After being on hold for several years, works have resummed now. Upwards revision to 282m was announced 2 years ago, but it remains unknown whether the change was finally accepted or not.

http://i226.photobucket.com/albums/dd5/z0rggg/im2G.jpg

http://i245.photobucket.com/albums/gg64/z0rgggg/others/20081114_df26ba0ac486948f1bdb6Zy8UP.jpg

http://i245.photobucket.com/albums/gg64/z0rgggg/others/20081115_9fd0e694e9f57e62a074xyjORg.jpg

Old pic
http://i245.photobucket.com/albums/gg64/z0rgggg/others/20081115_d99864ef73170e04c1dejxI3OD.jpg

November 14th. Around 18 floors now.
http://i245.photobucket.com/albums/gg64/z0rgggg/others/20081115_5e9243bb0d1d9823e6e2U2snYm.jpg

cool news :). the top looks interesting

By tetery
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New design!!! Spire should be around 350m. The pic was taken at the sales center next to the construction site. We know the new developer now too, Lanko Group.
http://i245.photobucket.com/albums/gg64/z0rgggg/others/20081212_a1988ac10c3219cd653dvJdB2B.jpg

it's similar to the empire state building, isn't it??

so the esb looking render is the latest render? and not the render in the first post with blackhole thing on top?

The new one is better! :okay:

isn't that new york's skyline in the new rendering? lol

Anyway, the first render looks soooo much better, IMO.

looks like the empire state building, they might want to think about building it in New York.

Actually Chongqing already has quite a few ones in similar stile. One even called New York - New York!

I don't like the redesign, the initial tower was far better. Spires are not the panacea...

The original design is ugly. The new one looks much better and reminds me Cleveland´s KEY tower... Thx. for the update !

Feb 9th. Growing again, no doubt.
http://pic.yupoo.com/hot-simon/128716f79abe/enxzfac5.jpg

Nice design

looks like they chose the first design, with the weird "thing" on top.

looks like they chose the first design, with the weird "thing" on top.

This is the new design
http://i245.photobucket.com/albums/gg64/z0rgggg/others/20081212_a1988ac10c3219cd653dvJdB2B.jpg

Feb 9th. Growing again, no doubt.
http://pic.yupoo.com/hot-simon/128716f79abe/enxzfac5.jpg

U sure? take a look at the bar in the middle of my quote. The first design also has some sort of bar rising to the top.
I really hope ur right cus that "thing" is hideous.

^^ The cladding of the newer design should cover the bar thing. I hope I'm right too, really hate the former design.

a little bit old-fashion

Feb 21st by 平常心看世界. One more floor :)
http://i245.photobucket.com/albums/gg64/z0rgggg/others/IMG0286A.jpg

I prefer first one between these two. Design in second render is too common..

First one will become boring in 5-10 years. The second one if most acceptable in the long term. Plus, the second one may be cheaper to build as well, so.. if it is the second one... good choice.

Most important thing being China needs soem conservatism, cities are building too flashy, too fast. The last thing we want is a skylines full of eye-sores in the opinion of the next generation.

By 平常心看世界
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Frankly, I prefer the original design, This newer one looks like so many other towers under construction. Bland Setbacks to the top, nothing new. Just an Ok looking high-rise. The original looked like something out of a futuristic city. The supporting components placed on the outer facade gave the building a nice vertical component. If i was a pedestrian next to it, i would have been left staring and wondering as my eyes were guided upward.

the first design look like the hilt of a light saber, a deadly look if you ask me lmao

anything but the first design... Im so glad it got changed.

Another render, posted by 溢彩年华
http://i245.photobucket.com/albums/gg64/z0rgggg/others/20090116916.jpg

Height unveiled, 330m.

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http://www.cceg.cn/newEbiz1/EbizPortalFG/portal/html/InfoContent.html?InfoPublish_InfoID=c373e91f3eda82e28f6b85cfc13140cd

72 floors.

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http://www.cqxtz.com/%E5%85%B3%E4%BA%8E%E6%88%91%E4%BB%AC/%E4%BC%81%E4%B8%9A%E7%AE%80%E4%BB%8B/tabid/59/Default.aspx

that render looks like the empire state building and the Chrysler building had a kid :lol:

March 27th by tokan
http://i245.photobucket.com/albums/gg64/z0rgggg/others/030.jpg

that render looks like the empire state building and the Chrysler building had a kid :lol:

this one will be over 10m taller though.

