Best Cladding

Nominate which skyscrapers you think have the best cladding/external façade. You are allowed 3 choices.

Please use this thread for nominating only, and preferably a maximum of 1 or 2 pictures per nomination. If you wish to
discuss the topic in detail, or post larger numbers of pictures, then please use the "DISCUSS:" (http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showthread.php?t=527082) thread.


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General rules:
The Hall of Fame forum is where we decide about our all-time favourites from the world of skyscrapers, skylines, buildings and cities. In each contest, users can nominate and vote in a specific category.

The five nominations that get the most mentions will be up for the final vote in the following contest. The one receiving the most votes will go into the Hall of Fame.

Nominating
If you name more then three, only the first three will count. If you name the same structure or city three times, that will be counted as one. Please do not use this thread for discussions.

Promoting your favorite
Discuss this week's topic in the 'DISCUSS:' thread.

1. Swiss Re, London

http://www.globalphotos.org/london/20060505/IMG_0871.jpg

2. Lippo Centre, Hong Kong

http://www.globalphotos.org/hongkong/20051004/OCT04-S01-229.jpg

3. Tower SK, Seoul

http://www.globalphotos.org/southkorea/20050918/SEOUL02-S02-292.jpg

Swiss Re, London

http://www.kone.com/static/ImageBank/GetImage_jpg/0,,imageID=251389,00.jpg


Royal Bank Plaza, Toronto

http://www.urbandb.com/canada/ontario/toronto/royal_bank_plaza_south_2.jpg


Petronas Towers, Kuala Lumpur

http://z.about.com/d/architecture/1/7/K/k/petronas.jpg

I gotta go with Swiss Re for now. edit later.

1. Jin Mao, Shanghai
http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1343/1323494482_05f584a09e_b.jpg



2. Royal Bank Plaza South, Toronto
http://farm1.static.flickr.com/41/107971819_8044d8e7e8_o.jpg

3. 2IFC, Hong Kong
http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1129/855752985_46e9ef5b0f_o.jpg

Jin Mao
Petronas
Inland Steel (1958)
Photos by 24gotham
http://img399.imageshack.us/img399/2466/4343183071ec0c8b353bdh6.jpg
http://img399.imageshack.us/img399/6852/170934032984a32b284zt7.jpg

1.
http://rl.foto.radikal.ru/0709/6e/db13db02ffc1.jpg

http://rl.foto.radikal.ru/0709/83/930c33f5cea9.jpg


2 and 3 will be posted later

Please name the buildings...

PPG place, Pittsburgh has always been one of my favorites

http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1040/991761979_6b132de223_b.jpg
From flickr

I also really like Hearst Tower, New York

http://farm1.static.flickr.com/131/362219898_df87b4ab82_o.jpg
Photo also from flickr

and swiss re

Come on, more nominations please... this is pitiful. It's over a month since I started this contest and we're not even halfway through the 1st page! This forum is dying :(

Do buildings have to be complete?

Cheung Kong's "rib cage"

http://k53.pbase.com/u39/alex1030/upload/25788200.DSC_4191a.jpg

Bank of China in Hong Kong and Royal Bank Plaza in Toronto are two of my nominations. I'll have to think some more about a third one.

1-Emirates Towers

http://www.funonthenet.in/images/stories/forwards/tallest-buildings/Emirates%20Office%20Tower.jpg

2-Petronas

3-Bank of China

Hong Kong 2IFC

Shanghai Plaza 66
http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1397/1425219366_1865e017f1.jpg?v=0
http://farm1.static.flickr.com/182/376213391_58f6fab19c.jpg?v=0

PPG, Pittsburgh
http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1040/991761979_6b132de223_b.jpg

RR Donnelley, Chicago (the one right to the picture center)
http://bbs.keyhole.com/ubb/z0302a1700/55.jpg

DLI 63, Seoul
http://www.skyscrapers.cn/images/asia/ko/63_building2.jpg

Zuidertoren/Brussels

http://i18.************/673qa1k.jpg

99 Bishopsgate, London, UK
http://www.thelpr.com/images/fullsize/property/P010.jpg

Aon Center, Chicago, Illinois, USA
http://www.geology.enr.state.nc.us/03072002buildingstones/NC%20building%20stones/Building%20stones/amoco.jpg

Lever House, New York, New York, USA
http://www.pbase.com/image/26468066.jpg

1. Swiss Re, London

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2249/1600963973_6950d1290a_b.jpg

