061111133Q24.jpg

They would have pushed the entire building's height to 261.82m.

But it never happened. Ganghui, you can check the link in your signature: http://www.grandgateway66.com/en/office/overview.aspx

Even the building's developer's and owners acknowledge the 225m height. So does google earth.

And in real, they really do look like 225m buildings, NOT like 262m scrapers. I once saw the entire elevation, I remember a lower roof height of 188m.

Case closed. :-)

aarhusforever
March 7th, 2012, 01:18 PM
9,5/10..not very pretty, but monster cool IMO :)

Joya
March 7th, 2012, 02:28 PM
8/10

hhhhh
March 7th, 2012, 06:44 PM
great towers 9.5/10

Mr_Dru
March 12th, 2012, 09:34 PM
6.5/10

samario1A
March 21st, 2012, 03:53 PM
9/10:cheers:

Accura4Matalan
April 13th, 2012, 03:18 AM
Hmm...not sure about the base, but the end product is pretty good. 8/10

samario1A
April 14th, 2012, 12:59 AM
9/10 wow

SydneyCity
May 7th, 2012, 09:56 AM
10/10. I love glass and I love twins. What's not to like?

ThatOneGuy
May 25th, 2012, 02:55 AM
Average. Would have looked cooler if they were closer together. 6/10

hhhhh
May 25th, 2012, 03:15 AM
9/10.

Сталин
June 8th, 2012, 12:41 AM
Not bad, 9.5/10

Kulla
June 14th, 2012, 06:58 PM
10/10

Grejv
August 19th, 2012, 02:51 PM
9/10

mysteek_1976
September 18th, 2012, 03:09 AM
8/10

lovely building. my only problem is with the cylinder top which needs to be a little wider. it just looks too small for the building's width

i know it was a while ago but i definitely agree with you.

Dakaro
September 27th, 2012, 03:23 PM
8.5

lf4ever
September 27th, 2012, 10:30 PM
Nice buildings, i really like the cylinder roof 9/10

TowerVerre:)
February 4th, 2013, 09:43 PM
Cool looking buildings 8.5/10

gnysc
April 1st, 2013, 05:32 AM
8/10

bozenBDJ
April 2nd, 2013, 02:37 AM
9,5/10