Zorg. Where is located this tower?

this one will be over 10m taller though.

it dont matter im 1 foot taller than my mom, and 8 inches taller than my dad. :)

nice.. very nice

they should tear down those old buildings along the river, and replace them with chinese style architectures.

^^ check out hongyadong

April 4th by 平常心看世界.
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April 17th by 达历山德罗
The lowrises in the middle are being demolished to build the Financial Street masterplan. The organge midrise is being re-cladded by Shui On Group.
http://i245.photobucket.com/albums/gg64/z0rgggg/others2/100_4057.jpg

Good update, this tower fits CQ's skyline very well.

The one on the top right. Pic by sanmier.
http://i245.photobucket.com/albums/gg64/z0rgggg/others2/04920251.jpg

excellent skyline:applause:

this building has lost all identity by changing to the second desing, before it was itnruiging and unique, now it just looks like another boring tower...

^^ lol, first design looks like shit. So glad they changed it

June 1st by 怪兽哥哥.
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June 6th by tokyan
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What's going to be on the flat surface on the top... a tennis court maybe?

i like the latter design.:cheers:

I always love ESB look-alikes, but in this case I'd prefer the older design. It looks so brutally evil! :D

By Esquire
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Model
http://i245.photobucket.com/albums/gg64/z0rgggg/others2/200933011121240332590736.jpg

have a look ,may be all need to change the shape of the top

A very handsome tower. I like this one a lot.

I think many of the skyscrapers being built in China are of excellent design, they are refined and tasteful. I think this is a reflection of China's long centuries-old history and tradition of artistic excellence. Now, this is just my opinion, but a lot of skyscrapers going up in places like Dubai, Las Vegas, Saudi Arabia and Russia are really tacky and kitschy ... these buildings will look very dated and gauche in 10 or 20 years. Some of the Chinese buildings are really lovely though! :)

By easyfriend
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This is quite futuristic looking. Very nice indeed.

Must say, they are building some beautiful towers/skyscrapers in China these days ... buildings that are very stylish, unique and elegant looking, while most other countries are still building the same old repetitive crap.

Yeah, i agree with you. There are a lot of gems going up in China at the moment. They are modernizing very rapidly

By dl
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By 我的摩天重庆
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Chongqing seems to have less billboards than eastern Chinese cities.

By iLH
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August 19th by 达历山德罗.
The ugly midrise is being renovated by Shui On.
http://i245.photobucket.com/albums/gg64/z0rgggg/others2/100_4432.jpg

http://i245.photobucket.com/albums/gg64/z0rgggg/others2/100_4434jpgthumb.jpg

It looks nice and sublime,especially the special top.

Hope Chongqing has a promising future.

August 29th by 凱-Karrylink.
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August 31st by iLH
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by 凱-Karrylink.
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Will they be removing some of the other older appartment buildings or rebuilding them?

^^yes, but not that fast though.

Wow, interesting top bit...
This will be cool to see complete!

September 5th by xiaowang1991. Around 42-43 floors now.
http://i245.photobucket.com/albums/gg64/z0rgggg/others2/0jpgthumb.jpg

By christpher1005
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September 22nd by christpher1005.
http://i245.photobucket.com/albums/gg64/z0rgggg/others2/DSC00030jpgthumb.jpg

By the way, they changed the name to United International. I'm not sure about the name, 联合 means United, Alliance... :S
318m excluding the antenna.

September 26th by 997turbo.
http://i245.photobucket.com/albums/gg64/z0rgggg/others2/SDC11511jpgthumb.jpg

http://img134.imageshack.us/img134/1907/unitedinternationalge.jpg

http://img10.imageshack.us/img10/9758/unitedinternationalge2.jpg

Go Chongqing!

October 5th by christpher1005
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October 17th by 平常心看世界
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Finally a decent render. I would add that to first post, z0rg.

By xiaowang1991.
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October 22 by iLH
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November 7 by christpher1005. Around 48 floors now. Still many floors left!
http://i245.photobucket.com/albums/gg64/z0rgggg/others2/DSC00159jpgthumb.jpg

Chongqing needs to slow the construction speed and put up more high quality towers. These towers it built a few years ago look so old already. Every Chinese city should use SWFC, Greenland Plaza Nanjing, and West Tower Guangzhou as the quality benchmark.