2. Hearst Tower, New York

http://farm1.static.flickr.com/29/59841106_fbc1973f67_o.jpg

ICC (HK) UC
http://img339.imageshack.us/img339/6597/114978990982f1d32e1bofx4.jpg

Dexiatoren/ Tour Dexia/ Dexia Tower
Brussel/Bruxelles/Brussels

http://img117.imageshack.us/img117/4229/fotoreportagebrussel023kk9.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

http://img259.imageshack.us/img259/4886/fotoreportagebrussel014kl4.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

1. Deutsche Bahn tower Berlin

http://www.fotos-berlin24.de/data/media/8/Berlin-Potsdamerplatz09.jpg

2.burj al Arab Dubai

http://www.hotelrentalgroup.com/images/UAE-BaA1.jpg

3.Rose tower hotel Dubai

http://www.simi.at/600/rosetower.jpg

4. Conde Nast New York city

http://wirednewyork.com/skyscrapers/4xsq/images/conde_nast_east.jpg

http://www.chicagopublicradio.org/blog/hellobeautiful/uploaded_images/edf_passants-749618.jpg
Tour EDF in Paris.

2. That pittsburgh one

3. The Gherkin

Broadgate Tower

1. LVMH Building, New York City:
http://farm1.static.flickr.com/63/169140358_833b80146c.jpg

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=80n9V167fTg


2. 53rd at Third (Lipstick) Building, New York City:
http://www.citynoise.org/upload/8047.jpg

http://www.archpaper.com/images/feature_03_05/pjohnson10.jpg

3. Swiss Re, London

Agbar , barcelona

http://static.panoramio.com/photos/original/58085.jpg

Trump Tower, Chicago.
http://i239.photobucket.com/albums/ff10/x-XFallenX-x/trumptower2.jpg
http://i239.photobucket.com/albums/ff10/x-XFallenX-x/trumptower.jpg

1. Royal Bank Plaza, Toronto
2. Swiss Re, London
3. Hearst Tower, New York

In that order!

Burj Dubai # 1

alburj tower #1
burj dubai tower #2
trump tower at palm jumeriah #3
emirate tower #4
dubai marina mall #5
:cheers:

Nina Tower, Hong Kong.

Zuidertoren/Brussels

http://i18.************/673qa1k.jpg
^^ Sorry to say that, but this is one of the cheapest looking claddings I've ever seen. :(


From the pics posted here, Torre Agbar and Swiss Re have the best cladding.
I also like Beetham Tower in Manchester a lot.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v732/Amsfan/BeethamTower.jpg

Cladding of this tower in Madrid looks surprisingly good as well.
http://img159.imageshack.us/img159/968/pb104194qe0.jpg

Would like to add Agbar in place of Lippo to my nominations.

More nominations please...

(you get 3 choices btw)

1. Petronas Twin Towers, KL

http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1375/1387395493_3e6d457b2f_b.jpg

2. The Esplanade, Singapore

http://farm1.static.flickr.com/95/237523713_cceb33d672_b.jpg

^^ Sorry, The Esplanade is not a skyscraper...

^^ Sorry, The Esplanade is not a skyscraper...

" It's, still, SO awesome! "

lol.

Tour T1 (Paris - La Défense) :
http://www.defense-92.fr/photos/ph2812.jpg

Oooooooooooo là là sa va jdéconne / I'm kidding, this cladding is ugly



Sans rire cette fois la tour Opus 12 (Paris - La Défense) :
http://fr.structurae.de/files/photos/1/051917/0016.jpg

http://www.journaldunet.com/management/diaporama/defense-nouvelles-tours/images/opus-12.jpg

ICC Hongkong :drool::

http://starphotohk.com/hk-place/2007/20071220-UnionSquareICCZoom(Pano)01-800.jpg

Comcast Center, Philadelphia:

http://i17.************/6qaxqfd.jpg

1: Petronas Twin Towers
2: Burj Dubai
3: Swiss RE
4: Burj Qatar

:)

Jin Mao
Agbar
Chrysler

when will we vote? ;)

When it reaches 5 or so pages of nominations... which, judging by the current rate, should be around 2040 A.D. :sleepy:

Well, i don't know if it counts, But Palais des Congrès de Montréal, Montreal, Québec, is, i tihnk, one of the most beautiful glass/cladding work in the world of architecture. It is beautiful, colorful, original, and quite unique!

