http://www.skyscrapers.cn/forum/attachments/01tianjin_ooR1cYzUmGA4.jpg

http://www.skyscrapers.cn/forum/attachments/02tianjin_1dgnlfGG43It.jpg

http://www.skyscrapers.cn/forum/attachments/03tianjin_PIvpvEWpljOE.jpg

http://www.skyscrapers.cn/forum/attachments/Caaa_H1ZGLi0q2QCO.jpg

Recently released by MAD Beijing based studio.

Typology: Office/ Hotel
Scale: 200,000 sqm, 333m

No more info by the moment.

Hmmmmmm the form is just a box but the outside looks gorgeous!!!
Nice building!!!!!

looks good.

Agree with James R. Hawkwood. Looks really good.

This will be called the "Beehive" :colgate:

http://www.cs.cornell.edu/people/egs/beehive/honeycomb-logo.gif

this looks great!

in 20 years, people will seriously question why they built this thing.

Is this an approved project or just a proposal?

The perforated wall gives uniqueness to the simple box. Metal cladding?

Is this an approved project or just a proposal?
thread titles should really quote what status projects are at!
either uc or approved, proposed or even fantasy as alot of these projects on forums seem to be.
this facade is intresting. it may date though.

The facade is nice but the building's shape is a box.

i like the design it looks diffirent than other edifices being built in China

Shape is usual, facede is pretty strange

this facade is intresting. it may date though.

Yea. I did this with my rabit cage... wrapped chickenwire around it... didnt look this good though :P

Weird from the outside, sexy from the inside out. :D

I don't like it but the color and style fit sino-steel.

2007-03-27 > MAD Designs For Tianjin China

Buy content through ScooptWords It's a new day and that can only been one thing, yet another super-tall building for a city in China that few in the West will have heard of, but are growing at a rapid and little realised rate.
This time it�s the turn of Tianjin which looks set to get a new 333 metre tall building designed by the Beijing based firm, MAD Ltd, who are rapidly carving out a name for themselves with unusual designs such as the Absolut Tower in Mississauga, Canada.
Called the Sino-Steel Tower, it will house a mixture of 200,000 square metres of office and hotel space. It's a slim white box with gently curving sides, with indented hexagonal windows completely encasing the entire height. Next door is a second building with similar looks, this time a near cube.
Texture is provided thanks to the internal areas around the windows, some of which are red making a cloud-like pattern of crimson that will visually change depending on the angle of the reflections from the sun and the time of day.
This distinctive façade with a fabric of hexagonal shaped windows is bound to earn the Sino-Steel Tower the nickname of "the honeycomb" although they wouldn't look out of place as speakers for an I-Pod.
The Sino-Steel Tower contains a number of incredible internal spaces including a terrific four floor high sky-lobby with sparse and minimal décor. Overwhelming use of surgical white and simple clean surfaces on the interior of this space creates a vision of sci-fi modernity that's taken straight out of a set design in 2001 Space Odyssey.
Internal red highlights of the windows should have a striking effect of playing with the light going through bathing everything in a slight ambient pink adding just a touch of warmth to what would otherwise be sterile design.
Only months previously British design and engineering firm Atkins had penned an equally interesting design, also for Tianjin, that we've nicknamed "the pile of boxes". The TEDA Development, alongside the Sino-Steel Tower should provide one of the more interesting groupings of super-talls in China.



http://www.skyscrapernews.com/news.php?ref=888
http://www.skyscrapernews.com/images/pics/888MADDesignsForTianjinChina_pic1.jpg

http://www.skyscrapernews.com/images/pics/888MADDesignsForTianjinChina_pic2.jpg

http://www.skyscrapernews.com/images/pics/888MADDesignsForTianjinChina_pic3.jpg

The last render looks really amazing. Gives a very sterile but beautiful feel, very alien.

The facade proposal is amazing ! However it could look much better in a more challenging shape desgin.

well ,it looks nice!
I am interest in it,
The outside wall structure is same to water cube，One of the Big differents is
the hignth - 333m, From the Structure View, it is a graet chanlenge!
I want know more about it.
thanks.

interesting design.

we wrilly need to get this one build :cheers:
:dance:

60's revival on steroids. Nothing original.