By xiaowang1991.
http://i245.photobucket.com/albums/gg64/z0rgggg/others2/a4804531_sjpgthumb.jpg

^^ They don't build crappy towers anymore. Anyway they are renovating many, many buildings in Jiefangbei. The white one on the right corner is being renovated, it used to be pink and quite ugly. Also the one behind it with a platform on the roof is being recladded with cute silver glassy stuff.

Chongqing needs to slow the construction speed and put up more high quality towers. These towers it built a few years ago look so old already. Every Chinese city should use SWFC, Greenland Plaza Nanjing, and West Tower Guangzhou as the quality benchmark.
I totally agree more does not always mean better.This is the case with Chongqing it is great they are building many towers,but they should also focus on the aesthetic of the buildings and not just pack the skyline with whatever developers want.

yea, exactly, the developer dont giv a shit about the looking of the tower, they want cost cut and reduce budget for more money,hate them

Finally some decent renders
http://i245.photobucket.com/albums/gg64/z0rgggg/others2/4628795420091112205738073.jpg

http://i245.photobucket.com/albums/gg64/z0rgggg/others2/462879542009111221020802.jpg

Great height who is the chief engineer of this project?

I see they changed the design. Cool, I like the new design way better. I'm wondering how people can design such an ugly crown on a tower (1st design) and then design it for a Chinese city. Just don't see that happen.

I agree. The new design is much better and is also in line with Chongqing's vision to be a modern version of Manhattan. Hopefully the execution would do the design justice.

I see they changed the design. Cool, I like the new design way better. I'm wondering how people can design such an ugly crown on a tower (1st design) and then design it for a Chinese city. Just don't see that happen.

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I agree. The new design is much better and is also in line with Chongqing's vision to be a modern version of Manhattan. Hopefully the execution would do the design justice.

Chongqing's vision is to be a better chongqing, not mht or stuff

November 14 by christpher1005
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^^ can't wait for the renders to start

...in line with Chongqing's vision to be a modern version of Manhattan...

By making a bad rip off of the Chrysler Building? They better build an own style instead of becoming another copy cat of Manhattan.

Maybe it gives the looks, it has by far not the quality of the manhattan monuments, and then we are not even talking about all the rest which makes Manhattan, culture for example.

People who visit a museum for the first time always say that all pictures look alike.

People who visit a museum for the first time always say that all pictures look alike.

nicely said

People who visit a museum for the first time always say that all pictures look alike.

Problem with many Chinese cities is that they don't even have a museum, and if they have it doesn't contain art... I heard that Chongqing doesn't even have a good bookstore! Maybe that's why only few building are really original and great, and most is cheap copy paste architecture. Japan had the same problem before they develloped their own modern style in Architecture.

Many Chinese cities have their generic wannebe NYC postmodern skyscrapers. Chongqing as well. For now I think it's not a bad thing at all, but I hope the future will bring something better.

Well what you heard is totally WRONG.

Problem with many Chinese cities is that they don't even have a museum, and if they have it doesn't contain art... I heard that Chongqing doesn't even have a good bookstore! Maybe that's why only few building are really original and great, and most is cheap copy paste architecture. Japan had the same problem before they develloped their own modern style in Architecture.

Many Chinese cities have their generic wannebe NYC postmodern skyscrapers. Chongqing as well. For now I think it's not a bad thing at all, but I hope the future will bring something better.

What I meant was not that Chongqing wants to become Manhattan. Why would Chongqing want to do that? Manhattan is not like perfect. Just several buildings to give an idea of that kind of architecture and that is all. China has a lot more history that the cities can learn from.

By making a bad rip off of the Chrysler Building? They better build an own style instead of becoming another copy cat of Manhattan.

Maybe it gives the looks, it has by far not the quality of the manhattan monuments, and then we are not even talking about all the rest which makes Manhattan, culture for example.

Wait, I'm NOT attacking you. If I say things which are not true just tell me.

How many good bookstores are there? How many and what kind of museums does Chongqing have? Just tell me if I'm wrong.

Nice! Is it just me or is 2010's architecture in houses and skyscrapers going to be a lot like the late 20s and 30s?

