i wish they make the side only in one cladding or color though. The glass doesnt look too cool with the Xes

Nice design....:okay:

I like the X's. But I do wish they were just one color. Hopefully those brown panels are just temporary.

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how long before the turbine things go online? i heard there's turbines or something in those gap like things in the tower that will make energy for it

i wish they make the side only in one cladding or color though. The glass doesnt look too cool with the Xes

Like the rest of the building, the X's aren't finished yet. It'll look great when they are.

Interesting shape, eco-building, that's nice :)

another great addition to Guangzhou's skyline!! :) China is rising veeery fast ;)

A truly revolutionary building in its design and the technology it is trying to experiment with. I hope it would be a success and be a self reliant building. :)

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hello everyone

i am a senior civil engineering student and preparing a case study paper on the pearl river tower for a course ı'm taking about tall buildings. i need to analyze the structural system of this building in detail and need some scaled structural plan drawings but i couln't find any over the internet or any books. there are non-scaled layout plans in the book "The architecture of Adrian Smith, SOM : toward a sustainable future" but it is better if i could find more accurate drawings.

i managed to find information about the structural system in one paper from the website of ASCE and the SOM book and that's all.

i appreciate any help you could provide me..

the photos from the construction site are very helpful by the way, thank you.

looking forward to your answers

I took these last weekend:


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For anyone who's interested, the National Geographics channel aired Megastructures: Pearl River Tower tonight at 8pm EST.

Looks like a giant electric shaver... I quite like it, although the original renders made it look a lot better than how it turned out.

x-posting. not the latest update but the view is nice.

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Looks like the cladding is done. This turned out fantastically.

simply breathtaking.

pretty cool

amazing looks perfect :cheers:

For anyone who's interested, the National Geographics channel aired Megastructures: Pearl River Tower tonight at 8pm EST.

I couldn't find it :( Are you sure it was aired ?

I couldn't find it :( Are you sure it was aired ?

Yeah, I watched it. It might of been National Geographics Canada.

I watched it, very interesting.

Excellent skyscraper

can i find that vid on youtube?

March 12 by 探长
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Best looking tower in this city.

^^^This would be the best looking tower in almost every city. :cheers:

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I watched Megastructures: Pearl River Tower and loved the building. I would not mind going to Guangzhou and having a look at the amazing city

damn that is so awesome :)

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I hate it... the cladding on the side completely ruins it for me...

They have to install some stuff on those spaces, don't they?

They have to install some stuff on those spaces, don't they?

I'm pretty certain they were trying to show the body folds in the front facade on the side, but they screwed it up. Nothing else happening on this tower from what I know...

but i also hate the side :(

the sides aren't finished.

http://www.som.com/resources/category/5/0/6/8/9/0/images/PearlRiver1.jpg

So little progress lately. They are busy with the turbines I guess.

Looks like it ain't finished, so I'm not jumping on the hate bandwagon. This is truly visually stunning.

Another uniquely designed tower. It looks great!

This is one of my favorite towers, really stunning

I'd very well say the sides are finished. They haven't done anything with the facade in months, and there are no cranes or elevators left to service the facade for installation. The only way I see them fixing it is if they use window cleaning scaffolding or if they can manage to take the panels off from the interior. Both would take a substantial amount of time.

That makes no sense. For them to leave the side of the building like that seems too dumb to be true.

Yup, I couldn't believe it either. The cladding looks so weird like that, I'm sure they haven't finished.

Maybe its just the windows that are open? Wouldnt be strange if the AC's arent installed yet. It would be pretty terrible working conditions inside :-/

Do you know who produce the turbines?

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WOW, such a nice pic

thanks super

Nice shot...:okay:

its looks better and better damn amazing :) cant wait to see night shots when the claddings are finished

IT'S A GREAT DESIGN . AND A GREEN SUPERTALL BUILDING.

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What a cluster!

Those nearby ugly tiny commieblocks should be removed :/

And 20 years ago there was nothing but few fishing villages... Really beautiful building :)

And 20 years ago there was nothing but few fishing villages... Really beautiful building :)

uh... 20 years ago guangzhou was a huge city. just not as huge as it is now.

uh... 20 years ago guangzhou was a huge city. just not as huge as it is now.