Here, cheque some pictures out!
http://ca.images.search.yahoo.com/search/images?p=Palais+des+congr%C3%A8s+de+montreal+&fr=yfp-t-501&toggle=1&cop=&ei=UTF-8

Nominating
If you name more then three, only the first three will count.Since we are allowed to name only three buildings I hurry to nominate the MosFilm tower in Moscow so that those who like it could safe their voices for ir.:)
I'm sure this outstanding cladding will be finished before the thread is closed :) Besides, I didn't find the rule that prohibits to nominate u/c buildings...

MosFilm Complex consists of 2 towers - 203 m and 131 m
by igor; 03/02/08
http://i026.radikal.ru/0802/6d/3a869ade0629.jpg

http://i046.radikal.ru/0802/1c/36a7db19f4a6.jpg

http://i047.radikal.ru/0802/d2/068d05c0fb0e.jpg

http://i029.radikal.ru/0802/1a/7fbcaf080675.jpg

looks fine

I like the BoC cladding in HK :)

Royal Bank Plaza Toronto

The cladding on the Bay-Adelaide Centre in Toronto has a very pleasing rich smokey lustre:

March 29
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3133/2371855147_7a0854038f_b.jpg
Southwest corner of the building.
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3252/2371855161_4252373380_b.jpg


I'd also like to nominate the Montreal building ChrisDVD mentioned. The Palais des Congres' patchwork of coloured glass works very well:



http://i261.photobucket.com/albums/ii68/Habfanman/223394071_00d8572759_b.jpg
More...
http://i261.photobucket.com/albums/ii68/Habfanman/578294066_75e5cd5519_o.jpg


http://i261.photobucket.com/albums/ii68/Habfanman/n501009592_36826_69.jpg

Rondo 1 [Warsaw, Poland]
http://images27.fotosik.pl/138/9adb81dddcb92dce.jpg

http://images27.fotosik.pl/138/293cfe3a5c67b8f5.jpg

http://czarnota.org/gallery/albums/warszawa/zmiany/___Srodmiescie/Rondo1/2006_06_03_002_Warszawa_Rondo_ONZ_Rondo_1.jpg

More nominations please, I can't believe we're still on page 3...

1. Torre Agbar, Barca

http://farm1.static.flickr.com/35/71754475_0f9b9fd30d.jpg?v=0

2. Beetham Tower, Manchester

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2284/2361197493_20ef66d834_o.jpg

3 Lake Shore apartments, Chicago

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3021/2349535017_12cfbde18e.jpg

http://i249.photobucket.com/albums/gg231/krzamak/2459497207_8938661908_o.jpg
http://i25.************/noeumg.jpg
http://img179.imageshack.us/img179/9892/imgp1373rc2.jpg
http://i19.************/6tbdd3l.jpg


Zagreb Tower, Zagreb, Croatia:cheers:

still UC but one of the best claddings i've ever seen:

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3038/2498577705_9369b22efd_b.jpg

My choices:

Comcast Center, Philadelphia (already nominated, but whatever :))
http://phillyist.com/attachments/philly_matt/070814-09.jpg

The Phoenix Building, Hartford (a personal fave)
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2a/Phoenix_Mutual_Life_Insurance_Building,_Hartford_CT_-_side.JPG/800px-Phoenix_Mutual_Life_Insurance_Building,_Hartford_CT_-_side.JPG

http://img.groundspeak.com/waymarking/display/538a14cc-dea0-41b2-89dc-23daf2e94b5d.jpg

Citigroup Center, Chicago
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9b/CitigroupCenterChicago.jpg/450px-CitigroupCenterChicago.jpg

id nominate

hearst tower, new york

http://images.businessweek.com/ss/06/01/greenskyscrapers/image/6_hearst01_screen.jpg




Civil justice centre, manchester

http://www.dezeen.com/wp-content/uploads/2007/06/vw0o5626.jpg




88 wood street, london

http://www.pixelmap.com/images/Arch/dma_rogers_09.jpg

Zumthor--Kunsthaus Bregenz

http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1339/615274908_ef3620298c_m.jpg

http://www.mimoa.eu/images/440_m.jpg

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/dd/Bregenz_kunsthaus_zumthor_2002_01.jpg/445px-Bregenz_kunsthaus_zumthor_2002_01.jpg

Jin Mao
http://z.about.com/d/architecture/1/0/J/k/JinMaoTower.jpg
Swiss Re
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/c/ca/Swiss.re.arp.750pix.jpg
Hearst Tower
http://www.galinsky.com/buildings/hearst/hearst1.jpg

The red Apple, Rotterdam.

renders:
http://www.theredapple.nl/uploadedImages/Fotos/foto_home_foto2.jpg

http://www.theredapple.nl/uploadedImages/Fotos/foto_home_foto3.jpg

construction pics:

Marin:
http://207.44.228.231/marin/TRA_1205200802.jpg

WillemS:
http://i300.photobucket.com/albums/nn6/biancadek_album/IMG_0706.jpg

Europe Tower
http://img253.imageshack.us/img253/376/tene2.jpg

Colón Towers
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/32/Torres_Colón.pav.2.jpg/800px-Torres_Colón.pav.2.jpg

Atalayas Towers
http://img90.imageshack.us/img90/5571/94torresatalayasmurciaxj3.jpg

Here is the building i previously mentioned...

Palais des Congrès de Montréal

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/65/Montreal_-_Palais_des_Congr%C3%A8s_-_20050330.jpg

http://www.bonjourquebec.com/fileadmin/Image/autres/affaires/congres_montreal_g.jpg

Inside...

http://farm1.static.flickr.com/75/155232065_7c0eff1a8c.jpg

The fountain in front of it (heart of quartier international)

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/c/c9/Jp-riopelle-joute.jpg

And the building across it, with a beautiful cladding, Centre CDP

http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1324/1109156675_ede046124c.jpg?v=0

http://www.urbanphoto.net/blog/wp-content/uploads/2007/02/centrecdp.jpg

Hope you like it.

1. Petronas Twin Towers
2. Swiss Re
3. Burj Al Arab

Torre Mayor---> Mexico City

http://img184.imageshack.us/img184/438/tm128qx.jpg

http://img154.imageshack.us/img154/5681/crep3lc.jpg

http://img88.imageshack.us/img88/2919/1torremayorfu6.png

Jardine House, HK (pic credit to Zimmelino (http://www.flickr.com/photos/zimmel/))
http://farm1.static.flickr.com/57/201793992_3699196b5e.jpg

http://img26.imageshack.us/img26/8533/jardinehouse8tb.jpg

We're talking about the cladding, rite?

2 & 3 follow later...

Vdara (part of CityCenter in Las Vegas):

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v120/mdiederi/buildings/citycenter/vdr.jpg

swiss re

Aurora: Shanghai
World Tower: Shanghai
Jin Mao: Shanghai

Jardine House, HK..

Very interesting choice. The cladding does look very very good for its age. No one would know that it is 35+ years old. The cladding almost looks like sand blasted sheet metal.

Seven World Trade Center, New York City

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3173/2913630716_ede3d3c5c4_b.jpg

in no particular order...

Q1 - Gold Coast

http://img387.imageshack.us/img387/7866/q098ye.jpg

One Island East - Hong Kong

http://www.globalphotos.org/hongkong/2008/0302/IMG_4054.jpg

Wollworth Building - New York

http://www.wirednewyork.com/landmarks/woolworth/images/woolworth_bb.jpg

http://www.wirednewyork.com/landmarks/woolworth/images/woolworth.jpg

:cheers:

swiss re
HK ifc
petronas
guangzhou west tower

1. Shanghai World Financial Center
(from http://blog.pchome.net/article/view/39704/)

http://img.album.pchome.net/00/00/12/69/08e13007dda834a42a2df8e17c2b1b64.JPG


2. Jin Mao Tower
(By Matthew J. Stinson)

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3110/2919353364_24296e17e8_b.jpg


3. International Commerce Center
(Flickr)

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3294/3028543524_472dfb7f95_b.jpg

Port of Liverpool Building

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3435/3206245842_d51cc86175_b.jpg

Mr Grimsdale (http://www.flickr.com/photos/50393070@N00/3206245842/)

Oriel Chambers - Liverpool - 1864

Designed by Liverpool architect Peter Ellis in 1864, it revolutionised commercial building facade design, foretelling curtain walling and glazed facades of the Modern Movement and beyond.


Oriel Chambers
Designer: Peter Ellis
Built: 1864
Location: Corner of Water Street and Covent Garden, Liverpool.

Arguably the finest building in Liverpool and without doubt one of the most influential building of its age. Designed by a relatively unknown Liverpool architect Peter Ellis in 1864, it was the result of a competition. Stylistically and structurally, Oriel Chambers is prophetic of the Modern Movement. Rather than echoing the small window patterns of the Renaissance so much copied in buildings of this age, projecting oriel windows flood the offices with light. Of as much significance is the courtyard behind whose simplified elevations are years ahead of their time. At the time, the building provoked a great deal of adverse comment, being described as 'a great abortion' and 'an agglomeration of great glass bubbles'. Perhaps as a result of comments such as these, Ellis's only other commission was 16 Cook Street. Today we can fully appreciate its honesty, elegance and revolutionary impact.

http://www.liverpoolarchitecture.com/tours/buildings/building.php?id=25





http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3237/2933747751_1f393367ca_b.jpg

Jackwarshaw (http://www.flickr.com/photos/31332691@N02/2933747751/)


S_pQPhVWNTY

1. Aurora, Shanghai
2. Lippo Center, HK


http://www.globalphotos.org/hongkong/20051004/OCT04-S01-229.jpg

3. Bakrie Tower, Jakarta not completed yet.

http://i276.photobucket.com/albums/kk33/poenyakambink/DSC09681.jpg

http://i276.photobucket.com/albums/kk33/poenyakambink/DSC02080.jpg

royal bank toronto
jin mao
petronas

First things coming into my mind...

D.Perrault NH Hotel Rho, Milan
http://i34.************/ixt4i0.jpg

Burnham and Root, Reliance building, Chicago
http://www.bc.edu/bc_org/avp/cas/fnart/fa267/19th/reliance4.jpg

0-14 tower, Dubai
http://fudiyana.files.wordpress.com/2008/12/0-14_tower_2.jpg

Herzog & de Meuron, Basel rail staion control tower
http://k53.pbase.com/u21/jfung/upload/16944104.basel_control2.jpg

M.Fiorentino, Mausoleo Fosse Ardeatine, Roma
http://www.mimoa.eu/images/1391_l.jpg

Swiss Re
New York Times Building
Hearst Tower

1. Lippo Centre Hong-Kong

http://img5.imageshack.us/img5/3817/lippocentrehongkong.jpg

2. Torre Caja Madrid

http://img22.imageshack.us/img22/243/torrecajamadrid.jpg (http://img22.imageshack.us/my.php?image=torrecajamadrid.jpg)

3. AT&T Building Mineapolis

http://img3.imageshack.us/img3/2654/attbuildingmineapolis.jpg

who won?

1) PETRONAS
2) sWISS rE
3) bURJ AL ARAB

Nouvel's Agbar Tower, Barcelona (Spain):

http://www.elpais.com/recorte/20080330elpepucul_4/XLCO/Ies/Torre_Agbar_Barcelona_1999-2005.jpg
by elpais.

http://www.vuelaviajes.com/wp-content/2008/09/torre_agbar.jpg
by vuelaviajes.

Detail:
http://www.lacoctelera.com/myfiles/manel/Detalle-de-torre-Agbar.jpg
by lacoctelera.


New year's lighting:
FIcjVJetMNw

:cheers2:

wow! amazing

1. Lippo Centre Hong-Kong

http://img5.imageshack.us/img5/3817/lippocentrehongkong.jpg
The cladding itself is not that great at all.
Compare with that of Agbar for instance :)

PS The shape is very interesting

nice

Library in Nembro (BG), Italy
by ARCHEA

http://box.plotcad.it/public/archea_biblioteca_nembro_1.jpg

http://box.plotcad.it/public/archea_biblioteca_nembro_3.jpg

http://www.architetturaedesign.it/wp-content/uploads/2008/03/biblioteca-notte.jpg

http://www.nembro.net/biblioteca/immagini/Testate/TestataHome.jpg

all ok. I prefer" Petronas Twin Towers, KL", its amazing and nice.

Royal Bank Plaza
http://farm1.static.flickr.com/41/107971819_8044d8e7e8_o.jpg
http://www.flickr.com/photos/amyallcock/281470577/

Woodwards anit bad either =\
http://i452.photobucket.com/albums/qq248/le_thieu/beach650.jpg
http://i452.photobucket.com/albums/qq248/le_thieu/aneagleinyourmind3.jpg