China skyscraper plan will generate energy
22 February 2006
Professional Engineering

A skyscraper design that claims to produce more energy than it uses is trying to win a three-horse race for a corporate headquarters competition in Guangzhou in southern China.

The designers of the 69-storey Pearl River Tower claim that the tower will raise the bar for sustainable design. Architect Skidmore, Owings & Merrill (SOM) is planning to harvest wind and solar energy for the development in the subtropical port. Its design wants to direct and manage the region's often fierce winds so they become "invisible braces" that stiffen the tower.

"This is a skyscraper for a new age," said Adrian Smith, consulting design partner at SOM. "Its sculpted facade will direct wind to a pair of openings on the building's mechanical floors. The travelling winds push turbines which generate energy for the building's heating, ventilation and air conditioning systems. These openings also relieve wind pressure on the face of the building."

SOM claims energy consumption is reduced by maximising natural daylight, reducing solar gain in air conditioned spaces, retaining rainwater for grey-water usage and using the sun to heat the hot water supply. Stack venting, radiant slab cooling and caisson heat sinks work to chill the building. AC current is generated by solar collectors on the facade.

SOM is also the architect for the Freedom Tower on the site of the World Trade Center in New York, which is due to open in 2010.

However, the Freedom Tower will not use wind turbines like the Pearl River Tower following a design re-jig last year. This led to the abandoning of wind turbines for what will be the US's tallest building. It was decided the canopy of other skyscrapers would cause troublesome turbulence and limit efficiency.

SOM Wins Design Competition for Sustainable Skyscraper in China

CHICAGO, March 28 /PRNewswire/ -- Skidmore, Owings & Merrill LLP has won an international competition in China to design one of the most environmentally-sustainable buildings in the world, the Chicago-based architecture and engineering firm announced today.

SOM -- in cooperation with the Guangzhou Pearl River Engineering Construction Supervision Corp., and Guangzhou Design Institute -- will design Pearl River Tower, a 69-story corporate headquarters, for the CNTC Guangdong Company. The tower will be located in Guangzhou China, a subtropical port city of 6.6 million located 182 kilometers from Hong Kong.

"This project represents our commitment to sustainable design," SOM Managing Partner Thomas Kerwin said. "It also represents our commitment and spirit of mutual collaboration with China's design professionals, government and industry in pushing sustainable design best-practices."

Sleek and cutting-edge, Pearl River Tower will be an instant icon. SOM's design and engineering teams sought to create a visually-appealing building that produces as much energy as it consumes.

"The tower will absorb its environment and use it to its advantage," said project design architect, Gordon Gill of SOM. "It is a high performance instrument shaped by the sun and the wind."

The tower boasts an array of design and mechanical features. Winds directed into openings on the mechanical floor would power turbines that operate the tower's heating, cooling and ventilation systems. Solar collectors convert the sun's energy into electricity. Energy consumption is diminished by maximizing natural day-lighting, reducing solar gain in air conditioned spaces, retaining rainwater for consumption by HVAC systems and using the sun to heat the hot water supply. Stack venting, heat sinks and slab cooling cool the building.

SOM Consulting Design Partner for the tower Adrian D. Smith said the design "embodies the strategies of energy conservation and energy production we have endeavored to integrate into supertall projects for over a decade."

SOM was selected over seven design firms from four countries. CNTC Guangdong Company President Xiang Jin Cheng said the design "is the prototype for the intelligent building of the future -- highly efficient, sustainable and self sufficient."

Groundbreaking is scheduled for July 2006 with occupancy in fall 2009.

Skidmore, Owings & Merrill LLP

Web site: http://www.som.com/


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Location at Zhujiang New Town
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Costruction has started. No better pic by the moment, sorry.
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cool, so da construction for this building started

OMG!!!!!! what an impressive design it is!!!

another to add to bimonthly diagrams. how unique!
thanks

SOM, always designs the greatest building's, better then any other firm out there

i love this project, that design is so unbelievable

wow, that design is pure sex!

Orgasm...

oh baby.......

update please

Spectacular design, really impressive!

Something new about this building?

As far as I know, construction hasn't started yet :(

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wow a masterpiece of architecture

ha they should make a skyscraper that can clean up the pollution this building is undoubtedly gonna be shrouded in more often than not

great design tho, whereabouts is it getting built in gz?