I think this is a fantastic design, as many have already said the shape of the building is still a box, but that can be overlooked as the real design element to focus on is the skin. I particularly like who the windows vary in size to create a visual effect from a distance.

As already stated the building as a clean sterile look to it.

As long as this building uses the best possible materials I think there is a strong chance that this building won't age.

As long as this building uses the best possible materials I think there is a strong chance that this building won't age.

The supertalls is senstivle to wind and earthquake actions, the outside facades is like bee hive, well we know the natural shape has strong life!
From the bionic engineering, I believe the sino-steel structual behavor is robot!
I guess the size of the bee hive element is about 3.5m, the fames ia about 口800x800x30, if it not enough, the frame should bee filled with cancrete. the structure is built bad or good, which depends on architects and engineers innovative cooperation.

the insides look interesting but the outside is quite typical

I really love this design. It is simple, but elegant and the hexagons give it a very unique look. China is really coming out with some beautiful supertall designs.

design looks stunningly interesting!

nice work

Ugly structure!

I love it! Its smoking hot! Very organic somehow.

Love the texture, stunning!

Interesting design with the steel. Looks to be a very nice building.

I never normally bother to comment on building design but I have to say this one to me is quite beautiful.
Yes it may be a simple box shape but from the pictures displayed it definitely reveals a very organic feel. Sculptural in fact. I predict it will be one to "grow" on people.
Looking forward to seeing it go up.

More renders
http://i140.photobucket.com/albums/r5/z0rgg/027FB74B_GFyc9SNWbMgu.jpg

http://i140.photobucket.com/albums/r5/z0rgg/027FB75F_yd5h2rTJYXW5.jpg

http://i140.photobucket.com/albums/r5/z0rgg/027FB700_pzOvGfp6EhpV.jpg

http://i140.photobucket.com/albums/r5/z0rgg/027FB70F_RuNqnqTGYkCY.jpg

^^ nice render! thanks z0rg for posting them!
I realy like this building because it is so simple and efficient: It is a box that is perfect for office use and the building has a nice organice superstrong facade who transformes a simple box to something beautifull!!

It looks great.... now. What will we say in 20 years. remember the orange and green kitchens of the 70's. Yuck!

^^ I will let you know in 20 years ;)

i like its color and the facade.. really nice

trippy

i like its color and the facade.. really nice

has something special

it's unique...comgratz...it would be nice such a tower..... :)

Now, thats a good looking boxxy tower.

http://hiphotos.baidu.com/toygun1986/pic/item/80496bc7e67fead6d10060b7.jpg
http://hiphotos.baidu.com/toygun1986/pic/item/5855ad1f2d778500304e15b0.jpg
http://hiphotos.baidu.com/toygun1986/pic/item/510dd7d6e93e8c2507088bb7.jpg
it is located in 响罗湾CBD of Tianjin
can you find it?
and at the other side of the river
is the 于家堡CBD
http://design.yuanlin.com/UpLoadFile/200612/20061222927391.jpg
Tianjin will be next HongKong(or Shanghai)
but more beautiful IMO

^^ hi.baidu.com doesn't allow direct link. We can't see the three first pics :(

Model of Xiangluowan CBD, you can see Sino-Steel Tower in red. The model is very conceptual, almost every plot is still undesigned.
http://i140.photobucket.com/albums/r5/z0rgg/200791220334483246.jpg

^^ hi.baidu.com doesn't allow direct link. We can't see the three first pics :(

Model of Xiangluowan CBD, you can see Sino-Steel Tower in red. The model is very conceptual, almost every plot is still undesigned.
http://i140.photobucket.com/albums/r5/z0rgg/200791220334483246.jpg

Too many commie blocks. They better get rid of those. :ohno: I like the island though.

It looks very very nice! When I first saw it it rememberd me on the Red Apple in Rotterdam.

Wow! I love this kind of structure, look strong and stable! ^^

:banana: looks good

supertall and very interesting design.

a red faceda? that's a risk. if the surrounding fits this color, shoule be great!

a red faceda? that's a risk. if the surrounding fits this color, shoule be great!

I'm interested how a red facade would look :)

WOW! Gigantic honey comb!

The height has been increased to 358m.