Yeah, that's right.
He probably mixed up Guangzhou with Shenzhen.

I was in Guangzhou in the early 80's and there was one hotel tower and it was on all the postcards of the city. There was a huge city there, but no, and I mean no, skyline to speak of. The airport was one tiny building and you walked out to your CAAC old Russian plane.

As for Shenzhen...when you left HK and entered the PRC back in those days, there was nothing there. Shenzhen is the most changed place on the planet over the past quarter century. It is beyond mind blowing what happened there.

Another uniquely designed tower. It looks great!

I think about this every time I look at it.

It looks like an awesome post modern version of the United Nations Building.

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Awesome. I saw megastructures episode about this tower. The wind turbines are really amazing. :cheers:

I was in Guangzhou in the early 80's and there was one hotel tower and it was on all the postcards of the city. There was a huge city there, but no, and I mean no, skyline to speak of. The airport was one tiny building and you walked out to your CAAC old Russian plane.

That must be the White Swan Hotel, which sits on the waterfront and will soon close for renovations.

Very nice design, cool :-)

huh , I don't like this design , yes it is realy different from other Buildings that makes it unique.But I don't like this design hehe ^^

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Wow. Which cities in China will have the most supertalls in 2015, z0rg? I feel there are so many U/C in Guangzhou, Shenzhen and even Shenyang already, more than Shanghai could ever dream of. Will Shanghai lose its top spot?

isn`t HK still the leader in China ?

isn`t HK still the leader in China ?
No, Shanghai has boasted more buildings above 400 m than any other city in the world (except Chicago).

isn`t HK still the leader in China ?

For now it is (supertall-wise 300m). My money is on Guangzhou or Shenzhen will have the most by 2015.

No, Shanghai has boasted more buildings above 400 m than any other city in the world (except Chicago).

we were talking about supertalls (>300m), right ?
and I guess in this category HK is still the leader in Asia right now except of Dubai ?!
HK: 6
Guangzhou: 5 (partly not finished)
Shanghai: 3 or 4 ?
Mumbai will take the cake in the future with all the proposed projects.

we were talking about supertalls (>300m), right ?
and I guess in this category HK is still the leader in Asia right now except of Dubai ?!
HK: 6
Guangzhou: 5 (partly not finished)
Shanghai: 3 or 4 ?
Mumbai will take the cake in the future with all the proposed projects.

HK has 7. Guangzhou has 5 topped out. Shanghai has 3.

^^
Supertalls (+300m):

HK: 6
ICC, 2IFC, Central Plaza, BoC, The Center, Nina Towers

Shanghai: 3 + 2 U/C + 1 proposed
SWFC, Jin Mao, Shimao + Shanghai Tower, White Magnolia + Xujiahui Supertall

^^
Supertalls (+300m):

HK: 6
ICC, 2IFC, Central Plaza, BoC, The Center, Nina Towers

Shanghai: 3 + 2 U/C + 1 proposed
SWFC, Jin Mao, Shimao + Shanghai Tower, White Magnolia + Xujiahui Supertall

I thought One Island East was a supertall. Just looked on CTBUH, I guess not. Time to fix Wikipedia as well.

and Shenzhen: only 2 topped out so far ? how many u/c ?
and ChongChing: 1
so in the near future GZ will have most supertalls in China !

GZ looks amazing. But I still hate it for its overpopulation... my god.

for me GZ looks like the best designed city in China !

GZ looks amazing. But I still hate it for its overpopulation... my god.

hk is even more over populate,gz is alrite

and Shenzhen: only 2 topped out so far ? how many u/c ?
and ChongChing: 1
so in the near future GZ will have most supertalls in China !