China has tons of good bookstores. Even in my small town there are bookstores as large as any Barnes & Noble in a city as large as Minneapolis. Shanghai has a bookstore that is 27 stories tall called Shanghai Book City, with 9 stories totally for book retail and the storeis above for convention use, etc.(there are several Shanghai Book Cities in Shanghai, but this one should be the most famous). In Chongqing there are similar stores called Chongqing Book City as well. And there are tons of book stores in China solely selling English books (English is a foreign language in China, mind you). How many bookstores do you get in the US with that size? How many are selling books totally in another language? To say a city as large as Chongqing doesn't have decent bookstores is just laughable. I don't even care much to tell you that you are wrong, but this is just absurd.


Wait, I'm NOT attacking you. If I say things which are not true just tell me.

How many good bookstores are there? How many and what kind of museums does Chongqing have? Just tell me if I'm wrong.

From the renders it looks like a handsome skyscraper that pays homage to the Art Deco masterpieces of New York.

Now, the people of Chongqing should be very proud of the building and progress going on in their city ... and although I have never visited that particular city (I have been to China though) I am quite sure it has museums and bookstores like any other large city in the world. I am sure it has excellent restaurants, shops, music venues, and historical landmarks as well.

It is true that Chongqing will never be New York, but New York will never be Paris, and Paris will never be Bangkok, and Bangkok will never be London ... great cities of the world are unique in their own way. :)

Yes. Just because New York constructed the Washington Square Arch doesn't mean that it wants to be Paris. Sometimes they just give you an idea of the architecture, and that is a good thing.


It is true that Chongqing will never be New York, but New York will never be Paris, and Paris will never be Bangkok, and Bangkok will never be London ... great cities of the world are unique in their own way. :)

Just tell me if I'm wrong.

ur wrong

^^

OK thanks. :)

I've just been looking at some websites and for a mayor city there is a real lack of museums. But that will change in time I think, things happen fast in China.

Wait, I'm NOT attacking you. If I say things which are not true just tell me.

How many good bookstores are there? How many and what kind of museums does Chongqing have? Just tell me if I'm wrong.

even though ur comment is simply "omg"
i still decide to respond a bit

this is ChongQing Book City by XinHua Group

PHASE 1 built

http://static.panoramio.com/photos/original/18986700.jpg

PHASE 2 ＵC

it will be 9 stories of the podium

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PHASE 3 ＵC

also part of the podium，it will also include a fashion culture galarie ，a department store

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oh,yes ,zorg , this is the final design, they already put this design on the construction site,

here

http://i182.photobucket.com/albums/x306/DESMOC/5321726820091022123646090.jpg

and all the renders in this picture is the book city UC by XinHua Groupe in chongqing,

^^

Just look through this thread.
http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showthread.php?t=134709&page=8

imo thats more impressive than what we have in holland.
Wat hebben wij? Naturalis? Korpus? NEMO?

And if u mean Chongqing specifically, check out the Chongqing Science Center. IDK what its like on the inside, but its pretty impressive from the outside.

oh,yes ,zorg , this is the final design, they already put this design on the construction site,


Fantastic. Let me know if you find out the final height and name of the tower itself :)

By the way, is Xinhua the developer of XIB and MAD's projects? I mean the same Xinhua as the news agency? So this is a very large entertainment-communication conglomerate just like Time Warner or Viacom in America?

I used to think that Xinhua wasn't a large corporation, just a news agency like Reuters, etc.

^^

OK thanks. :)

I've just been looking at some websites and for a mayor city there is a real lack of museums. But that will change in time I think, things happen fast in China.

Maybe there is a lack of large museums, but there are many, many little museums everywhere as far as I know. Besides, they are planning countless huge museums, theatres and cultural facilities in general even in third tier cities. Everytime I visit the website of a Chinese arch studio I'm amazed to see how many big museums they are building everywhere. Unfortunately we rarely cover them in SSC.

Fantastic. Let me know if you find out the final height and name of the tower itself :)

By the way, is Xinhua the developer of XIB and MAD's projects? I mean the same Xinhua as the news agency? So this is a very large entertainment-communication conglomerate just like Time Warner or Viacom in America?

I used to think that Xinhua wasn't a large corporation, just a news agency like Reuters, etc.

same name , defferent group
one is a corporation ,one is a news agency

^^ Hehe, OK.

