Tower Palace One
Seoul, South Korea

HEIGHT: 234m/767 feet
FLOORS: 66 floors
COMPLETION: 2002
ARCHITECT: Samoo Architects & Engineers

there are four of them but they all have the same design.... differ only in height

"One of the world's tallest all-residential buildings"--Skyscrapers.com

http://mywebpage.netscape.com/rotpics01/tower3a.gif

http://mywebpage.netscape.com/rotpics01/tower3b.jpeg

http://www.towerpalace.co.kr/Image/new/s200109.gif

http://skyscraperpage.com/gallery/data/659/1498tower_palace_1_a.jpg

http://skyscraperpage.com/gallery/data/659/1498tower_palace_1_a__b__c.jpg

http://www.visitseoul.net/file/photo/pk_10374.jpg

http://sepia1987.netian.com/hwalbum/20021011193006/seoul2.jpg

http://skyscraperpage.com/gallery/data/659/1498tower_palace_1_c.jpg

nice towers! (7/10 for blueness) i love that night shot .. . when were they built??

8/10

They look quite dynamic, being placed together.

I see triplets! 8/10

they look good on their own and even better together :)

9/10

they were completed in july 2002....

Nice but nothing special. 8/10.

I don't like repetitive cookie cutter towers like this, just like I don't care much for twin towers, or repetitive subdivision housing...


The massing also seems a bit ackward, as if the top was literally plunked down as an afterthought on what woudl have otherwise been a very boxy design.

6.0/10

10! best apartment complex ive seen so far:D

would this be in the top 100?

nah.. it'd be in the top 150 though

*srug* nothing to lose sleep over

6/10

dam!, oh well, 150 is good as well :D

wait till tower palace III gets completed........ it's gonna be ins the 100 for sure... well ahead of KLI 63 bulding

264 m, tower palace 3 will be the new 54th tallest :D :D



other tower palace 1 pic
http://www.ganaco.com/images/e_special_img41e.jpg

Good looking threesome :)

more pics

tower palace I towers
http://cafe71.daum.net/_c21_/pds_down_hdn/DSCN2453.JPG?grpid=McVW&fldid=8mdA&dataid=5&grpcode=palace2030&realfile=DSCN2453.JPG

tower palace I(left) and tower palace III(right, u/c)
http://cafe71.daum.net/_c21_/pds_down_hdn/DSCN2445.JPG?grpid=McVW&fldid=8mdA&dataid=8&grpcode=palace2030&realfile=DSCN2445.JPG

tower palace I ground level
http://cafe71.daum.net/_c21_/pds_down_hdn/DSCN2461.JPG?grpid=McVW&fldid=8mdA&dataid=7&grpcode=palace2030&realfile=DSCN2461.JPG

tower palace II(left) and tower palace I(right)
http://cafe71.daum.net/_c21_/pds_down_hdn/DSCN2454.JPG?grpid=McVW&fldid=8mdA&dataid=6&grpcode=palace2030&realfile=DSCN2454.JPG

All 4 towers of Tower palace I
http://cafe71.daum.net/_c21_/pds_down_hdn/DSCN2460.JPG?grpid=McVW&fldid=8mdA&dataid=4&grpcode=palace2030&realfile=DSCN2460.JPG

I like it's facade a lot, fine blue colour. Can't say the same for the shape though. Needs more angles.

7/10

now i see y u wernt postin so much.. nice pics...

Originally posted by SUNNI
now i see y u wernt postin so much.. nice pics...

sunni I wasn't postin much because we had a severe storm here in ohio several weeks ago and when the power went out it messed up my computer... i still haven't got it fixed yet

7/10 - extra points for the nice, shiny blue glass, which contrasts well with the lighter trim. The indentations running down the sides and along the corners make them a bit less boxy, but I think they'd have better height if the more of the trim ran vertically. They could also really use a few setbacks near the base.

Originally posted by mookiecece


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I like them!...although the design is banal the facade is nice with the blue/green glass...many cities have buildings like this...not bad...8/10

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9 /10
Nice Tower

wow nice building;)

Cool, 7

more pics

http://www.sermon66.com/usr_img/news/index/head_68594.jpg

http://www.donga.com/photo/news/200201/200201100120.jpg

http://www.treeinfo.co.kr/data_bank/cg_case/do8.jpg

http://photo.chosun.com/img/2002/12/08/200212080006_0.jpg

simple, yet nice design,10/10

what r the little gaps in the miof the building used for??

I like how the buildings look together. i gave them an 8/10.

not very nice this builidngs...

more pics
http://myhome.nate.com/mookiecece/dogok122002.jpg

http://myhome.nate.com/mookiecece/towerpalacekids.jpg

construction pics taken in 2001
http://www.skyscraperpage.hpg.com.br/asia/seoul/gaepo1dong1.jpg

http://www.skyscraperpage.hpg.com.br/asia/seoul/dogokyangjae4.jpg

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so do you think its nice or bad??? :? :? :?

