1. Masterplans

Qianjiang New CBD panos
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v641/z0rg/QianjiangNewCBDareal1.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v641/z0rg/QianjiangNewCBDareal2.jpg


Bin Jiang Area
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v641/z0rg/BinJiangArea.jpg


Another new highrises area
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v641/z0rg/nkt.jpg


Another one
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v641/z0rg/zN39uBkODo.jpg



2. Single projects. Most of them are located at Qianjiang new CBD

280m+, 70f+, second tallest is over 50f
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v641/z0rg/70f50f280m.jpg


270m, 70f
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v641/z0rg/270m.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v641/z0rg/270m70f.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v641/z0rg/270m70f2.jpg


Zhejiang Fortune Center, 258m, 188m
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v641/z0rg/FortuneCenter258m188m.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v641/z0rg/Fortune2.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v641/z0rg/Fortune3.jpg


258m, 50f
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v641/z0rg/258m50f.jpg


220m Twin towers, prop. 1
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v641/z0rg/220mNananRiver.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v641/z0rg/asda.jpg

prop. 2, 213m
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v641/z0rg/213mBinJiangarea.gif


Chess Building, 200m+
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v641/z0rg/ChessBuilding.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v641/z0rg/ChessBuilding2.jpg


200m, 55f
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v641/z0rg/200m55f3.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v641/z0rg/200m55f.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v641/z0rg/200m55f2.jpg


170m, 41f
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v641/z0rg/170m41f.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v641/z0rg/170m41f2.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v641/z0rg/170m41f4.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v641/z0rg/170n41f3.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v641/z0rg/170m41f5.jpg


160m, 36f
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v641/z0rg/160m36f.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v641/z0rg/160m36f2.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v641/z0rg/160m36f3.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v641/z0rg/160m36f4.jpg


150m, 40f
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v641/z0rg/150m40f.jpg


Sunrise, Qiantang Mansion, 150m, 37f
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v641/z0rg/150m37fSunriseQiantangMansion.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v641/z0rg/150m37f2.jpg


130m, 30f
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v641/z0rg/130m30f.jpg


129m
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v641/z0rg/129m.jpg


Jimei International Tower
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v641/z0rg/JimeiBuilding.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v641/z0rg/JimeiInternationalTower.jpg


City Hall, 100m
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v641/z0rg/CityHall1.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v641/z0rg/CityHall3.jpg


Fantasy Castle
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v641/z0rg/xinsrc_a2a34b469bf94f1d8cc7f77423e4.jpg


Other projects
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v641/z0rg/yi-06_bo8vXI3iRCAD.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v641/z0rg/yi-06_bo8vXI3iRCAD2.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v641/z0rg/116_24478_06837cc293ea930.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v641/z0rg/31.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v641/z0rg/116_24478_1f1801597d76921.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v641/z0rg/116_24478_7b3d71eb4e4b9ce.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v641/z0rg/zhongxinhzpic3_IAzjjPyo0T4z.jpg


3. Qianjiang official portfolio. Finally, this is the full .pdf which has been posted so many times in ssc. You can see most preliminar projects for Qianjiang CBD here. Some of them were modified and many others were added to these.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v641/z0rg/1.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v641/z0rg/2.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v641/z0rg/3.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v641/z0rg/4.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v641/z0rg/5.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v641/z0rg/6.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v641/z0rg/7.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v641/z0rg/8.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v641/z0rg/9-1.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v641/z0rg/10.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v641/z0rg/11.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v641/z0rg/12.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v641/z0rg/13.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v641/z0rg/14.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v641/z0rg/15.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v641/z0rg/16.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v641/z0rg/17.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v641/z0rg/18.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v641/z0rg/19.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v641/z0rg/20.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v641/z0rg/21.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v641/z0rg/22.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v641/z0rg/23.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v641/z0rg/24.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v641/z0rg/25.jpg


4. (BONUS) Recently completed skyscrapers

210m, 44f
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v641/z0rg/210m44f.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v641/z0rg/210m44f2.jpg

209m, 41f
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v641/z0rg/209m41f.jpg

173m, 55f
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v641/z0rg/173m55f.jpg

Liqun Tower, 148m
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v641/z0rg/148mLiqunTower.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v641/z0rg/148m2.jpg

Enjoy!

More projects

150m
http://img224.imageshack.us/img224/4063/150muu3.jpg

143m
http://img291.imageshack.us/img291/1723/143mqk2.jpg

107m
http://img291.imageshack.us/img291/7030/107myi0.jpg


Recently completed
120m
http://img246.imageshack.us/img246/9062/120mqj4.jpg

http://img145.imageshack.us/img145/493/120mcompej0.jpg

106m
http://img175.imageshack.us/img175/6477/106m2vp5.jpg

http://img145.imageshack.us/img145/8852/106mcompss3.jpg

:eek2: absolutely crazy!

More projects
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v641/z0rg/00_LksItOqt43Co.jpg

150m
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v641/z0rg/150m1221.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v641/z0rg/PIC_0204_nX7hgAWjXxp4.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v641/z0rg/thgc03-_VSz9CYeg7DRa.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v641/z0rg/thgc02-_xD0ClK63l2L8.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v641/z0rg/1158646604672_k5u0CrWIGgEK.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v641/z0rg/sbejt_5XzHLJx4c3Zm.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v641/z0rg/news_2005129103516_Klggr8K0Av9U.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v641/z0rg/news_200581110500_m1ALxr4nb7f2.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v641/z0rg/news_200632293526_eYfYxgzuB3Xi.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v641/z0rg/news_2005811112646_uwjE6HeagJKa.jpg

150m
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v641/z0rg/150m9.jpg

omg......that is crazy growth........

More projects
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v641/z0rg/ProductMgmtResourceServlet_3m5uGL8I.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v641/z0rg/ProductMgmtResourceServlet_PjuVQ883.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v641/z0rg/1130394362693_mS5P4gLqN2lr.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v641/z0rg/DSCN2306_uwunPFiARP0U.jpg

OMG This simply is stunning. That yaohang building looks very interesting. This developement compares to other major cities.

wow~wow ~wow~!!!!!

