what was the hightest tower of mexico before this one ?

btw congratulations for this beautiful tower

torre mayor, 225m when i'm right

Mexico isn't part of South America. Mexico is North America too.

Yes, I know.

Central America = between Mexico and South America
North America = Canada, US, Mexico + Central America
South America = everything south of Central America

I don't like it , it's horrible

Cada quien su gusto a mí me encanta.

english please

^^ ^^
Sorry, i do not speak english:)

He said, "Not everyone has the same taste, but i love it"

the "torre bicentenario" is so wonderful, i apreciate that tower,

and the height is terrific.

this tower needs to be build

Oh a geography lesson, and a push for English supremacy. Nice building, glad to see something out of the ordinary.

I think it's a very daring design, I like it a lot.

I like the design......
classic, but somehow modern....

Beautiful!!!!

I like the design......
classic, but somehow modern....

I just dont see the "classic"... Its a very innovative design, its a Rem Koolhas building for christ sake what did u expect.

no for Koolhas, but this building is delicious :D

i wanna see, in a no longer future this building.

the tallest building in latin america

I hope this tower is built to withstand a major earthquake.

^^ the tower can be resist a big earthquake

Rem, ARUP and over $ 600,000,000 dollars won´t allow this tower to fail during an earthquake...

I only see an ugly skyscraper

^^likewise. i couldn't agree more. to call it "ugly" is an understatement. horrific.:ohno:

^^ 300 mts is the most beautiful of this tower, ok?
this model of building is not a completly beautiful, but is tall

I'm not the biggest fan of Rem Koolhas' work as well, but the height is really impressive for Mexico City.

what was the hightest tower of mexico before this one ?

btw congratulations for this beautiful tower

225m / 738ft.
55 floors
Complete in 2003
Designed by Zeidler Roberts Partnership
http://img393.imageshack.us/img393/2762/mayor02pk4.jpg (http://imageshack.us)http://img530.imageshack.us/img530/9088/mayor05qo8.jpg (http://imageshack.us)
http://img530.imageshack.us/img530/9088/mayor05qo8.11c2e53335.jpg (http://g.imageshack.us/g.php?h=530&i=mayor05qo8.jpg)

If Torre Bicentenario would sustain an earthquake. I'm sure they've taken into account that, and several security issues. Torre Mayor is build to sustain a 8.5+ earthquake.

I see all of this "ugly" going around, but if you actually look at the design overall, it's very modern Mexico (with some historical properties too I believe)!! I think it would fit nicely for that location.

I remember show on Discovery about Torre Mayor. It's very intelligently designed.

And I really like this new building (Torre Bicentenario) -the design is awesome.

absolutly is not ugly.

in my opinion, have a good design

i read in some other pages that this torre is cancelled is that true '??

the tower still proposed!!! :banana: :banana:
http://img461.imageshack.us/img461/5303/mexicobicentttvt4.png (http://imageshack.us)

A brave new approach to skyscraper design.

Although you find it odd the first time you view the renderings - on first page of this thread - and as you browse through the thread and you get to understand the design features of it, especially the vista vertical view - down above - it starts to come to view as a really unique beautiful structure that never been attempted before.

Once you have gotten past the sarcastic funny remarks of "sinora obesa" or "pregnant/over weight something", you get to realize it's a gutsy, unique, and beautiful design.

I hope they build it - congratz for Mexico.

the first idea that crossed my mind when I saw the renders was "pregnant".

But that was mentioned earlier in the thread.

I do hope it gives birth to some better looking building.

^^ According to the architect website

http://www.oma.eu/index.php?option=com_projects&view=portal&id=497&Itemid=10

Design is final.

Then again, nothing is ever final, right?

Sadly, the tower was cancelled.



The proposal for a new tower is being studied, but not with this design. It was mainly politics, as you might expect.... so sad.

How sad.. i liked it.

politics..:no: :no:

Something will get built, and soon. Carlos Slim's gotta do something with his cash sooner or later, I figure.

Carlos Slim? he doesn't build big buildings , he just built a lot of a small structures

yeah that big jerk =P

Hey, the tower was cancelled for some politics stuff and some people with such a archais minds, talking of the " damage" that the tower could do to their weeds and the landmark ( by the weird design)... :ohno:

But, the government of the city are looking for some other place where the tower will be build, and they say that reforma, circuito or Insurgentes will receive this project. So isn't cancelled at all, there'll be a HUGE monster in Mexico City, and Ive have to be there at 2010. :).