Maybe there is a lack of large museums, but there are many, many little museums everywhere as far as I know. Besides, they are planning countless huge museums, theatres and cultural facilities in general even in third tier cities. Everytime I visit the website of a Chinese arch studio I'm amazed to see how many big museums they are building everywhere. Unfortunately we rarely cover them in SSC.

by the way, women culture museum is UC now

http://www.tju.edu.cn/newscenter/foreign_affairs/200910/W020091019592553917704.jpg

http://www.tju.edu.cn/newscenter/foreign_affairs/200910/W020091019592553921107.jpg

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and my friend told me this baby is finishing up the structure now

http://hyghw.gov.cn/newbbs/UploadFile/2007112716213777047.jpg

this is for someone above

chongqing art center and cathya opera

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woah thnx macpolo.

omg the women culture museum is awesome

Thanks for posting all above pics! Looks really cool! May I say it's all 10 times better then the united inernational tower design?

Thanks for posting all above pics! Looks really cool! May I say it's all 10 times better then the united inernational tower design?

what do u expect ? foudation of this tower has been built since 1997, on hold for ages, then at 2001 they changed the design and built 2 floors underground, and then stopped again, then at 2002 they changed the design for another fucking time and made this crap go up 10 floors above ground then no surprise they stopped it again, now finally they give up shares to another devellopper who changed the design as your crap described "wannabe top" and they made this thing finally without anyprobs go up this tall, no matter how crappy the design is , we dont even care , we r just happy the fact that a huge monster left over structure finally going to be finnishing up , no more a pain in the A

and suprisingly the finally design is way better than one can expect for this project and it becomes a supertall for carying out loud



as for the "wannabe top", do not agree with u, im just tired of explaining

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chongqing sanxia museum
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i hope there will be more open space in chongqing in future, all the tall buildings put together too closely looks really crowded

Anyone know the architect of the red opera building? it looks great

^^ I think it's He Jingtang, the same architect that designed the China Pavilion for the 2010 Shanghai World Expo, which looks very similar to the Cathay Opera in Chongqing.

^^ I think it's He Jingtang, the same architect that designed the China Pavilion for the 2010 Shanghai World Expo, which looks very similar to the Cathay Opera in Chongqing.

no HE is a copier this is by cui kai of China ADI

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anyone know a blogg of Cathay opera? any renders?

The cool thing about some of these Chinese museums is that they're not just empty architectural statements. They're actually filled with artifacts and historical items. Not so sure about the women's culture museum tho...

December 5 平常心看世界.
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By iLH. It's risen 5 floors since the last update. It has around 48 floors now.
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OMG!!!!! The top of that building!!!! What happened???? NOOOOOOOO!!!!!

What are you talking about?

who knows maybe he thinks its been top out. but I don't believe it has been

it is one of the most ungainly crowns i have ever seen.:down:
I really hope that it is the rendering.

Why not build a new oriental pearl in Chongqing 600 meter tall that would be the perfect landmark for chongqing xD

that would indeed be an abomination!!!!hahahaha

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High-res renders
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YESSS they picked the good design :D
it looks great in the renders too. But im just really happy they didnt pick that box with the UFO on top.

mm looking tall so far.. hopefully the design does complement the dull internal structure.

thanks z0rg! once again my ability to look one post further is seriously lacking. thank god for the revision......

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At the rate it is going, I think that United International will be Chongqing's first completed supertall.

At the rate it is going, I think that United International will be Chongqing's first completed supertall.

Nevermind:D

original post: The pinnacle just topped out an cladding is already half-way on that one. I don't think this one will be finished before the pinnacle does.

^^it's not in Chongqing though

^^it's not in Chongqing though

woops, I knew it was too late to post a reaction. Should have gone to bed-_-

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no progress in months. On hold?

No progress since March indeed. Probably busy with the crown. In Classic they said the top might be redesigned.

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Nice design, when will it be built up?

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I hate to say it, but this really does seem to be on hold.

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The formwork seems to be further from the uppermost platform than on the previous picture. In fact, looking at all pictures in this thread the formwork seems to move upwards in relation to the uppermost platform steadily.

Actually, it is under construction all the time.

Seems like it recently restarted, the last picture shows significant progress.

Like how they're mixing old with new... to bad it has strong similarities to another iconic building (like a lot of stuff in china)....

^^ If you're implying the ESB, maybe to a certain extent it looks like this was inspired from. However CCTV Beijing/Jin Mao/SWFC/Shanghai Tower/G TV Tower/West Tower/Pearl River Tower to name a few certainly don't look like they're carbon copies of any 'original' so I dont really see your point about a lot of other 'stuff'.

This seems to have grown a bit from the last update.

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United is back on track now, good to see!

gettin higher every day

is this now the tallest in chonqing ?? :)

is this now the tallest in chonqing ?? :)

It will be.

