Beijing Construction Thread [Archive]

Woor20

March 9th, 2004, 11:33 AM

By Louisa Lim
BBC correspondent in Beijing

In the run-up to the 2008 Olympics, Beijing is changing its public face, with the world's most expensive and innovative architects designing a new crop of projects which are sweeping away swathes of the old city.

Buildings in luxury developments can cost $1000 a day to hire

"Nobody knows where Chinese culture is heading," Yung-he Chang said.

"What is a Chinese house today?"

It is a dilemma that, as a Chinese architect, he has tried to address in his own work.

His vision of the future stands in the shadow of one of the country's earliest architectural structures, the Great Wall.

In his attempt to reinterpret the traditional courtyard house, he has designed a split building divided by a triangular courtyard.

Set in the countryside outside Beijing, Yung-he Chang set out to make a biodegradable house, with a wooden frame and ramped earth walls.

"They want to have more extreme buildings, or buildings which will put them on the map" -- Zaha Hadid, architect

"The house can deteriorate, can disintegrate and can to some extent can disappear back into nature," he said.

It is a world away from Beijing's futuristic new look, showy projects designed by foreign architects and built to last.

The new Olympic stadium has variously been described as a "vision of some post-Blade Runner city" and a bird's nest.

The arena enclosed in its twisting concrete hoops is the work of a Swiss team, Pierre de Meuron and Jacques Herzog, who were responsible for the transformation of London's Tate Modern.

Extreme

Even more extraordinary is the new state television station by Dutch architect Rem Koolhass. It seems to defy gravity with its intersecting Z-shaped towers which frame a huge empty hole. It has been christened the twisted doughnut.

"They want to have more extreme buildings, or buildings which will put them on the map," Zaha Hadid said of the Chinese leadership.

An Iraqi-born architect who is based in Britain, she is a superstar of the architecture world.

The Chinese Communist Party has always valued architecture

She is also designing a project for Beijing, a one-million square metre residential and office complex, and she says working in the Chinese capital is unlike anywhere else.

"There's the will and the desire to make something quite unique and different. I think this is aided by the Olympics. It's a brave new world where it's possible to maybe test ideas and develop ideas which in some other places may not be possible."

"The scale is different here," she said.

And the quest for modernity has already begun - work on the state opera house is underway.

Designed by French architect Paul Andreu, locals call this dome-like structure the Egg.

In the shadow of the building, 80 year-old Mrs Kang does her washing.

She lives in a courtyard house surrounded by narrow alleys. It's a leftover of old Beijing, which will be bulldozed to make way for a highway circling the opera house.

For her, the new architecture is another instance of China's rulers imposing their will on the masses.

"What's it got to do with us?" Mrs Kang says. "After they've finished building it, they're going to kick us out. I'd never go to the opera anyway."

Regret

The Chinese Communist Party has always used architecture to present its public image.

"It was just to show off. It wasn't really to serve the people"--
Zhang Kaiji, Communist Party architect

Its familiar, forbidding face is Tiananmen Square with its huge open expanse flanked on both sides by massive monolithic porticoed buildings.

Zhang Kaiji designed one of those buildings, the National Museum of Revolutionary History. As one of the chief architects for the Chinese Communist party, he drew up the plans and supervised the buildings construction in just 10 months from start to finish in time for the 10th anniversary of Communist rule in 1959.

But at the age of 92, Zhang Kaiji now wishes he'd done things differently.

"There are a lot of things I regret," he told the BBC.

"Tiananmen Square is too big. We wanted to show how great our country was. At that time there was a feeling that bigger was better, but I think that is wrong. It was just to show off. It wasn't really to serve the people," he said.

Luxury

Zhang Kaiji's son is the architect Yung-he Chang. And as he wanders around his split house, he also wonders about the motivation behind it.

Yung-he Chang fears that like his father his work serves the elite

Originally it was envisaged by a local private developer as part of an upscale gated community made up of 12houses, each the work of a different Asian architect.

But it's become a luxury hotel with each house for hire at US$1000 a night. Now Yung-he Chang worries that he - like his father - is simply serving the elite.

"My father did work for the state in the name of the people. I don't think it's that accessible. In my case, I'm working for the new middle class. And my problem is am I really able to reach more people than my father? That's always questionable."

As it readies itself as an Olympic stage, Beijing is redefining its image: it wants to be ultra-modern, the essence of cool, designed by the best the world has to offer with money as no object.

But in this headlong rush to modernise, China's people and its traditions risk being left behind.

muchbetter

March 11th, 2004, 03:34 AM

Why doesn't China use native Chinese architects to design Chinese traditional buildings for Olympics? Show off! If Beijing government wants to show the unique and brilliant chinese 5000 year culture in traditional architecture, and wants Beijing become more unique and attractive to tourists after 2008 Olympics , be smart to build archaized Chinese buildings.

Imagine how ugly " match boxes "would be everywhere in the world. >(

Þróndeimr

March 11th, 2004, 01:45 PM

Its a very good drawning, the facade looks very real, and is looks exactly the same as the CCTV Headquarters. A shame the tower was cancelled, but your drowning is good, maby the colors looks a bit unreal, but its impassible to make it any more like the tower i gess. You could also maby tried to give us a proposal from two sides of the tower, tried to make us some more 3D of the tower.

wolkenkrabber

March 11th, 2004, 05:30 PM

it look great :) you have done good job

RafflesCity

March 12th, 2004, 05:54 AM

It looks good, like what I see from renditions. Hope its not cancelled.

huaiwei

April 7th, 2004, 11:07 PM

USO!! (unidentified sitting object) :D

huaiwei

April 23rd, 2004, 09:09 AM

How does this compare to the one in KL?

RafflesCity

April 27th, 2004, 04:57 AM

Hi

muchbetter are you in Beijing now? Hows progress of CCTV HQ and the 300m China WTC? I'm quite excited about them :D

perthguy78

April 29th, 2004, 06:18 AM

i think the grandview mall they are building in guangzhou will be bigger....
but in china they do throw around the term 'world's biggest' very loosely

from Otis website

Otis, with worldwide sales of $6.8 billion in 2002, is the leading global manufacturer and maintainer of people-moving products, including elevators, escalators, shuttle systems and moving walkways. Otis was also recently awarded a contract to install 111 elevators and escalators for Grandview Mall in Guangzhou, China, a project that, when completed, will be the largest shopping mall in Asia.

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anyways grandview is fucking huge... and it is next door to an existing mall, Teem plaza which was the first western style mall in china... they plan to link these together with a plaza.. in which case its size will increase by around 30%

Chad

April 29th, 2004, 06:23 AM

What about Berjaya Timesquare ?

perthguy78

April 29th, 2004, 06:24 AM

http://www.zhengjia.com.cn/

TYW

April 30th, 2004, 05:41 PM

What about Berjaya Timesquare ?

Tagged as the world's largest building ever built in a single phase', with 7.5 million square feet of built up floor area, Berjaya Time Square Kuala Lumpur is set to become an international landmark offering unparalled shopping, luxury accommodation, business, fine food and beverage and abundant entertainment.

the shopping area is 2 million sq ft

but i dunno about the 2nd phase
http://www.skyscrapercity.com/photopost/data/503/9starcity2.jpg

muchbetter

May 9th, 2004, 09:23 PM

Raffle: I am on the trip in US. I will post some u/c pictures once I get them.

I don't know why I am not interested in those new modern designs such as CCTV, National Grand Theatre, some Olympic statiums.

I mean Those buildings do not reflect China or Chinese culture at all and don't reflect any significance to the chinese history or surroundings. Those building can be put anywhere else in the world and they won't make any difference to it.
How come those archetects with the highest honor do such jobs ,yet ignore Chinese culture?

RafflesCity

May 13th, 2004, 12:48 AM

Thanks muchbetter!

I agree that theres nothing Chinese about their design, but for the CCTV you can say that its so cutting-edge in its engineering that it will be very unique and can represent the future China?

Pangu

May 13th, 2004, 01:26 AM

There are some skyscrapers that were designed with Chinese elements in mind. For example, Shanghai's Jinmao tower was modeled after a Chinese pagoda. Taipei's Taipei 101 was modeled after Chinese bamboo along with other Chinese elements such as the big coin on the bottom and also the Chinese coloumns inside the mall... etc.

These buildings are unique because of their Chinese-based/Chinese-influenced designs. If ALL Chinese skyscrapers were like this, they wouldn't be special.

muchbetter

May 19th, 2004, 09:59 PM

muchbetter

May 19th, 2004, 10:03 PM

Ruffle: It surprised me that CCTV and new CBD didn't start construction yet. So I have none of pictures to show you. Let's wait and see. :)

RafflesCity

May 19th, 2004, 10:09 PM

ahh thanks for the update

Well at least I hope the WTC is being built now :)

Monkey

May 20th, 2004, 06:53 AM

omkao

May 20th, 2004, 11:39 AM

Rethinking bullet trains, dams and TV edifice
By Antoaneta Bezlova

BEIJING - Casting a fresh eye on the social cost of rapid economic growth and worried about the overheating of China's economy, the country's leadership is rethinking a series of high-profile projects initiated by its former leaders.

With little fanfare, but enough publicity to drive home the message, the team of President Hu Jintao and Premier Wen Jiabao has signaled that unlike their predecessors, they do not see China as a testing ground for the latest technology.

They also have indicated a wish to adjust government spending to reflect their pursuit of more sustainable economic development and a new emphasis on a "people first" policy.

According to industry insiders, at least three major economic projects have felt the implications of this new populist style of leadership.

Among these is the forerunner of China's high-speed mass transportation - the high-speed railway link between Shanghai and Beijing, long projected to be up and running for the 2008 Beijing Olympics Games. This has now been put on the back burner as the central leadership is busy tackling low rural incomes and growing social inequality.

Amid concerns about over-investment, not only the date for breaking ground on the project has been pushed back, but debates inside the government about which technology ought to be used also have taken unexpected turns.

The new headquarters of the government-controlled China Central Television (CCTV) - a US$600 million (4.96 billion yuan), 530,000 square meter building in downtown Beijing designed by Rem Koolhaas and Ole Scheeren of the Rotterdam-based firm OMA - has also been criticized by Premier Wen because of its steep cost. Cost-cutting redesign of TV headquarters
Although awarded to OMA by a Beijing-organized architectural jury and CCTV leaders in December 2002, the project is now caught up in controversy after the central leadership reportedly demanded its redesign in order to cut costs. Leaders also have questioned the wisdom of the new CCTV headquarters' location in the capital's prime central business district.
"We do understand new leaders' strategy to revisit all megaprojects of the state and rethink all the money spent on the Olympic effort," says Ole Scheeren, the CCTV headquarters project manager at OMA.

"Yet we believe that there is a consensus among the leaders that they can't discard everything and must carry through with some of the projects. I'm confident that our project would go ahead as scheduled and retain its original design," Scheeren adds.

Another project that has been affected by popular concerns is the construction of 13 dams on the Nu River in China's southern Yunnan province.

Despite continuing power shortages, in April Premier Wen put on hold controversial plans to build the cascade of dams on one of China's last free-flowing rivers, in an area designated a world heritage site for its biodiversity. The surprise move followed a petition campaign by environmentalists and activists.

In the written suspension order, Wen said that the government must proceed carefully and investigate the dam plan thoroughly, particularly since the scientific and environmental communities have expressed alarm over the project.

Chinese leaders' recognition of the need to cool down sectors that are overheating and to bring the overall gross domestic product (GDP) growth rate down to a sustainable level was summarized best by Premier Wen. In his work report to the annual meeting of China's legislature in March, Wen said that the government GDP growth target for 2004 is just 7 percent.

Reining in rampant economic growth
This is a remarkably modest target given that the economy grew by 9.1 percent in 2003 and clocked 9.7 percent growth in the first quarter of this year. Beijing has indicated that more steps will be taken to cool down the economy if current policy tightening measures fail.

Since mid-2003, the People's Bank of China, the country's central bank, has raised bank reserve ratios twice, forcing banks to keep more cash on hand instead of lending it. Beijing also has banned new projects such as aluminum smelters and has cited steel, cement, real estate and automobiles as other areas in need of tighter regulation.

"The Chinese government will gradually phase out its expansionary fiscal policy and slow investment in government-sponsored projects," the Asian Development Bank said in its annual economic forecast released at the end of April.

Yet, more interesting than this commitment to abandon what the government is now calling "the blind pursuit of GDP growth" is Beijing's newfound emphasis on the rights of the people and their potential implications for economic policy.

This emphasis is in part a reflection of Chinese President Hu and Premier Wen's attempts over the past year to portray themselves as "men of the people".

But lending an ear to popular concerns is more than just a political move by the new leaders to consolidate their power base.

Rapid growth can also lead to social unrest
Beijing is also worried about the escalating social cost of rapid economic growth, as evidenced by its pledges to redress the uneven distribution of wealth. A failure by the Communist Party of China to curb the destabilizing effects of China's rapid growth could result in social unrest and threaten the party's future grip on power.

Perhaps most illustrative of Chinese leaders' new policy concerns is the story of twists and turns surrounding the future high-speed railway between Beijing and Shanghai (the Jinghu line).

The construction of the 1,307 kilometer, $14 billion Jinghu line will be awarded through an international bidding process scheduled to begin before year's end. Industry insiders suggest, however, that the two front-running bidders for the project have been losing a competitive edge as Chinese leaders are rethinking their decision-making policy to reflect their "people first" concerns.

The appeal of German-designed magnetic-levitation technology - once thought to be the ultimate favorite for this high-profile engineering project - has been losing luster. China's leaders appear to be less impressed with its technological novelty and more worried by its steep cost ($40 million per kilometer) and its incompatibility with a large and existing infrastructure network.

"Had Zhu [Rongji] stayed in power, we would have been very confident of winning the Jinghu line," says a German official involved in the negotiations about the project. "But the new leadership is less in love with technology. Their priorities have changed and they want to leave a different mark."

Japan's Shinkansen bullet train system also had been a strong candidate as a contractor for the Jinghu line. The train has proved to be a champion in profitability and management efficiency in Japan.

Yet, in another sign of a government more in tune with popular concerns, the central leadership has given little recent indication that it favors Shinkansen's technology.

As it is, the Japanese bid has generated an outpouring of angry nationalistic sentiment. According to media reports, some 80,000 Chinese signed an online petition in August, calling on the government not to award such prestigious project to the country's former invader.

(Inter Press Service)

RafflesCity

May 20th, 2004, 11:08 PM

Thanks for the article!

CCTV Building sure is controversial but if built will be a new landmark for China.

muchbetter

July 7th, 2004, 06:44 AM

It is funny that I didn't see many Beijing's constructions from this thread.

The project of National swimming center 国家游泳中心方案确定水立方胜出
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记者28日从市国资公司获悉，国家游泳中心设计方案正式确定，它的建筑造型将是一个充满水的立方体。

　　本月初，参加国家游泳中心建筑设计竞赛的10个方案公开展示。专家评审、技术论证和群众投票结果，一致认为命名为“水的立方”的B04号方案在各参赛设计方案中较为出色。

最终将其确定为国家游泳中心的实施方案。

　　该方案由中国建筑工程总公司、澳大利亚PTW公司、澳大利亚ARUP公司组成的联合体设计。建筑造型看上去像一个装满水的立方体，融建筑设计与结构设计于一体，设计新颖，结构独特，与国家体育场比较协调，功能上完全满足2008年奥运会赛事要求，而且易于赛后运营。

　　据悉，国家游泳中心总建筑面积6.5万至8万平方米，工程造价1亿美元左右，计划年底开工。它将是2008年奥运会三个主要场馆(国家体育场、国家体育馆、国家游泳中心)中第一个动工的项目。赛后将成为北京最大的、具有国际先进水平的多功能游泳、运动、健身、休闲中心

muchbetter

July 7th, 2004, 07:22 AM

Beijing Soho at night

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http://www.sohoxiaobao.com/chinese/bbs/UploadFile/20031201-171326_96606.jpg

huaiwei

July 7th, 2004, 05:44 PM

I really LOVE the soho development!!! Never gotten tired of it so far!

muchbetter

July 8th, 2004, 10:53 PM

I post these renderings of national stadiums here .
http://img6.imagetown.net/42790567.jpg
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muchbetter

July 8th, 2004, 11:05 PM

B11 is the best candidate in the scheme of conceptual design of the National Stadium that The Beijing Organizing Committee suggested for the Olympic Games of Beijing,

设计理念：

国家体育场坐落在奥林匹克公园中央区平缓的坡地上，场馆设计如同一个的容器，高地起伏变化的外观缓和了建筑的体量感，并赋予了戏剧性和具有震撼力的形体，国家体育场的形象完美纯净，外观即为建筑的结构，立面与结构达到了完美的统一。结构的组件相互支撑，形成了网络状的构架，它就象树枝编织的鸟巢。体育场的空间效果即具有前所未有的独创性，却又简洁而典雅，它为2008年奥运会树立了一座独特的历史性的标志性建筑。
体育场就象一个巨大的容器，不论是近看还是远观，都将给人留下与众不同的、永不磨灭的形象，它完全符合国家体育场在功能和技术上的需求，又不同于一般体育场建筑中大跨度结构和数码屏幕为主体的设计手法。体育场的空间效果既具有前所未有的独创性，而又简洁、典雅。体育场的外观为纯粹的结构，立面与结构达到完美的统一。结构的组件相互支撑，形成网络装的构架，其立面、楼梯及屋顶完美有机地融为一体，穿过体育场的网络状构架，人们边进入了体育场环绕看台的宽敞回廊。从这里，人们可以浏览包括通往看台的楼梯在内的整个区域动线。体育场大厅，是一个室内的城市空间，设有餐厅和商店，其作用就如同商业街廊或广场，吸引着人们留恋忘返。

基本情况：

体育场外壳采用可作为填充物的气垫膜，使屋顶达到完全防水的要求，阳光可以穿过透明的屋顶满足室内草坪的生长需要。比赛时，看台是可以可以通过多种方式进行变化的，可以满足不同时期不同观众量的要求，奥运期间的20，000个临时座席分布在体育场的最上端，且能保证每个人都能清楚的看到整个赛场。入口、出口及人群流动通过流线区域的合理划分和设计得了完美得到的解决。

屋顶：

滑动式的可开启屋顶是体育场结构中必可少的一部分。当它合上时，体育场将成为一个室内的赛场。如同一个容器的盖子，不管屋顶是闭合还是开启，它都是建筑物的基本组成部分。除了一些特定的结构需要外，可开启屋顶的结构基本上也是一个网络状的架构，装上充气垫后，成为一个防水的壳体。

http://www.bjghw.gov.cn/forNationalStadium/b12/xiaoguo/001.jpg

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July 9th, 2004, 12:52 AM

http://img6.imagetown.net/36066061.jpg
^^HUH? :?