Anyway, I think another place could be better, those little tiny buildings near to Torre Bicentenarioon in the renders, didnt look that good. :lol:



PD. btw Sorry by the mistakes on lenguage, i used to get C on English Tests at college.:nuts:

anyone has a SOURCE to official gov site stating TOWER was canceled?

anyone has a SOURCE to official gov site stating TOWER was canceled?

Here: http://www.oem.com.mx/elsoldemexico/notas/n433571.htm Spanish.

^^ thanks... I used Google to translate the article and it says in one part

"In press conference, the local agent chief executive said that already he gave to the instruction to the secretary of Urban Development and House, Arturo Aispuro Colonel so that he looks for “other possibilities” in the city and so that he fits the project.

And I reiterate that it will be the Legislative Assembly that makes the final decision and for it it has mentioned the delegates who have shown interest in this or another similar project and are: Azcapotzalco, Benito Juárez, Iztacalco, Gustavo A. Log, Tláhuac and Tlalpan."

^^ Is this accurate translation? and does this mean the tower will be relocated or totally dead?

I'm confused, as the article title is translated to

They cancel Tower Bicentennial in Hills; they will look for another estate

Does this mean it will be relocated?

^^ ^^
I speak little english, i don´t know explain you..:crazy:
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Help!!!!!!! Translator!!!

thats to bad the project was cancelled, it would have been a great addition to a booming huge city!

a mod should change the title or close the thread

I'm confused, as the article title is translated to

They cancel Tower Bicentennial in Hills; they will look for another estate

Does this mean it will be relocated?

..... the article title says that the "torre bicentenario" has been canceled, but they're looking for another district in mexico city to build a similar project.

"hills" (las lomas) is the name of the district where this tower was proposed.








so... this thread is dead... :deadthrea :lock: thanks to mexican politics... :no:

:fiddle: RIP

The main reason according to the New York Times is that there was strong neighborhood opposition, and several threats of lawsuits to stop it from being build in historic Chapultepec Park. To add on even more bad news, the mayor of (DF) Mexico City, Marcelo Ebrard, withdrew his support for the tower. The NYT also reported that the developers names weren't released because they are reportedly looking for another location.
http://img104.imageshack.us/img104/1088/20skyscraper600xk7.jpg (http://imageshack.us)
The sign reads in English, No to Torre Bicentenario,
No to the destruction of the city's forest.
:badnews: :lock: :lock: :lock:

:bash:

Dont worry ^^ there's a new tower in Mexico city even taller than Torre Bicentenario, 350 meters...

I've never liked it
and that supossed tower of 350 m. is only a myth

No, is NOT.
http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showthread.php?t=531607

Yo siempre pienso de esta manera...Porke en Mexico no se levantan torres kon Guevos bien puestos..Pucha para ser de las mayores ciudades del mundo, y tener ciudades ke hasta ahora han agarrado fuerza komo Dubai por decir alguna, y ke ya tenga torres mas altas!!..osea!!..Pucha ke pasara...Ke lindo seria ver alguna Torre de algunos 600 metros en el D.F.
Aver si pronto se logra!!..Saludos!

So it looked overweight and that opening made me think of its... part where the waste comes out.

Yo siempre pienso de esta manera...Porke en Mexico no se levantan torres kon Guevos bien puestos..Pucha para ser de las mayores ciudades del mundo, y tener ciudades ke hasta ahora han agarrado fuerza komo Dubai por decir alguna, y ke ya tenga torres mas altas!!..osea!!..Pucha ke pasara...Ke lindo seria ver alguna Torre de algunos 600 metros en el D.F.
Aver si pronto se logra!!..Saludos!
:nuts:

Yo siempre pienso de esta manera...Porke en Mexico no se levantan torres kon Guevos bien puestos..Pucha para ser de las mayores ciudades del mundo, y tener ciudades ke hasta ahora han agarrado fuerza komo Dubai por decir alguna, y ke ya tenga torres mas altas!!..osea!!..Pucha ke pasara...Ke lindo seria ver alguna Torre de algunos 600 metros en el D.F.
Aver si pronto se logra!!..Saludos!

:banana:

can anyone please translate this in english!!