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This is very likely the final design. Final height unconfirmed, expected around 308m.
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An asian manhatten?

An asian manhatten?

Looking at the city on Google Earth definetly gives the impression that your looking at a mini version of Lower Manhattan. In another five years the area is going to look unbelievable.

Im glad the tower is back on track - again ....

but I must say I am not as impressed with the "final" (again) design. ...

Simple, but good!

Simple, clean designs are often the best. GO Chongqing!!!

Design is fine but 308 meters = real bad They already lost Poly. :(

Looking at the city on Google Earth definetly gives the impression that your looking at a mini version of Lower Manhattan. In another five years the area is going to look unbelievable.

just like all the other chinese developing cities. i cannot wait to see all those supertalls being completed

From today (unresized for quality):

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I sure hope that we start seeing some cladding soon. Right now it looks like a skeleton. :(

^^^ I agree!! Alright building but I am not a fan. Most Chinese skyscrapers seem to look like this basic design.

296 meters now

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I took those last week:

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Good news, sooner we'll see its cladding in the lower floors.

wow - finally.

Can't wait to see what the cladding actually will look like. This monster has been a skelaton for so long. ...

any updates?

I took those last week:


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^^Chongqing looks foggy like London.;)

Tower design looks the same as Dubai tallest blocks towers

^^Chongqing looks foggy like London.;)
I know, in London sometimes its hard to even see through all the thick smog that billows from the sea of factory chimneys as you wade through filth, whilst orphans roam the street trying to shine your shoes for a few bob every step you make.

I'm sorry, but I think it's ugly.

296 meters now

Not long now before Chongqing joins the exclusive 1000ft+ club!

just to be fair, nonoka - this supertall isn't finished yet.

I won't belive that Chongqing can build a supertall until one is topped out.

I'm sorry, but I think it's ugly.

but great supertall!!

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Do we know the new height? Shorter than 300m imo.

Do we know the new height? Shorter than 300m imo.

maybe CTBUH is right with 272m?
http://buildingdb.ctbuh.org/index.php?do=building&building_id=382

No way, it is higher than 272m. I think that with the crown it is ~300m.

A nice shiny glass cladding will really stand out between all those older stone flats.

The pollution is so intense that the structure of the first floors of the building were dark from the fog, even before being finished.

???

Let's hope we see this clad soon. As the world's most populous municipality, Chongqing deserves a supertall, and the last thing it needs is an unfinished one.

no worries.

If you look really closely at the last pic, you can see cladding getting started on the top of the bottom 1/3rd of the tower. Sort of odd in that usually cladding starts from the bottom and goes up, but I think we'll start to see this baby clothed in a meaningful way - very soon.

I agree, can't wait! and yes, Chongqing deserves many supertalls, certainly moreso than Dubai and other cities that already have 'em!

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I remember z0rg asked for a photo of snow in Chongqing....like long time ago. I got chu!

It also include United International tower in the photos and its pretty recent too as all south& central China experience heavy snows.
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the snowy scene is amazing.

Somehow, Chongqing doesn't have that clean look that Guangzhou (pearl river new city) and Shanghai (Lujiazu) have. Its a shame since they have many nice towers rising up near and around this area.

it looks like the asian manhatten

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Somehow, Chongqing doesn't have that clean look that Guangzhou (pearl river new city) and Shanghai (Lujiazu) have. Its a shame since they have many nice towers rising up near and around this area.

I was in Chongqing October 2010 and to me it looks dirty from a far but clean once you get up close. I stayed at the Somerset hotel in Jiefangbei. It was one of my favorite cities in China, I would definitely go back.

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some of those neighborhoods look ridiculously rundown and grim. chinas lower class is just at the governments mercy

with the water around it, it's a chinese manhatten

some of those neighborhoods look ridiculously rundown and grim. chinas lower class is just at the governments mercy

err...as is the case with every other developing country.

Make up your mind, you either loathe the country or you love it judging by some your posts

at least China is doing something about their slums, instead of other countries - such as the one Hellrazer is from. ...

Also, if you've ever been to China, you'll know that these pictures don't do those little cities any justice. It's not the same as a latin american shanty town, Chinese 'slums' are full of culture and history; yet the Chinese govt IS picking these people up as the land is reclaimed for skyscrapers and not just 'moving the slum' as is the case with most other Industrialized Nations (see US-Eminent Domain).

with the water around it, it's a chinese manhatten

Yes, Jiefangbei CBD is Very much a Chinese Manhattan, or a Chinese Vanhattan to be more specific/accurate. ...