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v641/z0rg/ZhejiangInternationalBusinessCenter.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v641/z0rg/66_wTrsE8zod4TC.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v641/z0rg/88_siAVzF2WuKI6.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v641/z0rg/4444_pLwjtoKlYCeY.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v641/z0rg/77_56WkRLrOs3vj.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v641/z0rg/333_qCBdZs3X9fru.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v641/z0rg/HuaInternationalBuilding.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v641/z0rg/111_AeccqkHz0xxl.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v641/z0rg/1137135136044.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v641/z0rg/20060916144749-0_qWbGsgJfaqqG.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v641/z0rg/ProductMgmtResourceServlet_lRJH7XPM.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v641/z0rg/3_I2NZCOCMmNXa.gif

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v641/z0rg/dg1_jMSCdNiI4Bke.jpg

Rumour project: Hangzhou Twin Towers, 300m+
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v641/z0rg/smzxfa2.jpg

Others
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v641/z0rg/2006112112204734837_mopESUrVo0DH.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v641/z0rg/6DE66DB0-AD8F-4386-B65E-E2FCC7485A2.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v641/z0rg/huach_7Op9kPxdH468.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v641/z0rg/ljgjgd_S36OzUjXb8zY.jpg

Designs for Hangzhou subway stations
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v641/z0rg/2BA8173C-129D-4648-B861-50B191CD71E.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v641/z0rg/997AAE53-9BCF-4C29-AB21-977AB552003.jpg

Completing projects
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v641/z0rg/116_24255_11e7ccda288c033_N6xEQ8xUE.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v641/z0rg/116_24255_de475f230edf3da_tl2rHsfbH.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v641/z0rg/116_24255_4595cbb3556280c_qI1LEybtX.jpg

subway looks awesome.. hangzhou goes crazy... Ding!!

Simply amazing, china, well... i dont know what to say really, its just on such a ridiculous scale! Everything is always got to be so huge, they are even worse then the americans :).... I love it!

China is so crazy

haha

copied London jubilee line tube station design

well, they are building a new hangzhou.

wow, those towers looks amazing, so many of them, Hangzhou is building a world class skyline, nice. Need some update of the projects please

Very nice!

Jesus Christ!!!!! Will this ever end?
Very beautiful desigh, but i wish they could make the building densely packed together and stop encouraging automobile with those wide avenues in between the buildings.

I love the crazy masterplans China constructs in almost every one of their major cities.

Just out of curiosity, do they just build skyscrapers to accomodate the enormous economic growth or do they just build in the hopes that the buildings will be filled? In other words, is there really enough demand to justify building so many buildings?

Also, Hangzhou is getting a subway? WOW! Any news on that? The renderings for the interior of the stations are amazing!

^^ Just guessing, but I suppose that most masterplans are financed by state owned enterprises while singple projects developed on them are run by private ones. So, they are surely profitable. At least single projects should be, otherwise private enterprises wouldn't invest on them.

Hangzhou is the capital of Zhejiang province, the richest province in China , Located 180 km southwest of Shanghai. Hangzhou is also well-known for its beautiful natural scenery, with the West Lake (Xī Hú, 西湖) as the most noteworthy location. The West Lake is in the dowtown area, so Hangzhou did not build many highrises around the West Lake in the past few years, now they build a New CBD far away from the West Lake. I was there six years ago, it didn't has many highrises at that time.

More images of Qianjiang new CBD :master:

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v641/z0rg/116341431227_hziZJx7xlYcq.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v641/z0rg/116341432428_Ar0OZHPppAwS.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v641/z0rg/116341435231_3hvB64cNPHHe.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v641/z0rg/116341433329_kFJ9yKiQKRYc.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v641/z0rg/116341434030_ewMQVk9R7GHI.jpg

Hangzhou is the capital of Zhejiang province, the richest province in China , Located 180 km southwest of Shanghai. Hangzhou is also well-known for its beautiful natural scenery, with the West Lake (X? Hú, ??) as the most noteworthy location. The West Lake is in the dowtown area, so Hangzhou did not build many highrises around the West Lake in the past few years, now they build a New CBD far away from the West Lake. I was there six years ago, it didn't has many highrises at that time.

Beep, Wrong, it's guangdong, and trust me, every indicator point to that.

Very beautiful city.

Beep, Wrong, it's guangdong, and trust me, every indicator point to that.

Not sure about that ;)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_China_administrative_divisions_by_HDI

guangdong's gdp is 2,600 billion rmb which is about 350billion usd, im sure is the richest province in China, but anyway stick with hangzhou plan. I want 2 see some construction pics and also the view of the place at the moment, it will be excitng to see this area grow into that massive skyline

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v641/z0rg/116341434030_ewMQVk9R7GHI.jpg

What the? what are those twins down on the right of the image. HAHA! They just decide to pinch a few designs?

^^ There's a rumour about a 320m twin tower project for Hangzhou.

guangdong's gdp is 2,600 billion rmb which is about 350billion usd, im sure is the richest province in China, but anyway stick with hangzhou plan. I want 2 see some construction pics and also the view of the place at the moment, it will be excitng to see this area grow into that massive skyline

The richest by total GDP is Guangdong, okay. But per capita Zhejiang is a little wealthier ;)

what about the occupancy rate? I recalled in the late 90's Hangzhou real estate boom suffer near melt down or bubble burst.

video （Hangzhou Qianjing CBD) WATCH here:http://tv.mofile.com/H6GPBYW9/


Bingjiang CBD Hangzhou(another CBD in hangzhou)
http://files.photojerk.com/shaoxingshangyu/023865A8.jfif
http://files.photojerk.com/shaoxingshangyu/023866B0.jfif
http://files.photojerk.com/shaoxingshangyu/02386686.jfif

170 KM away from shanghai, not too far, maybe these two cities can connect by buildings in 30 years. lol

Xiaoshan new CBD

http://img473.imageshack.us/img473/8325/47587fp2.jpg

http://img458.imageshack.us/img458/7931/47589ik3.jpg

http://img473.imageshack.us/img473/1019/47588as7.jpg

http://www.xsnet.cn/img/xiaoshan/2006/12/6/238464.shtml

This is another new CBD, it has nothing to do with Qianjiang CBD.

wow, looks like hangzhou will be massive with so many CBD

More images
http://www.vrplatform.com/cn/uploads/1E1_123456-010.jpg

http://www.vrplatform.com/cn/uploads/6A3_123456-011.jpg

Midikai International Center, 165m
http://www.skyscrapers.cn/forum/attachments/024F4F8E_z3EcnMcffrJg.jpg

http://www.skyscrapers.cn/forum/attachments/024F4F30_of55smiWwkIE.jpg

Other projects
http://www.thefirst.cn/mmsource/image/2006-10-7/x6-05.jpg

http://www.skyscrapers.cn/forum/attachments/1146281088424_ADgP7TbaFWZW.jpg

Far better than Pudong (which has too many round buildings, funky colours, and plastic looking scrapers...except for the World Financial Center of course :lovethem: )!
What famous company settled in those buildings, or is intending to?