Shenzhen:
3 + 5 U/C + 4 proposed
Kingkey, Shun Hing, SEG + Ping'An (both towers: the smaller one will be over 300m), Hon Kwok, East Pacific Center, Heung Kong + World Finance Center, China Resources HQ, Feng Long, International Trade Center

over 10 supertalls in one city... :cheers:

Shenzhen:
3 + 5 U/C + 4 proposed
Kingkey, Shun Hing, SEG + Ping'An (both towers: the smaller one will be over 300m), Hon Kwok, East Pacific Center, Heung Kong + World Finance Center, China Resources HQ, Feng Long, International Trade Center

over 10 supertalls in one city... :cheers:

CTBUH doesn't consider SEG a supertall.

CTBUH says SEG Plaza is ~291m/957ft. Height to tip is ~355m/1126ft. I assume that height is for the (antennaes?).

Man, I gotta get my files updated. A lot of my own info is out of date. That's annoying.

CTBUH doesn't consider SEG a supertall.

CTBUH says SEG Plaza is ~291m/957ft. Height to tip is ~355m/1126ft. I assume that height is for the (antennaes?).

Man, I gotta get my files updated. A lot of my own info is out of date. That's annoying.

It's always the question: spire or antenna?
Regarding skyscraperpage SEG has spires, so they add to the official height.

Why doesn't Shanghai have more proposed supertalls than other Chinese cities? I'm fairly surprised, it is the biggest city in China or not? It's time for it to prove itself.

Why doesn't Shanghai have more proposed supertalls than other Chinese cities? I'm fairly surprised, it is the biggest city in China or not? It's time for it to prove itself.

Well, SH has very high property prices and in terms of economic growth there is more potential left in Guangzhou and Shenzhen.
Nevertheless I'm pretty sure in the future there are still some supertalls for SH to come, but after the completion of Shanghai Tower, White Magnolia and several other skyscrapers/highrises, I think the market for office space in SH will be saturated for a while (but of course China has proven us wrong so many times :lol:).

BTW Shanghai has much more buildings over 200m than those other cities (except HK). Fewer supertalls, but more skyscrapers.

A TV documentation on the german channel 3sat at 21.00 o´clock.

TODAY

A TV documentation on the german channel 3sat at 21.00 o´clock.

TODAY

saw this one day too late :(

edit: they also have it online :) link (http://www.3sat.de/page/?source=/hitec/152744/index.html) (german)

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hk is even more over populate,gz is alrite

How can you compare HK with GZ? we are talking about Chinese in process of development.
The city sizes are completely different.

If you have to compare HK with GZ, alright, in HK at least you don't have the insecurity you have in GZ.

Give another more rational example.

:)

Why doesn't Shanghai have more proposed supertalls than other Chinese cities? I'm fairly surprised, it is the biggest city in China or not? It's time for it to prove itself.

We in SH, don't need to build more skyscrapers to call the attention of anyone, we are the economic capital of China, by knowing that, is ENOUGH

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This tower has a bit of a classic look. What is the caldding made of? I would like to see it in close up. :)

This thread is in fact for the modern looking tower, the blue one. The brown one is a different thread

the side cladding looks so unfinished i wish they would change it

I thought this picture was interesting
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awesome! very nice.

the density of supertalls in Guangzhou is really impressive!

Guangzhou is creating a really classy skyline. For me Pearl River is a third masterwork after the IFC and Canton Tower. Some other near-great towers as well...not to mention another gem, Hadid's opera...all in all, really commendable.

I've seen other buildings, but this tower is just incredible!

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Nice lighting scheme. Something different.

Is there something locaded in the top, just below the glass roof?

Is there something locaded in the top, just below the glass roof?

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Kind of reminds me of the movie Tron... hehehe, looking nice though:cheers:

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People don't seem to want to give this tower the credit it deserves. It's a pioneer in energy-independent architecture.

^^ That´s true, I´ve seen this amazing tower in Megastructures. One episode is about this tower. I recommend that, it´s really interesting ;)

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amazing shot !

Very nice, it's even better than the renders.

they need to clean the windows -.-"

This, kingkey and shanghai tower have to be the most pleasing to the eye towers going up in the country. Beautiful designs.

People don't seem to want to give this tower the credit it deserves. It's a pioneer in energy-independent architecture.