When did the name change?

Why no news on this one since beginning of March?

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Can we confirm the final height? Including helipad. So many different alleged heights around ranging from 270 to 330m.

Can we confirm the final height? Including helipad. So many different alleged heights around ranging from 270 to 330m.

It is strange that it's T/O and we still don't know the height.

On another topic, it's almost strange that SW China goes from nearly tropical in summer to looking so cold in winter.

cant wait to see what the cladding will look like

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its boxy now, can't wait for the tapered end with the spire which will transform it in a elegant tower.

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its boxy now, can't wait for the tapered end with the spire which will transform it in a elegant tower.

I think that based on the renders, it is done, with the exception of the cladding. :(

I think that based on the renders, it is done, with the exception of the cladding. :(

I think if you look at this render:

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and what is the current situation :

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it certainly isn't completed, at least not based on the renders.
Or did they make a design change?
If so the cladding really has to be spectacular or this building is one big boring gray tower.

there is news in height?

I think if you look at this render:

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and what is the current situation :

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it certainly isn't completed, at least not based on the renders.
Or did they make a design change?
If so the cladding really has to be spectacular or this building is one big boring gray tower.

I was under the impression that they changed the design. It can be seen a couple pages back on this thread.

Taken five or six days ago.

Chongqing is absolutely amazing. People like to compare cities to jungles but Chongqing makes most other cities I've been to feel like the prairie.


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i saw a documentary about chongqing yesterday. a lot of busy stuff happening :)

i saw a documentary about chongqing yesterday. a lot of busy stuff happening :)

Can you give the name of the documentary? Or the channel/website it was on?

very nice

Finally we can confirm that this one is not a supertall. 271m. Another fake supertall from Chongqing.
http://cq.fangjia.com/ershoufang-xinxi-4480464

Again! I don't belive this one after another, and all heralded as supertalls but without the final result! Yingli, Poly, and this! Don't be surprised if CWFC ends up getting shortened. :bash:

Can you give the name of the documentary? Or the channel/website it was on?
sorry for the late reply. i miss those not supertall skyscraper threads a lot

it was on N24. here is the link (http://www.n24.de/news/newsitem_7064968.html) to the documentation. you will realize that its not english. it is a german production so i do not think that there is an english version available.

Again! I don't belive this one after another, and all heralded as supertalls but without the final result! Yingli, Poly, and this! Don't be surprised if CWFC ends up getting shortened. :bash:

Both Tianhe Tower, Chaotianmen WTC and Chongqing Wharf project may miss the 300m target either. Also the CQIFC is very likely cancelled, so is Hongyadong 2, and some other.

In the end, the city that shocked us with countless supertall proposals has become a second tier boomtown skyscraperwise. There are a lot of unclear monster proposals for a mid-long term for Chongqing, but I don't believe any of them now.

Both Tianhe Tower, Chaotianmen WTC and Chongqing Wharf project may miss the 300m target either. Also the CQIFC is very likely cancelled, so is Hongyadong 2, and some other.

In the end, the city that shocked us with countless supertall proposals has become a second tier boomtown skyscraperwise. There are a lot of unclear monster proposals for a mid-long term for Chongqing, but I don't believe any of them now.

especially those ultra tall 500m+ projects seem unlikely for now

Knew twas to good to be true. A lot of fake sources and troll developers, heck, even the Apple Stores are fake too bar the two major outlets.

sorry for the late reply. i miss those not supertall skyscraper threads a lot

it was on N24. here is the link (http://www.n24.de/news/newsitem_7064968.html) to the documentation. you will realize that its not english. it is a german production so i do not think that there is an english version available.

Thx :) I've had german lessons in school. However that's 8 years ago or so but I will understand some bits here and there.

Thx :) I've had german lessons in school. However that's 8 years ago or so but I will understand some bits here and there.

haha yeah thats why i still posted it instead of saying its not in english, i saw you were from amsterdam and thought hey, the chance isnt bad he may have learnd german.^^

In the end, the city that shocked us with countless supertall proposals has become a second tier boomtown skyscraperwise. There are a lot of unclear monster proposals for a mid-long term for Chongqing, but I don't believe any of them now.