[...]
　“一个大型建筑成为地标，不是这个建筑看起来是什么样子，是很多人会来，并愿意在这呆着。”在马岩松看来，建筑的功能性甚至比结构、外形更为重要。“我们最大限度地把景观变成公共空间，整个地面建筑几乎没有封锁的，人可以自由穿过。其实这个地块很小，我们还是辟出四分之一来做公园绿地，给人们提供更多的公共空间。”马岩松说。沿着海河岸边，中钢大厦358米的摩天大厦、88米的塔楼和十几米高的裙房共同形成一道张弛有度的风景。
　　“如果一座城市已经有很强的风格，那不会因为一两个建筑而改变。而在一个需要未来的地方，恰恰需要一些代表未来的建筑来引领未来。”

http://www.bohaibbs.org/thread-32188-1-2.html

^^ good luck 358m!! :banana: when start contructions??

Video
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Chinas towns going crazy!!! Boxy stunner with 358 meters :eek: Wow!!! More of this!!

great facade! looks stunning in red.

This design is all kinds of awesome - I love it!

Not so keen on using the same design for the second stumpy little building next to it, that does detract from what would otherwise be a unique structure.

Models. Pics by donald0214
http://i245.photobucket.com/albums/gg64/z0rgggg/others/20080411_d24171dfbf87a2cbb2aekF2Mza.jpg

http://i245.photobucket.com/albums/gg64/z0rgggg/others/20080411_84432514d203439dc747o4QFKS.jpg

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http://i245.photobucket.com/albums/gg64/z0rgggg/others/20080411_a4821346c1185623d0efDWpjeF.jpg

Really like the honeycombed facade!

what was the taller supertall in the model-pics?

edit: now i know it :)

Some posted by david311888
http://i245.photobucket.com/albums/gg64/z0rgggg/others/20080521_f5221a19c0a83d5cbcb9Fr8EQm.jpg

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Beautiful. Wonderful! Muito lindo.

Looks really good. plain but Refresingly different.

It must take a very long period to make Tianjin look like the rendering show
it's amazing
but can it be realized?
Tianjin used to disappoint me so much

Not Red anymore? :o

Wow futuristic... the city of the 21°century.

August 14 by 万里台风
http://i245.photobucket.com/albums/gg64/z0rgggg/others/SinoSteel1.jpg

http://i245.photobucket.com/albums/gg64/z0rgggg/others/SinoSteel2.jpg

AWESOME. Hope Dubai won't copy this one.

HAHAHa^^ but when they create small world thing (not the archipelago) this maybe in china area.

Cladding detail.
http://i245.photobucket.com/albums/gg64/z0rgggg/others/20080826_c0473d98ac2ec7e3a05e71rx1H.jpg

Looks weird, like bees made it!! :nuts: :nuts: ^^

so it is certain that they're going to build that one? the beehive? rly hope they do.

honeycomb windows design. interesting.

http://i245.photobucket.com/albums/gg64/z0rgggg/others/20080521_6099b4ea199b97837553sO1iFu.jpg

whats that tower at the far back in the middle? looks a lot like freedom tower.

^^ R&F Project.
http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showthread.php?t=538204

I love the design. Looking forward to this very much.

TraveLiveWorld (http://traveliveworld.com/e_e)
MAD Architects Honeycomb Skyscraper
by Mike Chino

Be it their biomimetic form, their integral strength, or the their beautiful visual texture, lately we can’t get enough of hexagonal honeycomb structures. The latest to catch our eye is the stunning Sinosteel International Plaza by Beijing-based MAD architects. More than just a striking façade, the building’s hexagonal curtain is based upon climate modeling and serves to regulate the structure’s temperature and daylight by varying the size of each cell’s window.

Seeking to set it apart from your average slate-grey skyscraper, MAD designed the SinoSteel Plaza to be “natural, organic and futuristic.” Situated in Tianjing near BoHai Bay, the complex comprises two structures: a 1,174 foot tower and an adjacent hotel.
Each building’s elegant white façade plays an integral role in its energy efficiency: “By mapping the different air flows and solar direction across the site, we were able to position different sized windows accordingly, minimizing heat loss in the winter and heat gain in the summer.” The façade also acts as the building’s main structural support, which allows the interior spaces great flexibility for the types of use they can accommodate.
Construction is currently underway and the complex will be completed in 2011.
+ MAD
Via dezeen.com




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I didn't know the ground breaking ceremony had taken place already, wow.


