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mookiecece

October 16th, 2002, 02:02 AM

Jongro Tower
Seoul, South Korea

HEIGHT: 132m/433 feet
FLOORS: 24 floors
COMPLETION: ?
ARCHITECT: ?

http://www.a21.co.kr/witharch/imagedb/witharch/793/006d.jpg

http://www.a21.co.kr/witharch/imagedb/witharch/793/008d.jpg

http://www.skyscraperpage.hpg.com.br/asia/seoul/gangbuk/cbd/jongrotower3.jpg

http://www.skyscraperpage.hpg.com.br/asia/seoul/gangbuk/cbd/jongrotower5.jpg

DrumCorpsAlum

October 16th, 2002, 03:32 AM

9/10. Very cool.

SUNNI

October 16th, 2002, 11:54 AM

10!

October 16th, 2002, 12:04 PM

Impressive top and shape, for this one, who cares about height?

10/10

Patrick

October 16th, 2002, 02:01 PM

impressive arhcitecture of the building 9.5/10

RafflesCity

October 16th, 2002, 04:06 PM

8.5/10

Impressive!! :eek:
What is that empty space used for? An observation deck?

D-Mac

October 17th, 2002, 01:13 AM

It's a pretty cool design, but height does matter. It would be awesome on a larger scale. 8.5/10

SteelCity32

October 17th, 2002, 01:33 AM

whoa, Interesting...I like it 8/10

SUNNI

October 17th, 2002, 10:10 AM

i guess if it was 200m or so, itll be better... :(

mookiecece

October 19th, 2002, 09:30 AM

I agree, sunni

SUNNI

October 19th, 2002, 02:47 PM

well, then, itll look like a totaly different structure;)

Sunflower

October 19th, 2002, 11:12 PM

Not completely sure about the top, or the base, or the middle in fact...but still 7/10.

Muse

October 19th, 2002, 11:33 PM

Pretty adventurous stuff! The glasswork is beautiful in itself.

Rating = :banana: :banana: :banana: :banana: :banana: :banana: :banana: :banana:

250gto

October 20th, 2002, 12:23 PM

9.5

The pictures don't do it justice. It's even nicer in person. One of the few European skyscrapers in Asia.

Polskafreak

October 20th, 2002, 01:03 PM

9,5/10 very modern and unique design!

RafflesCity

December 9th, 2002, 06:47 AM

bumped

luis4083

December 10th, 2002, 05:37 AM

wow! 10/10

SUNNI

December 10th, 2002, 06:00 AM

woops... i forgot about this one and posted another one of Jongro tower..(sorry mods!) :D

renell

December 17th, 2002, 10:59 PM

8. i wish it was at least a 500 footer. oh well, its still a good lookin building

Pablo

December 18th, 2002, 10:02 AM

10/10 excellent

Mr. Detroit

December 23rd, 2002, 10:51 PM

:puke: wow......i am really not into that type of design

2/10

Jeff from Winnipeg

December 24th, 2002, 07:38 AM

That is a interesting building... it's like a sculpture or something. That building must have very good air resistance ;) ->8/10

SUNNI

December 25th, 2002, 03:15 AM

i just wonder whats up the top..

mookiecece

December 25th, 2002, 06:25 AM

A restaurant occupies the top floor I think....

TYW

December 27th, 2002, 06:31 AM

8/10

wonderful tower;)

Bahraini Spirit

December 29th, 2002, 12:51 AM

very unique design, the bulding looks futuristic. I would give it 9.5 for its overall great look and originality. height doesnt matter much but it would have been neat if it was taller.

mookiecece

January 2nd, 2003, 08:52 AM

more pics
http://rayearth012001.com.ne.kr/de00016-2.jpg

http://rayearth012001.com.ne.kr/de00016-3.jpg

http://rayearth012001.com.ne.kr/de00016-4.jpg

http://rayearth012001.com.ne.kr/de00016-5.jpg

http://www.rbsrailroad.com/200203/image/color1.jpg

http://www.rbsrailroad.com/200203/image/color2.jpg

Wu-Gambino

January 3rd, 2003, 12:22 AM

Nice 7

giallo

January 3rd, 2003, 07:32 PM

Unreal. S.Korea has some of the coolest new buildings I've ever seen. I think I need to go and visit! 9.0