From http://ffji910109.blog.163.com

http://img209.imageshack.us/img209/8481/zhongxingroadalongthehare3.jpg

http://img184.imageshack.us/img184/852/zhongxingroadalongthehani2.jpg

The richest by total GDP is Guangdong, okay. But per capita Zhejiang is a little wealthier ;)
Right, because the farmer in Zhejiang is a little wealthier than the farmer in Guangdong, and the west of Guangdong is poor.

Biggie for Xiaoshan
http://www.skyscrapers.cn/forum/attachments/02790043_tntgQatQW5MU.jpg

Are all of those buildings going to be built?

Silver International Building, 177m
http://i140.photobucket.com/albums/r5/z0rgg/SilverInternationalBuilding177m.jpg

nice box :)

Some amazing projects. Also great news about the new subway. Hangzhou, Nanjing and Chongqing seemed to be the logical choices for new subways after Shanghai, Beijing, Guangzhou, Tianjin and Shenzhen already have them.

Although I've visited Hangzhou for 3 days last August I still have difficulties to place the new CBD. Is it along the Qiantang River? I remember seeing lots of construction there when I took the taxi from the airport. Also how far will it be away from the Hangzhou No.2 Telecom Hub Building?

Some amazing projects. Also great news about the new subway. Hangzhou, Nanjing and Chongqing seemed to be the logical choices for new subways after Shanghai, Beijing, Guangzhou, Tianjin and Shenzhen already have them.


There are many other cities constructing metro systems in China mainland nowadays. Check this thread :D

http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showthread.php?t=406677

Jaw dropping, I don't think I have seen so many amazing buildings.
I think this is the koolest building ever.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v641/z0rg/CityHall1.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v641/z0rg/CityHall3.jpg

These are some of the greatest buildings ever.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v641/z0rg/ProductMgmtResourceServlet_PjuVQ883.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v641/z0rg/5.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v641/z0rg/8.jpg
:banana: :banana: :banana: :cheers:

If one day I can go to China, I'll need more than one month to visit all those cities!!!

Flamenco Towers, 220m, approved
http://img95.imageshack.us/img95/4582/flamenco2vp3.jpg

http://img155.imageshack.us/img155/6369/flamenco3jp7.jpg

Flamenco Towers, 220m, approved
http://img95.imageshack.us/img95/4582/flamenco2vp3.jpg

http://img155.imageshack.us/img155/6369/flamenco3jp7.jpg

wow..great!! how to you heard about it??

^^ Since the architects are Spaniards, the project has appeared everywhere in the Spanish media today ;)

cool, another twisting tower project :)

what about the occupancy rate? I recalled in the late 90's Hangzhou real estate boom suffer near melt down or bubble burst.

the time has gone when china builds thing to save face. acutally, the chinese is the most pragmatic nation in this world.no chinese will build anything to save face instead of making money.


in the past, some government officials maybe do some face-saving projects,but these days have gone. although i am not quite sure about the occupation rate, but i am absolutely sure that most of these projects are developed by private company, state-owned ratio in these projects are just part of it.


if you heard some things like face saving projects, bubble,...these just bushit stupid western brain washing propagada. for programatic nation like china, everything is money talk. no chinese will stupid or luxury enough to invest money to waste money, the only exception of course is the offical state-owned projects,but these kind of projects are not so common as they used to be now.

hangzhou has 10million in the metro, is not small cities like dubai or doha, theres a huge demand in property in hangzhou

do you have a picture of Hangzhou East railway station?

Spaniard's towers are so sexy!

Shenyada Square, 213m, 49 fl and 150m, 45 fl.
http://i140.photobucket.com/albums/r5/z0rgg/ShenyadaSquare213m49f150m45f.jpg

Another project, no info
http://www.skyscrapers.cn/forum/attachments/20070613_7d3bb10a3614ab1e0ef97e8yLAvi0S7y.jpg

Better render of the 220m twins, forgot the name
http://i140.photobucket.com/albums/r5/z0rgg/027D3B15.jpg

Shengao Building
http://i140.photobucket.com/albums/r5/z0rgg/ShengaoBuilding.jpg

Some other projects
http://i140.photobucket.com/albums/r5/z0rgg/027D99DD.jpg

http://i140.photobucket.com/albums/r5/z0rgg/0285377A.jpg

http://i140.photobucket.com/albums/r5/z0rgg/0285A0E8.jpg

http://i140.photobucket.com/albums/r5/z0rgg/0259D972.jpg

http://i140.photobucket.com/albums/r5/z0rgg/0259DA7B.jpg

More images of Qianjiang CBD, you can see the 320m twins there
http://i140.photobucket.com/albums/r5/z0rgg/028A9E52.jpg

http://i140.photobucket.com/albums/r5/z0rgg/028A9E7A.jpg

http://i140.photobucket.com/albums/r5/z0rgg/qj1.jpg

http://i140.photobucket.com/albums/r5/z0rgg/qj2.jpg

More images of Xiaoshan CBD. There is no doubt, they are planning a supertall there
http://i140.photobucket.com/albums/r5/z0rgg/026204FE.jpg

http://i140.photobucket.com/albums/r5/z0rgg/02620512.jpg

Hangzhou light rail, currently u/c
http://i140.photobucket.com/albums/r5/z0rgg/026A501F.jpg

http://i140.photobucket.com/albums/r5/z0rgg/026A5262.jpg

A new image of this huge project, I forgot the name. The tallest is 70fl ~ and 280m+
http://i140.photobucket.com/albums/r5/z0rgg/0259D9B1.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v641/z0rg/70f50f280m.jpg

I like Hangzhou very much, thanks for the info!

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v641/z0rg/ProductMgmtResourceServlet_PjuVQ883.jpg


OMG!!!!! great!! never seen something like this before..

Radisson Twin Towers, to be started soon in Xiaoshan CBD
http://i140.photobucket.com/albums/r5/z0rgg/RadissonTwinTowers.jpg

http://i140.photobucket.com/albums/r5/z0rgg/w3425.jpg

Lead Headquarters, 50fl~
http://i140.photobucket.com/albums/r5/z0rgg/LEADHeadquarters.jpg

Wrong post.

40 fl twins
http://i140.photobucket.com/albums/r5/z0rgg/40ftwins.jpg

Rare project
http://i140.photobucket.com/albums/r5/z0rgg/20070830_fee8a796f0b11cd58669uKrcPV.jpg

WOW!!

Subway plan, 8 lines!
http://i140.photobucket.com/albums/r5/z0rgg/subway.GIF.png

No updates for too long, sorry. I'm quite busy recently and too focused on Shanghai, Chongqing and Shenyang.