Beijing SOHO looks amazing, I love the glasswalls, so modern :drool: Heck, all of these projects on display here are beautiful.

Andrew

July 9th, 2004, 01:09 AM

In the shadow of the building, 80 year-old Mrs Kang does her washing.

She lives in a courtyard house surrounded by narrow alleys. It's a leftover of old Beijing, which will be bulldozed to make way for a highway circling the opera house.

For her, the new architecture is another instance of China's rulers imposing their will on the masses.

Why does the Chinese government insist on destroying their heritage? I just posted on another thread about how nice it is to see traditional 'ordinary' Chinese buildings rather than palaces and temples and now I hear they're knocking their heritage down in Beijing to build what... a bloody road! Britain did this kind of thing in the 1960s and now we're regretting it! I don't like to be pessimistic but I'm worried that in 30-40 years time you'll hate what is being built now and will wish for your historic buildings back. It's not just the landmarks that give a city it's character, it's the ordinary buildings. I admit that I haven't seen these particular houses so they may not be worth saving but I have seen photos of the types of houses in question and I think it would be a shame to lose them.

muchbetter

July 9th, 2004, 02:01 AM

http://img6.imagetown.net/36066061.jpg
^^HUH? :?

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I like this design looking like a UFO. :)

muchbetter

July 9th, 2004, 02:16 AM

Why does the Chinese government insist on destroying their heritage? I just posted on another thread about how nice it is to see traditional 'ordinary' Chinese buildings rather than palaces and temples and now I hear they're knocking their heritage down in Beijing to build what... a bloody road! Britain did this kind of thing in the 1960s and now we're regretting it! I don't like to be pessimistic but I'm worried that in 30-40 years time you'll hate what is being built now and will wish for your historic buildings back. It's not just the landmarks that give a city it's character, it's the ordinary buildings. I admit that I haven't seen these particular houses so they may not be worth saving but I have seen photos of the types of houses in question and I think it would be a shame to lose them.

No all of houses are towed down. In Ping an street, most of well-shaped houses we called Siheyuan are newly renovated.Some of state-owned houses made of clay that almost can not sustain longer are towed down.

July 9th, 2004, 02:59 AM

I like this design looking like a UFO. :)
I also like it, especially in that view from the inside.. but how on earth are they gonna suspend that thing in the air like that? :)

aagos

July 9th, 2004, 06:01 AM

This story reminds me of when the Eiffel Tower was built, and after a while, there was one to be built in London, but the project ran out of money. It was to be very simular and be taller!

Im very ashamed of that.

Speaking of London, what became of the Millenium Dome? When I heard about it for the first time 4 years ago, I found it just spectacular! Did they put it down indeed?...

muchbetter

July 9th, 2004, 06:09 AM

I also like it, especially in that view from the inside.. but how on earth are they gonna suspend that thing in the air like that? :)

I am wondering how it is worked out too.

muchbetter

July 11th, 2004, 02:37 AM

银泰中心主楼高249.9米，建成后将成为北京第一高楼。图为银泰中心效果图

昨天，北京第一高楼———银泰中心249.9米高的主塔正式开始施工，第一批钢结构柱被吊装完成。

银泰中心位于CBD核心地带，北临长安街，东接三环路，占据大北窑立交桥的一角，与国贸大厦隔街相对。该工程包括一栋249.9米高的塔楼和两栋186米高的塔楼。建成后的银泰中心将成为名副其实的“北京第一高楼”。

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Yingtai world trade center---the highest building in Beijing. height :249.9 meter
银泰中心主楼高249.9米，建成后将成为北京第一高楼。图为银泰中心效果图
据施工单位北京城建集团总承包部工程人员介绍，该工程是CBD面积最大的一个公用建筑，占地3.13万平方米，基础部分呈长方形，东西长220米，南北长100米，总建筑面积约35万平方米。三栋塔楼呈“品”字形耸立，主楼共63层；另两栋塔楼各42层。由于整个长安街沿线的规划高度都控制在250米以下，因此银泰中心的主楼将毫无疑问地成为长安街沿线最高建筑物。

据介绍，银泰中心计划于2007年年初建成，最高的主楼将成为高档服务式公寓和超五星级的酒店，而另两栋塔楼则是智能化写字楼和高档公寓，并设有齐备的商业、会议、餐饮和健身场所。(记者谢炜通讯员黎方益李之政)

muchbetter

July 11th, 2004, 03:32 AM

Beijing CBD
Introduction about Beijing CBD
12/19/2003 15:36:16

It was stated in the Urban Master Plan of Beijing Municipality, approved by the State Council in 1993, that Beijing Central Business District would be planned and constructed in the eastern part of Beijing, with a total area of 4 square kilometers.
This area has unique district advantages, perfect infrastructure facilities, rich land resources and vibrant business atmosphere. The total number of the enterprises in CBD is about 3000, with 500 multinational corporations, 570 foreign representative offices, 150 foreign-funded banks, insurance companies and agencies as well as 200 intermediary services. There are more than 3 million square meters of the existing business infrastructure facilities, including China World Trade Center, Motorola Plaza, the kerry Center, Hewlett Packard Plaza, Jianguo Hotel where accommodate hundreds of famous multinational companies and financial agencies, such as Motorola, Hewlett Packard, Ford, Samsung, BNP Parisbas Group, UBS AG. Currently, among 160 of the world’s Top 500 enterprises with their operations in Beijing, more than 120 have set up offices in the CBD and its surrounding areas.
The total construction area of Beijing CBD is some 10 million square meters, of which 50% is office buildings, 25% is apartments and the remainder 25% is commercial, service, cultural and entertainment facilities. The multi-functional design will make the CBD full of activity 24 hours a day. At present, 14 projects are under review or construction with a total construction area of 4.36 million square meters and a total investment of 47.6 billion RMB Yuan. Based on successful experience of the international CBDs, Beijing CBD will aim at becoming an ecological, cultural and international CBD.
To accelerate the construction process of Beijing CBD, Beijing Municipal Government decided to establish Beijing CBD Administrative Commission in charge of formulating development plans and related policies, drawing up detailed urban plan of the CBD, reviewing and approving the big construction projects in the CBD.
To construct a first-class international CBD in Beijing, Beijing Municipal Government launched an international public tender for Beijing CBD Planning Schemes in December of 2000 and formed the final urban plans based on the advanced planning idea and designing concepts of the collected schemes. The CBD Commission also entrusted some famous international companies to make individual plans of traffic, municipal infrastructure, information network, environment and landscape. Beijing Municipal Government has approved the Provisional Measures to Accelerate the Construction of Beijing CBD, which covers the policies of planning administration, land development, infrastructure construction, industrial orientation and investment environment.
According to WTO regulations and international practices, the CBD Commission will adjust the government administrative functions and mechanism in social and economic affairs within CBD. We hope to enhance the exchange and cooperation between Beijing CBD and international CBDs, meanwhile provide a business platform for the foreign companies to expand their operations in Beijing and in China.

Key Projects
12/19/2003 15:47:33

Up to now, the total floor area of the projects that has been built in Beijing CBD is about 3000,000 m2, and the figure will reach 7000,000 m2 in 2008. The CBD now has 35 projects under development, which cover a planned plot area of 111 hectares. Among all, some key projects including the World Trade Center 3rd Phase, the CCTV New Site, the BJTV Center and Fortune Plaza draw great public attention home and abroad.
The Third Phase of China World Trade Center: Located on the northern side of the World Trade Center, the future symbolic construction of Beijing occupies 6.27 acres, with the total construction area of 540,000square meters and the total investment of about USD$800 million. The whole project will be done in two stages including an office building, a super 5-star hotel, a grand banquet hall, a supermarket, a cinema, a recreational center and a parking area.
Beijing Fortune Plaza: As a main project in Beijing, it covers a total area of 9.21 hectares. There will be office buildings, a hotel, apartments and other accessory facilities in this center. It is to be constructed on September 17th of 2001.
The New Site of CCTV: With an area of 18.28 hectares it will be built as office buildings with facilities system.
Yintai World Trade Center: It covers an area of 3.45 hectares and is to be constructed into a hotel and office building.
The New Site of Beijing TV Station: It is a 6-hectare new site of Beijing TV Station after it merged with Beijing Cable TV.
Jianwai SOHO: Its total area is 19.33 hectares. It will be constructed into apartments and office buildings.
Central Park: It will be built into apartments and office buildings with an area of 9.48 hectares

Sunshine100
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The New Site of CCTV
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Central Park
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Beijing fortune plaza
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zergcerebrates

July 15th, 2004, 10:44 AM

I also like it, especially in that view from the inside.. but how on earth are they gonna suspend that thing in the air like that? :)

Helium, that thing is just like the blimp. The question is how can the roof float there accurately without being blown off course.

muchbetter

August 6th, 2004, 02:49 AM

(Agencies)
Updated: 2004-08-05 16:01

Organisers of the 2008 Beijing Olympics have stopped work on their 100,000-seat stadium in order to re-design it under orders to cut costs, a spokeswoman for the organisers said yesterday.
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This photo displays a nest-like architecture scheme for the main stadium of the 2008 Olympics. The scheme has been pre-approved by the Beijing public during a design show in Beijing, beating the other two favorites by the smallest margin. The architecture plan, co-designed by Swiss company Herzog & DeMeuron and China Architecture Design Institute, won 3,506 votes for the first place from over 6,000 visitors to the six-day exhibition. [newsphoto/file]

Builders broke ground in December for the stadium, whose latticework of girders, dubbed the "Bird Cage" by the Chinese press, is one of the most prominent images of China's Olympic preparations.

Work has been suspended for a re-design meant to lower the cost, said Zhu Jing, a spokeswoman for the organising committee. Zhu Jing said she didn't know how long the suspension would last, the new projected cost or other details.

The suspension follows a demand by Mayor Wang Qishan last month for organisers to be more frugal. News accounts of his comments did not give details of the cost-cutting targets.

The National Stadium, designed by Swiss architects Herzog and de Meuron, initially was budgeted at 3 billion yuan (US$360mil).

China regards the Olympics as a matter of national prestige and say they plan to spend US$24.2bil on new subway lines and other improvements in Beijing.

Olympic organisers are turning to private investors to cover much of the US$3.2bil cost of building facilities.

They say sports venues and athlete housing are to be sold off as luxury apartments, sports clubs and other commercial facilities after the Games.

sbarn

August 14th, 2004, 10:03 PM

Yikes!!! This one almost looks like a woman's privates.

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Chad

August 15th, 2004, 04:10 AM

Yikes!!! This one almost looks like a woman's privates.

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Look at those small tiny sperms gathering in to it!!! :eek:...:D

Þróndeimr

August 25th, 2004, 11:31 AM

Beijing World Science & Trade Center
Beijing - China

The masterplan contains 7 residential towers. 4 of the towers are 28-storey high and located on the south side, while the 3 towers on the north are 14 storey high to prevent overshadowing of the neighboring residential blocks. The place will be unique and one of its kind found anywhere in the world. The complete complex will become 221 090sqm, 177 790sqm above ground and 43 300sqm below ground. The contsruction was supose to start in last year or this year.

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Master Plann

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Þróndeimr

August 25th, 2004, 11:32 AM

The project ecological features are as follows:
• A central water feature is integrated with public activity zones in between the apartment towers to bring water into the landscape areas.
• Eco-cells from level 2 to the car park to provide natural light into the basement to create security and helps with orientation.
• The tower blocks are designed to integrate with the ground plane while inducing natural ventilation to the central atriums of each tower.
• All units have garden terraces with extensive views. These increase the volume of organic biomass to the development.

The general design features include:
• The vehicle-free landscaped areas on level 2 to create an exclusive landscaped park setting for pedestrians.
• Central drop-off points on carpark level (level 2) create a grand common vehicular entry.
• A ring road at level 1 acts as a unified vehicular circulation system for efficient traffic flow around the development lots.
• The residential towers are orientated to maximize panoramic views from the units.
• The site is designed as a vehicle-free landscaped park with buildings on top, appealing to the contemporary living lifestyle.
• The clubhouse and kindergarten are located to the south of the site fronting the main road. This provides the flexibility for the management to sell its membership to the public to provide extra income for the management.
• Vehicular entry into the site is restricted to 2 points only for security reasons. Vehicle access to the park level is restricted to the main entrance drop-off points emerging from ramps up from the basement level.
• One of the features of the design is the sense of openness on the ground plane, achieved through the use of the slim tower block massing, with the core of the building lightly penetrating the ground plane.
• The angle of the buildings permits through-views into the landscaped park when viewed from the elevated highway and Mega Hall South District development, as against confronting a wall of buildings.
• The buildings are offset one from another to allow view corridors from the apartment units into the central landscaped water feature.
• The park contains community spaces with provision for various recreational facilities such as a Tai Chi garden, playgrounds, a basketball court, tennis courts, jogging track etc. The unique feature of the park is its clear segregation from vehicular traffic zones (below), making it safe for children to play with little supervision. Jogging tracks and footpaths provide pedestrian linkage between every block of the development.

Site Planning Ecological Features:
• The park extends to the underside of the residential blocks as residential towers in a green park setting. The green area ratio is over 70% and exceeds the minimum ratio provided in the guidelines. The park shall be lushly planted with trees to give increased greenery to the city and will act as green lungs for the development.
• The park is raised 4.0m above street level. Parts of the site's boundaries are earth mounded up to the park level. This gives the appearance from street level that the development sits in a park.
• The park is raised 4.0m above street level. Parts of the site's boundaries are earth mounded up to the park level. This gives the appearance from street level that the development sits in a park.
• The park will have extensive water feature with exquisite landscaping. A central water feature extends southeast to northwest of the development as a focal element within the landscape park. Bridges and walkways link the blocks on the north and south sides of the water feature.
• Within the park are "eco-cells", which are air wells designed to bring daylight, natural ventilation, rainwater and vegetation into the basement below.
• The towers are designed to optimize views and reduce overshadowing of surrounding buildings. The disposition and heights of the towers comply with Beijing's overshadowing regulations.
• The park receives sunlight at all times of the year, in particular from 1pm to 2pm making it an ideal location during lunchtime.
• The development will be identifiable from the surrounding roads and neighboring developments by the ring of canopy trees at its perimeter, and extensive landscaping. These trees provide shade for the footpaths during Summer when the sun is overhead.
• The park is integrated with functions below it through the "eco-cells", which are air wells designed to bring daylight, natural ventilation, rainwater and vegetation into the basement below. The eco-cell reduces the need for mechanical ventilation in the basement carparking, saving energy cost. Bringing natural light into the basement makes the carpark area more cheerful and draws people to these spaces, also helping them to orientate themselves in the basement. Ramps within the eco-cell connect people to the park from the basement and ground floor below.