^^
Translation

Yo siempre pienso de esta manera...Porke en Mexico no se levantan torres kon Guevos bien puestos..Pucha para ser de las mayores ciudades del mundo, y tener ciudades ke hasta ahora han agarrado fuerza komo Dubai por decir alguna, y ke ya tenga torres mas altas!!..osea!!..Pucha ke pasara...Ke lindo seria ver alguna Torre de algunos 600 metros en el D.F.
Aver si pronto se logra!!..Saludos!



I always think this way... why Mexico does not raise " big ass" towers... so it can be one of the biggest cities of the world, to have cities that , until now has showed power like Dubai, just to mention one,and that already has higher towers!!... come on !!.. what happen? what nice would be to see some tower of some 600 meters in mexico city

i hope soon it gets real!!.. Greetings!


I know it sounds a little bit wierd , but it sounds the same in spanish also.

I dont see any contribiution in the post , but i let yall decide

thx :)

the project ONLY was canceled in the old place ("super servicio las lomas", a ugly and abandoned car store, home from vagabonds), but group danhos (the constructor of the tower) maybe are searching other place, i presume.

i believe it! ;)

the hope is the last that die. :D

i still dont like the look.
to stubby for me

DOnt worrY is COMING A NEW TOWER OF350mt

i don know. it' hard for me to believe in that tower seeing what happened with the other one

I think this thread should be closed until we get some new information about the other tower, there´s nothing more to talk about.

agree. we know that it is definitely cancelled

yeah, please

On Emporis they have it listed as "never built", either way there should be something that will eventually come into fruitation.

Hey stop! This tower will be construct...
Look. The design of Rem Koolhaas isn't will be construct, but there are new designs for this tower in other ubications. In the citiy's south there are a project for this tower of more than 300 meters. The tower will be construct, but not the Rem Koolhaas design

If anybody's understand this, here is in Spanish

Esperen! Este thread no debe ser cerrado pues esta torre será contruida. Lo que pasa es que el diseño de Rem Koolhaas no será construido ya que fue denegado debido a las demandas de los vecinos, pero hay otros diseños nuevos que buscan contruirse en nuevas ubicaciones. En Tlalpan hay un nuevo diseño que mide más de 300 metros.
La torre Bicentenario si será construida.

So, the bicentenario tower will be built, but in a different location. The original posted before was cancelled, but I understand the the NEW Bicentenario tower will be taller but built in a different location. Thanks for the information El Quijotillo. Do you know where the new tower will be built? Do you have pics of the new tower?

^^
No no no.. he is totally wrong.

"Torre Bicentenario" (300m) by Rem Koolhas is still on the minds of the builders.

ANOTHER "Torre Bicenterio" (350m) is planned, but we have NO serious renders, pics not even official information.

;)

Yeah, it is a new different tower with the same name.. haha

Well, the think is that the first Tower Bicentenario is not proposed in a new location. The second tower is only a Project. The thing is that there will be a Tower in México called Bicentenario. It doesn't matter that the design was of Rem Koolhaas or mine. There will be a tower...

In this thread there are some photos and information (in Spanish) about the new project:
http://http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showthread.php?t=532202 (http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showthread.php?t=532202)

And SoHype! You have the reazon, the second tower isn't totally defined to be built, it's only a project.

so, the first bicentenario tower is cancelled and now there's another tower with the same name, but it's a plan. i think you should make a new thread with all the information about the new tower.

Its got such a cool design

^^
No, old/first/Rem Koolhas "Bicentenario Tower" is still on foot, but they had problems with the location, they are trying to find out a new location en Mexico City.

Then, ANOTHER/secondary/weird "Bicentario Tower" has been proposed, we don't really know what is going on with that tower.

In a positive way, if both are going to be built, there will be 2 Bicentario Towers (i know, stupid but real), maybe at the end they change the name, but it is noticed 2 towers, the first one with 300m and the second with 350m.

;)

Oh yes, I didn't know that the old tower Bicentenario still on foot. I ask in the mexican thread but nobody knows that. :banana:

Where do you read that information SoHype???

SHUT THIS THREAD DOWN!!!!!

What a ugly building!!!

^^You need to read more!! :) This tower will construct, but in other ubication. Now, the constructors are finding this new ubication!!!