Zhejiang Fortune Center, 258m, 188m (not final heights)
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v641/z0rg/FortuneCenter258m188m.jpg

Dec 20, by 818嫩崽
http://i140.photobucket.com/albums/r5/z0rgg/other/20071220_e1ac6da84751a4f3f81eRfWvRH.jpg

Are they serious on this? it's scary.
http://i140.photobucket.com/albums/r5/z0rgg/20070830_fee8a796f0b11cd58669uKrcPV.jpg


Seems not much progress for the background ball building. But overall Hangzhou's new highrises are crazy!
http://i140.photobucket.com/albums/r5/z0rgg/other/20071220_e1ac6da84751a4f3f81eRfWvRH.jpg

I love how many of the more known Chinese cities have grown in terms of nice skyscraper designs and architecture. Most of the projects announced look really nice.

z0rg,
That is actually a metro line in Hangzhou, not lightrail (light-rail is Chinese terminology for elevated metro). :)

Zhejiang Fortune Center, 258m, 188m. Jan 25, by 芸豆351.
http://i245.photobucket.com/albums/gg64/z0rgggg/others/20080125_a8f0c59bdecf7c906427h8tSd2.jpg

I love how many of the more known Chinese cities have grown in terms of nice skyscraper designs and architecture. Most of the projects announced look really nice.

Indeed. Gone are the times when the designs of Chinese skyscrapers looked often horrible. Most of the new towers have classy and futuristic designs nowadays and the proposals in Hangzhou are no exception.

love all these project.haha .

I don't know if this is a convention center or something else. I forgot. http://i245.photobucket.com/albums/gg64/z0rgggg/others/20080210_d33dd35f11a9fb8ee1e8f1odtE.jpg

April 26 by hudafei
http://i245.photobucket.com/albums/gg64/z0rgggg/others/20080426_a2f1f7c27d45734fda39GnqAgS.jpg

http://i245.photobucket.com/albums/gg64/z0rgggg/others/20080426_9c2d8f0bdccf8ea0fdf5f56vP8.jpg

http://i245.photobucket.com/albums/gg64/z0rgggg/others/20080426_88a1ebdde4e2229fdad6YeZI8j.jpg

http://i245.photobucket.com/albums/gg64/z0rgggg/others/20080426_3906f86a6f86b16b54a0DjQ2GN.jpg

http://i245.photobucket.com/albums/gg64/z0rgggg/others/20080426_185131cd1567516a78beWgAwSX.jpg

http://i245.photobucket.com/albums/gg64/z0rgggg/others/20080426_0c70aced6d661b0be4ffsml9zg.jpg

Dikai International Hotel, 200m+, 58~ floors.
http://i245.photobucket.com/albums/gg64/z0rgggg/others/DikaiInternationalHotel200m.jpg

http://i245.photobucket.com/albums/gg64/z0rgggg/others/Dikai23.jpg

Hangzhou Olympic Sports Center.

Proposal 1
http://i245.photobucket.com/albums/gg64/z0rgggg/others/OlympicSportsCenterProposal1.jpg

Proposal 2
http://i245.photobucket.com/albums/gg64/z0rgggg/others/OlympicSportsCenterProposal2.jpg

Proposal 3
http://i245.photobucket.com/albums/gg64/z0rgggg/others/OlympicSportsCenterProposal3.jpg

http://i245.photobucket.com/albums/gg64/z0rgggg/others/OlympicSportsCenterProposal33.jpg

Proposal 4
http://i245.photobucket.com/albums/gg64/z0rgggg/others/OlympicSportsCenterProposal4.jpg

http://i245.photobucket.com/albums/gg64/z0rgggg/others/OlympicSportsCenterProposal44.jpg

http://i245.photobucket.com/albums/gg64/z0rgggg/others/OlympicSportsCenterProposal444.jpg

Proposal 5
http://i245.photobucket.com/albums/gg64/z0rgggg/others/OlympicSportsCenterProposal5.jpg

http://i245.photobucket.com/albums/gg64/z0rgggg/others/OlympicSportsCenterProposal55.jpg

http://i245.photobucket.com/albums/gg64/z0rgggg/others/OlympicSportsCenterProposal555.jpg

http://i245.photobucket.com/albums/gg64/z0rgggg/others/OlympicSportsCenterProposal5555.jpg

Hope they'll choose either 4th or 5th...

^^
I look like Proposal 5 !!

3rd or 5th fer me.

proposal 5 is the best, thought the building going up looks so useless.

I don't know if this is a convention center or something else. I forgot. http://i245.photobucket.com/albums/gg64/z0rgggg/others/20080210_d33dd35f11a9fb8ee1e8f1odtE.jpg

I remember somewhere it said city hall. :)

how is there not a thread for that in the highrise section???? this building is awesome! and i love the ball too! someone with pics should definitly start a thread for both hangzhou city hall and whatever that ball is!

city hall is 100m shud be in skyscrapersection

i looked through all the way though, nothing.

I really want someone from hangzhou to come to this forum. Really need that person.

hzkiller is from Hangzhou?


Anyway, it's impossible the have separate threads even for every awesome looking 100m+ tower in China-- it would overwhelm the forums. :)

^^ hmm that's true :P

can someone who can read chinese go to http://bbs.hangzhou.com.cn/ and check out some updates? That's the site where z0rg got his pic from too.

Sep 2008, Hangzhou Qianjiang CBD

http://bbs.home.news.cn/upfiles/038AA8EA.002C

http://bbs.home.news.cn/upfiles/038AA921.002C

http://bbs.home.news.cn/upfiles/038AA989.002C

http://bbs.home.news.cn/upfiles/038AA9A9.002C

http://bbs.home.news.cn/upfiles/038AA9FA.002C

http://bbs.home.news.cn/upfiles/038AAA0F.002C

http://bbs.home.news.cn/upfiles/038AAA24.002C

http://bbs.home.news.cn/upfiles/038AAA5A.002C

http://bbs.home.news.cn/upfiles/038AAAD7.002C

http://bbs.home.news.cn/upfiles/038AAB1A.002C

http://bbs.home.news.cn/upfiles/038AAB97.002C

http://bbs.home.news.cn/upfiles/038AABCC.002C

http://bbs.home.news.cn/upfiles/038AAC58.002C

http://bbs.home.news.cn/upfiles/038AADBD.002C

http://bbs.home.news.cn/upfiles/038AAE08.002C

http://bbs.home.news.cn/upfiles/038AAE5A.002C

http://bbs.home.news.cn/upfiles/038AB03A.002C

http://bbs.home.news.cn/upfiles/038AB059.002C

http://bbs.home.news.cn/upfiles/038AB0B6.002C

http://bbs.home.news.cn/upfiles/038AB159.002C

http://bbs.home.news.cn/upfiles/038AB1B4.002C

http://bbs.home.news.cn/upfiles/038AB239.002C

http://bbs.home.news.cn/upfiles/038AB29A.002C

http://bbs.home.news.cn/upfiles/038AB328.002C

http://bbs.home.news.cn/upfiles/038AB35B.002C

http://bbs.home.news.cn/upfiles/038AB397.002C

http://bbs.home.news.cn/upfiles/038AC71E.002C
(bbs.home.news.cn)

^^ amazinggg!!!