Þróndeimr

August 25th, 2004, 11:35 AM

Jin Di International Garden
Beijing - China

Ten residential and commercial buildings from 3 - 34 floors. This large Beijing project contents 128 000sqm of apartments, 120 000sqm with commercials and a underground carpark counting 77 000sqm. The complex will be built in two parts, the first part contents 5 towers counting 3,3,3,33 and 34 floors and will be completed in late 2004. Part two contents 5 towers counting 10,14,24,28 and 34 floor towers and is expected to be completed in 2005. The total cost of the complete project is expected to be 850 000 000$HK (108 979 947 US$, 90 118 206 EUR)

Renderings:
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Images of the completed phase 1:
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Þróndeimr

August 25th, 2004, 11:36 AM

Beijing Palace
Beijing - China

Central to a city with rich architectural heritage, the elegant design and simple forms of the Beijing Palace project possess a stateliness that represents the pride of Beijing’s new era. The Beijing Palace is an extension of the historic Beijing Hotel, and the design displays a conscientious effort to control building height and to preserve a view of the famous hotel. Last updated in 2000, the historic hotel has evolved, developed, and expanded from the original classic French character architecture of the early 1900s, to the Chinese national character architecture of the 1950s, and the architecture as represented by the master architects of New China in the 1970s. This newest extension will be a mixed-use facility for various functions, strengthening and completing the offerings of a successful development which is now designated as the hotel headquarters for the upcoming 2008 Olympic Games.

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A very messvie hotel, and i think this hotel will become a very famous hotel in Beijing after a while, if they built it. Anyone with more information/rederings?

Þróndeimr

August 25th, 2004, 11:38 AM

Jian Guo Hotel
Beijing - China

This redevelopment effort is comprised of a 527,400-square foot (49,000 sm) hotel building which connects to 253,000 square feet (23,500 sm) of retail space and is flanked by two 753,000-square foot (70,000 sm) office towers. Across the street from an existing school and residential area, the richly-landscaped and pedestrian-friendly development will revitalize its Beijing neighborhood.

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I've never heard of this project before, do any other have some more information and rederings?

Þróndeimr

August 25th, 2004, 11:41 AM

Beijing YinTai Centre
Beijing - China

Project adress: East Third Ring Road / Jianguomen Waidajie
Construction start: 2004
Construction completed: 2007
Architects: John Portman & Associates/ Yomaz Design Studio

Designed to enhance the Beijing skyline, this comprehensive mixed-use complex is a study in simple, straightforward architecture. The three towers are comprised of two 45-story twin office towers and a 62-story hotel counting 250m with 237 guest rooms, 180 luxury apartments, and 48 service apartments. Each of the two office towers are divided vertically with sky lobbies which enable them to essentially function as four separate office buildings. At the base, a large podium connects the three towers, providing lobbies, meeting facilities, shops, and restaurants.

A large space under the podium provides motor access to the complex, granting each tower its own grand entry. The landscaped roof of the podium extends the gardens and water features at street level to form a multi-level urban park. This complex serves as a retreat from its congested surroundings, and enhances the lifestyle of people working and living in Beijing.

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I saw this project posted my muchbetter, but that was in Mandarin so i guess few other forumers did actually understand what it stood.

August 25th, 2004, 09:23 PM

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Holy mommah! These towers are cool, esp the base!

They do look taller than 28 storeys in the renderings :)

Þróndeimr

August 31st, 2004, 05:05 PM

Central Park
Beijing - China

Project name: Central Park
Developers: Beijing Premium Real Estate Limited
Location: No.6 Chaowai St., Chaoyang District, Beijing

Located at the heart of Beijing CBD project, Central Park is less than a kilometer away from the prestigious foreign embassy area. It is also near the arteries of Beijing - Changan Jie and the East Third Ring. Spread out over a 10.5 hectare garden site, Central Park consists about 320,000 sq.m of building area. The development includes 1,700 residential units, 2,000 car parks and 20,000 meters of ancillary facilities. CBD Parks 25,000 sq.m greenery, links up with Central Parks gardens and open areas which also account for about 40% of the total area of the whole construction site. A 7,000 sq.m multi-functional club is available for guests on a charge basis. Central Park Phase I will formally commence leasing activities on 1 June, 2004.

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Þróndeimr

August 31st, 2004, 05:08 PM

Winterless Centre
Beijing - China

Project: Winterless Centre
Developer: Beijing Ever Flourish Real Estate Development Co., Ltd.
Project address: N0.1,West Dawang Road, Chaoyang District, Beijing

Winterless Centre is located besides the crossway of the east end of Guanghua Road and West Dawang Road, in the core area of CBD. It consists of an office building tower (A), a business building tower (B), shopping area in the 1st and 2nd floor, and a hotel, of total 110 thousand sq. meters. Tower A and Tower B have framed shear wall structure and all-glass curtain walls. There are 12 Mitsubishi high speed elevators, central air conditioning, 5A intelligent control, a luxurious hotel lobby of 1200 sq. meters, a 12-meter high glass cafe and a business pub. Winterless Centre user-friendly business area for you.

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Þróndeimr

August 31st, 2004, 05:23 PM

CCTV Headquarters
Beijing - China

Project Address: N0.32, East Third Ring Middle Road
Construction start: March 2003
Construction completed: 2008

The new headquarters of China Central Television (CCTV) is being constructed adjacent to the Third Ring Road in Beijing, China, on a 10ha site in the new Central Business District.

The project was started in March 2003 following a review of the design by a panel of Chinese experts. The construction is scheduled to be completed in time to broadcast the Beijing Olympics in 2008. The development is being undertaken by the Chinese Government as part of a plan to redevelop central Beijing with innovative and functional architecture, while preserving historic buildings at the same time.

The new building will involve two 'L' shaped high-rise towers linked at the top and the bottom at an angle to form a loop, which has been described as a 'Z' criss-cross. The total construction cost is estimated at €600 million ($750 million). The CCTV tower will employ 10,000 people following completion in 2008.

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Þróndeimr

August 31st, 2004, 05:26 PM

Huayuan Shangdu International Center
Beijing - China

Project: Huayuan Shangdu International Center
Developer: Beijing Huayuan Real Estate Co., Ltd.
Address: N0.8,Dongdaqiao Road, Chaoyang District,Beijing.
Project address:No.8, Dongdaqiao Road, Chaoyang District, Beijing.

Huayuan Shangdu international Center is positioned as an international business complex, an international business mall. The project has a total floor area of about 300 thousand sq. meters and will be constructed in three phases. |t includes: A-level office building, top grade business apartment, business hotel with property ownership and a business street featuring entertainment and relaxation facilities covering 40 thousand sq. meters. The project will be integrated part of the embassy area within the CBD and become a comprehensive international business zone with Huayuan characteristics.

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Þróndeimr

August 31st, 2004, 05:33 PM

Latest News

Beijing changes designs for Olympic stadiums
CCTV - 31.8.2004

The Beijing Planning Committee has decided to change the designs for several stadiums for the 2008 Olympics to maximize the use of money. But officials assured that the adjustments would not alter the style of the original designs.

Major changes will be carried out on the main stadium, the "Nest," and the Wukesong Stadium for basketball matches.

After extensive research, the retractable roof in the original design for the "Nest" will be replaced with a bigger open roof. The structural design has also been optimized to reduce the total use of steel. After the adjustments, the budget for the "Nest" will be reduced from approximately 4 billion yuan to around 2.2 billion yuan, or around 275 million US dollars.

Meanwhile, the design for the Wukesong Stadium has also been changed. The area for commercial use has been removed, thus cutting the total area by half to 65,000 square meters. The screen wall outside the stadium will also be adjusted, though the final design is still pending.

Due to the adjustments, construction work on some stadiums will be postponed by one year to 2005 and will be completed in late 2007.

Þróndeimr

August 31st, 2004, 05:47 PM

Beijing Goldfield Plaza
Beijing - China

Project: Beijing Goldfield Plaza
Developer: Beijing Goldfield Hongye Real Estate Development Co., Ltd.
Address: 10th Floor, Tower C of Heqiao Building, N0.8A,Guanghua Road, Chaoyang District, Beijing
Project address: N0.T5, Langjiayuan, Jianguo Road, Chaoyang District, Beijing (800 meters east to the China World Trade Center)
Market Consultant: Jones Lang La Salle

Beijing Goldfield Plaza is located in the CBD, to the north of Chang¡an Street. Goldfield Center consists of two international A-level office buildings with all-glass curtain walls (one of the buildings is 151.4 meters high while the other 98.2 meters). Plus the supplementary building connecting the two towers, the total floor area of Goldfield Center is about 15,351 sq. meters. The buildings are designed by SOM of the US and features unique distribution planning and sculpt. It will become a new urban scenery on the Chang¡an Street and the new landmark on the east part of CBD.

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Þróndeimr

September 15th, 2004, 02:38 PM

Beijing Looped Hybrid
Beijing - China

An ultra-modern expression of 21st. Century ecological urban living.

Filmic urban space; around, over and through multifaceted spatial layers, is one of the central aims of this 160,000 square meter Hybrid Building complex with over 700 apartments sited adjacent to the old city wall of Beijing.

Current development in Beijing is almost entirely ãobject buildingsä and free standing towers. This ãcity within a cityä envisions urban space as the central aim as well as all the activities and programs that can support the daily life of over 2500 inhabitants: café's, delis, laundry, dry cleaners, florists etc, line the main public passages.

The polychrome architecture of Ancient China inspires a new phenomenal dimension especially inscribing the ãspatiality of the nightä. The undersides of the cantilevered portions are colored membranes in night light glow. Misting fountains from the water retention basin activate the night light in colorful clouds, while the floating Cineplex centerpiece has partial images of its ongoing films projected on its undersides and reflected in the water.

The eight towers are linked at the twentieth floor by a ring of cafes and services.
Focused on the experience of passage of the body through spaces, the towers are organized to take movement, timing and sequence into consideration. The point of view changes with a slight ramp up, a slow right turn. The elevator displaces like a ãjump cutä to another series of passages on a higher level, which pan across exhilarating peripheral views.
The encircled towers express a collective aspiration; rather than towers as isolated objects or private islands in an increasingly privatized city.....the hope of a new type of collective 21st. Century space in the air is inscribed.
Programmatically this loop aspires to be semi-lattice-like rather than simplistically linear. The hope is that the sky-loop and the base-loop will constantly generate random relationships, just as a modern city does.

Mass housing in China has historically been standardized and repetitive. To break the pattern this new vertical urban sector aspires to individuation in urban living with a huge variety of apartment lay-outs available among the 728 living spaces.

Digitally driven, prefabricated construction of the exterior structure of the eight towers allows for ãbeamlessä ceilings. Every apartment has two exposures with no interior hallways. Principles of Feng-Shui are followed throughout the complex, which is aimed at sustainability ãLEED Goldä rating.

Garden of Mounds , five landscape mounds with recreational activities, have been formed with the earth excavated from the new construction.
The new park is a semi-public space while the use of the integrated functions is electronically controlled by the resident's cards.

1. The Mound of Childhood is a fenced in area adjacent to and integrated with a kindergarten.
2.The Mound of Adolescence has a Basket Ball Court, a Roller Blade and Skate Board Area a Music and TV Lounge
3.The Mound of Middle Age has a Coffee and Tea House, a Tai Chi Platform and two Tennis Courts.
4.TheMound of Old Age has Chess Tables, a Reading Lounge, a Tai Chi Platform and an Exercise Machines Park
5.The Mound of Infinity is a Meditation Place with ã5 Elementsä Pavilions: Earth, Wood, Metal, Fire and Water.

Site Area: 6.18 hectars
Total Building Area: 210,000 square meters

Construction start: November, 2004
Completion: Estimated 2006

Client:
Modern Hongyun Real Estate Development Co. LTD. Beijing, China

Architect:
Steven Holl Architects
Principal-in-charge: Steven Holl,
Project Architect: Li Hu

Project Team:
Hideki Hirahara, Christiane Deptolla, Shih-I Chow, Matthew Uselman, Young Jang, Garrick Ambrose, Yenling Chen, James Macgillivray, Jongseo Lee, Judith Tse, Liang Zhao

Associated Architect:
Beijing Capital Engineering Architecture Design Co. LTD.

Structural Engineer:
Guy Nordenson and Associates

Mechanical Engineer:
TRANSSOLAR Energietechnik GmbH
Cosentini Associates

Lighting Designer:
Halie Light and L'Observatoire International

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Þróndeimr

September 15th, 2004, 03:44 PM

Beiyuan Beichen Green Estate
Beijing - China

Status: Under development

This ambitious project is sited on the North end of Future Beijing Olympic Park with magnificent views of the forest bush, and unlimited potential. In this unique setting, the aim is to embody an ecologically sensitive development, and to create a lifestyle character. The key indscape element of the golden pond is the focus of different zones and meshes together the needs of business, community and the individual into a large-scale development.

The whole site is shaped as a North-South triangle with a total area of 114ha. Many different components are designed and integrated with each other including: a landmark high rise building with luxury accommodation, offices, retail and restaurants, a variety of residential units, kindergarten and schools, Eco House, club, parks, water features, sports facilities and a hospital.

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Þróndeimr

September 15th, 2004, 03:47 PM

Beijing Daxing Kangzhuang Garden Masterplan
Beijing - China

Status: Under development

Daxing Kangzhuang Garden is a medium-density residential project with a site area of approximately 35Ha and a total building area of 260,000m². More than 15 residential types provide the flexibility to cater for different people’s lifestyles.

PTW's design concept is based on the idea of community, and aims to create a neighbourhood with a comfortable living environment, combing cultural, educational, retail, health, entertainment, recreational and sporting facilities to the residents. It will be a model of 21st century lifestyle in China.
There is an emphasis on landscaped outdoor space that ties together the parts of the masterplan and brings natural elements to the residents’ lives.

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Þróndeimr

September 15th, 2004, 04:14 PM

Fortune Plaza
Beijing - China

Status: Under Construction
Construction: 2002-2005
Client : H.K.I. Development Co. Ltd.
Architect: Aedas Architects
Project : Beijing Fortune Plaza, Phase 1
Project Value : US$185.91m (HK$1,450m)
Total Construction Area: 700,000m2
Total Site Area : 92,600m2

Beijing Fortune Plaza is located on a 92,600m2 site along the East 3rd Ring Road and extends between Jingguang Centre and China World, and is currently the largest CBD project in Beijing. The total construction area of Beijing Fortune Plaza is 700,000m2, which includes a 40-storey luxurious residential building, service apartment building, 5-star hotel, commercial building and a 40-storey grade A office tower, together with shopping, restaurants and recreational facilities.

In Beijing, Aedas received a Bronze Medal in 2002 from the Planning Commission Professional Jury upon Fortune Plaza, Phase 1. This Project was also voted as one of the Top Best Architecture by the general public in Beijing.

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searching

September 15th, 2004, 10:49 PM

I think the buildings along the East 3th Ring Road should be more higher!
So,the CBD can show up a better skyline.

Sak Jó Chan Kin

September 21st, 2004, 07:38 PM

higher higher higher! Go China!

fourthring

October 30th, 2004, 05:56 PM

I lived in NYC and Beijing and they are BOTH very awesome cities.

Please, not all americans support Bush and Iraq. I was embarrassed to be an American when I was in Beijing during the Iraq invasion. I would have to explain to every cab driver how a lot of people in america don't support bush (I mean he didn't win the popular vote right?) after they found out I was from the USA. Anyways, enough about politics. We'll all know the answer come Nov 3rd.

About the ferris wheel:
I would hate to be on the ferris wheel during the spring time with annual sand storms. LOL

Where are they gonna build it? Would be interesting to see. I used to live in WuDaoKou.

Pangu

October 30th, 2004, 07:58 PM

Please, not all americans support Bush and Iraq. I was embarrassed to be an American when I was in Beijing during the Iraq invasion. I would have to explain to every cab driver how a lot of people in america don't support bush (I mean he didn't win the popular vote right?) after they found out I was from the USA. Anyways, enough about politics. We'll all know the answer come Nov 3rd.
Americans like you should be more vocal :) But I realize it's difficult as long as Bush is on the throne...

I used to live in WuDaoKou.
Really? I went to BLCU for a semester and it was around the Wudaokou area. I miss it lots. :(

fourthring

November 13th, 2004, 08:59 AM

You went to BLCU? what year? I was at Tsinghua. I am actually going to be in Beijing in early January.

Anyhow, a lot of us are really depressed that Bush got elected. It just doesn't seem right. I even drove from san diego california to las vegas Nevada to help canvass for the kerry campaign (nevada was a swing state). Well, we are all bracing and preparing for the next election for sure.

Are you still in Beijing?

Þróndeimr

January 10th, 2005, 06:24 PM

Shangdi Center
Beijing, China

Located on a prominent site of Beijing, this new mixed-use development is responding to China’s growing need for corporate office, hotel and residential space. Offering the mid to high-end user a single location for work, shopping, entertainment, visiting and living, this development will be one of the first truly integrated projects in the heart of the technology district.