The Ground Breaking Ceremony of Sino Steel International Plaza took place on July 27th at the No. 1 site of Xiangluo Bay, Tianjing. Designed by MAD, the 358-meter-high building will be the landmark of the new economic district being created in the city. It is planned for completition in 2012.


http://www.i-mad.com/files/544644654545.jpg

http://www.i-mad.com/files/ssssino_2.jpg

http://www.i-mad.com/?go/#/news/list/131/

More renders
http://www.i-mad.com/files/1029_sinosteel_daylight.jpg

http://www.i-mad.com/files/06038_night%2021m%20podium.jpg

http://www.i-mad.com/files/06038_Sinosteel_Facade.jpg

http://www.i-mad.com/files/Animation.jpg

http://www.i-mad.com/files/Animation%20(10).jpg

http://www.i-mad.com/files/nkA.jpg

http://www.i-mad.com/files/c01_3000a1.jpg

http://www.i-mad.com/files/B7_06038_hotel%20interior%20render.jpg

http://www.i-mad.com/files/rs2.jpg

http://www.i-mad.com/thumbnail/DAC_sino_2_thumbnail.jpg

http://www.i-mad.com/files/snA_big.jpg

http://www.i-mad.com/files/plan_Masterplan.gif

http://www.i-mad.com/files/plan_tower-II_office.gif

http://www.i-mad.com/files/06038_Sinosteel_structurediagram_n.jpg

http://www.i-mad.com/files/06038_tower%20II%20_facadestudy.jpg

http://www.i-mad.com/files/999999999999999.jpg

http://www.i-mad.com/files/Pages%20from%2006038_Sinosteel%20Booklet_print-20080108.jpg

http://www.i-mad.com/files/view02.jpg

Very nice, thank you Z0rg. Do you know the construction start ?

so its certain they will build the beehive thing?? :):)

the status is already Prep, so probably yes ^^ ;)

Wow! Like something out of the 2001 film, love it!

best boxy skyscraper!

is this building going to be able to light itself up with different colors?

It seems the facade has been changed.

Old:http://www.skyscrapers.cn/forum/attachments/01tianjin_ooR1cYzUmGA4.jpg
New:http://www.i-mad.com/files/06038_Sinosteel_Facade.jpg

New facade is much better. :okay:

I don't know... I like the red windows... btw here is my rendition of it for SimCity4:

http://s44.radikal.ru/i103/0809/0d/1115a7f65d94.jpg (http://s57.radikal.ru/i158/0809/25/c3887f0bbbcb.jpg) http://i071.radikal.ru/0809/9c/f36d23bddba7.jpg (http://s49.radikal.ru/i126/0809/58/2caaaca91054.jpg) http://s47.radikal.ru/i115/0809/d5/2597cf31d24c.jpg (http://s55.radikal.ru/i148/0809/52/ae1d3dee74c3.jpg) http://s53.radikal.ru/i141/0809/2f/708b31d60131.jpg (http://s43.radikal.ru/i100/0809/7a/25fadee1b7a9.jpg)

^^click on pictures to see full Zoom5 previews

PS sorry for wasteful placement

^^Nice! Modeling would have been hard. Thumbnails can be better for that size photos IMO.

how far are they?

still prep? taking ages... at least for China

Are the external faces of this tower tougher than the external surfaces of the former WTC? both towers have external steel frame and I'm so curious.

This revised facade looks great... imagine how it will look in the evening with all of the lights - the shape of the windows really sets it apart... they could build this where I live any day, I sure wouldnt mind! :banana:

Awesome cladding.

But the views are impaired on the areas with small windows.

extremely weird design. the dude who designed it must be a superhero!!!!!!!!

FUTURISTIC! :banana:

More renders of Xiangluowan CBD.
http://i245.photobucket.com/albums/gg64/z0rgggg/others/20081108_f462a45853d18932c059STBwu8.jpg

http://i245.photobucket.com/albums/gg64/z0rgggg/others/20081108_c4f16c811de7dff11bbd7KVNjL.jpg

http://i245.photobucket.com/albums/gg64/z0rgggg/others/20081108_6387b6ce6ed51ac46eb423My3y.jpg

http://i245.photobucket.com/albums/gg64/z0rgggg/others/20081108_c1298a8f5e3006ea7778Eto72P.jpg

Breathtaking. I love the schematic renders.

the beehive structure create much more office space because with this structure it can hold the building more effectively thus the size of the central core can be reduce, and it give more space for the building compare to ordinary building of the same shape

Can't remember if I posted in this thread... heh. I love the external structural concept, but it's a little disappointing the architect didn't dare do anything more freeform with the idea - not that the straightforward square-based tower is so terrible... just... unimaginative. Or maybe that's all the site allowed.