Scheduled Qianjiang Raffles Plaza (80fl,60fl). It'll be finished by 2012.

http://i245.photobucket.com/albums/gg64/z0rgggg/others/hangzhou.jpg
(skyscrapers.cn)

hangzhou is one of my favourites. This is absolutely awesome stuff.

Pictures made on 4th of October by my girlfriend:

http://i26.photobucket.com/albums/c101/kostik3000/Hangzhou_2008/DSCN2930.jpg

http://i26.photobucket.com/albums/c101/kostik3000/Hangzhou_2008/DSCN2932.jpg


http://i26.photobucket.com/albums/c101/kostik3000/Hangzhou_2008/DSCN2943.jpg

http://i26.photobucket.com/albums/c101/kostik3000/Hangzhou_2008/DSCN2946.jpg

http://i26.photobucket.com/albums/c101/kostik3000/Hangzhou_2008/DSCN2929.jpg

http://i26.photobucket.com/albums/c101/kostik3000/Hangzhou_2008/DSCN2934.jpg

^^ oh cool thank you for the pictures, your girl friend is in Hangzhou now ?

Every time I see a picture of a City from China , it's like welcome to China's 21 st Century , while other Countries are struggling to build just a small highrise or anything of this kind . China continues to amaze the world,by transforming the whole Country into a super modern and very well organised Cites , beautiful and clean very , liveable looking Cities , congratulation !

4th of october.

China does a lot of construction of 21 days. Thnx for the pics anyways though. The ball and the bird-eye-moon-shaped building look magnificent

^^ oh cool thank you for the pictures, your girl friend is in Hangzhou now ?
Yes, she is. I am going where myself on 26th of December. will try to make more updates :)

4th of october.

China does a lot of construction of 21 days. Thnx for the pics anyways though. The ball and the bird-eye-moon-shaped building look magnificent

Yes, I know, I post pictures localy but then see this section as well.
I am trying to get myself familiarise with the projects so when I am in Hangzhou I know what is what :)

City hall as on 4th of October:
http://i26.photobucket.com/albums/c101/kostik3000/Hangzhou_2008/DSCN2948.jpg

this city, i say, the most lovely city i've ever seen. especially those huge trees in both side of the road.

Yes, she is. I am going where myself on 26th of December. will try to make more updates :)

Please do! this forum really needs some hangzhou pics, some of the best building are building build there!

Please do! this forum really needs some hangzhou pics, some of the best building are building build there!

I will do my best, visting CBD is on my agenda and know list of projects now so should be able to recongnise them.

lol i meant to say:

Please do! this forum really needs some hangzhou pics, some of the best buildings are being build there!

I was close to drunk when i posted that.

lol i meant to say:

Please do! this forum really needs some hangzhou pics, some of the best buildings are being build there!

I was close to drunk when i posted that.

:) No problems, I got the meaning of the first message anyway :)

found this on skyscraperpage, thanx to chicagoshenzhen

In the first day of 2009, I took a walk around the New CBD area of Hangzhou--Qianjiang New Town, a brand-new area on the north bank of Qiantangjiang River. It started construction about 7 years ago and is expected to have most of the projects finished in the coming 5 years.

To the new CBD area:
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3118/3156068408_1aa99784fc_o.jpg

The Civil Center
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3262/3155239601_ef02ffb004_o.jpg

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3125/3156067650_d3504db985_o.jpg

The red one is the BRT(Bus Rapid Transit) bus
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3075/3156068486_f83a030fb0_o.jpg

Interior
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3218/3155240005_54c87ac71f_o.jpg

The International Convention Center of Hangzhou: golden sun (or golden egg, I guess)
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3247/3155234315_b4af0b3326_o.jpg

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3034/3156068710_151e631560_o.jpg

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3240/3156069018_5a68481beb_o.jpg

The Grand Theater of Hangzhou: moon with pearl
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3211/3155238971_3d767e3aac_o.jpg

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3288/3155239305_c208a06391_o.jpg

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3213/3156073820_672d3cd942_o.jpg

ZheJiang Fortune Finance Center
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3226/3155233113_d73ba7fe92_o.jpg

Zunbao Twin Building
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3251/3156068302_8ec434c567_o.jpg

Left:Sheng'ao Central Building; Right: Huacheng Building
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3121/3155233415_258b9b6547_o.jpg

Zhejiang Telecom Building
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3263/3155233589_2b4f1cb1d3_o.jpg

Random views around the Qianjiang New CBD Area
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3252/3156068138_23d65deb48_o.jpg

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3230/3155239067_20893ac142_o.jpg

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3206/3156073532_a6a0d77be8_o.jpg

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3287/3156074198_44b462868d_o.jpg

Westlake Cultural Plaza near Wulin Square
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3195/3155240049_9d4f3e15ab_o.jpg

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3204/3156074576_90ec9f8808_o.jpg

omg that is so nice!

WOW
That's nice. thanks for the pics.

highrises: a bit too (square-ish) conservative
lowrises(eggs and moons): No.1!!!

The last pics looks so great!

Winning design unveiled for Zhejiang University Medical Center (http://www.worldarchitecturenews.com/index.php?fuseaction=wanappln.projectview&upload_id=11272)

http://static.worldarchitecturenews.com/project/uploaded_files/11272_main385.jpg

Hangzhou Raffles Plaza (planning)

http://img17.imageshack.us/img17/9687/03f3a221.jpg

http://img377.imageshack.us/img377/3458/03f3a24d.jpg

(xinhuanet forum)

JinJi Qianjiang Commercial Complex (Planning)

http://img65.imageshack.us/img65/1407/03f3a255.jpg

(xinhuanet forum)