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muchbetter

February 1st, 2005, 01:09 AM

Great, Christian. Since I was away, you've contributed a lot to this thread.
Let's see more coming! :)

muchbetter

February 1st, 2005, 04:23 AM

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Þróndeimr

February 1st, 2005, 12:15 PM

^ Beautiful rendering muchbetter...:okay:

Clifster

February 11th, 2005, 01:57 AM

POST 101!!!!!!
Any pics of Beijing TV centre tower???

Þróndeimr

February 13th, 2005, 04:47 PM

Beijing Books Building

OMA Architects with a new great project in Bejing. The current facility offers 538200ft² (50 000m²) of space - on completion the redevelopment will deliver a larger modern bookstore at 1 076 000ft² (100 000m²) on the same site.

The BBB also features a publishing and research business, movie and television products, a cultural exchange and e-business and distribution services. When completed in time for the 2008 Olympics it is expected to handle 200 000 customers daily. The completed cultural centre will be a modern day literary source for the city which has over 60 colleges and universities and 2M students.

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Þróndeimr

February 13th, 2005, 04:50 PM

Bright China Chang An Building
East Chang An Street, Dongcheng District

Bright China Chang An Building is a 19-storey office tower located at East Chang An Street, just 3 km away from the CBD.

Samsung Hong Kong Limited has recently acquired the whole floor on 15/F, with a total gross area of 3,800 sq m. Colliers International has been appointed as the sole agent to provide professional leasing services. Unit sizes range from 500-3,200 sq m.

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Þróndeimr

February 13th, 2005, 04:51 PM

Metro World Center
Chaonei Avenue, Dongcheng District

Homepage: http://www.metroworld.com.cn/

Metro World Center is a modern multi-complex comprising Grade A office building, five-star hotel, conference & exhibition center, and luxurious apartments. There are 22 above-ground floors and 3 underground floors. Also, 32,000 square meters of retail space and sufficient parking lots are available.

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Þróndeimr

February 13th, 2005, 04:52 PM

Splendid Times Tower
Western Zhongguancun, Haidian District

Splendid Times Tower is a landmark building in western Zhongguancun District. With a floor area of over 64,500 sq m, the magnificent tower comprises 13 above-ground Grade A office levels and 3 underground storeys offering a capacity of over 320 parking lots.

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Þróndeimr

February 13th, 2005, 04:54 PM

International Financial Centre
No. 4 Jianguomenwai Dajie, Chaoyang District

International Financial Center is a Grade A office building in Beijing's CBD. It covers 240,000 sq m and comprises 4 towers; two of 150 sq m height and the other two towers of 90 sq m height.

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Þróndeimr

February 13th, 2005, 04:55 PM

Cultural Heigth Media Tower
Zhongguancun West, Haidian District

As the main focus within Zhongguancun's cultural square and a flagship commercial project, the "culture-themed" building is the only large-scale development providing book shops, travelling and education services, sports and leisure items, entertainment and dining facilities.

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Þróndeimr

February 13th, 2005, 05:31 PM

ZhongGuanCun West Office/Zhongguancun Financial Center

Western Zhongguancun, Haidian District

ZhongGuanCun West Office is a landmark building in western Zhongguancun District. The 150m/37 floor tall, office building is expected to be completed and in late 2005, but will open in october 2006.

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Þróndeimr

February 13th, 2005, 06:07 PM

Beijing Xizhimen Station

I don't have much information concerning this project yet, but ill post some as far as i know something more about it. However, this project has been posted on ssc before as far as i know, so perhaps some know more then me.

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Þróndeimr

February 13th, 2005, 06:36 PM

Capital Development Tower
Western Zhongguancun, Haidian District

The 61m/15 floor tall Capital Development Tower is supose to be completed in in the beginning of 2005.

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Þróndeimr

February 15th, 2005, 04:57 PM

China World Trade Center
Beijing - China

Current status: Under Construction
Construction period: 2002 (2004?) - 2005

The China World Trade Center which will total 759,000 sm when completed will be the third and most important phase of one of the most prestigious developments in Beijing.

The mixed-use development will contain 1 super-tall tower, two office towers, a new office building adjacent to the Guo Hui entertainment tower, two apartment towers, an exhibition center, and a winter garden.

The project was won in a design competition, and the keystone of the design was the super-tall tower. The design of this tower is 81 stories and 333 meters tall, and is the result of a collaboration between SOMs architecture and structural engineering studios. The towers superstructure, which has to take into account Beijings seismic activity and high winds, is composed of structural steel with composite metal deck slabs. Diagonal mega-braces on the buildings exterior will visually underscore the strength and majesty of the tower.

This tower will contain a 5-star hotel and premium-grade corporate office space. On either side it will be flanked by a 150-meter-high office tower. Below-grade will be 4 levels 2 floors of retail and 2 floors of parking.

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Þróndeimr

February 15th, 2005, 05:24 PM

Beijing Wanda Plaza
East Ring Road III - CBD

Developer: Wanda Group (http://www.wanda.com.cn/)

Beijing Wanda Plaza is situated at the heart of the central business district of Beijing City, on the north side of Chang'an Avenue. It is next to East Ring Road III and the International Trade Centre. The site area is 10 ha and the floor space of the structures to be built above ground will be approximately 500,000 square metres.

The site of contains offices, residentials, retails and a five - star, 34 floor international hotel. The Beijing Wanda Shopping Mall will be located in the heart of the complex, with 145,000 square meters construction area.

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Þróndeimr

February 15th, 2005, 05:45 PM

Project comming...

Þróndeimr

February 16th, 2005, 05:35 PM

Beijing National Stadium proposal 1

Emerging from the landscape, and shaped by nature, the design will create a simple symbolic link - a bridge - between old and new,
between people and country and China with the world.

The design introduces an innovative solution to the provision of temporary seats during the Olympic Games. All the temporary seats
are under cover and all seats enjoy excellent views to the field of play. It adopts high technology principles for operational management
and interaction with the environment.

The moving roof created like two leaves is simple, elegant and economical. After the games, people will be able to walk, via a safe
and secure path, along over the leading edge of the roof. The extended “wings” of the roof, as an integral function of
the moving roof and a fundamental part of an efficient roof structure, allow for up to 200,000 people to have a direct experience of
the Games.

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Þróndeimr

February 16th, 2005, 05:40 PM

Beijing National Stadium proposal 2

The design creates an image of a floating water lilly, surrounded by petals and blossoms, emerging in a gently undulating pond.
The stand installations are built for fixed as well as temporary seating with optimal viewing positions. After its dismantling, a
very unique leisure park will be developed. On the "roof" of the stands, offering a grandiose, stairs and elevators access
this panoramic sky-garden independent of the internal Stadium function.

The 45° slanted, outer glass skin thermally encircles the stadium and all its exterior functional and circulation areas and creates
an equally dynamic and peaceful, outer form. The lightly inclined roof skin, consisting of transparent air cushions resting on a
light, pre-stressed cable roof structure, is unique in this dimension.

The central roof can be completely opened to a diameter of 130 meters. The unobstructed view of the spectator through the transparent
roof skin, despite the indoor-arena-quality, is a world-class novelty.

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Þróndeimr

February 16th, 2005, 05:44 PM

Beijing National Stadium proposal 3

The design preserves the 45-meter height limitation with the exception of the roof structure, but the bottom rail of the tallest roof section is 99 meters from the competition pitch. The Stadium will have a total floor area of 164,000 m2, which can accommodate 100,000 spectators. The stadium bowl is partially sunken with a filigree of ramps that link the stands with the surrounding landscape to form open and clear accessibility.

The transparency of the roof petals allow for the shading of the grandstands while providing for superior natural light and weather permitting allow the stadium to be opened for natural ventilation. The roof is a series of light free flowing forms that flow over the stadium to form a series of petals that can open and close to suit a large variety of conditions. The roof is made of the Teflon coated fiberglass, which allows the natural turf to grow for a superior athletic field surface.

The structures of the petals are basic stable arch forms that are structurally efficient and have been used in manmade structures since before the classical periods. Yet the sheer spans, movement, elegance and lightness to be achieved in these arches will reflect our ever-increasing understanding of the science and technology around us.

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Þróndeimr

February 16th, 2005, 05:48 PM

Beijing National Stadium proposal 4

The Olympic Stadium, 79,574 fixed seats are installed on the stand, of which ordinary seats are 72,930 with 500mm width of
seats and 850mm depth of rows. If it is needed, temporary stands with 20,740 seats could be added in both the south
and the north stands. Multi-functional development operation after-event is one of the key points in the design proposals.

After Olympic Games, this Stadium will offer 11,300m2 of service room to be further developed. The height of this kind of
room is nearly 7m, the columns spacing is nearly 9m. They are all spacious room with large span offering favorable conditions
for varied operation and development in the future.

When the roof is open, the open-air area is 32,000m2. The lowest layer of the roof adopts the fixed aluminium composite
board. The upper two layers of the retractable roof adopt the efficient membrane material with high performance. Since
the membrane material is very good at deformation resistance, impact resistance, sound absorption and light transmittance,
it is helpful to economize the investment, the maintenance cost and the operation expense in the future.

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Þróndeimr

February 16th, 2005, 05:51 PM

Beijing National Stadium proposal 5

The 100,000-seat stadium has been conceived as a two tiered solution with exclusive areas incorporated within. All tiered seats
have an unobstructed view of athletics. Lowering the field reduces the amount of “finish skin” on the facility, the vertical
scale of the facility, and the height of vertical transportation, easier access to the roads around the stadium. Within the Grand
Hall are two permanent restaurants, open to the hall and surrounding area. The lower tier of seating is continuous, with 42,000
fixed, and 5,000 temporary seats, all accessed through portals. As part of the post Olympic layout, at the South end zone,
temporary treads and risers are removed and replaced with a family dining or picnic area. The materials used for construction are
durable and require minimal maintenance.

The east canopy roof is a cantilevered truss structure that acts both as a fixed roof covering for the East Side of the stadium
and as a support for the leading edge of the retractable roof in the closed position. The proposed concept for the Beijing Stadium
retractable roof system applies time-tested mechanisms in an innovative sequence of elegant motions to deliver the spectacular
effect of extending cantilevered roof structure over 100 meters from one side of the bowl structure to the other.

The proposed retractable roof system covers an opening over the playing surface of the stadium. This opening is roughly 350
meters long by 105 meters wide at its widest point. The primary moving elements of the retractable roof system are six
operable roof panels and twelve telescoping roof rail trusses.

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Þróndeimr

February 16th, 2005, 05:53 PM

Beijing National Stadium proposal 6

One of the most unique features of the design is the Sky Terrace. The ability to climb to very top of the roof will provide an
experience to the visitor unlike that of any other stadium on Earth.

A concrete structure is proposed to provide an economical yet durable structure with good earthquake resistance. The
arrangement of the bowl structural grid has been chosen to allow a significant amount of repetition in the design and
construction of the stadium, and the column spacing is generally less than 9.0 m, except in the single bay where the grid
transitions from elliptical to circular. The design will utilize locally available materials and labor.

The roof structure consists of a series of trusses supported by four giant trussed-towers, which in turn support the two primary
trusses. The primary trusses consist of a compact central diamond-truss, strengthened and stiffened by high-strength cables
supported by outriggers. A number of configurations were considered, and the design refined to optimize strength and stiffness.

The cable configuration is efficient, allowing plenty of structural depth, thus limiting axial forces in the members, and utilizing high-
strength cables to minimize weight. Some of the truss cables will be priestesses to increase the effective structural depth
of the system. This configuration also allows economical construction, with the central diamond truss being prefabricated and
shipped to site, and minimal onsite assembly of components. The location of the towers is derived to balance the cantilever and
mid-span moments in the trusses, ensuring optimal use of materials, and the deflections are well within code limits.

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Þróndeimr

February 16th, 2005, 05:56 PM

Beijing National Stadium proposal 7

This Stadium total would comprise 80,000 permanent seats and 20,000 temporary seats, including one level of 140 suites.
The 20,000 temporary seats are removed it is proposed to install the seats in the outdoor activity center and some special suites,
restaurants, clubs and bars in the locations which are higher up in the stadium.

This technology solved the problem of being able to have a natural grass playing field turf of the highest international quality
for every soccer game, while at the same time being able to host every kind of multi-use event in the same stadium. This
requirement necessitated the complete separation of the field sports uses, from all the other kinds of uses, by having 2 separate
functional surfaces which could be changed very quickly and an infinite number of times, without deterioration of the
performing surfaces. Uses the unique Two Panel Spiral Rotating Shell Retractable Roof Geometry (United States Patent).
The roof can be opened and closed in 35 - 40 minutes in wind speeds of up to 50 Km/hr.

The sun-facing surface(s) of the retractable roof will be covered with rows of the latest type of photovoltaic cells, one of the
largest installations of its kind in the world. The proposed design will be one of the major legacies of the ‘Green Olympics’.

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Þróndeimr

February 16th, 2005, 05:59 PM

Beijing National Stadium proposal 8

The configuration of the stadium symbolizes great nature on the earth. Against the backdrop of sunshiny sky, soft white
cloud and green hills are the main originality, along with light pillar that penetrates through white cloud creating nice
association. All of these constitute a charming landscape and become a new scene in Beijing tallying with the substance that
coexistence of Olympic Game and nature. In order to coordinate with the environment around the park, as much as vire scence
should be placed in the planned land.

It is such a big stadium that can hold 100 thousand people at the same time. Moreover, 100 thousand people can enter and exit
at the same time. The auditorium is composed of three layers, which have 100 thousand seats, including 80,156 fixed seats
(800mm*500mm) and 20,644 temporary seats (800mm*495mm). We define “c” is the sight distance between the former
row and the after one. The bigger the “c” is, the steeper the auditorium, and the smaller hide from view, so people there can
have a very good vision sight, that there is no hide from view.

Not only can the temporary seats be dismantled after the games, but also they can be expediently changed into sports museum,
sports club etc. Graceful opening and closing mode will show particular charm to the audiences all over the world. Two half-moon
shaped glass roofs will be placed on the center of big roof, which will be opened by the ceiling’s circumgyrating toward each
other and sliding.

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Þróndeimr

February 16th, 2005, 06:01 PM

Beijing National Stadium proposal 9

The National Stadium should be the one that a surrounding feeling is available when someone stays inside of the stadium, he feels that he is surrounded by the environment outside of the stadium. Vice versa, when he stays outside of the stadium he could also feel such a state of competition with excitement and vigor inside of the stadium. Thus, a well arranged space functioning from each other is created.

The adoption of different resources of energy will secure the natural light collection and the air ventilation as well as a reliable and efficient method for the site management.

The ecological tower with the total height of 200m, is the key point or the pith of the presentation for the principles set up for the design work of the stadium. The four groups of windmill erected on the tower could generate enough power for the use of the tower itself and environmental lighting around.

The roof the gymnasium consists of four parts, namely, top floor roofing, mobile roofing, lower floor roofing both on West and South sides and the North side roofing. The mobile roofing covers the whole gymnasium and is supported by using a rail system with 18m.vertical and horizontal tri-framework. When it is in the closing state, the whole gymnasium is covered, vice versa, the roofing goes over the lower roofing on the North side and is hanged outside.

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Þróndeimr

February 16th, 2005, 06:03 PM

Beijing National Stadium proposal 10

This proposal is intended to meet these objectives using the symbols of "Heaven" and "Earth". Our roof is not just a cover for the terraces of the stadium, but the celestial vault of the Universe. This vault incorporates five circles that, at the same time, symbolise the five elements on which Chinese philosophy is based, and the five Olympic rings.

The roof of the stadium, 665 m long at its longest dimension, this lightweight, elevated fixed roof is suspended from a structure of 18 steel columns by cables imitating the latest techniques of cable-stayed suspension bridges.
The retractable, translucent material used for the roof covering will filter the natural daylight by around 50%, thus allowing, when used during the day, sufficient natural light to enter the stadium, minimising the need for artificial light.

The two glazed roofs, where they cross, will add to this effect. Of a reasonable size and simple to operate, the retractable roof will not squander resources or energy as it is opened and closed. The exceptional area of the roof will be equipped with solar panels, which will provide it with a substantial proportion of the energy it needs.

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Þróndeimr

February 16th, 2005, 06:06 PM

Beijing National Stadium proposal 11

The Stadium is the Architecture as the eaves, and it protects as many as a hundred thousand people in the periphery from the
rains, cold wind of winter, and hot sunshine of summer. The Stadium is the symbol of the attitude greeting all the people. The
Architecture succeeds the sense of the Quadrangle cosmology. It opens the earth to the universe, and harmonizes the pure form
with the dynamic action of the wings. The wings of the roof, corresponding to four blocks of the stadium, lead up to various modes.
During the Olympics, temporary seats are installed on the wings. At ordinary time, the wings function to stabilize the climate of the
field. When the wings are open, they leave no rails or structures behind the space they occupied.

The light roof and ceiling, having the span of 180m, are made of film materials with aluminum alloy. controlled by air pressure. The
ceiling is constituted of the tubes with two functions. As to the lightning and diffusion, it changes freely as the clouds.