Also, it's a honeycomb structure, not a 'beehive' structure :)

what about this thread? this incredible tower?

Tons of high quality renders finally.
http://i245.photobucket.com/albums/gg64/z0rgggg/others2/20090418_e548ec612368348781deM7nDgI.jpg

http://i245.photobucket.com/albums/gg64/z0rgggg/others2/20090418_a8e1a544e6065ca444caQ6Ityf.jpg

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http://i245.photobucket.com/albums/gg64/z0rgggg/others2/20090418_c363de247295637f5eedAYW80N.jpg

this building is fantastic definitely

Xiangluowan CBD in May 2009. I think we can't see the plot of Sino-Steel Tower.
http://i245.photobucket.com/albums/gg64/z0rgggg/others2/EVYvUVRj.jpg

http://i245.photobucket.com/albums/gg64/z0rgggg/others2/LZHMarTK.jpg

theyre getting ready to build some mega structures :D

Dubai 2.0 :D

amazing view, that will be the hell of a CBD in the near future :cheers:

Amazing. It is hard to believe that a currently empty area like that will be a future thriving busness district.:eek2:

Wow amazing!! the area is largely empty and we see few tall building rising out of nowhere. NICE

Sino-Steel Tower location in Google Earth.
http://img44.imageshack.us/img44/8130/sinosteeltowertianjinge.jpg

http://img121.imageshack.us/img121/8130/sinosteeltowertianjinge.jpg

http://img269.imageshack.us/img269/8130/sinosteeltowertianjinge.jpg

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http://i245.photobucket.com/albums/gg64/z0rgggg/others2/20090418_8a264fa03fdbf3e62846BIm0fa.jpg

wow! nice one dude ^^

this area, if they do things right it could become one of the worlds best skylines.

im not gonna lie thats pritty cool

wow the interior design looks so fuckin awesome lol

The design kinda looks like the 0-14 Tower in Dubai. I like it! Any updates?

wow, this really is something:


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<3

For the honeycamb-shape facade. There is a finished project in shenzhen at last year.
Archietect: URBANUS ARCHITECTURE & DESIGN INC.
Facade desian&construction: King Glass Engineering Co.,ltd

http://www.urbanus.com.cn/Culture-06029.html
http://www.333cn.com/graphic/hyzx/93692.html

10.19 gaoloumi.com

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great facade design

So, out of those pictures where's the tower?

So, out of those pictures where's the tower?I guess no one knows because there's no street name yet to help identify the plot. Better, there's no street yet :lol:

It actually looks like the building in seoul! But it's a sexyass building!

It actually looks like the building in seoul! But it's a sexyass building!

How is a rectangle with fat, white, hexagon cladding "sexyass"?:lol:

About time there was an architect with the edge to design something out of this world!

How is a rectangle with fat, white, hexagon cladding "sexyass"?:lol:So what? NY WTC also was a couple of parallelepipeds (not "rectangles") and was "sexyass" even without the hexagon cladding.

So what? NY WTC also was a couple of parallelepipeds (not "rectangles") and was "sexyass" even without the hexagon cladding.

I don't think that is "sexyass" either. :lol:

the hexagons look cool, especcially how they change size has a nice effect on the building.

WTC was just a grey box

Not for long this will be moved to under contruction thread.

^^Yeah! Because now it's Under Construction...
http://buildingdb.ctbuh.org/index.php?do=building&building_id=309

Sinosteel International Tower

:uh: :cheers:

wow amazing!

Can we get a picture of it since it is u/c?

Thanks, Blue Flame. Can we get one ?

http://pic.qnpic.com:83/r.jsp?fn=//fanjoin/share/2010/4/5/-4e2d-94a2-5927-53a6-706b-70ed-65bd-5de51.jpg[/IMG]Can we get a picture of it since it is u/c?