I know this beacuse I live in México city!!

similar to London's Beetham Tower, but this is too sharp-cornered ;-)

^^You need to read more!! :) This tower will construct, but in other ubication. Now, the constructors are finding this new ubication!!!

I know this beacuse I live in México city!!

I assume you mean location?

^^
Yeah..

@Dr Drums
What you mean with..

Panamá 2020 País de Primer Mundo y "Rey De La Altura" en toda Latinoamérica.
Panamá 2020 First World Country and "King Of Heights" in all Latin America.

?

^^
Yeah..

@Dr Drums
What you mean with..

Panamá 2020 País de Primer Mundo y "Rey De La Altura" en toda Latinoamérica.
Panamá 2020 First World Country and "King Of Heights" in all Latin America.

?

What I mean is that Panama will have the tallest building in latina america in about a couple of years with the U/C supertall "Los Faros de Panama" 346m height, and already a plan for a + 400m supertall, about the other thing I hope with all the development and growth (more than 8% last year) my country has had in the last 5 years and still having will become a developed country in a not so far future, is just a vision of what I see for Panama, if interested I could get into details of why this is not so crazy as many may think.

^^
Sorry! i get confused.. i didn't catch the "2020" ;)

PD. "Milenio Diario" (mexican daily) has published that Bicentenario Tower will be built really close where primary was planed.

It will be Bicentenario Tower and not in Tlalpan District.

The new project will be announced shortly. It will be in the Cuauhtémoc District, not far from the area where it was thought initially build.

This time the announcement will be made along with the entire urban project, which will include a network of underground pathways.
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Milenio Diario (http://www.milenio.com/mexico/mileni....php?id=558383)

Only patience :colgate:

Only patience :colgate:

^^ this is the important.

This thread should be changed to: "The Wishful thinking Thread"! This project has been cancelled why are folks still writing about. Why am I still on this thread. Cheeps out!

let's hope THIS design is cancelled. it's not worth a realization...

Let's explain this.

There will be a tower in Mexico City called "Torre Bicentenario", that in English means "Bicentenary Tower". This tower will be construct because in September will be the Bicentenary of the Mexico's Independece.

Now, I don't know which tower will be construct. The Rem Koolhaas version, the new version, the thing is: In México City will be a Bicentenary Tower. Now, this thread is called "Torre Bicentenario" and I question, why this thread should be closed?

This tower will be construct, but right now, the architects of the tower are talking with the contractors. I will be patient. In the Milenio Newspaper, announce that this tower will be construct.

Do you need other sources??
Check the Mexican thread in Mxscrapers, Mexico City. There are two or three threads about this and are waiting the official anouncement, but theres not closing the thread... Please be patient, don't close this. :ohno:


And sorry for my English, Im Mexican and underage.. :)

I assume you mean location?

Yes, sorry, I can't speak Engilsh very well.

This thread should be changed to: "The Wishful thinking Thread"! This project has been cancelled why are folks still writing about. Why am I still on this thread. Cheeps out!

Why you are so disturbed with this thread??? If you don't like this tower is good, but this thread won't be closed only because you are saying that...

Now in Spanish:

Porque te molesta tanto este thread?? Si no te gusta la torre, chido por tí, pero no creo que este thread se vaya cerrar porque tu lo dices.

This thread should be changed to: "The Wishful thinking Thread"! This project has been cancelled why are folks still writing about. Why am I still on this thread. Cheeps out!

They are writing again because the location has changed to the south of the city but the first project as you said has been cancelled but it will have the same name.....

terrible..owfl!!!!!!!!

iuuuuuuuu

Yes, sorry, I can't speak Engilsh very well.

No problem, just trying to help.

Me hablo espanol solamente un poco tambien.

They are writing again because the location has changed to the south of the city but the first project as you said has been cancelled but it will have the same name.....

Well,that's right Gabriel, but now let's explain this:
After the tower was canceled, there was other projects. One project is that. A tower of 350 meters localizated in Tlalpan, the south of the city. This project consist in a tower of 350 meters, a new highway and a "train line" (I dont konw how to say this: Línea de metro").

Now, the Rem Koolhaas project still in foot (SoHype post this one or two pages back), and probably this tower will construct in a new location near than the area of the first project. So maybe, we will have two towers of more 350 meters, but one of this need to be the true Bicentenary Tower. Maybe we will have only one tower. In a few days we will konw this information.

No problem, just trying to help.

