Official Turning Torso Picture Thread

[disco]

How about thread only to be used to post Turning Torso information? I found som pics on the internet which i havn't seen before.

http://www.bizzbook.com/hamnen/bilder/TurningTorso/dimmigtorso.jpg
http://www.bizzbook.com/hamnen/bilder/TurningTorso/dimmapamark.jpg
http://www.bizzbook.com/hamnen/bilder/TurningTorso/dubbeltorso.jpg

[sdes]

Looks very good! Especially the picture with fog.:)

[John]

The first pic is stunning, even now it looks great, can't wait to see it finished and cladded.

[blimey]

TT is AWESOME

[Kommandant Mark]

TT is one unique piece of architecture:)
Thanks for these pics!

[designwise]

ONE WORD : SUPERB !!!!! :okay:

[PornStar]

TT's shape is very elegant!

[Mantas]

Whoa :uh: The pioctures in fog are great :eek:

[Þróndeimr]

OHHH; yea, it is raising...:dizzy: :okay:

[Nightsky]

I have a lot of Torso pics on my World Travel Images website, and a lot more are coming. Here are some of them, both from summer and winter 2003:

http://medlem.spray.se/Naitsirch/TThalfwaykvistar3.jpg
http://medlem.spray.se/Naitsirch/TThalfwaydarklight4.jpg
http://medlem.spray.se/Naitsirch/TT19aug03.jpg
http://medlem.spray.se/Naitsirch/Boferry.jpg

Many, many more TT pics at:
http://medlem.spray.se/Naitsirch/Malmo_Outskirts.htm

One of two webcams:
http://www.bodab.se/webcam/torso.jpg

[NorthStar77]

I'm looking so forward to see this when its finished!

[AW]

Incredible!
I´m still proud and _shocked_ over the fact that this tower is rising on swedish soil! :okay:

[Monkey]

Good idea to open this thread! :okay: And thank you for the pictures, disco and Nightsky! :)

Turning Torso is a truly brilliant building, and I can well understand AW's sentiments about it. :angel1:

Any prognoses about the timetable?

[Devilution]

Just visited the official TT site and damn, I sure wish they´d tilt that camera back a bit ´cause the Tower is getting too tall to fit in the picture! :D
Floor #29 has been built so it is quite tall already...I can barely imagine what it will look like when finished!

[Monkey]

TT stands for Total Thrill! :banana::banana::banana:

@daccis: :whisper: could you try to get your pictures up & running again, please? :angel1:

[AtlanticaC5]

http://www.turningtorso.com/images/hur_hogt_nu_29.jpg

Soon to come: Turning Torso, the second Swedish high-rise to break the 100 m-barrier!! :guns1:

[tufve]

Want to know all about Turning Torso?
Want to view the pictures that started this thread?
(I took them.)

I live close to Turning Torso, and I have had a web site
about Turning Torso and its surroundings in swedish
for about a year now. Since I understand that there
is a great interest for Turning Torso even outside Sweden,
I have now translated what I have written about Turning Torso
into english. You can find it all at:

http://www.bizzbook.com/map/turningtorsocalatrava.html

Hope you enjoy it.

[Nightsky]

A good surfer as I am, I have already found this website!

Anyway, welcome to the forum, Tufve. You will be the 2nd guy from Malmö on this forum(except for a member that posted just once).

[Welfe]

Great page with some interesting information.

by the way: Congrats to your second real skyscraper;)
And it´s a pretty nice one as well

[Nightsky]

Second real skyscraper? I didn´t know we had a first one.:dizzy:

[AW]

http://www.bizzbook.com/hamnen/dimma.htm

These pics are just amazing! They certainly picked a great spot for this wonderful tower!

[Welfe]

Originally posted by Nightsky
Second real skyscraper? I didn´t know we had a first one.:dizzy:

Well, in fact I was referring to AtlanticaC5. But now I searched for some buildings bigger than 100m in sweden...but there is none :D

May I ask why there are no skyscrapers over there? Do you have the same restrictions like we do in germany?

[wolkenkrabber]

not really any restriction but the growth in sweden aint good and like that taxing on building here is just too much :P and we have allot of land so theyattend to spread out in width instead of heigth

[AW]

Originally posted by wolkenkrabber

not really any restriction but the growth in sweden aint good and like that taxing on building here is just too much :P and we have allot of land so theyattend to spread out in width instead of heigth
Yeah correct me if I´m wrong but isn´t Sweden like the largest (at least one the largest) country in Europe with its 450,000 sq km?