^^ Please feel free to post every update from bohaibbs you can, we have nobody to cover Tianjin regulary.

Another construction picture.http://pic.qnpic.com:83/r.jsp?fn=//fanjoin/share/2010/4/7/-4e2d-94a2-5927-53a6-706b-70ed-65bd-5de54.jpg

I would say that from the pictures, it is safe to say that it is under construction! :cheers2:

We'll move it to the u/c subforum as soon as we have visual confirmation of structural construction works.

:^^^:
Then lets get some please. I hate to be an itch, but can we get some pictures to verify constrcution?

^^ Here you go:

by RANG, bohaibbs.org

http://img682.imageshack.us/img682/8175/20100424a.jpg (http://img682.imageshack.us/i/20100424a.jpg/)

http://img64.imageshack.us/img64/7971/20100424b.jpg (http://img64.imageshack.us/i/20100424b.jpg/)

http://img265.imageshack.us/img265/2139/20100424c.jpg (http://img265.imageshack.us/i/20100424c.jpg/)

http://img651.imageshack.us/img651/4573/20100424hjpg.jpg (http://img651.imageshack.us/i/20100424hjpg.jpg/)

Xiangluowan CBD update. Google earth update (April 4th):

http://img7.imageshack.us/img7/4101/mapxkl.jpg (http://img7.imageshack.us/i/mapxkl.jpg/)

Also there was a huge update of Xiangluowan CBD at the bohaibbs.org by 渤海弄潮儿, but its hard to say if it includes any photos of sino-steel or R & F. Some of them below:

http://img156.imageshack.us/img156/2802/20100518fb8df744476131e.jpg

http://img444.imageshack.us/img444/6021/20100518e8269be15db9db7.jpg

http://img72.imageshack.us/img72/6150/20100518db67c29a732675f.jpg

http://img413.imageshack.us/img413/126/20100518d35c7a126a0e9ba.jpg

http://img230.imageshack.us/img230/3251/20100518d3ec1a0e82472cb.jpg

Much more HERE (http://img232.imageshack.us/g/201005180d1721fafa12cd8.jpg/).

One of the pics shows the gate to the sino steel construction site, but doesn't show anything inside.

Xiangluowan CBD update. Google earth update (April 4th):

http://img7.imageshack.us/img7/4101/mapxkl.jpg (http://img7.imageshack.us/i/mapxkl.jpg/)

Wow kinda reminds me of those quarter coin collection booklets ....so many foundations, so many towers waiting to sprawl out. :)

^^ yeah... right... :) :banana::banana:

Any pictures of the site?

Saw a video of the original renderings and stuff for this building on this site http://www.openbuildings.com/buildings/sinosteel-international-plaza-profile-267.html
it looks fantastic - especially at about 1 minute into the video, there is a sweeping shot where this building is reflected in all the surrounding towers. If it turns out like this, it will look very nice

i was in tianjin yesterday. there is a brand new exhibition centre showing all projects in the city and the province.

If that stuff all gets build it will dwarf Beijing by far!!! As soons as i find some time, I post some photos.

i cannot find a website. does anyone know it?

http://www.bohaibbs.net

however it's semi-blocked outside china, you can only load a new page once every few mins otherwise your connection will be blocked

luckily i am in china right now...

well a bunch of huge updates have been posted, i'm trying to get everything possible though im outside china now...

^^ Good to know. Maybe I will pay a visit to bohaibbs althought its tiring to go trough all that trash they posts every day, they have qouite a mess there...

if you can update kerry center that would be nice (i cant find any update), updates for chow tai fook, tjwfc, junlin tianxia, hutchison whampoa, and xiangluowan are all available

I've always looked this, the honeycomb effect reminds me of a certain building in Dubai... What are the chance if this becoming a reality? :) sorry if it's mentioned a few pages back :)

Rory,

Unfortunately I couldn't view the video, due to Sony limiting it to certain locations.

Did have a look at the rest of the site though! It's exactly what I just asked for on another thread... It's got info on buildings in an organised manner which makes it easy to find stuff on a building...rather than scrolling through all the pages in here

I even found the exact location of the Shard that is under construction in London!