It really doesn't matter to people except to us skyscraper geeks. 300m is just a number, 271m is still really a very tall tower. It seems to me that Chongqing is a city that is developing steadily and intelligently. You see all these unheard of cities in China that are building supertalls for the sake of it, and to me that is a very Dubai attitude. Those supertalls won't be filled, and there is no demand for them. It's just a my tower is bigger than yours attitude.

Chongqing is building loads of skyscrapers, the fact they don't hit the magic 300m is pretty irrelevant to anyone but us on this website. Chongqing is having its skyline changed rapidly, a few extra metres doesn't matter in the grand scheme of things, building towers that will actually be used is far more important. Chongqing will develop steadily into an internationally renowned city, it takes time, there isn't an instant fix.

What is great about Chongqing is that all the towers being built seem to fit effortlessly into an already existing urban fabric. I think a lot of these chinese new towns are bleak and soulless. Little by little Chongqing is adding to an already decent skyline, and adding to it with attractive towers that serve to beautify the citys appearance. I think that as the city continues to clean up and modernise, it will become a world-class city, way above other Chinese cities that may have built supertalls. What Chongqing lacks in supertalls it makes up for in quantity and quality.

It really doesn't matter to people except to us skyscraper geeks. 300m is just a number, 271m is still really a very tall tower. It seems to me that Chongqing is a city that is developing steadily and intelligently. You see all these unheard of cities in China that are building supertalls for the sake of it, and to me that is a very Dubai attitude. Those supertalls won't be filled, and there is no demand for them. It's just a my tower is bigger than yours attitude.

Chongqing is building loads of skyscrapers, the fact they don't hit the magic 300m is pretty irrelevant to anyone but us on this website. Chongqing is having its skyline changed rapidly, a few extra metres doesn't matter in the grand scheme of things, building towers that will actually be used is far more important. Chongqing will develop steadily into an internationally renowned city, it takes time, there isn't an instant fix.

What is great about Chongqing is that all the towers being built seem to fit effortlessly into an already existing urban fabric. I think a lot of these chinese new towns are bleak and soulless. Little by little Chongqing is adding to an already decent skyline, and adding to it with attractive towers that serve to beautify the citys appearance. I think that as the city continues to clean up and modernise, it will become a world-class city, way above other Chinese cities that may have built supertalls. What Chongqing lacks in supertalls it makes up for in quantity and quality.

I T-O-T-A-L-L-Y agree with this and could not have said it better myself: Chongqing already has amazing skylineS and they are adding amazing towers that look like supertalls already. The fact that so far they have been somewhat shortened - only means something to US, the skyscraper enthusiast community. But to joe blow from wherever, when he goes to Chongqing, he SHOULD be impressed with the opinion that CQ is an already established premier city of the West of China and that it is growing into a world city. He'd also probably assume that those towers are supertalls, rivaling those in other cities.

I do have faith that as Jeifangbei runs out of land, that new proposals will be supertalls and that a few supertall proposals in JFB will actually be built. But 271 is not that far away from 300m, and the darn United International LOOKS like a supertall nonetheless, not to mention CQ Poly, YingLi, and even WTCC.

I also LOVE the way CQ seems to be organically developing and retaining as much green space as possible. This is unique, especially in China and given how big CQ already is. I think this will pay off in the long run, and I can attest that this city's development is on par with the best world class cities - the same can NOT be said for other Chinese cities that build for the sake of it.

sad about the height correction, but not surprising

also look at singapore. that city has no supertall, but still one of the top skylines on this world, so i'm pretty great with towers like these.

Of course those troll developers are a pain in the ass, but 270m is already pretty high. For a city that is just at the beginning of it's development Chongqing already has a remarkable skyline.
When the time is right those supertalls will rise.

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i agree with the above posts about not needing too many supertalls. I believe density (with of course some good skyscrapers) beats a skyline that is 'fake' with one or two supertalls popping out where it otherwise seems empty and cold.

Whats the final design? I'm confused and can't be bothered reading back all the pages :lol:

Also, has Chongqing's skyline always been like this before all the attention has been here? Or was it empty sort of like Pudong was marshland before development?

it has always been dense, just not as tall.

Wow! seems higher than it is :)

Bassik, I think so too. Particularly since that area of land is on a decline yet it is not only significantly taller than anything in its vacinity, but it is taller than anything else in the skyline too. ...

I think they will have an updated height once it is finished or officially topped off - and it will be 300 m or higher, since it definitely looks to be.