Single sloped stadium, where “all people can watch all people” will be revived by setting four escalators in the stand. As a detail,
waving stand at rostrum and VIP seats might be the first practice in the world. At the top step of the stand, Sky corridor with
movable glass screens for lightning and ventilating is located. Stand escalators lead to the stand style that “many people
come down from the upstairs and take seats.” The Stadium has a bio-dynamic structural system that balances dynamically
by itself corresponding to the changes of the rising roof and ceiling of the clouds.

The double ring (upper ring and lower ring) of Sky corridor and the balance mechanism are the main actors of this system. 180m
span of Gate to the World is realized by a combination of the cable systems. To realize these systems, a structural analysis has
been carried out by simulation technology.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v646/cityq/Projects%20and%20developments/Proposal13x1.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v646/cityq/Projects%20and%20developments/Proposal13x2.jpg

Þróndeimr

February 16th, 2005, 06:10 PM

Beijing National Stadium proposal 12

The design concept is retrieved from an ancient ritual named "throwing jade into the water", which gives the Stadium rich cultural
connotation and turns the place into a spiritual home of people living in a modern city. The National Stadium will be designed to
put athletes above everything else. In the general layout, warm-up areas for athletes are arranged on the north side of the plot
area, close to the rooms provided for them inside the National Stadium, which will provide a shorter way for athletes and facilitate
their competition.

To meet the multifunctional operation requirements of the National Stadium, some comprehensive development facilities are to be
arranged appropriately on the perimeter of the main building. This will enable complementation of functions between the existing
facilities inside the National Stadium and those to be provided on the perimeter, and provide a variety of options for the
long-term operation of the National Stadium while avoiding possible waste. Reasonable division of ground and underground levels
will enable effective separation of people from vehicles on the perimeter of the National Stadium, to ensure smooth access for
various categories of people without interference with each other.

The Stadium is creatively designed to have a worldwide unique "suspending retractable roof" combining multiple functions of roof,
sightseeing and urban landscape. The arrangement of appropriate operating spaces outside the Stadium will represent additional
functions and new concept of sports building operations.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v646/cityq/Projects%20and%20developments/Proposal12x1.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v646/cityq/Projects%20and%20developments/Proposal12x2.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v646/cityq/Projects%20and%20developments/Proposal12x3.jpg

Þróndeimr

February 16th, 2005, 06:12 PM

Beijing National Stadium proposal 13 (Winning design)

Current status: Under construction
Construction period: 2004 - 2008
Architect 1: Chinese Architecture and Design Research Group
Architect 2: Herzog & de Meuron

Project in general

This is the future Beijing National Stadium and was approved by the city council. The stadium will room as much as 100 000
seats during the olympics in 2008, but will be reduced to 80 000 after the games. The stadium is 330m long by 220m wide and
69.2m tall. The 250 000sqm (groos floor area) stadium is designed with 36km of of unwrapped steel, and got a weight on 45 000
tonn. The stadium will cost as much as 3.5 billion yuan (422 873 850 USD/ 325 395 593 EUR/ 2 721 437 889 NOK). The ground was broken in december 2003, and construction started in march 2004. Because of
this cost the construction was suspended some months in 2004 and 2005.

More about this project:

The stadium’s appearance is pure structure. Facade and structure are identical. The structural elements mutually support
each other and converge into a grid-like formation – almost like a bird's nest with its interwoven twigs. The spatial effect of the
stadium is novel and radical and yet simple and of an almost archaic immediacy, thus creating a unique historical landmark
for the Olympics 2008.

The stadium is conceived as a large collective vessel, which makes a distinctive and unmistakable impression both when it
is seen from a distance and from close up. It meets all the functional and technical requirements of an Olympic National Stadium,
but without communicating the insistent sameness of technocratic architecture dominated by large spans and digital
screens. The spatial effect of the stadium is novel and radical and yet simple and of an almost archaic immediacy. Its appearance is
pure structure. Facade and structure are identical. The structural elements mutually support each other and converge into a grid-
like formation, in which facades, stairs and roof are integrated.

Visitors walk through this formation and enter the spacious ambulatory that runs full circle around the stands. From there one can
survey the circulation of the entire area including the stairs that access the three tiers of the stands. Functioning like an arcade
or a concourse, the lobby is a covered urban space with restaurants and stores that invite visitors to stroll around. Just as
birds stuff the spaces between the woven twigs of their nests with a soft filler, the spaces in the structure of the stadium will
be filled with inflated ETFE cushions. On the roof, the cushions will be mounted on the outside of the structure to make the
roof completely weatherproof.

Whilst the rain is collected for rainwater recuperation the sunlight filters through the translucent roof providing the lawn with
essential UV-Radiation. On the facade, the inflated cushions will be mounted on the inside of the structure where necessary, e.g.
to provide wind protection. Since all of the facilities – restaurants, suites, shops and restrooms – are all self-contained units, it
is possible to do largely without a solid, enclosed facade. This allows natural ventilation of the stadium, which is the most important
aspect of the stadium sustainable design.

The sliding roof is an integral part of the structure of the stadium. When it is closed, it converts the stadium into a covered arena.
Just as a tin is only complete with a lid, the roof, whether closed or open, is an elementary part of the whole. With its own
structural logic, it is also a grid-like formation that forms a waterproof shell together with the inflated cushions.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v646/cityq/Projects%20and%20developments/Proposal11x1.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v646/cityq/Projects%20and%20developments/Proposal11x2.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v646/cityq/Projects%20and%20developments/Proposal11x3.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v646/cityq/Projects%20and%20developments/Proposal11x4.jpg

Þróndeimr

February 16th, 2005, 09:00 PM

Beijing not a test field of architects
Chinadaily.com.cn (http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/english/doc/2004-09/23/content_377161.htm) - Beijing

Beijing is abuzz about the designs of some landmark buildings under construction or to be constructed. Some Chinese architects and critics say foreign architects have turned the capital city into a test field, some say the designs are avant-garde and some others see these designs as ugly.

Paul Andreu, a French architect who is the chief designer of dome-shaped National Grand Theatre in downtown Beijing, weighed in and gave his comments. Andreu, attending the Architectural Biennial held in the Great Hall of the People in Beijing on September 20, said he could not agree to the "test field" argument. He said not many foreign architect firms have entered the Chinese market, and in his eyes, the "special" designs of a few architectures in Beijing are actually not bizarre at all.

Opinions may differ greatly on the design of new architectures, particularly in cities with a long history and traditions. He said this is the case as far as Beijing is concerned. In recent year, some foreign architects won competitive bidding to design landmark buildings in Beijing to help shape up the landscapes of cosmopolitan city in the 21st century. Andreu is one of them. Andreu won the bid to design the National Grand Theatre in 1999. The dome-shaped theatre, located in the heart of the city west of the Great Hall of the People near the Tian'anmen Square, is to be completed before the 55th anniversary of the foundation of China in October.

Herzog de Meuron (left), designer of the nest-shaped stadium, chats with Paul Andreu, designer of the National Grand Theatre, in Beijing on September 20. "I don't see it bizarre," claimed Andreu. The architecture is constructive to the change of the city's landscape, and most importantly, it is in harmony with the surrounding environment, he said. Andreu, an architect famous for his design of Charles de Gaulle International Airport in Paris and of course, the roof collapse of the airport terminal four months ago, regarded the dome-shaped theatre as an excellent and a secure piece.

As Beijing gears up for the 2008 Olympic games, the designing of many sports venues are commissioned to foreign architect firms. The proposed new arenas include a 100,000-seat Olympic stadium by the Swiss architects Herzog de Meuron wrapped in a "bird's nest" of tangled columns, and a swimming center by the Australian firm PTW with a facade of translucent, lightweight panels to be inflated to resemble huge bubbles.

And two years ago, the Dutch architect Rem Koolhaas was chosen through international competition to design a new headquarters for CCTV, the state-run broadcasting company. The looping, O-shaped skyscraper, with a budget of at least $600 million, was collaboration between Koolhaas and a partner, Ole Scheeren of OMA. Due to continuing and heated debates in China and Beijing's plan to construct the sports venues in a thrift manner, the construction on the Olympic stadium and swimming center was temporarily suspended for the designers to modify their designs. For example, the convertible roof of the "nest" stadium was erased from the design. Experts say this would make the stadium safer and it will reduce the construction costs.

Þróndeimr

February 16th, 2005, 09:36 PM

Olympic building busy during Spring Festival
Chinadaily.com.cn (http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/english/doc/2005-02/13/content_416325.htm) - Beijing

The pace of construction for the 2008 Beijing Olympics has stepped up, with some key projects now running round the clock during the traditional Spring Festival.

Other Olympic venues will also step up construction.

The pace of construction for the 2008 Beijing Olympics has stepped up, with some key projects now running round the clock during the traditional Spring Festival.

The transfer buildings for all international flights during the Olympics will be largely complete by June and workers are busy building roads and a transportation hub at the airport.

The Beijing subway lines 4 and 10 will have their main routes finished by July.

Other Olympic venues, like the main national stadium and the national swimming centre, will also step up construction this year.

Þróndeimr

February 17th, 2005, 08:47 PM

Oriental Silicon Valley
Beijing - China

Project : Oriental Silicon Valley
Location : Beijing, China
Building Area : 100,000m2
Design Completion: 2002
Project Type : Master Plan

The design for Oriental Silicon Valley embraces the opportunities offered from a very complex and diverse program.

As a business park and convention center, This issues of connectivity and cross-pollinations are crucial to the design of this project to facilitate interaction and inspiration between the different tenants as well as guests all focused within their shared world of discovery. The essence of this interaction is the meeting center, which also used by the public. Wrapped around this showpiece is a retail mall, which supports both the guests of the center and the tenants of the project.

The office buildings focus in onto the mall and meeting center and then radiate out to provide more space, light and views of the green space beyond. The labs were located below the offices because of the need for larger floor plates as well as structurally keeping potential heavy equipment lower in the building.

http://www.aedas.com/siteadmin/images/projects/18_fullsize_1.jpg

Þróndeimr

February 17th, 2005, 08:53 PM

Nanwei Lu
Xiannong Tan - Beijing

Client : Guangzhou R&F Properties Co., Ltd.
Project : Nanwei Lu Commercial Dev.
Location : Beijing, PRC Central, Hong Kong
Total GFA : 150,000m2
Site Area : 74,300m2
Completion Year : 2006

Located near the historical site Xiannong Tan, an ambitious project to redevelop the existing car radiator factory area into a modern commercial and retail complex in order to cope with the rapid change of the southern part of Beijing city.

The whole project comprises 6 office buildings and 2 restaurant buildings with a total GFA of about 150,000m2. Under a height restriction of 30m, the office buildings are 10-storey high with the lowest two floors used as retail space. Two basement floors are used as carpark.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v188/cityx/Architecture/NanweiLu.jpg

Þróndeimr

February 17th, 2005, 08:56 PM

North Star
Beijing - China

Project : North Star Mixed-use Development
Location : Beijing, PRC
Building Area : 160,000m2
Design Completion : 2003
Project Type : Master Plan
Architect: Aedas Architects (http://www.aedas.com)

This Mixed-use project is ideally positioned within a larger master plan to become the corner stone of the overall development. Located in Beijing near the future Olympic site, this large master plan will become a highly visible project within the city as well as its surrounding regions.

Located at the central, major vehicular intersection, is the site of the project. The project strives to become a strong landmark at this corner and help define the gateway into the master plan. Within the center of the master plan is a central park, which is diagonally adjacent to the mixed-use development. The project embraces this park as one of the strengths of the overall master plan.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v646/cityq/Projects%20and%20developments/NorthStar1.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v646/cityq/Projects%20and%20developments/NorthStar2.jpg

muchbetter

February 25th, 2005, 07:34 AM

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v325/muchbetter/china%20railway/cctv.jpg

Þróndeimr

February 27th, 2005, 07:16 PM

/\ Nice :okay:

Btw: muchbetter, do you have any idea where it would be possible to find construction images of World Trade Center?

muchbetter

March 2nd, 2005, 06:41 AM

/\ Nice :okay:

Btw: muchbetter, do you have any idea where it would be possible to find construction images of World Trade Center?

It didn't start yet. Last time, I tried to take photo pictures, yet got nothing but bare ground.

Þróndeimr

March 2nd, 2005, 08:28 AM

It didn't start yet. Last time, I tried to take photo pictures, yet got nothing but bare ground.

hm, haven't the ground work started either, it should have started years ago, thats not good. Was there any comercials for the construction or something?

Btw, when did you take the last visit to the site?

Scotty

March 3rd, 2005, 02:23 AM

Im impressed with the stadium

Scotty

March 3rd, 2005, 02:32 AM

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v646/cityq/Projects%20and%20developments/Proposal12x1.jpg
A is that thing flying? :eek2: :eek2: :eek2: :eek2: :eek2: :eek2: :eek2:

Þróndeimr

March 3rd, 2005, 08:24 AM

A is that thing flying? :eek2: :eek2: :eek2: :eek2: :eek2: :eek2: :eek2:

Yes, it will be the roof which they can close in bad weather/winters, and open during summers. Its filled with helium, but cables hold it down so it don't fly away. In that way they can move the roof up and down at any wish.

RafflesCity

March 3rd, 2005, 12:11 PM

Great job Christian! :)

Scotty

March 4th, 2005, 01:25 AM

Yes, it will be the roof which they can close in bad weather/winters, and open during summers. Its filled with helium, but cables hold it down so it don't fly away. In that way they can move the roof up and down at any wish.
ahh.. I thought it was concrete :)

Þróndeimr

March 22nd, 2005, 07:59 PM

Beijing Zhong Guan Cun
Beijing - China

Area: 3.7 million sf
Developer: Zhong Guan Cun Intnat'l Mall Dev. Co.
Status: Master Planning, Concept Design

Scheduled for completion prior to the start of the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games, the Zhong Guan Cun International Mall will be China’s first suburban regional shopping center as well as Callison’s second transit-based mixed-use project in the PRC.

http://www.callison.com/images/slideshow/Zhong_3.jpg

http://www.callison.com/images/slideshow/Zhong_2.jpg

http://www.callison.com/images/slideshow/Zhong_1B.jpg

Þróndeimr

March 22nd, 2005, 08:25 PM

Beijing Olympic Green Village

Architect: PTW Architects (http://www.ptw.com.au/)
Client: Beijing Olympics Investment Development Company
Status: Under construction
Construction period: ? - 2007

PTW's concept for the Beijing Olympic Village unifies people and the environment.

Four residential precincts are arranged along the Eco Corridor, with retail, commercial and community club at the centre. Land bridges link it to the Forest Park to the north and showcase the Village to the public. Post-games, the Village features an Olympic Museum.

The buildings employ ESD principles such as low energy materials, solar technology, water conservation and passive ventilation. The land bridges allow the safe movement of people and fauna between the Village and Forest Park.

http://www.ptw.com.au/admin/library/BeijingVillage1-lg.jpg

http://www.ptw.com.au/admin/library/BeijingVillage2-lg.jpg

Sen

March 23rd, 2005, 12:05 AM

thanks christian for so much info.

but i think it's a bad idea to build suburban style malls in china.

Pangu

March 23rd, 2005, 12:45 AM

but i think it's a bad idea to build suburban style malls in china.
Why is that?

Goodearth100

April 1st, 2005, 07:16 PM

ahhh.... Taipei...how's the new Guggenheim Museum by Zaha Hadid in Taipei? they were discusssing of the possibility of building one Guggenheim Museum in Hong Kong due to the 'Guggenheim Economy' effect experienced in Bilbao.

Þróndeimr

April 3rd, 2005, 04:49 PM

Johnny

April 3rd, 2005, 10:13 PM

another "BIG" dream for China.
No Dream No develop

Although I dont support the idea of building such a big wheel :sleepy:

Chad

April 5th, 2005, 03:22 AM

some more renderings of China World Trade Center

http://www.atkinsglobal.com/wsainternet/skills/design/images/4565457_chinaworldtradecentr.jpg

IsaganiZenze

April 13th, 2005, 06:52 AM

I like proposals 5, 4, 8 and 9. All of these choices are great! But I guess...the last proposal is more interesting and unusual. I like that flying saucer thingy...its interesting.....but yeah.

Þróndeimr

April 13th, 2005, 02:08 PM

I like proposals 5, 4, 8 and 9. All of these choices are great! But I guess...the last proposal is more interesting and unusual. I like that flying saucer thingy...its interesting.....but yeah.

All proposals is really great, though my favorites is proposal 4 and 13. The "flying saucer" (proposal 12) proposal was the favorite to win the competition before the winning proposal was pronounced.