October 21 by 渤海土木人
http://pic.qnpic.com:83/r.jsp?fn=//fanjoin/share/2010/10/24/IMG_0418.jpg

http://pic.qnpic.com:83/r.jsp?fn=//fanjoin/share/2010/10/24/IMG_0419.jpg

Under piling now!?!

10.30 bohaibbs.net

http://i643.photobucket.com/albums/uu158/barbaricmanchurian/hugexlwupdate/IMG_2576.jpg

http://i643.photobucket.com/albums/uu158/barbaricmanchurian/hugexlwupdate/IMG_2577.jpg

10.30 bohaibbs.net

This tower is 富力大厦

Construction status map, November 2010 (green = opened, light blue = rising, dark blue = foundation, purple = digging, red = not started, black = unknown):

http://i245.photobucket.com/albums/gg64/z0rgggg/others2/others3/1-6.jpg

10.30 bohaibbs.net

This tower is 富力大厦

Poster showing name, plot name, height, and render of every project:

http://i245.photobucket.com/albums/gg64/z0rgggg/others2/others3/748a48d4.jpg

^^ Wheeww!! That's impressive. A lot of boring boxes though. Just different variations of the same shape. But still quite a business district.

the poster says 415m for the R&F building, but the other thread says it will be 439m tall. Both show the same design though, which heigh is now more accurate?

Very boxy but I like it.

I´ve never seen nothing like this. they will built all that buildings on the renders?

Very boxy but I like it.
reminds me a bit of the chicago skyline. will be very interesting to see more renders

the poster says 415m for the R&F building, but the other thread says it will be 439m tall. Both show the same design though, which heigh is now more accurate?

This is not the R&F tower thread. The most recent height is 439m for the R&F tower.

the poster says 415m for the R&F building, but the other thread says it will be 439m tall. Both show the same design though, which heigh is now more accurate?

439m is the final height. The project was revised upwards, it used to be 380m (roof) and 415m (spire). Now they removed the spire and added height to the main structure up to 439m. The design layout is the same though.

439m is the final height. The project was revised upwards, it used to be 380m (roof) and 415m (spire). Now they removed the spire and added height to the main structure up to 439m. The design layout is the same though.
alright thats all what i wondered. i think the new size will work better for the skyline too. With the roof being higher it gives the skyline a better touch then maybe two buildings of a similar height. i like it. The sino-steel tower also has this very special design that may define the skyline when it is finished :)

With so many projects going on and planned, how much are leased? Hate to see many 'see through' towers like Beijing.

Hate to see many 'see through' towers like Beijing.

What do you mean?

He might be referring to the vacancy rate? Not too sure. Anyway, i like this tower and hope to see it rise quick

December 5 by 书蓝皮
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http://www.bbstg.com/attachment/Mon_1012/173_11081_33d25c54aa0e5af.jpg

January 19 by 渤海土木人
http://pic.gaoloumi.com/attachments/day_110119/11011922362afe28b7cf6ee633.jpg

What are those tall machines in the pictures above? They look like pile drivers. Anybody know?

yeah, i think they're extra-hardcore pile drivers

By 万里台风
http://pic.gaoloumi.com/attachments/day_110304/1103042028ae7e131296b16e99.jpg

Updates?

honeycomb windows design. interesting.

In Hong Kong we have circle window skyscraper
but hexagonal windows....ummm...this is probably the first time I heard of it
looking forward to seeing the real thing!

April 24 by RANG
http://pic.qnpic.com:83/r.jsp?fn=//fanjoin/share/2011/4/24/81303650796652.jpg

This design is so rad. It reminds me of Scandinavian art design.

biggest cheese

Recent progress.
http://www.gaoloumi.com/viewthread.php?tid=39524&extra=page%3D1&page=10

^^

2011/7/4 (by"popoeye")