It would be better when the towers were surounded by other even highter buildings.

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</table>hehe, hes going for posts:D

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</table>it will have a taller skyscraper in the skyline;)

nothing special

I give it a 7.5 :D

close up pics(09/2002, right before people started moving in)
<img src=http://www.skyscraperpage.hpg.com.br/asia/seoul/gangnam/dogok/towerpalace5.JPG>

<img src=http://www.skyscraperpage.hpg.com.br/asia/seoul/gangnam/dogok/towerpalace6.JPG>

<img src=http://www.skyscraperpage.hpg.com.br/asia/seoul/gangnam/dogok/towerpalace9.JPG>

construction pic taken in 2001
<img src=http://www.skyscraperpage.hpg.com.br/asia/seoul/gangnam/dogok/gaepo1dong1.jpg>

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Same thing...

5.5 Serviceable... but ultimately unsatisfying

Quite nice looking for residential buildings, but nothing spectacular. 6/10.

7.5/10

it's tall and they're more than one... but a bit quite boring 6.5

I like the greenish glass.. Its damn cool! :cool: The facade blends in very well too overall!

The placement is very good too.. Good effect of a family of scrapers :)

8.5/10

I have mixed feelings about this one....nice to have such tall residential towers, and multipled four times over, but the facade itself is rather plain and typical of residential buildings...6.5/10.

5/10

9,5/10

Should be in Top 100.

7

They are looking good when they're together. 7.5/10

They looks decent.It's not a top design but it's ok.And they looksquite massive together :cool:
7.0/10

facade: don't like
form: boxy, but interesting top
points: 5

10/10 no comment.

Simple but not bad at all.
I like the fact that there's 4 of them.

7/10

8/10


It looks ok.

Strong and imposing
Not of great interest so low vote
But seem to have a lot of power and impact over all
5/10

7.5

Nice and tall and better than your average highrise apartment tower. But, a slightly boring facade and top looks a bit wrong.

very interesting for residential buildings. they should kill that little d tower though.

8

Yuck, cheap shit. 5/10

what r the little gaps in the miof the building used for??
Thats where the health club is. 30 th floor.

7/10

6.5

Yawn.

7/10

Nothing special. 6.5/10.

Impressive, 8.0

7

Not bad. Nice height

nothing special but i like the galssy material:D

6/10

Korean is Sux... not sturdy... it will be collapsed

7/10.

5/10 not so good

Just another residential set of towers. Nothing special. I give it a 7/10.

It's boxy and rather boring, but it does its job of not being an ugly-looking high-density living block. A more distinctive top would have improved it a lot.
5.5

8/10

7.5.

4/10

Poor design...the cladding is so bland.

6/10

6.5/10, they look like an improved concept of the "commie box."

8/10

7.5/10

6.5/10

Tall and slim, but quite boring... 7/10

9/10

5.5/10

6/10

7/10 speechless

8/10

Design is kinda typical, but nice towers anyhow.
8/10

awesome :okay: 10/10

7.5/10

7/10 plain but decent facade

gross. the only place that rivals Hong Kong for boring repetitive monstrous residential towers is Seoul.

3.5/10

6/10.

8/10

Good 8.5/10

4/10

7/10

7/10

simply residental tower 8/10

3/10

cut off the top section and it's a 6/10.

7.5/10

huge residential
residential : 9/10
building : 7.5
Unique : 6/10 there is 3 same towers.
7.5/10 for me

5/10 Not that spectacular

a super box ... 0/10

Not impressed but they don't offend me so 5/10

7.5/10

nothing special. I like the height. 7.0

8/10 :)

8/10

8/10 nice

8.5 very nice!

8/10 Has nice colors to it

typical looking. 6/10

8/10

8/10

Nice. 7,5 out of 10.

7.5/10

7/10

Quite nice. 7,5/10

They're ok. There's too many of them though. IMO
6/10

7.5/10

7/10

9/10:banana: :banana:

8/10

6/10

6.5/10

8/10

nice towers 8/10

5/10

9/10

6/10

6/10

8/10

pretty much boring...:ohno:

6/10

ok,7

6.5 .. meh

6/10

8/10

massive complex, but boring design 6/10

8/10

Very nice!!

9.5/10

5/10

8/10:)

7/10

6/10 simple boxes, poor cladding

6/10

boxy 6/10

8/10

8/

looks like a triplet, nice. 7.5/10

8.5/10

7/10

Nice...

7.0/10

8/10

8. Good building. Regards.

7/10

8/10

7/10

6.0/10

8/10

Somewhat appealing. 6.5

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7/10

7.5

Uninspired, with a bad colour. 3.5/10

Boxes, but I like those, 7.5/10

nice tower 8/10

6/10

7.5

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6,5/10

7/10.

8.5

8/10