If this tower ends up looking anything like the renders, it will be the best looking skyscraper on this planet. Incredible! :bow:

very unique design!!

The world needs more buildings like this.I didn't like this project when I first saw it,but after reading it's a green building I changed my opinion.

Amazing, love it!

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When the Guangdong Tobacco Company solicited proposals for a new headquarters last fall, the company asked architects to incorporate measures for sustainability. The Chicago office of Skidmore, Owings & Merrill (SOM) took the project as a challenge, submitting a design for a 300-meter tower that the firm says will require no net energy to operate. Known officially as the Guangdong Tobacco Tower, but informally called the Zero Energy Tower, SOM’s proposal is among three finalists. A winner is expected to be announced shortly.

"We have been doing a lot of research into energy efficiency for tall buildings," says Gordon Gill, an associate partner at SOM, who worked on the proposal with partner Adrian Smith and engineer Roger Frechette. "We felt this was an ideal opportunity to showcase how a large building could be designed to utilize energy harvested from the local environment."

The tower’s primary facade would face south to take advantage of prevailing winds from that direction, which would drive a series of building-integrated wind turbines located on two separate mechanical floors. The curved geometry of the facade was designed to maximize the power generated by the wind, says Frechette.

This south facade would also be double-glazed and mechanically ventilated, with integrated louvers that would adjust automatically to the sun’s angle and intensity. Ventilated air would be channeled through a passive dehumidification system to remove moisture. Frechette says despite Guangdong’s humid, subtropical climate, calculations showed such a system could be used successfully.

The tower has other energy-efficiency strategies as well. A unique geothermal system would be integrated into the tower’s caissons and connected to high-efficiency chillers that would reduce the size of the mechanical plant by about 30 percent. Radiant slab cooling on each floor would reduce energy used for cooling by 40 percent compared to a conventional HVAC system, say the designers. Underfloor displacement ventilation would further reduce cooling energy and provide improved indoor air quality. Perhaps more important, the improved ceiling heights achieved through these HVAC strategies would allow the architects to fit the building’s program into a tower several stories shorter than originally anticipated, which would shave operating and maintenance costs throughout the life of the building.

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Underfloor Ventilation with Radiant Cooling
In contrast to traditional HVAC systems, which consume copious energy from fans to mix fresh air with that circulating inside, Pearl River’s ventilation makes fans unnecessary. Since the incoming air is dehumidified and precooled within the double wall, it’s similar enough to the interior climate to introduce directly via underfloor displacement ventilation without mixing.

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Cool water runs underneath each floor slab. As heat from the occupants and equipment builds, it is propelled upward by the displacement system, hits the chilled slab, and cycles downward, creating a convection tumble that circulates air through the space. Eventually exhaust air passes through the double-wall facade.

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High-Performance Facade
The facade incorporates many layers of sustainable thinking simultaneously. Angled to take full advantage of natural daylight, embedded photovoltaics gather solar energy, while fully glazed low-e glass and integrated shades shield the interior from unwanted heat and glare. The double-wall construction offers insulation and a critical way station between the indoors and outdoors.

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Exhaust air rises upward in this space to the mechanical floors, where excess heat is harvested from it. That energy is in turn used to precool incoming air, which produces condensation that supplements the building’s water needs. Even the facade’s shape has a purpose: its curves bend with natural wind pressures to reinforce the overall structure’s stability.


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Wind Power
The structural curves funnel natural wind currents at their maximum velocity into turbines located on two mechanical floors. That energy can be used directly or stored in batteries for later. Isolating the wind turbines on these mechanical floors minimizes noise and vibration and simplifies maintenance.

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Fuel Cells
Fuel cells generate electricity from natural gas, avoiding losses of as much as two-thirds that occur when transporting electricity from faraway grids. Rather than combusting the gas, which would emit harmful sulfur dioxide and nitrogen oxide, the cells break down hydrogen electrochemically, converting gas to electricity with more than 50 percent efficiency. The high-temperature waste gas produced in this process yields even more usable energy for cooling and ventilation.

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The tower is positioned to optimally harvest wind.

This tower is my favorite. Is there any news? It's supposed to finish by 2010.

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Does Anybody know if this one is UC now?

what a masterpiece!. wow. :)

Does Anybody know if this one is UC now?

According to Emporis, it is under construction and construction ends on 2010. The problem is I could not find any pics.

http://www.emporis.com/en/wm/bu/?id=pearlrivertower-guangzhou-china

Environmental design and architecture take a giant step forward with this building. My only wish is that SOM gets to do more of these projects in America. I know we need them.

Beautiful, unique and smart!

According to Emporis, it is under construction and construction ends on 2010. The problem is I could not find any pics.

http://www.emporis.com/en/wm/bu/?id=pearlrivertower-guangzhou-china

don't count on emporis ;)

Environmental design and architecture take a giant step forward with this building. My only wish is that SOM gets to do more of these projects in America. I know we need them.

Believe me they are trying. Only problem is there are fewer costumers in combined United States than in China or UAE (Dubai and Abu Dhabi). Plus, many costumers here have conservative in mind and bureaucracy is another issue. For example, take a look at the Transbay Terminal in San Francisco. SOM has a better render but they chosen the conservative Pelli.

This is a piece of Chinese news in July mentioning it's status: The holding company is inviting public bidding for the construction.

http://www.ycwb.com/ycwb/2007-07/18/content_1553730.htm

With the height of 309m/71 floors and its unique design and features, this will be another stunning tower like CCTV HQ, can't wait for its ground breaking.

Cool! Can't wait. Simply can't wait.

The design of this building is just insane. When built this will be one of my favourites.

Any updates on this cool tower?

Jawdropping design, and concept!

gotta love adrian smith and Gordon gill

coolness!

that's te next tower I'm watching, i think the construction has not started yet.

I like the design and concept very much! Very Inspiring indeed! I hope more building designs like this will be put up around the world! Incorporating sustainable energy with the design is the wave of the future!

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^^ happy to see it's finally started. What a beautiful hole!

Wow, now this is a very efficient way of energy..the building looks very thin, (from some angles) smooth, yet dominant

Cool.
The design isn't that great for me, but the whole energy thing is awesome.

wonderful, finally it is UC :)

any updates?

one page back....:sleepy:

Good to see confirmation of the skycraper (out of new projects) I like most finally under construction. Here to a safe and speedy construction! :cheers:

This is really really a nice design...

wow!!! Very very cool, I really like it

once built, this one is absolutely on par with China's other spetacular structures like Beijing CCTV, Guangzhou TV tower, Shanghai SWFC etc. Can't wait year 2010!

Feb 17, by minority
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great update, what a massive constrution site!

thx z0rg, great to see some progress. can't wait until i can see pics from the finished tower

great update and thats a very big hole how many levels are there for parking? love the design of this building and by the way wheres this tower located is it in the CBD near the west tower

^^10 or 11 levels under-ground i think

thats one mighty giant hole!

woah 10 or 11 levels underground thats a fair size for this tower and it'll be awesome seeing this up and running and following progress

an underground supertall, nice. that could be the future u know, 500m underground, but the only view U can get is fossil

underground will probably not be the future i think. a good example is this tower. it will be a "green skyscraper", but it is only possible because its 300m are over ground....impossible to make it green under the earth i think

there will be 6 basement levels reaching 28m deep and 83m wide.
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Still a hole...

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Surrounding constructions

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Surrounding constructions

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i like this one

update ！
took it in Mar.9 2008 by me!

the center growing so fast!!

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The first and second story basement has been completed

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The core of PRT
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nice to see some process:)

Prepairing the big pour :cheers:, few weeks and it is ready to rise!

Cool！

mindboggling how massive the hole is and the amount of steel being used can't wait till the big pour then bam its ready to rise from beneath

if it has already 2f completed it means that it has 7f or more underground floors am I right ?

no floor is completed yet ^^

go to this site, has interesting pics on the turbines
http://articles.greenlinkcentral.com/?p=17813

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the pit is ~35 meters deep. nice :okay:

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Pearl River Tower by Plainview3D from sketchup

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really booming in guangzhou.

Nice great....job :)

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observation deck????

April 4 by 羅生
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Def. one of my favorite towers U/C!

yes :cheers:, that design is unbelievable!

yes :cheers:, that design is unbelievable!

Ya!!!! that design can use the natural power .so cute!~~:banana::banana:

All the foundation photos above, are they similar to what we're going to see of chicago spire sometime soon?

they use a different construction method ^^

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25 meters deep i think and very wide :D

April 25 by madavikiya
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May 18 by 羅生
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^^Finally, we can see some steel parts coming out of the hole! It started to rise. :)

May 25 by 羅生
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almost at streetlevel :cheers:

May 30 by 1987on
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the tower speeding up~~:banana:
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Is the steel part the core? It grew one more floor in 9 days. :okay:

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great update! GZ CBD has already taken shape.

for those who cant wait, the tower is already available in Simcity4 :)
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more info: http://www.davidluart.com

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great update Foglio, the core is breaking ground soon!

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Nice Updates!

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Very nice!!!!!!! :cheers: ^^

Beautiful building:cheers:

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:eek: I want it real! I have to wait several years.

^^ Did you make a 3d model for this one already? :D

^^I just did one. The facade is not that good.
Thanks to Plainview3D

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^^ nice job

great building, one of my favourites

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Luv the design....:cheers:

great design
how far are these supertalls from one another? as far as i know i think there is about foure of them.

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:cheers:

I cant wait to see this in real!:nuts:

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August 20 by tonychan555
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The core is growing out! Cheers.

Why should a tobacco company be housed in an environmentally friendly building?

August 27 by YorkFore
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Why should a tobacco company be housed in an environmentally friendly building?

good question. maybe they want to offset some negative image with this building. :)

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^^Nice model. West and East Tower look identical on it. :)

great prograss, Guangzhou will be the next dubai....

September 15 by zhsm
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September 28 by 羅生
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Amazing design! The height is pretty good too!

great prograss, Guangzhou will be the next dubai....

I'm sorry, but I felt obliged to respond to this. I'm not insulting you but Dubai has barely even begun to develop. Guangzhou is massive by comparison in all respects (population, area, infrastructure, number of buildings). Dubai has a long way to go yet to catch up to most metropolises around the world.

great prograss, Guangzhou will be the next dubai....


It's not only Guangzhou. Other Chinese cities as well such as Chongqing, Shenzhen, Dalian, Shenyang, Chengdu, Tianjin and many more. In fact, the growth of those cities is so fast, the rest of the world could not cope what's going on. Week, after week, after week, so many changes, so many things rising. I don't know which country in history can compare this. Probably India in the future.

But don't compare Guangzhou with Dubai. Dubai is totally different.

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October 4th by 1234566
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wow, so great!

wow, so great!

Lol, it seems like u just wanted to post something, cus right now it's not too great.

Anyways, welcome to skyscrapercity :)

seems to be picking up speed, thanks z0rg

update now~

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October 20th by 羅生
http://www.skyscrapers.cn/forum/attachments/20081020_6f942802a21e8e3eb3db3oQ6Ps2fGmFN.jpg

THAT'S A GREAT PROJECT FOR THIS BEAUTIFUL CITY!!!

November 8th by TIAN_MO
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the design is great.

thanks for the update. never tired looking at this tower growing...

November 15th by zdf2118
http://image211.poco.cn/mypoco/myphoto/20081115/14/44465755200811151403593955214463517_018.jpg

rising quick :)

yes, I believe this is only the concrete core.

November 19th by 羅生
http://www.skyscrapers.cn/forum/attachments/20081119_42c0b40bfe2dc04e6a39K46R8D5cXLLm.jpg

November 21st by TIAN_MO
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^^If thats just the core UC, its going to be a big one compared to the building.

More by TIAN_MO
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thanks z0rg, this tower is going to take some time.

November 25th by minority
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Very awesome. I like the design.

November 28th by mechansk
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November 28th, by TIAN_MO

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I feel this building will be another super fast growing one just like West Tower.

I feel this building will be another super fast growing one just like West Tower.Well it appears to be a bit more complex with all its turbines and green systems.

Well it appears to be a bit more complex with all its turbines and green systems.

i agreed, i think i will rise slowly consider it is a very technological advance and complicated structure

http://www.skyscrapers.cn/forum/attachments/20081202_825901929dcc939b511e6dym5DxI9cav.jpg

http://www.skyscrapers.cn/forum/attachments/20081202_ad27415e2cbc232e3b27ySzWAnmF54hm.jpg
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^^

I really like the design of this building. Very ingenious with Environmental Aspect. This is probably way better looking than the Shanghai World Financial Center or Burj Dubai.

whats the blue stuff on the side?
it cant be cladding, can it?

whats the blue stuff on the side?
it cant be cladding, can it?Cladding? :crazy: be a little more patient, will you?

^^ look at post #152

whats the blue stuff on the side?
it cant be cladding, can it?

:lol:, no...not really :D

December 6th by ithat
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http://image211.poco.cn/mypoco/myphoto/20081207/00/4633502720081206235450734_008.jpg

:lol:, no...not really :D

haha, i thought so. it couldnt have started that early xD
what is it then? it wasnt in the pictures of the previous update

Dec 8th by 老番
http://image211.poco.cn/mypoco/myphoto/20081208/19/51621117200812081951031319664662604_008.jpg

http://image211.poco.cn/mypoco/myphoto/20081208/19/51621117200812081951031319664662604_011.jpg

wow stuning tower:cheers:

Really nice!!!

12.22:)
http://www.skyscrapers.cn/forum/attachments/08122322573f70870c2b0095b9.jpg
looks like few chinise visit this site :ohno:

updated by TIANMO DEC.23

very fast!!:banana:

http://photo1.bababian.com/usr553405/upload15/20081222/sdoMiVBYsjxOmfqnmSbAjDkXEbSoOcDj9pf7s1jEwErntplnpBbEnrQ==.jpg

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updated by TIANMO DEC.23


carry on!!:banana:


the core of the tower . so huge core!:)

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the X structrue was appeared

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Can't wait to see how this looks during the construction

http://i140.photobucket.com/albums/r5/z0rgg/D470C935276620D284EFE7C91A4433B9_wM.jpg

Good progress.
Hope the financial crisis won't affect those projects much.

So nice! But it will take some time to see the shape forming, for it needs first steel floors and cladding

1.9 from skyscrapers.cn
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Jan 14th by TIAN_MO
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this tower is defantly one of Smith's greatest designs

Jan.31
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No significant work done since early January. Just few steel beams added.

its not on hold though, i think. Chinese new year...

No significant work done since early January. Just few steel beams added.



because the CHINESE new year now，it must stop in this time

^^Isn't the new year on January 26? What about the weeks before that date? Was Januray a complete holiday. I hope you answer my question because i don't know much about Chinese new year.

Interesting design...

^^Isn't the new year on January 26? What about the weeks before that date? Was Januray a complete holiday. I hope you answer my question because i don't know much about Chinese new year.

well a lot of builders wanted to go home for new year, and i think a lot of them are from Northern China. So by bus that can take quite a few days. IDK for sure though, its the only explanation logical to me, unless its on hold :ohno:

the official holiday of this year is from 1.17 to 2.1,but depend on different firms and organizations there might be some change
I think they are supposed to go back to work now

Feb 17th by leiwinggi
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this is different I like it

i love those street lights!

well a lot of builders wanted to go home for new year, and i think a lot of them are from Northern China. So by bus that can take quite a few days. IDK for sure though, its the only explanation logical to me, unless its on hold :ohno:

Funny, cause in the north China a lot of builders are from South-West...

i love those street lights!

:lol: i just noticed them. pretty cool.

That is because of the economic

South China( Hongkong + Guangzhou + Shenzhen + Macao) >
East China( Shanghai + Zhejiang + Jiangsu ) >
Northen China(Beijing + Tianjin ) >
South-West China (Sichuan, Guizhou, etc)

Funny, cause in the north China a lot of builders are from South-West...

~11th floor. :cheers2:


Feb 20 from skyscrapers.cn

http://image211.poco.cn/mypoco/myphoto/20090221/22/42295099200902212156489087920233232_001.jpg

the design looks like a finger ,lol
Nice one ,anyway

nice progress

any pics??

This is a sweet builiding... my favorite.

the design looks like a finger ,lol
Nice one ,anyway

well when they finish the second one you can say that they look like two fingers.

If they actually build the second one that is. =-)

Feb 26 from skyscrapers.cn
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Thank you for the update. The curve is beautiful. :cheers:

Feb 26 from skyscrapers.cn
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3.1 from skyscrapers.cn
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March 3
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With so many office towers going up in Guangzhou, does anyone know the vacancy rate of office space?

its obviously not low, if there building alot of office towers.....

i think this is the first real cluster of offices in GZ, sure they have offices but im not sure if they Grade A or something.

Very beautiful and impressive design ! It deserves some 100 meters more at least, but anyway, it is a beauty !

3.14 by venisusky(shortingmx)

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great! begin taking shape.

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thanks for the pics

interesting window shapes...

interesting window shapes...

:bash: They are not windows, lift door instead.

interesting window shapes...



it's in the core of the buliding ,not a window .

its nice to see this jewel rising

interesting window shapes...

Plz look at the first page before you post.

Astonishing design. Really innovative.

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3.29 from skyscrapers.cn

March 31st by TIAN_MO
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The core is too big and leave little office space.

^^Think so too,,

but it grows !! That's important this time !

The core is too big and leave little office space.

yes. I'm not a professional I wonder if core can be used as office space or not. Otherwise why they have such a big core.

Good - it is beginning to take shape now.

yes. I'm not a professional I wonder if core can be used as office space or not. Otherwise why they have such a big core.

maybe ouside the core is just pure office and inside u got all the other crap, the architechts are not stupid. Also remember that this building is enviromentally friendly and maybe that needs some more space.

The ratio of the office and spare space needs to meet the city law and is also defined in the contract, I never expect the greedy constructors and owners to be so stupid:)

The core is too big and leave little office space.

as it rises, the floor plates extend out. so it wont be as small

The core is too big and leave little office space.

it's a very heavy and thin building. It has wind power generators mounted in several sections. So it probably need a heavy core to support it.

Also, I suspect this building is built with government funding to promote green energy and establish a good image for the city. So I don't believe financial return is in the most paramount placement.

Anyways, I'm not an architect so this is only my guess.

anyone else want to take a shot?

This building is good for enviroment！

4.12 by 笑死我了...
http://bbs.home.news.cn/upfiles/03EA1544.002C

http://bbs.home.news.cn/upfiles/03EA1582.002C

http://bbs.home.news.cn/upfiles/03EA16A6.002C

http://bbs.home.news.cn/upfiles/03EA16C5.002C

http://bbs.home.news.cn/upfiles/03EA171F.002C

May many more like this be built.

can't wait to see the cladding on this building

Will look great once the cladding is on. Nice design. Great that its energy efficient

wow, guangzhou!!!:cheer:

4.14 by TIAN_MO
http://photo1.bababian.com/usr553405/upload15/20090415/sSYPWwAR2lyF6+tJrVxk9IT6o1QDo3AgmpB7BzZTbGgVtzt_AEbCMRA==.jpg

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http://photo1.bababian.com/usr553405/upload15/20090415/sMXIkVwkWrZ4p2lH0te9UOEzGEGsgOhPq1y6YndKUzHGjdEGJ3DzD0w==.jpg

http://photo1.bababian.com/usr553405/upload15/20090415/sN5sSP8furoxGbLx+NKK6gS2Id1gaaCkpFhYUO9c9xTG9zNyTN+Uw+A==.jpg

http://photo1.bababian.com/usr553405/upload15/20090415/s9TVUtnLfMABxNVuO0pF8A6KEnhRVvzt2oQ+ZO1r5Wte8JoK5JDIMRA==.jpg

The side diamond frame pattern is different from this rendering.

http://www.chinesearchitecture.cn/CACN/Images/Guangzhou/PearlRiverTower-001.jpg

^^ all the cladding will eventually be very different, pretty sure of that. It wont look as nice, but it will still be awesome.

will this building set any records for flatness? is it flatter than shenzhen's diwang?

The side diamond frame pattern is different from this rendering. That's probably the architect's design before the engineers took a proper look and decided it needed more cross-bracing.

I sincerely hope that the cladding looks as sleek and smooth as the render.

4.18 from skyscrapers.cn
updated by zdf2118

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Grand Hyatt GUANGZHOU & PRT
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