-Re-sized version, Big version is in the link posted by cuio100-

http://img837.imageshack.us/img837/2839/4e2d94a21309834510396.jpg

7.30 bohaibbs.net

http://i.imgur.com/WbtY5.jpg

2007-03-27 > MAD Designs For Tianjin China

Buy content through ScooptWords It's a new day and that can only been one thing, yet another super-tall building for a city in China that few in the West will have heard of, but are growing at a rapid and little realised rate.
This time it�s the turn of Tianjin which looks set to get a new 333 metre tall building designed by the Beijing based firm, MAD Ltd, who are rapidly carving out a name for themselves with unusual designs such as the Absolut Tower in Mississauga, Canada.
Called the Sino-Steel Tower, it will house a mixture of 200,000 square metres of office and hotel space. It's a slim white box with gently curving sides, with indented hexagonal windows completely encasing the entire height. Next door is a second building with similar looks, this time a near cube.
Texture is provided thanks to the internal areas around the windows, some of which are red making a cloud-like pattern of crimson that will visually change depending on the angle of the reflections from the sun and the time of day.
This distinctive façade with a fabric of hexagonal shaped windows is bound to earn the Sino-Steel Tower the nickname of "the honeycomb" although they wouldn't look out of place as speakers for an I-Pod.
The Sino-Steel Tower contains a number of incredible internal spaces including a terrific four floor high sky-lobby with sparse and minimal décor. Overwhelming use of surgical white and simple clean surfaces on the interior of this space creates a vision of sci-fi modernity that's taken straight out of a set design in 2001 Space Odyssey.
Internal red highlights of the windows should have a striking effect of playing with the light going through bathing everything in a slight ambient pink adding just a touch of warmth to what would otherwise be sterile design.
Only months previously British design and engineering firm Atkins had penned an equally interesting design, also for Tianjin, that we've nicknamed "the pile of boxes". The TEDA Development, alongside the Sino-Steel Tower should provide one of the more interesting groupings of super-talls in China.



http://www.skyscrapernews.com/news.php?ref=888
http://www.skyscrapernews.com/images/pics/888MADDesignsForTianjinChina_pic1.jpg

http://www.skyscrapernews.com/images/pics/888MADDesignsForTianjinChina_pic2.jpg

http://www.skyscrapernews.com/images/pics/888MADDesignsForTianjinChina_pic3.jpgI love the colour scheme for this!:banana:

8.2 bohaibbs.net

http://i.imgur.com/aGOqb.jpg

Don`t know if this has been mentioned, but I just went to a lecture of the Senior Vice President of MGM Hospitality and the presentation he gave showed this tower as being a future MGM Hotel in Tianjin.

One possible source:

http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/mgm-mirage-hospitality-diaoyutai-state-guesthouse-and-sinosteel-announce-major-project-in-tianjin-china-57484512.html

8.30 bohaibbs.net

http://i.imgur.com/SQuYZ.jpg

9.4 bohaibbs.net

http://i.imgur.com/IeoIm.jpg

Tianjin is going to be amazing by 2015! There are at least 5-6 supertalls already u/c! :banana:.

Great process in digging!

http://img165.poco.cn/mypoco/myphoto/20111001/17/54794491201110011713223975647516628_037.jpg

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By wade31313131
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by wade31313131
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Is this On Hold? There isn't apparently much movement around, certainly not any progress since the October picture. It would be such a pity, I love this tower!

lol, big butt!

I have no idea why anyone would love this tower.

I have no idea why anyone would love this tower.

So, you prefer square or rectangular boxes of brick and concrete looking like those of NYC?

So, you prefer square or rectangular boxes of brick and concrete looking like those of NYC?
My opinion is that it is a cube with bee hive windows that will not fit in any scenery.(btw I hate NYC buildings as well:))

I have no idea why anyone would love this tower.

Thinking of people having different tastes would be a good start ;).

Althougt it's not my favorite, is a very interesting concept, remember Eiffel tower was hated at first.

Greetings :cheers:

Thinking of people having different tastes would be a good star ;).

Althougt it's not my favorite, is a very interesting concept, remember Eiffel tower was hated at first.

Greetings :cheers:
Okay :)

30.11. by wade31313131
http://pic.qnpic.com:83/r.jsp?fn=//fanjoin/share/2011/11/30/SAM_2945.jpg
oh

Any progress? :yawn:

by wade31313131
http://i40.tinypic.com/6jgkz8.jpg

http://i41.tinypic.com/14jrgxj.jpg

http://i39.tinypic.com/4q64ur.jpg

http://i42.tinypic.com/2psixdz.jpg

has anyone an idea whats going on there? thats not looking like normal construction progress

The build a sand castle.

07.01. by lulujune
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^^ That's soil compression. Always needed for most constructions before foundation work begins. It will remove air spaces making soil thicker, which would result in better foundation.