Þróndeimr

April 21st, 2005, 09:20 PM

Top Box
Unknown location - Bejing

Three 25 storey tall commercial buildings. The total construction area is on 77 000sqm.

http://www.xdjl.com/images/business/gj1_d.jpg

Þróndeimr

April 21st, 2005, 09:22 PM

Forum Mansion
Unknown location - Bejing

Two 24 storey tall commercial buildings. The total construction area is on 62 000sqm.

http://www.xdjl.com/images/business/gj4_d.jpg

Þróndeimr

April 21st, 2005, 09:25 PM

Forum
Unknown location - Beijing

A large residential project total construction area on 400 000sqm. The project contains residential buildings from 18 floors to 33 floors.

http://www.xdjl.com/images/business/zh1.jpg

Þróndeimr

April 21st, 2005, 09:27 PM

XinKang Residential Quarter
Unknown location - Beijing

135 000sqm with residentials distributed in several buildings up to 18 floor tall.

http://www.xdjl.com/images/business/gy6_d.jpg

Þróndeimr

April 21st, 2005, 09:29 PM

TianRun Garden
Unknown location - Beijing

A 88 000sqm residential project with 4 towers up to 20 floors tall.

http://www.xdjl.com/images/business/gy8_d.jpg

Þróndeimr

April 21st, 2005, 09:31 PM

Fancy Garden
Unknown location - Bejing

Two 24 floor tall residential buildings. The total construction area is 78 000sqm.

http://www.xdjl.com/images/business/zh10.jpg

Þróndeimr

April 21st, 2005, 09:35 PM

Gengtianxia Apartments
Unknown location - Beijing

64 000sqm with terraced houses with 5 and 6 floors.

http://www.xdjl.com/images/business/gy11_d.jpg

Þróndeimr

April 21st, 2005, 09:38 PM

ShiQiaoguomao Apartments
Unknown location - Beijing

60 00 sqm of residentials in a 12 floor and 22 floor tall residential building.

http://www.xdjl.com/images/business/gy13_d.jpg

Þróndeimr

April 21st, 2005, 09:46 PM

Huateng Building
Chaoyang District - Beijing

A 98m tall office building near China World Trade Center in Beijing CBD. The tower is currently under construction and has a construction area of 43,020sqm. Construction started in 2002, and is expected to be completed during the summer 2005.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v188/cityx/Architecture/HuatengBuilding1.jpg

Þróndeimr

April 21st, 2005, 10:06 PM

Ducheng Science Technology Building
3 Weigongcun Road - Haidian District

A 23 floor tall building currently under construction.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v188/cityx/Architecture/DuchengScienceTechnologyBuilding1.jpg

John

April 22nd, 2005, 11:58 AM

Þróndeimr

April 22nd, 2005, 12:54 PM

Any more info about China WTC? It looks fabulous in these renderings, actyually reminds me some of N.Foster's designs (even though it's designed by SOM PLL). According to Emporis it's supposed to be completed in 2005 but I haven't seen any construction pictures yet. This building deserves more publicity.

The lates reports from late february sais that China WTC has not started construction yet. Muchbetter said he took a visit to the plot where the building is supose to rise, but found nothing exept bare ground.

Þróndeimr

April 22nd, 2005, 01:16 PM

WanBoYuan Mansion

A 15 floor tall office and entertainment building. The total construction area is 43 000sqm.

http://www.xdjl.com/images/business/gj10_d.jpg

Þróndeimr

April 22nd, 2005, 04:49 PM

Beijing New Vision Exhibition and Convention Center
Unknown location - Beijing

Current status: Approved or Under construction

The design of the Beijing New Vision Exhibition and Convention Center is based on a simple diagram and a clear geometry, resulting in a building that will serve as an inspiring symbol for the city of Beijing. In essence, the building itself is a vast lantern overlooking the city, glowing from within and inviting attention and visitors.

The facades of the complex can be illuminated in a limitless array of colors, enabling the glowing lantern-like elevations to change with every event. At the heart of the complex, a new public concourse connects the center with an adjacent pedestrian walkway and is protected from the elements by a series of immense glazed lanterns that hover overhead.

The building organizes convention and exhibition activities into two separate yet strongly related elements. The primary face, overlooking the plaza, is made up of retail, showroom and meeting components. Convention spaces overlook both the plaza and the public concourse, which separates the convention complex from the exhibition space.

Two levels of exhibition space are provided south of the concourse. Upper halls are column-free; ten to twelve sub-halls can be configured in a range of sizes. Ground-level halls are configured on an expansive 27m x 27m structural grid, which provides for a flexible booth arrangement while maximizing structural efficiency. Varied elevations for prefunction, exhibition, and loading spaces mitigate the impact of this vast complex on the surrounding neighborhood.

The design of the facility incorporates a range of sustainable principles and provides an ideal and flexible configuration for expansion. Despite its technological innovations, the facility is in fact a very simple building, composed of local materials, repetitive structural and interior elements, effective long-span structural systems and efficient building systems.

http://www.som.com/resources/projects/5/0/5/bnviec_birdseye_505.jpg

http://www.som.com/resources/projects/5/0/5/bnviec_ext_alt_505.jpg

http://www.som.com/resources/projects/5/0/5/bnviec_persp_505.jpg

http://www.som.com/resources/projects/5/0/5/bnviec_atrium_505.jpg

Þróndeimr

April 22nd, 2005, 04:58 PM

Raycom Science Park
Legend Science and Technology Campus - Beijing

Current status: Under construction
Construction: 2004 - 2007

The first phase of the Legend (Beijing) Science and Technology Campus is part of the Legend Group headquarters district, which will serve as a temporary headquarters as well as an office and research base for the company. There will be additional areas for business meetings as well as exhibition and trade areas.

The Legend Science Park Master Plan links the many required program elements into an experience that is functionally rich and spatially diversified. The buildings of the site are setback generously from the street to provide a dramatic green face to the community and to exemplify Legend's image as open to the public. The office tower acts as a beacon from the company into the neighborhood. Behind the tower is a 10,000 m2 conferencing center. In the center of the plan is the main communal space of the campus which includes the cafeteria as well as common recreational spaces. At the southern edge of the site is a hotel building for the exclusive use of Legend business travelers.

http://www.som.com/resources/projects/2/4/8/legend_630.jpg

http://www.som.com/resources/projects/2/4/8/lxrendong_632.jpg

Þróndeimr

April 22nd, 2005, 05:21 PM

Chemsunny Plaza
Xidan commercial district - Beijing

Current status: Under construction
Construction: 2004 - 2006
Architect: SOM
Homepage: http://www.chemsunny.com/

Chemsunny Plaza is located 2.4 km west of the Forbidden City. The project site is an integral part of the Beijing financial district and the Xidan commercial district. Chemsunny is a 15-story office building with two major atriums and an approximate gross above grade area of 132,000 sm. There are also three basement levels with gross below grade area of 43,084 sm. The ground floor will contain the primary entrance lobbies. Individual lobbies to each elevator core are connected to the base level of each atrium. The ground floor also contains separate office space as well as the entry to the below grade retail area.

http://www.som.com/resources/projects/5/1/2/chemsunnynortheast_512.jpg

http://www.som.com/resources/projects/5/1/2/chemsunnynorth_512.jpg

http://www.som.com/resources/projects/5/1/2/chemsunnyatrnorth_512.jpg

Sen

April 23rd, 2005, 03:09 AM

about the olympic stadium, i really like proposal 1, very neat design. i dont like the bird nest which is kinda weird, it would be cool if they still keep the active roof.

Þróndeimr

April 25th, 2005, 07:15 PM

Beijing Sunshine 100 International Apartment
SOHO Modern City - Beijing

The Beijing Sunshine 100 International Apartment is a complex of top grade international apartment buildings in the new SOHO Modern City. The construction area is 210,000 square meters and contains 6 residential towers with 35 floors. During the first construction phase 4 buildings was completed. There is currently two buildings under construction.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v188/cityx/Architecture/Bilde1.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v188/cityx/Architecture/Bilde2.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v188/cityx/Architecture/Bilde3.jpg

Þróndeimr

May 18th, 2005, 10:58 PM

R and F International Plaza

A new project from Aedas Architects, no information is public yet, but images is out. :)

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v188/cityx/Architecture/RandFInternationalPlaza1.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v188/cityx/Architecture/RandFInternationalPlaza4.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v188/cityx/Architecture/RandFInternationalPlaza3.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v188/cityx/Architecture/RandFInternationalPlaza2.jpg

Þróndeimr

May 20th, 2005, 09:41 PM

Asian Village/ 北京亚洲村
Beijing - China

A residential complex in the Asian Village in Beijing. The project contains area with commercial development, residential development, cultural development and retail developments. This complex of residential buildings is located in the residential area and will become 250m tall.
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北京亚洲村地处北京市交通三环线及二环线之间，地理位置优越，交通十分便利。3＃地块内兴建开发“亚洲村居住小区”，4＃地块内开发以金融、商业、办公、酒店、公寓为主的公共服务设施，旨在建设一个独步北京城西南片区、具有当今世界最先进的智能化环保型高尚多功能综合社区。
本方案设计因地制宜，在3＃地块上将商住式高层建筑群以相对封闭的周边围合式布置；在4＃地偏长地带上公建建筑群呈一字形铺开，如此从形态上构成了“城中之城”的总体规划意向。同时整个用地建筑南北方向呈三排布置，建筑单体前后左右错开，形体作45°斜面转折，充分利用了塔楼之间的空隙，缩短了日照间距，赢得了最大的土地开发价值。
规划上通过中轴线延伸至广外大街边形成长达250m，气势宏伟、空间灵透的中轴景观线，并在3＃、4＃地之间架设过街天桥系统以及公共建筑群南大门处大型城市广场的处理，使亚洲村有一个统一对外的主要出入口及整合的“大村落”形象。

http://www.huayidesign.com/files/design/pic/FZ045_0046.jpg

kazpmk

May 29th, 2005, 02:55 PM

Is there anyone that knows the status of the China WTC?? Still no construction??

Did CCTV Headquarters begin construction yet??

Þróndeimr

May 29th, 2005, 03:18 PM

Is there anyone that knows the status of the China WTC?? Still no construction??

Did CCTV Headquarters begin construction yet??

Construction of China WTC is delayted and is not uder construction, but CCTV Headquarters is under construction, though its still in a early stage yet.

hkskyline

June 12th, 2005, 05:26 AM

South China Morning Post
May 18, 2005
Shifting into high gear
Clifford Coonan

Beijing's residential property market is soaring as people queue up to buy houses and apartments in the Chinese capital.

It's still the early days, but buying in Beijing already has become a question of balancing risk and reward. But analysts say the outlook for the capital's real estate market is positive, and plenty of opportunity remains.

Consider the case of one buyer who works for a foreign NGO. This person made a down-payment on a property at the luxurious Central Park development, and within the week had been offered a 15 per cent premium on the price. Not a bad return.

The flip side is that buying a property in Beijing isn't as simple as choosing the one you like and making an offer somewhat below the listed price. Investors are lining up to buy, and many properties will be sold out by the time you arrive at the location - never mind viewing the property or making an offer. If you want to buy, be ready to pay a bit more than the listed price. Those who have done so, and those trying to do so, clearly believe it's worth it.

"The reward of buying residential real estate in Beijing is that you have a property in the capital of the world's most populous country. The prospects are bright and there is always demand for quality projects," said Anna Kalifa, senior manager of research at Jones Lang LaSalle in Beijing.

Shanghai is never far from the lips of investors and developers in Beijing. Fears of a bubble in booming Shanghai have people urging caution in the capital. But Janet Au, a consultant at Debenham Tie Leung, says the combination of strong economic growth and development in the capital ahead of the 2008 Olympic Games makes for a positive outlook for Beijing's real estate market.

"If there is a crash, it's not going to happen until 2008. We see a strong demand in the residential market," said Ms Au.

Beijing's property market has suffered from shocks in the past, such as the Asian financial crisis, the global economic slowdown and Sars, which has meant there has never been sufficient momentum to shift the market into overdrive, analysts say.

"Now there's lots of good news - the Olympics, China as the factory of the world - the spotlight is on China. It's an exciting time to be here and it's only going to get more and more exciting," said Kelly Morris, of FPD Savills in Beijing.

With the stock markets in the doldrums, there are few enough investment options at the moment. "Property is one of those investments that always seems good. As the saying goes, God ain't making any more of it," said Morris.

While the property markets in Shanghai, Shenzhen and Guangdong are still far ahead in terms of services, property management and construction and design, the quality in Beijing is improving as investors become savvier.

In addition, there is a spillover effect from Shanghai, where many developers and investors feel they missed out on the property boom, Morris said. "Beijing is a second chance for many people to get in on the China opportunity."

Going forward, the key to the future health of the Beijing property market is whether the market for second-hand residential property evolves. The consensus is that it will.

"The second-hand market for villas is nascent but there. It's not there for apartments yet. But then a year ago it wasn't really there for villas either and now villas are being listed for rent," said Ms Kalifa.

Ms Au says the market for existing properties has been slow to develop because people still prefer to buy new. "It's happening slowly but it will happen, especially when apartment prices rise so high that people will have to look at the second-hand market," she said.

FPD Savills' Morris said the second-hand market eventually will flourish because a great deal of pent-up local demand remains.

"It's hard to forecast how quickly the secondary market in Beijing will develop. Beijing is always a couple of years behind Shanghai, it's always a bit more subdued, and the government is always a bit more controlling. But I do see a growing secondary market, and I see a speculative market growing like in Shanghai and Guangdong," said Morris.

Also encouraging the development of the market is the fact that big international players like Hong Kong Land and Henderson are coming to Beijing, as well as US firms like Hines.

"In the last two or three months I've met 13 or 14 big, significant institutional investors who are coming to Beijing with serious intention. It's unheard of. They are finding out about the mechanics of the market and the yield expectations. They are saying we have to be in China," said Morris.

The investment funds are looking for medium-to-long term holds, said Morris.

"To buy and hold, that's exciting. That will drive up prices and it creates a bit of drive in the market," said Morris.

Also making big waves in the Beijing property market are buyers from other parts of China, Hong Kong, and Taiwan, as well as overseas Chinese. Many Chinese feel they need to have a home in the capital, said Ms Au.

"Local buyers are less than 50 per cent of the total. They could even be 20 per cent or 30 per cent," she said.

Buy low, sell high

While the Beijing property market is still less mature than Shanghai's, prices at the upper end of the market have risen by about 15 per cent over the past year, according to some estimates.

Grade A apartments in Beijing sold for about HK$ 17,484 (US$ 2,242) per square metre in the first quarter of this year, while the average Grade A villa sold for HK$ 16,011 (US$ 2,053) per square metre.

However, the overall figures mask vast differences in prices and appreciation rates for properties in different locations and of differing qualities.

Prices rose much more steeply, for example, in the central business district and the coveted Chaoyang Park area, where many foreigners and affluent Chinese live and where most foreign investors would consider buying. Properties in these areas now sell for about HK$ 16,011 (US$ 2,053) per square metre - the same as a Grade A villa - up from an opening price of about HK$ 12,244 (US$ 1,570) per square metre.

Meanwhile, prices for Grade B apartments rose 6.7 per cent during the first quarter of this year to about HK$ 12,961 (US$ 1,662) per square metre, according to FPD Savills' research.

Seb

June 17th, 2005, 01:08 PM

Some interesting news. According to the original plans construction of the China World Tower 3 is supposed to be completed this year.

http://english.peopledaily.com.cn/

330-metre-high skyscraper breaks ground in Beijing

The third-phase project of China World Trade Centre officially kicked off around ten o'clock on June 16.

Equivalent to the floorage sum of the first-phase and second-phase projects of China World Trade Centre, the third-phase project covers a total area of 540,000 sq. m. With a total investment of more than 4 billion yuan, the third-phase project, including various facilities such as five-star hotels, A-class offices, international shopping malls and cinemas, will form a 1.1-million-sq. m. architectural complex along with the first-phase and second-phase projects.

With a height of 330 metres, the 74-storey skyscraper, storeys below 56th floor designed as offices and those above 56th floor for super five-star hotels, will become Beijing's summit upon completion.

Huang chuanshi, a designer with the third-phase project and an architect with Incorporation of Iron and Steel Industry, Beijing, noted that every 15 storeys in the super-high building needs a fire emergency platform according to relevant regulations. Therefore four to five such fire emergency platforms will be built in the third-phase project.

"Considering the fact that Beijing is located in cold region, wind speed's influence and requirement from heat preservation, we will make the fire emergency platforms close-ended this time. Once fire breaks out, the close-ended platform can keep the smog out. Meanwhile, the air-supply facilities inside can provide people who take refuge with adequate air. Therefore they can stay there and wait for help," added Huang.

By People's Daily Online

Danish_guy

August 26th, 2005, 04:33 PM

what a future beijing has. looks like they will get prepared for the olympic games in 2008.

www.sercan.de

September 8th, 2005, 12:54 PM

any u/c pics of the Olympic stadium?

Þróndeimr

September 16th, 2005, 11:39 PM

any u/c pics of the Olympic stadium?