I agree, most underrated skyscraper ever.

i dont know if its really underrated. i have not seen many negative quotes. but one fore sure, it is a really beautyful building

they need to clean the windows -.-"

Still there re a lot of constructions going on, maybe after the surrounding u/c s are settled.

i dont know if its really underrated. i have not seen many negative quotes. but one fore sure, it is a really beautyful building
It's underrated in terms of the posts # it received. people these days only pay attention to 500m and 600m s. :)

Is this building really capable of powering all of its own energy? I find that hard to believe. :)

Nice tower and impressive, looks like in a science fiction movie. :)

Very nice tower and good piece of architecture.

There are few buildings that can match its renders after finished. This is one of them.

This is a great piece of architecture. Great tower. When can actual opening date be expected?

Is this building really capable of powering all of its own energy? I find that hard to believe. :)

No. It powers around 50% (solar and wind). However, it was designed to power more than 100% :) In the planning they had gas turbines for the remaining energy need. Idea was during the day energy will be used by the building and during the night it would have been sold to the city grid. Guangzhou city didn't have a program like that so they had to cancel it.

saw this one day too late :(

edit: they also have it online :) link (http://www.3sat.de/page/?source=/hitec/152744/index.html) (german)

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I think we can call this one "Complete".

what an amazing skyline :) and that without even seeing the centerpieces of the skyline ~

The best building in Guangzou :applause:

Love it!!http://www.collegefun4u.com/track.php?u=4

what a wonderful shape! is it open to the public yet?

Pearl River Tower is a candidate for 2011 Emporis Skyscraper Award.

Can we have confirmation that it is officially complete? They topped it out a whole year ago, so I don't see what they could be waiting for.

Guangzhou has the nicest supertall cluster in all of China, right now.

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Awesome picture!:cheers:

Guangzhou has the nicest supertall cluster in all of China, right now.

Well, there aren't too many supertall clusters in China (or in the world). You can hardly call Shanghai's two supertalls a cluster. :)
I guess, besides Guangzhou, there is only Dubai with a real supertall cluster.

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^^ wow, great collection of photos there, thanks for sharing! :)

Fantastic pics of the cluster.

Fucking fantastic pictures yo! Such a beautiful variety of supertalls and skyscrapers in the area with more to come. I hope most of these buildings will have observation decks. Sadly the CITIC plaza didn't have one when I visited in 2010.

23 Feb by 大家姐
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So, is this amazing skyscraper already in operation, at least partially?

Developing nicely!

Lovely skyline!

So, is this amazing skyscraper already in operation, at least partially?

They topped this one out more than a year ago, so "already" is a bit out of order. I can't fathom why they are taking so long to prepare the interior. Bad planning, funds dried up or perhaps the demand for the building's space isn't high enough?

Feb-6 by Mori, gaoloumi.com

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What are those 3 things?

17 March by 伏羲
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amazing building, the future for cities like this. clever design, modern, energy efficient and more nature friendly than most skyscrapers. an icon for the city :cheers:

Updates?

Updates?

It's as good as completed. Not much to see probably

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Feb-6 by Mori, gaoloumi.com
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Visited Guangzhou last month, and this tower looked amazing! Just one question, can anyone tell me what they are building across the street from this tower? At the site with the yellow crane on this pic. Is there a thread about it?

I just arrived from guangzhou, while the city map marked MRT station ,But it seem to me the station is still under constraction.

4.23 Two pics from unique angles

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So incredibly beautiful.

see that escalator, that is underground shopping mall,also house a cinema, showing " the war horse".

Those are nice snaps. Tower looks amazing :)

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Really crazy stuff going there in CHINA!!

See, what I think is happening is that the tower itself is fully complete, but the base is still under construction.

That's a beautiful shot z0rg,

nice towers

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^^
I see the tower is now listed as complete. So it's official then?
The tower was quasi-finished in January of 2011, but they never completed the final touches...

oh wow first time i saw the backside of the tower, looks even cooler than the front :cheers:

The "backside" does look pretty nice as well.

what hotel occupied in top floor?

Amazing tower. :cheers2: