Discuss the current topic in detail here.

For actual nominations, please post in the 'NOMINATE' (http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showthread.php?t=527080) thread - I only count nominations from there. ;)

1. Jin Mao, Shanghai
-I like it very much. During the day and at night it looks almost metallic as if the whole tower were covered by steel.
http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1343/1323494482_05f584a09e_b.jpg



2. Royal Bank Plaza South, Toronto
-Windows are infused with $1,000,000 worth of 24K gold. It creates a very warm golden glow at street level and easily stands out during a sunny day.
http://farm1.static.flickr.com/41/107971819_8044d8e7e8_o.jpg

3. 2IFC, Hong Kong
-Simplicity that's very pleasing to the eye. I think it looks almost organic.
http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1129/855752985_46e9ef5b0f_o.jpg

I really hate Royal Bank's gold cladding. During the summer months they reflect heat very badly right onto the street and it's a steamy sauna walking along the sidewalk.

2. Royal Bank Plaza South, Toronto
Very nice

does the tower have to be finished?
i really love the cladding fomr these two towers

http://www.skyscrapers.cn/forum/attachments/20070818_598adfc22529d10c77f3nuCXCoAuBwPD.jpg

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/da/Westhafen_Tower_Detail.jpg

Westhafen Tower ,Frankfurt

Trump tower in Chicago has some great cladding......hold on, let me find a pic.

EDIT: ok here we go:
http://i239.photobucket.com/albums/ff10/x-XFallenX-x/trumptower3.jpg
http://i239.photobucket.com/albums/ff10/x-XFallenX-x/trumptower2.jpg
http://i239.photobucket.com/albums/ff10/x-XFallenX-x/trumptower.jpg

Tour EDF or whatever it's called Paris

http://www.chicagopublicradio.org/blog/hellobeautiful/uploaded_images/edf_passants-749618.jpg

The detail in Jin Mao's facade never fails to awe me--here's a 21 photo pano I slapped together of this imposing, sadistic-looking beast (view this in "original" size see said details).

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2011/2192568356_830f251aaf_b.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/57487762@N00/2192568356/)

Would arrangement of the facade be considered a good cladding design? I'd think it's more an architectural element than being good cladding. When I think of good cladding design, I think about environmental features on the glass itself that minimize energy use, enhance safety, and reduces the environmental impact (ie. birds crashing in).

As far as this thread is concerned, I'm sure most of us here are basing it purely on aesthetics...I know I am.

True, aesthetics make a huge difference in how we perceive a building. I'm actually trying to understand how much technological advances there have been in the cladding itself to save energy, effectively resist strong winds, and uphold sustainable development principles.

I have a love-hate relationship with the cladding on Royal Bank Plaza. I initially found it very gaudy, but the quality of it is magnificent. It's one of those buildings that I appreciate more and more over the years.

I have similar feelings about Jin Mao. I found the design gaudy, but the cladding brilliant. This is also a building that I like more, the more I look at it.

I'm a big fan of cladding that gives off a highly reflective quality to the point that it looks like steel or some other metal. A metal illusion has a much richer lustre and looks more expensive than less reflective glass. The Trump Tower in Chicago is reflective, but doesn't succeed in attaining a metal look.

I also like the smokey effect of this cladding. It's the Bay-Adelaide going up in Toronto:

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

My favorite is The Canyon in Istanbul:

http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y22/Istanbullu/f103031e.jpg
http://img169.imageshack.us/img169/1795/kanyonshoppingmallinlevvu2.jpg
http://img169.imageshack.us/img169/5647/acilis1tm9.jpg

what about the cladding of the SV Tower in Munich?

http://img29.picoodle.com/img/img29/3/8/9/f_sv14m_1f646cf.jpg

^^really nice bro!!

burj dubai's cladding is really cool.

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http://i246.photobucket.com/albums/gg108/vavaboom2k7/IMG_2586.jpg

http://i246.photobucket.com/albums/gg108/vavaboom2k7/IMG_2587.jpg

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Nanjing's new supertall, Greenland Plaza:

http://www.nanjing.org/up/pics/c894cd8733707686a3a2c6b8ac6cc533.jpg

http://www.nanjing.org/up/pics/1508a842d62dd4524ff2da4c31c42827.jpg

http://pic.yupoo.com/aklm2/86784653cf10/cht57f1v.jpg

http://pic0.yupoo.com/aklm2/20159667afbe/pl468g53/

http://www.skyscrapers.cn/forum/attachments/09021223018d7121c409834cf3.jpg


http://image155.poco.cn/mypoco/myphoto/20090524/20/52727408200905242045301924289118431_026.jpg

http://pic.yupoo.com/jeanswang/5994469441fa/l28qdrkp.jpg

Bakrie Tower, Jakarta

http://img40.imageshack.us/img40/9787/090517091748.jpg

http://i281.photobucket.com/albums/kk229/anozet/IMG_2475.jpg

http://img4.imageshack.us/img4/4016/090419090337.jpg

http://img4.imageshack.us/img4/8615/090419090437.jpg

reposted:

Nanjing's new supertall, Greenland Plaza:

http://www.nanjing.org/up/pics/c894cd8733707686a3a2c6b8ac6cc533.jpg

http://www.nanjing.org/up/pics/1508a842d62dd4524ff2da4c31c42827.jpg

http://pic.yupoo.com/aklm2/86784653cf10/cht57f1v.jpg

http://pic0.yupoo.com/aklm2/20159667afbe/pl468g53/

http://www.skyscrapers.cn/forum/attachments/09021223018d7121c409834cf3.jpg

Both are fucking kick ass.

wow! this silver beauty roxx

I would like to nominate the Maastoren, Rotterdam:

http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showpost.php?p=40679980&postcount=1374

I'm not saying this cladding is the best, but I certainly like it and it sticks out in my mind. It's the cladding for the Leo Burnett Building in Chicago:

http://lh3.ggpht.com/_S2wRe73UKMo/Rm1rEsl_eKI/AAAAAAAAAHw/dZjAATQo5bg/s512/Bluesfest%202007%20Leo%20Burnett%20Bldg.jpg

Great...great skyscrapers...and photos...the one in the first page...uau

What about Torre Agbar ?

http://skucchia.files.wordpress.com/2009/08/torre_agbar_barcelone.jpg


And BTW the Bakrie Tower, Jakarta is amazing !!

My favorite is The Canyon in Istanbul:

http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y22/Istanbullu/f103031e.jpg

:drool:

http://img163.imageshack.us/img163/5607/img1893z.jpg

http://img707.imageshack.us/img707/7817/12721194.jpg

http://img259.imageshack.us/img259/8626/img9954f.jpg

http://img402.imageshack.us/img402/6370/mf1aa.jpg

http://img379.imageshack.us/img379/2764/0d082cbe89b36xl.jpg

http://img194.imageshack.us/img194/1701/02ad051493fc0borig.jpg

http://img119.imageshack.us/img119/6182/694c52ac7ca2.jpg

http://img119.imageshack.us/img119/7766/31431.jpg

http://img402.imageshack.us/img402/3267/31433.jpg

^^^+1

Royal Bank Plaza South, Toronto

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nanjing that tower only 300meter, the antenna fucking long..

I really like the cladding of the Chrysler Building, Bank of China in HK, Bank of America tower NYC, Hearst tower, theese are the ones i have so far. The "modern" glass cladding often fail in character and personality, look pale and are often overrrated.

is not the best but i like it alot

South tower Brussels,belgium

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2675/3730759518_117e3ab386.jpg
http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_okFQT4d69Z0/R4jVE-K_8UI/AAAAAAAAHPU/JrSzt1kO7go/s400/file+135+560.jpg
http://www.railpictures.net/images/d1/0/1/0/8010.1225170144.jpg
http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1095/1168389047_bdea8e9135.jpg?v=0

Royal Bank Plaza South, Toronto

petronas twin tower malaysia
http://a.imageshack.us/img821/1039/4856787765fb4d881d3bb.jpg
http://a.imageshack.us/img713/3766/2459991523907296bbe7b.jpg

All of them are great, but I love this one 2IFC, Hong Kong

royal bank plaza in toronto gets my vote!

Mode Gakuen Cocoon Tower, Tokyo

http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7013/6617079111_7dd8f33a97_b.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/brett-au/6617079111/)
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omg!

http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7020/6838013489_ff16892438_b.jpg

^^ :bow:

^^ i was kind of disappointed when i saw that half of these lines are just stickers on the facade. cheap but clever trick.



though tokyo has great claddings. not a real sykscraper but i love that facade (prada building):

http://mocoloco.com/tokyo/archives/pradaaoyama2_sep_20.jpg?
http://mocoloco.com/tokyo/archives/pradaaoyama2_sep_20.jpg

Empire state :)

i was kind of disappointed when i saw that half of these lines are just stickers on the facade. cheap but clever trick.

Have you seen the building in person? :)

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Aqua, Chicago

http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7002/6485712089_6e5da1a7be_b.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/54180816@N05/6485712089/)
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Bakrie Tower, Jakarta

http://farm2.staticflickr.com/1063/4720642401_3223a7b6a3_b.jpg
link (http://www.flickr.com/photos/diradingdong/4720642401/)

http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7025/6531804247_389f4b4bd3_b.jpg

Have you seen the building in person? :)


si amigo.
took a close-up photo of the cladding. see what i mean by 'stickers':

http://www.abload.de/img/dscf1766bdy07.jpg

Nice, thanks for the pic mate!
Now I see what you meant, it really appears to be largely a visual effect only..
I still find the building absolutely awesome though.

I bet it was a brilliant trip :okay:

si amigo.
took a close-up photo of the cladding. see what i mean by 'stickers':

http://www.abload.de/img/dscf1766bdy07.jpg

stickers or not it's an awesome cladding! ;)

Nice, thanks for the pic mate!
Now I see what you meant, it really appears to be largely a visual effect only..
I still find the building absolutely awesome though.

I bet it was a brilliant trip :okay:

yeah 'visual effect' describes it best. its basically just a rhombus facade, but you dont notice it.
(and yes the tokyo trip was worth every single cent)



i think torre agbar belongs here too. i dont like the cubature of that building, but from a distance the facade is brilliant.

http://thomasmayerarchive.de/images/880/068BU20051117D0360/jpg/068BU20051117D0360,Architecture,projects,Torre-Agbar-Barcelona,TORRE-AGBAR.jpg??http://www.welt.de/multimedia/archive/01249/barcelona_agbar2_j_1249681s.jpg??

http://thomasmayerarchive.de
http://www.welt.de

Yeah it looks really nice, but in this case I would appreciate it if it only were a visual effect in order to bring some variation into the mosaic.

Its brother (30 St Mary Axe) also has an awesome cladding imho.

(30 St Mary Axe) also has an awesome cladding imho.

indeed

http://www.publicdomainpictures.net/pictures/10000/velka/30-st-mary-axe-11279737713ApFs.jpg

http://www.touristmaker.com/images/the-most-beautiful-cities/The-Gherkin-London-England.jpg

http://ming3d.com/DAAP/ARCH794su2011/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/london-gerkin-ian-muttoo.jpg


although it is a lot shorter than the shard but it will still the one of the most iconic modern landmarks in london because of it's phenomenal shape

http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-llJCt0hOojk/Tx-fzse7WLI/AAAAAAAAFJk/CJ6I3Dpz0Ko/s1600/gherkinview.JPG