Hangzhou CBD constructon update

http://img257.imageshack.us/img257/5339/resizeof03f39b6e.jpg

Zhejiang Fortune Center (twin), 258m

http://img377.imageshack.us/img377/9044/resizeof03f3a04d.jpg

http://img17.imageshack.us/img17/4813/resizeof03f39c20.jpg

Convention center

http://img257.imageshack.us/img257/4901/resizeof03f39c84.jpg

http://img208.imageshack.us/img208/6664/resizeof03f39bc3.jpg

http://img13.imageshack.us/img13/60/resizeof3q.jpg

Entrance of Wave City, large underground shopping center

http://img209.imageshack.us/img209/6353/resizeof1.jpg

http://img165.imageshack.us/img165/1946/resizeof03f39ce7.jpg

http://img521.imageshack.us/img521/6669/resizeof2.jpg

Hangzhou Citizen center (government building, library etc)

http://img17.imageshack.us/img17/7054/resizeof03f39de3.jpg

Left: Wanxiang right: Wanyin

http://img65.imageshack.us/img65/8059/resizeof03f39ea8.jpg

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http://img257.imageshack.us/img257/3816/resizeof03f39f14.jpg

http://img17.imageshack.us/img17/839/resizeof03f39e4b.jpg

Greenland, Wangzu No 1

http://img208.imageshack.us/img208/2936/resizeof03f39f7f.jpg

http://img17.imageshack.us/img17/42/resizeof03f39f9f.jpg

http://img165.imageshack.us/img165/950/resizeof03f3a120.jpg

http://img208.imageshack.us/img208/831/resizeof03f3a138.jpg

by kankanwusuowei, xinhuanet

Very nice city and pictures. Thanks..

Hangzhou Raffles Plaza (planning)

http://img17.imageshack.us/img17/9687/03f3a221.jpg

http://img377.imageshack.us/img377/3458/03f3a24d.jpg

(xinhuanet forum)

This one has already been approved i think.

^^ nice one, very unique

A great CBD in the works. Kinda reminds me of Moscow IBC but lower and a bit more spread out. Modern Hangzhou will look spectacular in 10-15 years time.

I am planing to travel across china sometime this year or maybe next . Actually i am even considering getting a job in China . I was offered a job in huawei in shenzen sometime back but i dropped it .:((((( that was a real big mistake now i am so desperate to be a part of chinese growth story and see it for myself .That is the single most exciting thing on earth and ahs got me hooked

Luxury hotels flock to Hangzhou
6 May 2009
Shanghai Daily

Hangzhou has become a competitive battlefield for the luxury hotel industry. The capital of Zhejiang Province is attracting flocks of international hotel chains ready to try for a slice of the city's huge tourism market. Tan Weiyun checks in.

Famous as a tourist destination with its beautiful setting and rich cultural heritage, Hangzhou, now named as one of "China's Best Tourism City," has become a competitive battlefield for the luxury hotel industry.

The capital of Zhejiang Province is attracting flocks of international hotel chains ready to try for a slice of the city's huge tourism market.

"Hangzhou has a good balance of leisure and business," said Michael Malik, chairman of the Shanghai Business Council Marriott International. "We don't think it is too late for us to enter the market. It is just about the right time as the market is maturing."

The hotel giant has two major two projects - the Courtyard by Marriott Hangzhou City Center and the JW Marriott Hotel Hangzhou. The Courtyard will be open by the end of this year and the other hotel by the end of next year. It is the first time the Marriott group has set foot in the scenic city.

Located in Wulin, Hangzhou's business center, the 320-room JW Marriott and the 340-room Courtyard by Marriott Hangzhou City Center will offer travelers an even wider selection of accommodation.

As Marriott's luxury hotel brand, the JW Marriott Hotel Hangzhou will provide a variety of dining options, including a casual all-day restaurant, a Chinese restaurant with 10 private dining rooms, a specialty restaurant with three private dining rooms and a lobby lounge and entertainment bar.

Marriott's Courtyard hotels are designed for businessmen and upmarket travelers. The Courtyard by Marriott Hangzhou City Center will have an executive floor and lounge, a business center and a gift shop. Guests of the Courtyard will have access to the JW Marriott Hotel Hangzhou's conference rooms, restaurants and lounges, health club and spa.

Though the global economic crisis has cast a shadow over the industry, Marriot is sticking to its strategy in China with many other properties under construction.

Currently there are 17 hotels being built around the country, including five in Shanghai and others in Hangzhou, Suzhou, Nanjing, Beijing, Guangzhou, Xi'an, Tianjin and Macau.

"Though these are difficult times, we're continuing to do a good job," the chairman said. "To take good care of our customers, create value and deliver great service for them is our philosophy."

Another leading hotel chain, InterContinental Hotels Group, plunged into Hangzhou's tourism market early this year.

Last month the group opened the four-star Holiday Inn Hangzhou in the city's Thousand Island Lake area, providing conference facilities and a large banquet hall, broadband Internet access, video conferencing facilities and on-site technical support.

A few months earlier, the Crowne Plaza Hangzhou Grand Canal and Holiday Inn Express Grand Canal were opened close to the city's CBD and downtown.

The Crowne Plaza has 331 rooms including 106 executive rooms and suites equipped with ergonomically designed work areas, broadband Internet access, full-size individual baths and 37-inch flat screen LCD televisions.

It's business services include tailor-made conference programs. All six conference rooms and the ballroom have natural light and are designed to accommodate between 20 and 500 people and offer audio-visual systems, broadband Internet access and LCD projectors.

The newly opened Holiday Inn Express Hangzhou Grand Canal is 15 minutes' drive to the West Lake on the elevated highway and is tailored for thrifty tourists who still care about quality.

"Hangzhou has become an important market for us. It has its unique advantages," said Li Jing, the director of sales and marketing of Crowne Plaza. "Hangzhou is not only a long-famed tourist destination, but also a potential market for the MICE industry (meetings, incentives, conferences and events) close to the commercial center in Shanghai."

Another IHG hotel is scheduled to open in Hangzhou's Binjiang area at the end of this year.

The accommodation market in Hangzhou has become more heated as other hotels open. After a soft opening last December, the Oakwood Residence Hangzhou will have a grand opening in second half of this year.

Located on Jiaogong Road, and linked to the Europe America Center complex at the prime Yellow Dragon commercial circle, this 166-residence residency block claims to be the city's first international serviced apartments offering studios, one, two or three bedroom options and a kaleidoscope of facilities and services.

It might be luxurious for tourists but behind the glamor there is a fierce battle for customers going on around the picturesque West Lake and its neighboring landmarks.

Offering the sun and the moon
5 November 2009
Shanghai Daily

HANGZHOU is best known for its West Lake, but many people tend to forget the city's other body of water - the Qianjiang River, known for its spectacular tides.

Qianjiang New Town, the area near the river on the other side of the city, has been getting increased exposure in recent years.

Like Shanghai's Pudong New Area, this area has been planned as a financial center for the city and Zhejiang Province, and as with Pudong there's spectacular architecture.

The most awe-inspiring is the vast sun-moon complex, with an 18-story golden ball representing the sun and a silver crescent representing the moon.

The exterior has been completed and work on the interior is underway.