Me hablo espanol solamente un poco tambien.

:lol::lol:

Jaja, it's "Yo hablo español solamente un poco, también."... but you're right...
Now let's back on topic!

:lol::lol:

Jaja, it's "Yo hablo español solamente un poco, también."... but you're right...
Now let's back on topic!

Muchas gracias. :lol:

I just said that I speak Spanish to myself, didn't I? Yikes.

Obligatory on-topic commentary: I hope they build a major tower in Mexico -- just not this one.

This thread should be changed to: "The Wishful thinking Thread"! This project has been cancelled why are folks still writing about. Why am I still on this thread. Cheeps out!

:blahblah:

This thread should be changed to: "The Wishful thinking Thread"! This project has been cancelled why are folks still writing about. Why am I still on this thread. Cheeps out!
Bunch of Haters on this Forum.

not a great design

not a great design

Yes, the Bicentenary Tower is very ugly for many persons. In México, the people says that this tower is like a coffin. :)

terrible..owfl!!!!!!!!

iuuuuuuuu

haters:ohno:

Is this the first 300m + Building in Mehico? ^^

Is this the first 300m + Building in Mehico? ^^

Yes, in Mexico there are no towers so tall, because they need to put some mechanism for earthquakes. Remember the 85' earthquake...

You can look this diagram, it shows the 100+ towers in México :banana:
http://img223.imageshack.us/img223/9789/lasmasaltastorresdelacimj1.jpg

Is this thread ever going to close. This building has been cancelled!!!

MUY BACANO, EL DISEÑO NO ME AGRADA MUCHO. PERO IGUAL ES UN MERO PROYECTO... MUY BIEN POR MEXICO

Is this thread ever going to close. This building has been cancelled!!!

No it isn't. Why you are saying that? Where are you read that?? It's a lie. The Bicentenary Tower will construct! Come on!

Is this thread ever going to close. This building has been cancelled!!!

Tower was not canceled - the location it was proposed for it was - and even that is not yet inked as the government has to OK it, something that will take place in November of this year. Read posts in previous pages on the thread, which includes an article that states exactly that.

New location will be found for the tower.

Any news about this tower?

No, but there are rumors to a happy notice in Christmas about this project.
There are a concurse for construct two towers of 500 meters each one. :nuts:
Maybe, the winner design will be construct.

^^ Asi se hacen los chismes!!! :nono: :bash: Dicho concurso no es para construir ningun par de torres de 500 metros, es solo para dos hipoteticas torres de 100 pisos para conmemorar el bicentenario, pero solo es el concurso de una pagina de internet, no hay desarrolladores ni nada por el estilo tras ello, asi que no, no habra tales cosas para el bicentenario. :nono:

Y sip, deben de cerrar este thread :lock: :lock:. Torre Bicentenario, como se conocia ha sido CANCELADA, si surge otro proyecto en otro terreno y claro con otro diseño similar en dimensiones a esta (como mencionaron que podrian buscer en grupo Dahnos , los desarrolladores que impulsaban Torre Bicentenario), pues sera algo por ende totalmente diferente a esta.

Asi que como ya dijeron (y perdonen que no postee en ingles pero es que no se me da mucho :|). This building has been cancelled!!! :sleepy:...

:lock: :lock: :lock: :lock: :lock:
:runaway:

^^YEP

I TOTALLY AGREE, THERE'S BEEN NOOOOOOO NEWS WHAT SO EVER ABOUT THE TOWER, COME ON, I KNOW IT HURTS BUT LET'S LEAVE THIS THREAD FOR A WHILE, LET OUR MEXICAN PRIDE OUT OF THE WAY FOR A WHILE

This building has been cancelled!!! :sleepy:...


BT it's suspended, not cancelled, and well.. we HAVE news, for example, "Kaspe building demolition is imminent" (old building which because of political interest wasn't demolished).

That piece of trash will be demolished, maybe the BT will be in its original location, we are ON HOLD.

Yes, the thread is for the "Bicentenary Tower", not the "Rem Koolhaas design for Bicentenary Tower"

And So Hype it's correct, this tower is suspended, not cancelled.
I think it doesn't matter how is the design of the tower, I mean, if the design is from Rem Koolhaas or is other, it doesn't matter. In Mexico City there will be a tower called Bicentenary.

Si, este thread es para la Torre Bicentenario, no para la Torre Bicentenario de Rem Koolhaas. Lo que he estado diciendo desde hace un par de páginas es que no importa que diseño tenga la torre, si la diseño Rem Koolhaas o si revive Gaudí a diseñarla, el caso es que va a haber una Torre llamada Bicentenario, el grupo Danhos o cualquier otro grupo quiere que este proyecto se haga realidad, no creo que digan que ya ahí muere.

Y si stardust, tienes razón, lo que quise poner es que sería poco probable que las torres de 500 metros se construyeran, pero solo pude poner la palabra "Maybe", pero estas correcto.

Information from a mexican newspaper... the tower will be construct :banana:

Prevén que en diciembre definan lugar de Torre Bicentenario


Notimex
El Universal
Ciudad de México
Miércoles 21 de noviembre de 2007
18:06 El secretario de Desarrollo Urbano y Vivienda del Distrito Federal, Jesús Arturo Aispuro, afirmó que no se ha descartado la construcción de la Torre del Bicentenario, y a más tardar en el mes de diciembre se podría definir el sitio donde se ubicaría.

Al reunirse con integrantes de la Comisión del Distrito Federal del Senado de la República, el funcionario adelantó la planeación de una línea de Tranvía en el Centro Histórico de la ciudad de México, La Villa y la Plaza de la Revolución.

Aispuro expuso que el Gobierno del Distrito Federal no descarta la construcción, independientemente que "está detenida por el conflicto que hay entre Bellas Artes y los inversionistas que financian la obra", habló de los planes para terminar con la desigualdad en el desarrollo urbano, para lo cual se elaboró un proyecto con el fin de lograr una ciudad con equidad, desarrollo integral, legalidad e igualdad.

Sin embargo, la presidenta de la Comisión, la senadora María de los Angeles Moreno, del Partido Revolucionario Institucional (PRI) , cuestionó la forma de resolver la desigualdad en la ciudad "y el papel de los delegados en el plan de desarrollo" . El senador Federico Doring, del Partido Acción Nacional (PAN) , demandó a su vez que el gobierno local que no centre toda su atención sólo en la zona oriente de la capital, "pues una buena parte de la zona sur también tiene graves carencias" .

translation?

Emporis.com said theat the Torre Bicentenario may have been cancelled for no reason. I think the project may have been put on hold. :bash:

I AM OF THE CITY OF MEXICO AND THEY DIRE THAT NOT THIS ONE CANCELLED, I KNOW WAITS FOR THE NEW DEFINITIVE LOCATION FOR MEDIOADOS OF DECEMBER, DO NOT CLOSE THE THREAD, ONLY THIS ONE INACTIVELY... And ME LACKING DECIRQUE HAYVARIOS PROJECTS TO COMMEMORATE THE BICENTENARY AND SOME ALREADY ESTAN PREAPROVADOS AS THE PARK BICEENTENARIO THE SQUARE(SEAT) BICENTENARY AND A FEW TORRECILLAS :cheers:

^^^^^^PLEASE NO CLOSE^^^^^^

:lol: ^^

Translation:
Im form the Mexico City and this tower isn't is cancelled. Im waiting now for the reubication of the tower in december (one or two weeks maybe). Don't close this thread, only keep it inactive.
Other projects are been prepared for the Bicentenary... like a few buildings, the Bicentenary Park, The Square Bicentenary, etc...


Sorry, maybe this transaltion isn't very good... :ohno:

:lol: ^^

Translation:
Im form the Mexico City and this tower isn't is cancelled. Im waiting now for the reubication of the tower in december (one or two weeks maybe). Don't close this thread, only keep it inactive.
Other projects are been prepared for the Bicentenary... like a few buildings, the Bicentenary Park, The Square Bicentenary, etc...


Sorry, maybe this transaltion isn't very good... :ohno:

UNAMOS FUERZAS FORISTAS MEXICANOS

WTF? so.... What's New of Bicentenario Tower??

Magnificent building.

Let me explain this again....

There is the Bicentenary Tower, the first, the Rem Koolhaas design, that tower.... now, because there are a problem with the location, the promotors are changing right now the location of this...

That's the reazon because there are no news about this tower this days...

We are waiting now...

:)

People really need to read the thread before they post this "but it's on hold" stupidity.

Good shape!
it looks like something i came up with a while back in my sketch pad :|
haha

Unique but not my taste. Exciting though. :D

Congratulations Mexico!!

Good Height!! The design it's not bad.....

Espero que en Amèrica Latina siga el auge de rascacielos....!!

Ok, it's january and nobody knows the relocation of the tower. I think this thread should be closed until u have real news.

^^Mmmmmm... maybe you have reazon... Cause in the mexican thread, we are waiting news too...

^^I agree. This thread must be closed until we have more news.

I hope that the OMA design won't go directly to the Skyscrapers garbage tin.

Is this the first 300m + Building in Mehico? ^^

It would be the second in mexican republic and in mexico city the first but in latinamerica would be like the fifth as the only ones constructiong and all ready builded countries in latinamwrica with 300 + are chile, mexico and panama

^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

ummmmmmm...... I am not sure it will be the second one in the Mexican Republic... which one is the first?

^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

ummmmmmm...... I am not sure it will be the second one in the Mexican Republic... which one is the first?

Torrena in Guadalajara would be the first with 350 m or so...

Great tower. I hope its construction starts soon.
It has a rather unique design.

Cheers.

It's not even approved.

Ugly

http://www.milenio.com/index.php/2007/10/05/130587/

this tower is just awful :(

I waited a few months befor I went back to this thread and I still think it's an ugly building but I hope it gets built.it's like watching an accident on the side of the road-you're horrified but still can't turn your eyes away from the thing

looks obese
whats a tragaluz?

ALMOST 400 POSTS for a proposed tower ....^^

This tower looks ugly to me!

Hmmm..

It has like a lil old style for a modern city...

my take on this tower is that i think it's a pice of shit. look at it.

...simply awful

I seriously think this tower is prone to any earthquakes that will hit mexico city in the future.

this tower reminds me of the archologies in SC2K if anyone knows the relation, its ugly and bulky, no place in this city i think

don't worry it won't get built, it's unofficially canceled

the design is horrible! :puke: by the way i don't like most of the towers in Mexico City.. the ones in Panama and Dominican Republic look better :)

I am not very familiar with Dominican towers but that Panama ones def have that tropical feel to them =OP

Looks weird, reminds me of a pear shaped obese person:dunno:

looks obese
whats a tragaluz?

where pass the light to inside the building
traga = something like eat
luz = light

^^ you're the next contractor of this thing 'building demolisher'.

THIS THREAD SHOULD BE CLOSED..... THIS BUILDING ITS CANCELED

HI TO ALL EARTHLING........

Since the tower is unlikely to be built before September 2010, shouldn't the Torre Bicentenario be given a different name?

What is that hole in the lower part of the building again? Was it designed to resemble ancient pyramids in Mexico?

Interesting shape, i really like it. however o think its a bit fat in the middle...that means a little bit out of proportion according to its height...

No more news about this project?

^^ dead. thank god.

If they made it much skinnier i would like it

:ohno::ohno:

this i cancelled, close the thread!

this i cancelled, close the thread!

could you please provide a source?

seee la neta se ve como una torre embarazada no me gusto el diseño y mucho menosa k segun lo hicieran asi por k es un diseño maya o aztedca jajaja si lo esta diseñando un pinche holandes jajaja

hahahaha well i think the thred will be close

could you please provide a source?

My source is the logic: Torre Bicentenario means "Bicentenary Tower"... our celebration was last september and while other towers are been constructed, we don't have here in México any notice about it.

Close it! This thread must be closed!

it's been confirmed that this tower will not be built.

That sucks. I liked the pregnant tower.

^^ +1

:lock:

Why is this thread still open? This project has been officially cancelled for quite some time now. It´s not even on hold anymore.

This tower was supposed to commemorate Mexico´s bicentennial and that date came and went already.

Anyhow, somebody should close the thread.

:lock:

The project is no longer available. Politics made it fail. Pitty on us We are our worst enemies.

the 3 biggest agglomerations dont have 1 single 300m+

the 3 biggest agglomerations dont have 1 single 300m+

Mexico City is much better than Sao Paulo... we do not have any over 180m here!!!!! Over 10.000 skyscrapers and any over 200 m is a crime!

The Torre Bicentenarion was very interesting & original, but I'm afraid it was too angular, especially at the top...

That's a pity, would have been more than just a tower. Too bad then. I hope that a new project will take over from it.