I don't have any, actually i have not seen any construction photos, but i hope someone will find any soon.

www.sercan.de

September 17th, 2005, 02:35 PM

Scale model I (http://www.sixseven.org/beijing/galven/City%20Planning%20-%20Main%20Olympic%20Stadium%20CLoseup.JPG)

Scale model II (http://www.sixseven.org/beijing/galven/City%20Planning%20-%20Main%20Olympic%20Stadium.JPG)

www.sercan.de

October 4th, 2005, 11:29 AM

any
u/c pics
new renderings
plans
vs
available?

Þróndeimr

October 4th, 2005, 11:57 AM

any
u/c pics
new renderings
plans
vs
available?

A lot of information and renderings under these, sadly not any u/c pics though.

Proposal 1 (http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showpost.php?p=3321587&postcount=114)
Proposal 2 (http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showpost.php?p=3321618&postcount=115)
Proposal 3 (http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showpost.php?p=3321656&postcount=116)
Proposal 4 (http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showpost.php?p=3321692&postcount=117)
Proposal 5 (http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showpost.php?p=3321703&postcount=118)
Proposal 6 (http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showpost.php?p=3321718&postcount=119)
Proposal 7 (http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showpost.php?p=3321739&postcount=120)
Proposal 8 (http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showpost.php?p=3321758&postcount=121)
Proposal 9 (http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showpost.php?p=3321774&postcount=122)
Proposal 10 (http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showpost.php?p=3321794&postcount=123)
Proposal 11 (http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showpost.php?p=3321810&postcount=124)
Proposal 12 (http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showpost.php?p=3321838&postcount=125)
Proposal 13 (Winning design) (http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showpost.php?p=3321844&postcount=126)

www.sercan.de

October 4th, 2005, 12:07 PM

thank you

but i know them :(

Þróndeimr

October 4th, 2005, 03:19 PM

^ Well, thats everything that exist so far. :)

Þróndeimr

October 4th, 2005, 03:21 PM

Vantone Centre
Chaoyang District - Beijing

Developer: Beijing Vantone World Real Estate Co., Ltd.
Address: N0.6, Guandongdian Chaowai Dajie,Chaoyang District, Beijing.
Project address: N0.6, Guandongdian, Chaowai Dajie (T-Shaped crossroad, where the Chaowai Dajie and Guandongdian South St. meet)

"Vantone Center" is the "business building for headquarters" in the core area of CBD built up on demands of the big-size international enterprises and domestic corporation groups. It is the first A--Level office building project focusing on the demands of group customers and the customers who need a whole floor of the office buildings. It has the following characteristics: 1.Four independent buildings, with floor areas ranging from 16 thousand to 34 thousand sq.meters; 2.Small standard floor area; 3. Naming right of independent buildings; 4.Customized services for products, finance and property imanagement; 5.independent reception hall, elevator hall, security monitoring and cleaning services.

http://www.bjcbd.gov.cn/images/news/-1065015504.jpg

www.sercan.de

October 5th, 2005, 02:32 PM

^ Well, thats everything that exist so far. :)
NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO

:D

look what i found :D

http://www.imaginechina.com/ic/imgs/2003/0326/p005399_21.jpg

Jiangjieshi

October 24th, 2005, 02:59 AM

it is 550,000 sq meters for the single complex building area (some source also say its 680,000. I don't know the exact difference. Anyhow its 550,000 sqm at least).

I found that the current world largest mall West Edmonton Mall in canada is 493,000 sq. metres.

And the "mall of america" in MN, USA's largest is gross building area - 4.2 million square feet =~ 390,000 sq meters

http://forum.xinhuanet.com/transfile?id=004CDC79.002C

This construction is divided into 2 periods.The first period of construction already finished in 2004.It's 550,000 square meters.And the second period of construction will include the other 130,000 square meters.So it is totally 680,000 square meters.

The first period of construction has been aready the largest shopping mall in the world.Nowadays,the second largest shopping mall in the world is in Toronto.

Þróndeimr

January 2nd, 2006, 02:26 PM

Oriental Media Center
N0. 4 Guanghua street, Chaoyang district - Beijing

Oriental Media Center is a complex of four building situated close to the CCTV Headquarters in Beijing CBD. The constriction started in 2006, and Building A will be completed in 2006, while Building B,C and D will be completed in 2007. Orenital Media Center is designed by the architect Great Earth Architects & Engineers International and will gather various media firms such as international and domestic radio broadcasting, television, movies, news reporting, recording, publishing, advertising, fashions, entertainment, art performance, issuing, fabrications and transmission, etc.

Heights/ floors/ Gross Floor area:
Building A : 92.92m/ 29 floors/ 36828 ㎡
Building B : 31.6m/ 5 floors/ 25291 ㎡
Building C : 109.42m/ 33 floors/ 44636 ㎡
Building D : 33.6m/ 9 floors/ 13096 ㎡

Planned Used Land Area: 16225.1㎡
Overall Construction Area: 119851㎡
Ground Construction Area: 86806㎡
Underground Construction Area: 33125㎡

http://img317.imageshack.us/img317/3614/800217uu.jpg

http://officeimg.focus.cn/upload/photos/80021/1QeI90wZ.jpg

http://officeimg.focus.cn/upload/photos/80021/hxCXrNWt.jpg

http://officeimg.focus.cn/upload/photos/80021/NLi53he3.jpg

http://www.mediaclub.cn/i_imag/map1.jpg

Þróndeimr

January 2nd, 2006, 02:56 PM

Blue Chinese International Building
Chaoyang District - Beijing

Blue Chinese International Building is a 24 story tall office building with a gross floor area on 52 380㎡. The building started construction in the 3rd quarter of 2005 and is expected to be completed in 2007. The developer of the project is Beijing construction work real estate

http://officeimg.focus.cn/upload/pic_effect/80167.jpg

Þróndeimr

January 2nd, 2006, 03:06 PM

Fine Industry Building
Liu village - Beijing

This 17 story tall office building started construction in june 2002 and will be completed in october 2006.

http://officeimg.focus.cn/upload/pic_effect/80799.jpg

http://officeimg.focus.cn/upload/photos/80799/frHlG510.jpg

Þróndeimr

January 2nd, 2006, 03:13 PM

Chinese Foreign Language Building
West Haidian District/ Zhongguan Village - Beijing

Chinese Foreign Language Building is a 12 story tall office building with a gross floor area on 71 943㎡. Construction has started and the building will be completed in January 2006. The developer of the project is Beijing foreign language paper publication company.

http://officeimg.focus.cn/upload/pic_effect/81397.jpg

Þróndeimr

January 2nd, 2006, 03:41 PM

<<Unknown Building>>
Haidian District Zhongguan Village Dazhong Temple 13 - Beijing

A 13 story tall office and retail building in Beijing. The building have a gross floor area on 60 696㎡ and will be completed in 2006.

http://officeimg.focus.cn/upload/pic_effect/80213.jpg

http://officeimg.focus.cn/upload/photos/80213/AJW8A5Fd.jpg

Þróndeimr

January 2nd, 2006, 03:50 PM

New Poly Plaza
No. 14 Dongzhimen Nandajie, Dongcheng District - Beijing

Homepage: http://www.newpolyplaza.com.cn/
Video: WMP file (1.1MB) (http://www.newpolyplaza.com.cn/new/sp/01.wmv)

A 98m/ 23 story tall office building in Beijing CBD. Construction started in 2003 and is expected to be completed in 2006. New Poly Plaza has the world’s largest flexible cable glass curtain wall, China’s only vertical brises-soleils of cavernous stone, and Beijing’s highest skyscraping atrium. It is regarded as a masterpiece in the world. In terms of internal functions, the plaza is up to the world’s advanced level as an office building. The building have a gross floor area on 103 308m^2.

http://img317.imageshack.us/img317/8350/bl221mu.jpg

http://officeimg.focus.cn/upload/photos/80306/GwSwlo6Q.jpg

_____
Construction update (december 2005):
http://img317.imageshack.us/img317/7342/btyekww21ga.jpg

Þróndeimr

January 2nd, 2006, 03:57 PM

<< Chaoyang District unknwon building >>
Chaoyang District Hui Xinli

This 22 story tower is situated in Beijing CBD and is currently under construction. The building have a gross floor are on 47 000㎡ and will be completed in 2006.

http://officeimg.focus.cn/upload/pic_effect/80166.jpg

http://officeimg.focus.cn/upload/photos/80166/zvDGx9t7.jpg

teddybear

January 7th, 2006, 07:20 AM

impressive projects!! I am looking for a project/proposal in Beijing by Zaha Hadid... Anybody has the rendering and also the status of this futuristic project, please post? Thanks!

zergcerebrates

January 9th, 2006, 07:31 AM

SO many buildings in time for the Olympics

Þróndeimr

January 10th, 2006, 08:07 PM

Chang'an Xing Rong Center
Chang'an Street - Beijing

Architect: GENSLER Architecture, Design & Planning

Chang'an Xing Rong Center is a 13 story tall office building situated in Chang'an Street in Beijing. The building is designed with two large entrances to the core of the building which is a open space park with restaurants and stores. The entrances is 36m tall and 26m wide, and the building has 6 elevatores.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v646/cityq/Projects%20and%20developments/ChanganXingRongCenter7small.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v646/cityq/Projects%20and%20developments/ChanganXingRongCenter12small.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v646/cityq/Projects%20and%20developments/ChanganXingRongCenter13small.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v646/cityq/Projects%20and%20developments/ChanganXingRongCenter8small.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v646/cityq/Projects%20and%20developments/ChanganXingRongCenter6small.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v646/cityq/Projects%20and%20developments/ChanganXingRongCenter11small.jpg

LordMarshall

February 1st, 2006, 07:53 AM

great projects.

last week the Discovery channel had China week and they showed Beijings new look. they showed some of the new projects and visited the sites and it looks amazing. i cant wait for it all to be finished.

:)

ncon

February 5th, 2006, 01:39 PM

can someone give me the links to these projects:

Grand theather Beijing

Bird Nest Olympic Stadium (another olympic stadium)

Beijing International Airport (which finish 2008)

Beijing National Library

thanks!

Joel que

February 13th, 2006, 06:08 AM

from wenweipao.
SinTongan shopping mall,built by LeeKaSheng of HK.undergoes face lift.
the interior will be "rebuilt" by Arton Porter of US and AGC of HK.
several new brand been added to mall such as Swtch,I.T.morgan and Benetton.

CULWULLA

March 1st, 2006, 12:24 AM

ANY CONSTRUCTION UPDATES?
HOW IS WTC GOING?

PhoebeCNZ

March 30th, 2006, 08:55 AM

HI...
new to the forum, just saying hi.
I will try to be a helpful addition to the people on this board and can give any advice yall might need about living in Beijing.. Ive been doing it for 5 years now!

http://i27.photobucket.com/albums/c159/the-storm/mee.jpg

Þróndeimr

April 1st, 2006, 12:14 PM

ANY CONSTRUCTION UPDATES?
HOW IS WTC GOING?

Sorry Culwulla, no pics no info. :(

Þróndeimr

April 1st, 2006, 12:23 PM

R&F City
CBD (Central busniess district) - Beijing

Client: Guangzhou R and F Properties
Project: R and F City
Location: Beijing, PRC
G.F.A.: 1,550,000m2
Site Area: 490,000m2
Completion Year: 2007

Aedas has won first prize on the Master Planning and Architectural Design Competition for this project. The Company has subsequently appointed to execute the award winning scheme.

This mixed-use development is located on a 49 hectares site near the new CBD of Beijing. The Master Plan incorporated a comprehensive range of development broken several phases, which consisted of 150,000m2 office, 1,000,000m2 residential, 70,000m2 hotel and 95,000m2 retail area. Aedas is the Design Architect upon the residential, office and retail areas.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v646/cityq/Projects%20and%20developments/RFOffice.jpg

hoangduong

April 12th, 2006, 06:21 AM

Cool designs ;)

I like Bac Kinh

hkskyline

April 22nd, 2006, 04:44 AM

Paliburg thinks big for tallest tower in Beijing
19 April 2006
South China Morning Post

Paliburg Holdings plans to build the tallest skyscraper in Beijing as part of the once-troubled developer's ambitious plan to seek new earnings growth on the mainland.

The company, controlled by Lo Yuk-sui, will scrap approved plans for a 200-metre twin-tower residential-hotel-office complex in the Chaoyang district, and will instead embark on a 300-metre, 80-storey single tower that will contain the same components.

Total investment for the project will rise to more than $5 billion from an original budget of about $4 billion. Paliburg, which jointly owns a 59 per cent stake of the project with its hotel arm Regal Hotels International Holdings, will be responsible for extra investments in proportion with its mainland partners. The funds will come from internal resources.

"This will be the flagship development for our expansion into China," Mr Lo said while announcing the group's annual results. "We don't have the opportunity of building such a mega project in Hong Kong."

Under its revised plan, the project would comprise about two million square feet of hotel and office space, about 1.26 million sqft of commercial space and 750,000 sqft of residential space, he said.

He said the project would be completed by 2009 at the earliest.

However, Paliburg has not yet gained regulatory approval for its new plan, and has only secured 65 per cent, or 280,833 square metres, of the land rights for the site.

Meanwhile, the firm put its Macau hotel project on the backburner amid the surge in new hotel supply in the enclave and increasing construction costs, Mr Lo said.

"We are cautious about the prospects for the proposed development because there are so many new hotels to be completed in the years to come. Unlike other operators, we don't have any casinos in the project to subsidise the hotel operations," he said.

Last year, Regal pulled out of a partnership arrangement with Las Vegas-based Venetian Group to go it alone on the proposed 3.4 million square foot hotel project, which was still awaiting land approval.

Mr Lo said business at Paliburg, which ran into hefty debts after the Asian financial crisis, had got back on track.

The firm posted net profit of $517.5 million, or earnings per share of 7.18 cents, for last year, against a net loss of $31.3 million in the previous year. Its growth was mainly attributed to a $91.8 million non-core income and a $63 million provision write-back. A final dividend of 0.2 cent was declared.

Þróndeimr

April 22nd, 2006, 11:12 AM

^ Great news, i hope we see some renders and more info from that tower soon.

Þróndeimr

April 22nd, 2006, 11:15 AM

Some construction updates:

CCTV Headquarters
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v646/cityq/Projects%20and%20developments/CCTVHeadquarters2.jpg

http://i3.tinypic.com/vqqubk.jpg

http://i3.tinypic.com/vpyejl.jpg

Photos taken by Tom_Green in april 2006.

China World Trade Center
http://www.som.com/resources/projects/2/3/0/north_2418.jpg

http://i3.tinypic.com/vqqr88.jpg

http://i3.tinypic.com/vqqro0.jpg

http://i3.tinypic.com/vqqs1k.jpg

Photos taken by Tom_Green in april 2006.

Beijing YinTai Centre
http://www.portmanusa.com/mixed_use/imgs/silvertie_01.jpg

http://i3.tinypic.com/vqn0he.jpg

http://i3.tinypic.com/vqnl0w.jpg

http://i3.tinypic.com/vqnlap.jpg

http://i3.tinypic.com/vqnpcg.jpg

http://i3.tinypic.com/vqnpty.jpg

http://i3.tinypic.com/vqnrmc.jpg

http://i3.tinypic.com/vqnses.jpg

http://i3.tinypic.com/vqnt6w.jpg

Photos taken by Tom_Green in april 2006.

Þróndeimr

April 22nd, 2006, 11:20 AM

Beijing Wanda Plaza
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v188/cityx/Architecture/EastCityChangan1.jpg

http://i3.tinypic.com/vpwww0.jpg

http://i3.tinypic.com/vpwx9l.jpg

yomaz

May 2nd, 2006, 07:58 PM

xiaoluis

June 4th, 2006, 01:03 AM

OMG!

Grygry

June 5th, 2006, 10:28 PM

My name is Andrew Simmons and I was the Senior Designer at John Portman & Associates responsible for Yin Tai, Beijing Pallace, Jian Guo and others...as far as I know, Yin Tai is the only project moving forward. I left Portman two years ago to start my own firm www.yomaz.com
Cool!
Welcome, and do not hesitate to post your projects !

I like the design of the YinTai centre, especially the fact that - although the top of the building is within a somewhat complex structure - it remains simple in term of global shape and conceptually. Good job!!! ;)

muchbetter

June 6th, 2006, 04:28 AM

muchbetter

June 6th, 2006, 04:30 AM

Cool!
Welcome, and do not hesitate to post your projects !

I like the design of the YinTai centre, especially the fact that - although the top of the building is within a somewhat complex structure - it remains simple in term of global shape and conceptually. Good job!!! ;)

I agree with you. Grygry , you are always welcome to be in Chinese forum and discuss topics we all are interested in.