The idea is to compare development of Hangzhou and Qianjiang New Town to the glorious celestial bodies.

"The iconic construction, the rising sun and the moon, will put Hangzhou on the international map, attracting people not only to see the wonderful national heritage of the city, but also the modern and innovative part," says Rob Spiekerman, general manager of InterContinental Hangzhou, a five-star international hotel contained in the golden ball. It's expected to open next year.

The golden ball is the Hangzhou International Conference Center, said to be the largest planned in China, and the crescent-shaped Hangzhou Grand Theater.

Attached to the conference center and inside the ball, the InterContinental Hangzhou will have nearly 400 rooms and large and advanced conference facilities.

The grand ballroom, 2,000 square meters without pillars, can accommodate more than 1,000 guests for all kinds of international meetings. It can be divided into smaller units for smaller events. The hotel offers 26 other meeting rooms.

It also offers a state-of-the-art video conference room and a TV broadcasting room. All meeting rooms use natural lighting and some have private gardens for events such as weddings or anniversaries.

Spiekerman, who has worked extensively in Europe, tells Shanghai Daily he has wanted to work in China.

Arriving seven months ago, Spiekerman traveled around the country and fell in love with Hangzhou, "a financial heart with beautiful scenery and rich culture."

"I'm very excited with the project, not only for its distinguished architecture, but also for the potential of the market, with daily developments," says Spiekerman. He now devotes his time to solving the various challenges posed by the exterior curvature of the hotel, which occupies part of the ball.

The hotel will have around 400 rooms with floor-to-ceiling windows that offer panoramic view of the Qianjiang River and the scenic city.

There doesn't seem to be a single pedestrian in the entire city!

It will be interesting to see how civic life blooms in China's rebuilt cities. All these new areas look so dead, they must be ghost towns at night.

Well, since Hangzhou city center is a very established area for shopping and entertainment. I think this new CBD will be just an office park for a very long time.

There doesn't seem to be a single pedestrian in the entire city!

It will be interesting to see how civic life blooms in China's rebuilt cities. All these new areas look so dead, they must be ghost towns at night.

i wouldnt worry mate

http://dealbreaker.com/2009/09/04/Shanghai.jpg

Those areas are dead because most of the streets around are still construction zones

Wow! Speechless looking at these beautiful projects in Hangchow!

Yes, attracting people is never a problem for cities in China. This area is designed specifically to keep the people away so that office workers can have a quiet working environment. In China quiet & clean==good & unique. Bustling==old fashioned & just like everywhere else.

BTW, the picture is Nanjing Road of Shanghai

i wouldnt worry mate

http://dealbreaker.com/2009/09/04/Shanghai.jpg

Those areas are dead because most of the streets around are still construction zones

Diseño final del estadio olímpico de Hangzhou, 80.000 plazas. De NBBJ.
http://static.worldarchitecturenews.com/news_images/13876_2_Hangzhou3.jpg

http://static.worldarchitecturenews.com/news_images/13876_3_Hangzhou4.jpg

http://static.worldarchitecturenews.com/news_images/13876_1_Hangzhou1000.jpg

http://static.worldarchitecturenews.com/news_images/13876_6_Hangzhou7.jpg

http://static.worldarchitecturenews.com/news_images/13876_4_Hangzhou5.jpg

http://worldarchitecturenews.com/index.php?fuseaction=wanappln.projectview&upload_id=13876

Absolutely beautiful!

hats off to my fellow Chinese, stunning stadium! Bravo Hangzhou!

http://www.amazon.com/dp/B002RJQT84?tag=anarchojose08-20&camp=14573&creative=327641&linkCode=as1&creativeASIN=B002RJQT84&adid=1FQSFGYYWFNTN7EPCPMA&

truly?

Not to these wooly guys/gals. As a matter of fact, they don't need no stinkin' flower stadium (btw, this is the actual site under construction). :lol:


panoramio.com (http://www.panoramio.com/photo/28004053)
http://mw2.google.com/mw-panoramio/photos/medium/28003899.jpg http://mw2.google.com/mw-panoramio/photos/medium/28003575.jpg

panoramio.com (http://www.panoramio.com/photo/27871038)
http://mw2.google.com/mw-panoramio/photos/medium/27871038.jpg

wow, thats a really gorgeous stadium! :drool:

CITIC Bank by David Nelson (Foster & Partners). 99m, 20 floors.
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China Second-Tier City Office Vacancy to Rise on Overbuilding, CBRE Says
By Bloomberg News - Mar 29, 2011

Business Exchange Buzz up! Digg Print Email China’s office vacancy may rise in some of the country’s less affluent cities as developers overbuild, driving rents down “over the next two to three years,” the world’s biggest commercial property broker said.

“The challenge is there will be a timing mismatch,” Chris Brooke, chief executive office for Greater China at New York- based CB Richard Ellis Inc., said in an interview in Beijing. “In some second-tier cities, you may have 10 to 15 buildings being built simultaneously and that’s not going to be sustainable in terms of the short-term demand.”

Countrywide home-price curbs and local governments’ plans to develop business districts in so-called second-tier cities are luring developers away from residential development, as well as from the biggest metropolitan areas including Shanghai and Beijing. Commercial real estate investment in China jumped 42 percent last year from 2009, according to Cushman & Wakefield Inc., the biggest closely held property services company.

Hangzhou, Tianjin, Nanjing and Ningbo may be among cities where there may be rising vacancies and falling rents, Brooke said. First-tier cities include wealthier Shanghai, Beijing and Guangzhou in southern China, according to China’s National Bureau of Statistics. The second tier includes provincial capitals such as Chengdu and Wuhan and the third includes smaller cities.

China will be home to 44 percent of skyscrapers being built globally in the next six years, underscoring concerns that excessive investment will lead to a sharp economic slowdown, Barclays Plc’s Hong Kong-based analyst Andrew Lawrence said in a January report.

‘Significant Gain’
Soho China Ltd. (410), the biggest developer in Beijing’s central business district, said earlier this month commercial property prices in China may see “a significant gain” that will help draw more investors. Even so, the company said it has no plans to expand into second-tier cities.

Some new office building in second-tier cities “are going to be empty,” Andy Zhang, managing director for China at Cushman & Wakefield, said in an interview. “It’ll be a big waste. We’re worried about some local governments’ plans of building financial centers or metropolis.”

China this year raised the minimum down payment for second-home purchases and introduced taxes on residential properties in Shanghai and Chongqing. Beijing and Shanghai also announced restrictions on home purchases last month, responding to measures imposed by the central government.