SeeMacau

January 4th, 2003, 01:48 AM

10!
Great !!

mookiecece

January 23rd, 2003, 03:09 AM

haven't rated this building myself yet.... 10/10 crazy design

London™

March 25th, 2003, 11:15 PM

10/10 This is one of my favourite mid-rise :D

AppetjoekII

March 31st, 2003, 01:42 AM

Impressive! 8.5/10

SUNNI

April 1st, 2003, 11:44 AM

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<td align=left valign=center> <smallfont> <b>Quote</B> <I>originally posted by 250gto </i></b> </smallfont> </td>
<tr><td align=left valign=top>9.5

The pictures don't do it justice. It's even nicer in person. One of the few European skyscrapers in Asia.</td></tr>
</table>to me, this is one of the asian-looking scraper:);)

Evergrey

April 8th, 2003, 04:16 PM

3/10 I really don't like this design. The lattice design on the sides... the shape of the building... the ornamentation... the colors... just not my thing!

The Messiah

August 28th, 2003, 03:24 PM

Looks very arthistic!And the lightning is also awsome!
9.0/10

huaiwei

August 28th, 2003, 03:31 PM

Cool! 9/10!! ;)

Fabio

November 15th, 2003, 01:18 AM

9.5/10

Amazing, really different.

james2390

June 2nd, 2004, 05:48 AM

Unusual, but nice. 7/10

Þróndeimr

February 24th, 2005, 11:28 PM

8/10

elitecavalier

February 25th, 2005, 02:34 AM

A little weird, but still looks nice.

7/10

KulasKusgan

February 25th, 2005, 07:51 AM

wow! i almost rate it 10 but lacks the height. 9.5

Monkey

April 29th, 2005, 01:19 PM

8/10

A very eye-catching landmark.

mumbojumbo

May 1st, 2005, 05:13 PM

DamienK

May 8th, 2005, 08:36 PM

7/10

Accura4Matalan

May 14th, 2005, 05:36 PM

8.5/10

Pas

May 22nd, 2005, 05:17 PM

Awesome!! 10/10
I've seen photos of this building before but never recognised the name. It's designed by Rafael Vinoly?

Medo

May 24th, 2005, 02:48 AM

nice one, 8

Kupakai

May 27th, 2005, 09:33 PM

I worked on the design of the building, and I would give it a 9, only because it would have been much more fantastic if it was built the way it was designed. It was supposed to be a department store on the lower 11 levels with criss crossing escalators in the front that you can see through the glass and a giant screen that went from basement 2 level to the second floor. The lattice structure on the cores was supposed to be much thinner because it was supposed to be painted with intumescent paint for the fireproofing the steel. Unfortunately, Seoul did not have code on the use of intumescent paint at the time so they would not allow us to use it. Instead, it is standard fireproofing with aluminum cladding to cover it, so it looks much thicker that it could have been.

The height, unfortunately was limited by the government and the military. From what I've heard, at the time of the design, it was one of the tallest building it that area (it's been eclipsed by many other now), and one would have been able to overlook in the the president's residence. They was concerned that a sniper could go up there and take a shot. Samsung had to pursuade very hard to even get the height that they did.

Anyway, it was a fun project to be involved in. By the way, it is Rafael Vinoly designed building, though architect on record is Samoo Architects (Samsung owned).

DRAKKO

June 29th, 2005, 07:18 PM

:redx:

El_Greco

September 27th, 2005, 02:14 AM

8.5/10

Sinjin P.

December 19th, 2005, 04:48 AM

9.5 Pretty! ;)

hkskyline

January 12th, 2006, 04:20 AM

http://img118.imageshack.us/img118/9661/rimg03920or.jpg

http://img118.imageshack.us/img118/7867/rimg04230ni.jpg

http://www.globalphotos.org/southkorea/20050920/SEOUL04-S03-0119.jpg

http://www.globalphotos.org/southkorea/20050920/SEOUL04-S03-0127.jpg

http://www.globalphotos.org/southkorea/20050920/SEOUL04-S03-0132.jpg

forvine

January 13th, 2006, 08:09 PM

7.5/10

Schroedinger's Cat

January 14th, 2006, 03:03 PM

weird
7.5/10

Sideshow_Bob

January 17th, 2006, 08:45 AM

8/10

Jules

January 28th, 2006, 07:22 AM

8.5/10

Sister Ray

May 19th, 2006, 04:19 AM

This is a very unique building. I feel it looks a bit too modern and futuristic compared with the surrounding buildings. Still an easy 8.5 though.

marpa

May 23rd, 2006, 02:28 AM

7,5/10

virarch

July 3rd, 2006, 08:41 AM

5/10

Nice concept. But poorly executed in the final design.