Kees

June 6th, 2006, 10:18 PM

Cost: 100 million USD. (foerign investment)
Construction: 2004-2007.
http://image2.sina.com.cn/dy/c/2003-10-16/1_1-1-21-361_200310164136.jpg

from the famous website "Holland in China (http://www.hollandinchina.org/nl/algemeen/nieuws.htm)"

http://www.hollandinchina.org/nl/algemeen/ross2.JPG

Start bouw 208 meter hoog reuzenrad in Peking

small picture, big wheel from Iv-Groep (http://www.iv-groep.nl/nl/common/nl_nws_detail_grp.asp?newsId=144)

http://www.iv-groep.nl/c_images/beijing_eye.jpg

Jim856796

June 7th, 2006, 03:03 AM

It looks like the CCTV Headquarters may not be ready in time for the 2008 Summer Olympics.

loyola

June 17th, 2006, 10:45 AM

http://www.beijingifc.com/english/neiye.html

Abot this "revelation":

?? The buildings on Chang An Avenue far exceed the meanings conveyed by the architecture. These buildings are cultural, historic and spiritual symbols of different ages. ??? The International Financial Center not only shows aesthetics of architecture, but also carries on symbolic representation of the nation's highest image associated with the No.1 road in China-- merely standing there is a gesture beyond expectation. ??? As a new starting point of China's reform and opening to the world, the Beijing CBD is a signal of China's acceptance of the evaluation and embrace from the world. Fortune 500 and multinational corporations flow in keenly with absolute confidence in China. The eye-shaped sculptures at the top of the International Financial Center represent China overlooking the world and the world focusing its attention on China. ??? This is the revelation from the design of the International Financial Center and tallies with the commercial symbol of an international giant. ??Ten architecture details showing gesture of a Giant ?1. Design concept ? looking at the world on the shoulder of a Giant ?2. Extensive area width ? covering 280 meters of Chang An Avenue ? an unprecedented group of office buildings ?3. High ceiling in lobby: lordly and outstanding space ?4. Conference centers: conducive to international business affairs and pageants ?5. Platform built on stilts: free juncture, convenient for work ?6. Three-dimensional curtain wall: unique vision focus and design of name cards of enterprises ?7. Commercial aisle: connecting transportation network underground, extremely convenient access to major city arteries ?8. Symmetrical layout: tailed precisely to build top-level commercial working space ?9. Empty-raising double deck: top floor working space, buy one floor and get two floors ?10. Bank exchequer: special layout for financial services ??? The east and west sides of the buildings of the International Financial Center are 280 meters in width. Its image and disposition provide a fresh look among the densely distributed buildings on Chang An Avenue. To any tenant, embracing 280 meters of Chang An Avenue appropriately shows the exalted image for a world-class enterprise with additional glory.

loyola

July 7th, 2006, 04:51 AM

http://www.bjworldcenter.com.cn/

besides CCTV, to the north

http://www.bjworldcenter.com.cn/he-111.jpg

oh glory glory

http://www.anhigh.com/upfile/news/admin060623151738.jpg

Ohno

July 10th, 2006, 05:20 PM

http://news.xinhuanet.com/house/2006-06/25/xinsrc_072060325125114057979.jpg
Source: The Beijing Youth
今后本市的四合院改造，再也不能随意更改结构和比例。记者昨天从北京第一部四合院建筑要素图集———《北京四合院建筑要素图》首发式上获悉，它以北京明清以来建造的传统民居四合院为准，将为今后本市四合院改造，恢复原汁原味的京味民居设计提供依据。今后，本市四合院改造，全部按照这一标准要素图实施。

“尽管设计师们在学校都学习过四合院的设计，但是由于实践经验少，因此，往往出现比例失调或错误的设计”，据北京规划学会负责人赵知敬介绍，现在不少街面上的商业门脸都采用了垂花门，实际上北京四合院的垂花门应该是二道门。再如曾经整治过的南长街上的山墙，也与传统的山墙大相径庭。还有一些院落房间的开间和高度的比例失调。“之所以出现这些错误，一则是设计师对四合院文化的缺乏，二则，不少四合院改造干脆没有设计师，而是直接交给了施工队的工匠擅自处理，而目前北京真正懂得四合院结构的老工匠也越来越少。”按照本市相关规定，今后，凡四合院改造工程，全部要经由市规划委审批方案后进行，而所有的方案都要严格套用这一要素标准。

北京四合院有着悠久的历史，作为中国传统居住建筑的典范，它的雏形产生于商周时期，元代时作为主要居住建筑大规模出现在北京，明清两朝得到长足发展。它们展示着北京人传统的民间风俗，具有浓郁的民族风格和地方特色。四合院有优于其他任何形式的居住环境，它有宽阔疏朗、起居方便的中心院落，有高度私密性和亲合性，非常适合独家居住。四合院的建筑构造和工艺技术，反映出北京民居建筑技术所达到的最高水平。

《北京四合院建筑要素图》所涉及的院落规模及户型，是从成百上千种四合院中选择出来的有集中代表性的户型。北京四合院高、中、低等级变化极大，院落规模、户型千变万化，无一相同，设计者及业主在选择建筑要素时，可以根据院落、户型等级、规模，选择适用的要素，进行合理搭配，协调实施。传统四合院建筑要素图集，涉及内容为以木结构为主体的北京传统四合院的基本要素，从院落规模、平面布置、建筑结构、空间关系、尺度比例、构造做法等，均以北京明清（含民国）以来建造的传统民居四合院为准，不涉及现行的建筑设计规范所规定的各项指标。

北京城市总体规划中确定的整体保护历史文化名城，其内涵包括街巷胡同四合院的保护。这一要素图集的出版，将为北京旧城整体保护提供重要的依据。

Ohno

July 18th, 2006, 01:25 AM

百度也进行自己的“百度大厦”方案公示（多图）
CNET科技资讯网
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近日，在“百度世界”官方网站里，百度总部大厦设计方案的投票吸引了众多关心百度的网民关注。从目前情况看，1号方案以超过半数票选领先。

今年1月份百度签得北京海淀区上地科技园区最后一块空地使用权，宣布将修建“百度大厦”作为百度未来的总部。这次百度面向社会征集设计方案，并借助“百度世界”大会将初步遴选出来的5个百度大厦设计方案设计图放在网上进行公投。据百度公司称公司在选择最终百度大厦设计方案时，也将网民的投票结果纳入考虑之中。

据悉在百度世界大会将于7月13日在北京举行，约有超过两千受邀嘉宾出席，届时现场还将有百度大厦的设计模型展示。该大厦落成预计会在2008年。

方案1：
http://baiduworld.baidu.com/img/plaza/p1d.jpg

方案2：
http://baiduworld.baidu.com/img/plaza/p2d.jpg

方案3：
http://baiduworld.baidu.com/img/plaza/p3d.jpg

方案4：

http://baiduworld.baidu.com/img/plaza/p4d.jpg
方案5：
http://baiduworld.baidu.com/img/plaza/p5d.jpg

loyola

July 31st, 2006, 03:48 AM

http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2006-07/31/content_653074.htm

Beijing to build second international airport

With extension work already underway at the Capital International Airport, plans have been unveiled for a second airport for Beijing.
The new airport will be built after the 2008 Olympics, said a civil aviation administration official.

The National Development and Reform Commission (NDRC) recently called for authorities to speed up their consultations on where the new airport will be.

Hong Shanyuan, an official with the airport department of the General Administration of Civil Aviation (CAAC) said it could be built in Hebei Province or to the south of the city.

"The site of the airport will be chosen from either the city of Langfang, in Hebei Province or at the Nanyuan Airport to the south of Beijing," said Hong. He told China Daily that authorities have only got as far as looking for a site.

........

loyola

August 10th, 2006, 07:11 AM

http://www.bjcbd.com.cn/images/news/-688286896.jpg

http://www.bjcbd.com.cn/newscenter/cbddynamic/cbddynamic6883.htm

loyola

August 10th, 2006, 07:13 AM

http://www.bjcbd.com.cn/newscenter/cbddynamic/cbddynamic6912.htm

http://www.bjcbd.com.cn/images/news/-255490568.jpg

http://www.bjcbd.com.cn/images/news/-253554978.jpg

loyola

August 16th, 2006, 06:07 AM

http://www.cbdoffice.com.cn/cbd/image/CBDlook3.jpg

loyola

August 16th, 2006, 06:20 AM

CBD Underground

http://www.wuhancars.com/_bentoo/img/newsimg/20060108/97934bd319bc4f47a3f03bd624e2d50f.jpg

BJ International Financial Center

http://www.beijingoffice.com.cn/fczy/dongchengcs/image/caiyuan.jpg

Ferris Wheel

http://pic.66wz.com/0/00/06/62/66253_998873.jpg

HKI Proposed

http://www.hki.com.cn/hkitest/newsimg/85-1.jpg

Ithaqua

August 24th, 2006, 12:01 AM

loyola

September 3rd, 2006, 11:40 AM

http://images.qianlong.com/mmsource/image/2003-7-24/bjcj030724001.JPG

http://images.qianlong.com/mmsource/image/2003-7-24/bjcj03072400qinghua.JPG

http://images.qianlong.com/mmsource/image/2003-7-24/bjcj03072400som.JPG

Sainz001

September 25th, 2006, 03:33 AM

Can anyone tell me in which part of Beijing is the National Concert Hall.
Thanks ;)

SimFox

September 27th, 2006, 03:27 AM

Sainz001: do you mean grand national theater? the EGG? If so then it is right in the middle of the city - next to Tian An Men Square.

Ohno

December 11th, 2006, 04:17 AM

Another luxurious, ultramodern shopping center opens in Beijing next weekend, but what sets CBD’s The Place apart from the rest is its ‘sky screen,’ a 250-30m television-like screen that runs the length of its main walkway’s ceiling. Designed by Hollywood stage designer Jeremy Railton, the screen is the biggest and only the second of its kind in the world. It took the designer ten years to complete Beijing’s sky screen and affectionately calls it “The Great Screen of China.” The other sky screen can be found in Las Vegas, USA. “I worked for weeks trying to come up with an idea thas more impressive than the street itself,” he said.Railton has been working in Hollywood since the 70s. Over the course of his career, he has received four Emmy awards for designing The 57th Academy Awards, the Opening and Closing Ceremonies of the 1984 Summer Olympic Games in Los Angeles and the 2002 Winter Olympic Games in Salt Lake City. He also did the stage design for the recent Barbra Streisand tour and the new Cher Show in Las Vegas that is replacing Celine Dion’s.Railton hopes that when the Olympic Games comes to Beijing in 2008, his latest creation will become one of the major tourist attractions. The public can see the sky screen beginning December 15, when The Place opens to the public.
Source: Beijing Today

Ohno

December 11th, 2006, 05:17 PM

千龙财富北京12月6日讯（记者阿良）昨天傍晚，但凡路过北京CBD世贸天阶购物中心的人们，都会抬头向上看且驻足留连：一块长250米、宽30米的LED屏幕从天而降悬于头顶上方，音响、画面和灯光都显得气势夺人。这就是总造价超过2.5亿元人民币、综合性能世界第一的“梦幻天幕”。

http://www.caiq.net/bbs/upload/attachment/28_2_ffcb0f6c487c847.jpg
　位于北京CBD中心地区的“梦幻天幕”总面积7500平方米，比一整座足球场还要大。投资方北京奥中集团相关负责人介绍说，“梦幻天幕”是世界上最先进的高新媒体之一，具有清晰稳定的画面特质、48路输入96道输出的强大环绕扩声和震撼的三维声像效果，总造价超过2.5亿元人民币。目前，只有赌城拉斯维加斯天幕可与相比。

http://www.caiq.net/bbs/upload/attachment/28_2_653dda1c2ed778b.jpg
而在天幕下，是一条充满时尚、娱乐氛围的商业街区。创新的内街式商业、封闭形商业与开放式街区广场相互结合，成就了8万平方米的高档商业空间，一流品牌的旗舰店、尖端产品的展示店、高品位的餐饮、顶级的SPA养生馆和精品超市将陆续落户这里，到明年5月间成为成熟的时尚消费社区。

http://www.caiq.net/bbs/upload/attachment/28_2_7169d14dcee8679.jpg

http://www.caiq.net/bbs/upload/attachment/28_2_208ff255a32de4a.jpg
“梦幻天幕将成为一座吸引人潮的世界级奇观，也将为北京CBD和世贸天阶购物中心带来极高的人气与丰富的客流。”“梦幻天幕”设计者、曾获奥斯卡奖及四次艾美奖的好莱坞舞台大师Jeremy Railton说，北京需要类似这样的文化商业高度结合的新形态。

据悉，被称为“世界级奇观”的“梦幻天幕”将在每天夜里开启，并允许人们自由出入广场欣赏。
http://www.caiq.net/bbs/upload/attachment/28_2_4b50a2ed23d0209.jpg

duskdawn

December 12th, 2006, 09:37 PM

^^ That is awesome. What do they play? Only commercials?

y3miii

December 13th, 2006, 12:03 AM

^^ where is it located at? I want to go there.

Ohno

December 13th, 2006, 02:47 AM

Dabeiyao, Chaoyang district. You easily arrive at this area crossing Chang'an street. I am excited back to Beijing in Chinese New Year. I will buy many pretty clothes in the shopping mall. :banana:

ALKUN

February 21st, 2007, 12:47 AM

WOW!!!:nocrook:
INCREDIBLE DESIGN.
THE TOP OF THE STADIUM LOOKS LIKE A UFO :)
IT'S REALLY COOL:banana:
http://www.bjghw.gov.cn/forNationalStadium/b12/xiaoguo/001.jpg

http://www.bjghw.gov.cn/forNationalStadium/b12/xiaoguo/003.jpg
DOES NOT LOOK LIKE A UFO????:nuts:
http://www.bjghw.gov.cn/forNationalStadium/b12/moxing/B12003.jpg

Andrew

February 22nd, 2007, 04:02 PM

That stadium is not being built. It was one of the competing designs for the main stadium for the Olympics, however that design was not the one that was selected to be built. This is what is actually being built:

http://www.hughpearman.com/illustrations5/herzogbeijingstadium2a.jpg

http://www.hughpearman.com/illustrations5/herzogbeijingstadium1a.jpg

http://www.bjghw.gov.cn/forNationalStadium/b11/xiaoguo/301.jpg

All the competition entries can be found on this page:
http://www.bjghw.gov.cn/forNationalStadium/indexeng.asp

guokui

March 9th, 2007, 04:43 PM

ZZ-II

March 10th, 2007, 09:45 PM

awesome design

zergcerebrates

April 7th, 2007, 03:06 AM

Good thing they didn't choose that stadium with the UFO looking thing on top. That thing could be very dangerous terrorist can easily set that thing on fire and create a hindenburg like event crashing into the stadium. Tragic.

Andrew

April 8th, 2007, 12:22 AM

Erm, no. The hindenburg was full of Hydrogen, a gas that explodes when lit. They stopped using hydogen to make things float ages ago, they only use helium now, which is a completely inflammable gas. A hindenburg type disaster would be impossible, if you punctured the helium tanks the roof would have just floated down slowly as the gas leaked out.

skyscraper03

April 8th, 2007, 04:06 AM

I got some information at the pro section. Thanks anyways.

Andrew

April 8th, 2007, 11:02 PM

I don't know anything about construction methods but I know there are people on this board who do. Try posting your question in the 'Pro Section' on the international board here:
http://www.skyscrapercity.com/forumdisplay.php?f=324

DaSilWil

April 18th, 2007, 07:58 PM

Here are some photo's of current projects in Beijing. I took the pictures during a study tour to Beijing (and Shanghai).

Sorry for the large post :) Enjoy the pictures!

The new airport:
http://i175.photobucket.com/albums/w132/DaSilWil/DSCF2101.jpg
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http://i175.photobucket.com/albums/w132/DaSilWil/DSCF2126.jpg
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http://i175.photobucket.com/albums/w132/DaSilWil/Panorama1.jpg

CCTV:

http://i175.photobucket.com/albums/w132/DaSilWil/Panorama5.jpg
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http://i175.photobucket.com/albums/w132/DaSilWil/Panorama4.jpg
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http://i175.photobucket.com/albums/w132/DaSilWil/DSCF2195.jpg
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http://i175.photobucket.com/albums/w132/DaSilWil/DSCF2207.jpg
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http://i175.photobucket.com/albums/w132/DaSilWil/DSCF2209.jpg
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http://i175.photobucket.com/albums/w132/DaSilWil/DSCF2230.jpg
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http://i175.photobucket.com/albums/w132/DaSilWil/DSCF2238.jpg
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http://i175.photobucket.com/albums/w132/DaSilWil/DSCF2224.jpg
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http://i175.photobucket.com/albums/w132/DaSilWil/DSCF2236.jpg

Olympics:

http://i175.photobucket.com/albums/w132/DaSilWil/DSCF1974.jpg
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http://i175.photobucket.com/albums/w132/DaSilWil/Panorama2.jpg
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http://i175.photobucket.com/albums/w132/DaSilWil/Panorama9.jpg
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