China Second-Tier City Office Vacancy to Rise on Overbuilding, CBRE Says
By Bloomberg News - Mar 29, 2011

Business Exchange Buzz up! Digg Print Email China’s office vacancy may rise in some of the country’s less affluent cities as developers overbuild, driving rents down “over the next two to three years,” the world’s biggest commercial property broker said.

“The challenge is there will be a timing mismatch,” Chris Brooke, chief executive office for Greater China at New York- based CB Richard Ellis Inc., said in an interview in Beijing. “In some second-tier cities, you may have 10 to 15 buildings being built simultaneously and that’s not going to be sustainable in terms of the short-term demand.”

Countrywide home-price curbs and local governments’ plans to develop business districts in so-called second-tier cities are luring developers away from residential development, as well as from the biggest metropolitan areas including Shanghai and Beijing. Commercial real estate investment in China jumped 42 percent last year from 2009, according to Cushman & Wakefield Inc., the biggest closely held property services company.

Hangzhou, Tianjin, Nanjing and Ningbo may be among cities where there may be rising vacancies and falling rents, Brooke said. First-tier cities include wealthier Shanghai, Beijing and Guangzhou in southern China, according to China’s National Bureau of Statistics. The second tier includes provincial capitals such as Chengdu and Wuhan and the third includes smaller cities.

China will be home to 44 percent of skyscrapers being built globally in the next six years, underscoring concerns that excessive investment will lead to a sharp economic slowdown, Barclays Plc’s Hong Kong-based analyst Andrew Lawrence said in a January report.

‘Significant Gain’
Soho China Ltd. (410), the biggest developer in Beijing’s central business district, said earlier this month commercial property prices in China may see “a significant gain” that will help draw more investors. Even so, the company said it has no plans to expand into second-tier cities.

Some new office building in second-tier cities “are going to be empty,” Andy Zhang, managing director for China at Cushman & Wakefield, said in an interview. “It’ll be a big waste. We’re worried about some local governments’ plans of building financial centers or metropolis.”

China this year raised the minimum down payment for second-home purchases and introduced taxes on residential properties in Shanghai and Chongqing. Beijing and Shanghai also announced restrictions on home purchases last month, responding to measures imposed by the central government.

They have been saying this crap for years. Bubble this Bubble that!!

Hangzhou to play a role in a new round of development
China Daily
Updated: 2011-06-01 08:26

When the government of Zhejiang is talking about developing a "marine economy", Hangzhou - the province's capital - is expected to have an adequate role to play in this new round of growth.

Almost a hub for everything - politics, culture, education, manufacturing and services - in the province, Hangzhou lacks an important thing for developing a marine economy - a big seaport.

Although at the estuary of the Qiantang River, Hangzhou is not likely to build a big port because of the severely silted coast.

But this does not mean it cannot build a marine economy in the future.

The marine economy is not limited to port transportation - it covers a wide range of fields from agriculture, manufacturing and services.

According the city's five-year development plan for 2011-2015, Hangzhou will put its emphasis on such sectors as research of marine sciences and technologies, manufacturing of marine equipment, marine biotechnologies and medicines, comprehensive use of seawater and marine-related services.

In marine research, the city has a number of leading institutions including the Second Marine Research Institute of China and the Hangzhou Seawater Treatment Research and Development Center - a professional institute for seawater desalination.

Hangzhou also has a number of competitive enterprises in marine equipment manufacturing.

For instance, the Hangzhou Qianjin Gearbox Group is the nation's leading producer of gearboxes used in ships and vessels. Its products now take up 65 percent of market share in China and more than 70 percent in Southeast Asia.

The Zhonggao Engines Co Ltd is a newly established company in Hangzhou Economic and Technological Development Zone, mainly producing large-capacity engines for ocean-going vessels.

Seeing the mounting number of orders since the last half of 2010, Shi Qingzhe, board chairman of Zhonggao, said he is optimistic about his company and the industry.

"Basic facilities (like our products) is necessary for developing a marine economy," he said, adding that the investment in engine production can account for the one-fifth of the total investment in developing a marine economy.

Intercontinental Hotel Hangzhou, what a beauty!

http://www.tripadvisor.com/Hotel_Review-g298559-d1554667-Reviews-InterContinental_Hangzhou-Hangzhou_Zhejiang.html

Cool interior pics...

Thought it was a theatre, opera house or something similar when I was in Hangzhou during summer, but I was wrong!

A Hotel and Office Complex Project in Hangzhou's Xintiandi Area

From www.archdaily.com (http://www.archdaily.com/195727/hangzhou-waves-jds/)

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Hangzhou Gateway Tower in Hangzhou's Gongshu District

From www.archdaily.com (http://www.archdaily.com/141536/hangzhou-gateway-tower-jds-architects/)

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Hangzhou Based Architect Wang Shu Gave lecture in Harvards Graduate School of Design about the connections between his works and the landscape beauty of his city Hangzhou.

From www.archdaily.com (http://www.archdaily.com/195980/video-wang-shu-%e2%80%9cgeometry-and-narrative-of-natural-form%e2%80%9d/)

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woooooooooooow good job little universe! Nice infos

Hangzhou Xiaoshan International Airport Terminal 3 Updates

From www.gaoloumi.com (http://www.gaoloumi.com/viewthread.php?tid=187749&extra=page%3D1)

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The Airport Terminal 3 is conceptually and visually disappointing. I hope it is cheap to build and maintain :lol:.

Photo taken on Jan. 13, 2012 shows workers fixing the first steel box girder to a crane while building the Jiaxing-Shaoxing (Jiashao) Bridge on the Hangzhou Bay, east China's Zhejiang Province. As the second cross-sea bridge spaning across the Hangzhou Bay, the Jiashao Bridge is expected to be put into operation by the end of 2012. It will halve the travel time down to 1.5 hours between Shaoxing in Zhejiang and Shanghai. (Xinhua/Xu Yu)

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A steel box girder of the Jiaxing-Shaoxing (Jiashao) Bridge is lifted by a crane on the Hangzhou Bay, east China's Zhejiang Province, Jan. 13, 2012. As the second cross-sea bridge spaning across the Hangzhou Bay, the Jiashao Bridge is expected to be put into operation by the end of 2012. It will halve the travel time down to 1.5 hours between Shaoxing in Zhejiang and Shanghai. (Xinhua/Xu Yu)

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A steel box girder of the Jiaxing-Shaoxing (Jiashao) Bridge is lifted by a crane on the Hangzhou Bay, east China's Zhejiang Province, Jan. 13, 2012. As the second cross-sea bridge spaning across the Hangzhou Bay, the Jiashao Bridge is expected to be put into operation by the end of 2012. It will halve the travel time down to 1.5 hours between Shaoxing in Zhejiang and Shanghai. (Xinhua/Xu Yu)

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