ZZ-II

July 17th, 2006, 11:15 PM

gigantic tower, 9.5/10

KiBeN

July 20th, 2006, 05:14 PM

9/10

gutooo

August 1st, 2006, 10:25 AM

8/10

B@dGuYoM

August 1st, 2006, 06:49 PM

7/10

Dreamlıneя

August 1st, 2006, 08:10 PM

10 :)

clarky

August 5th, 2006, 01:32 PM

7.5/10

hkskyline

August 10th, 2006, 04:54 AM

http://www.globalphotos.org/southkorea/20050918/SEOUL02-S01-547.jpg

http://www.globalphotos.org/southkorea/20050918/SEOUL02-S01-450.jpg

http://www.globalphotos.org/southkorea/20050918/SEOUL02-S01-452.jpg

http://www.globalphotos.org/southkorea/20050918/SEOUL02-S01-461.jpg

http://www.globalphotos.org/southkorea/20050918/SEOUL02-S01-529.jpg

http://www.globalphotos.org/southkorea/20050918/SEOUL02-S01-565.jpg

http://www.globalphotos.org/southkorea/20050919/SEOUL03-S03-002.jpg

http://www.globalphotos.org/southkorea/20050919/SEOUL03-S02-056.jpg

LordMarshall

September 13th, 2006, 08:23 AM

9/10

Very Controversial

September 13th, 2006, 10:42 AM

6/10. Not bad.

skipperBill

September 15th, 2006, 02:26 AM

6.5/10 for design. :okay:

Skyman

March 25th, 2007, 02:45 AM

7/10

W!CKED

March 28th, 2007, 07:54 AM

8/10

Astralis

October 2nd, 2007, 01:09 PM

Can't see any pics :(...

MasonicStage™

October 3rd, 2007, 10:14 AM

7,5/10

henry hill

October 11th, 2008, 01:35 AM

9,5/10

tonyssa

May 8th, 2009, 02:11 PM

8/10

RON-E

May 8th, 2009, 03:29 PM

4/10

Jan Del Castillo

July 24th, 2009, 05:37 PM

10. Excellent building. Regards.

xavarreiro

September 2nd, 2009, 12:22 AM

10/10

Heroico

March 6th, 2010, 10:05 PM

8.5/10

Heroico

March 6th, 2010, 10:06 PM

romanito

August 26th, 2010, 06:38 PM

9/10

sieradzanin1

December 6th, 2010, 05:37 PM

5/10

mecanico242

January 20th, 2011, 08:13 AM

10/10

v-sun

February 13th, 2011, 01:59 PM

7/10

yudibali2008

July 13th, 2011, 05:18 PM

9/10

hkskyline

November 1st, 2011, 05:22 PM

http://www.globalphotos.org/southkorea/20101007/IMG_4434.jpg

http://www.globalphotos.org/southkorea/20101007/IMG_4435.jpg

http://www.globalphotos.org/southkorea/20090427/IMG_0066.jpg

http://www.globalphotos.org/southkorea/20110820/IMG_8328.jpg

http://www.globalphotos.org/southkorea/20110820/IMG_8326.jpg

Geocarlos

November 3rd, 2011, 02:03 AM

10/10

Mike____

November 3rd, 2011, 02:39 AM

:drool: 10/10

Eric Offereins

November 3rd, 2011, 05:31 PM

9/10 :)

Zegarkowy

November 5th, 2011, 01:38 PM

9/10

Nikkodemo

November 7th, 2011, 08:34 PM

7/10

mossimoh

December 6th, 2011, 07:40 PM

9/10

Highcliff

July 6th, 2012, 01:45 AM

10/10

Happy Man

April 1st, 2013, 04:15 AM

7/10

bozenBDJ

April 2nd, 2013, 03:01 AM

8,5/10

elto

April 2nd, 2013, 06:56 PM

very original
8/10