[wolkenkrabber]

not sure.. it migth be nut then france or spain migth be a little bigger or turkey

[disco]

Originally posted by Welfe

Well, in fact I was referring to AtlanticaC5. But now I searched for some buildings bigger than 100m in sweden...but there is none :D

May I ask why there are no skyscrapers over there? Do you have the same restrictions like we do in germany?

Actually there is kista science tower 160m (117m roof), And also alot of 80m+ buildings.

btw; Ukraina, France and Spain are all bigger then sweden.

[Welfe]

Originally posted by disco
Actually there is kista science tower 160m (117m roof), And also alot of 80m+ buildings.


1. A building is a skyscraper when it has at least 99m in height.

2. The Kista Science Tower is also U/C. I thought there is already a building, you could consider a skyscraper (only the roof-height counts and it´s 130m at the kista science tower).

@wolkenkrabber: You sure have a lot of land...but it isn´t in use. Such houses are only built in the cities and for what I know Stockholm is only 188km² big (in comparison to Hamburg for example with 751km² )

P.S. Russia and Turkey are bigger than sweden as well

[Swede]

99m is just another arbitrary cut-off. There is no "true" defenition. And while KST is officially u/c for a couple more months it's long since topped out and only has some interior work left, I was up on the roof months ago and all the exterior work excecpt a parking lot was done then.

about sthlm's size, well we're ~700K in those 188km2 (City of Stockholm, continuous Urban area is larger) but the metro spreads out pretty far giving it a lower density then the LA metro.

[Nightsky]

Originally posted by Welfe

Well, in fact I was referring to AtlanticaC5. But now I searched for some buildings bigger than 100m in sweden...but there is none :D

May I ask why there are no skyscrapers over there? Do you have the same restrictions like we do in germany?

There are several churches and TV towers taller than 100m, but I suppose they are not counted as buildings?

In general, Swedish politicans and citizens don´t like tall buildings in the city centers, especially not in the city centers.

But in Kista Science Tower in Stockholm is taller than 100m. Ask Swede!:D

[Nightsky]

Originally posted by disco

btw; Ukraina, France and Spain are all bigger then sweden.

United Kingdom, Germany, Italy and Russia are also bigger!
Sweden is far from the larges country in Europe.

[Nightsky]

What do you think about this:

A gingerbread Turning Torso with construction workers:
http://w1.sydsvenskan.se/edrum/uploaded/image/2003/12/16/turning.jpg

The whole article in the Malmö newspaper Sydsvenskan:
http://w1.sydsvenskan.se/jul/standardartikel.jsp?article=10069204

The article says it just has 10 floors to prevent it from falling!:D

[AtlanticaC5]

Originally posted by Nightsky

United Kingdom, Germany, Italy and Russia are also bigger!
Sweden is far from the larges country in Europe.

Well, yes if you count the population, but to the area Sweden is bigger than all of them except for Russia.

[AW]

Originally posted by AtlanticaC5

Well, yes if you count the population, but to the area Sweden is bigger than all of them except for Russia.
I guess I wasn´t too clear about that... *sigh*

[Welfe]

Originally posted by Nightsky
There are several churches and TV towers taller than 100m, but I suppose they are not counted as buildings?

In general, Swedish politicans and citizens don´t like tall buildings in the city centers, especially not in the city centers.


Two very interesting points:

First the churches: No, they are not counted as skyscrapers.
Second the "we don´t like skyscrapers in the centers: Yes, it´s the same in my hometown hamburg.

In fact our churches are the reason, why we don´t like tall buildings in the city...we have five main churches (the biggest one is 150m tall, the smallest 130m or so). They create their own skyline and we don´t want capitalistic buildings to overtop this. But we have space enough to build skyscrapers on other places though and some nice buildings are already approved.

Maybe the swedish citizen will realize that it´s not that bad to have skyscrapers....The turning torso can be just the beginning;)


btw. our TV-tower is 300m high and it looks great in the skyline of churches:angel1:

[kall_man]

Well... some of us poor, backward Swedish citizens like skyscrapers. That's why we're here. Now all we have to do is to start the revolution.

[Nightsky]

I didn´t mean population, the size of these countries area are bigger than Sweden. Sorry, I would also like if Sweden was bigger. But I must admit that I was wrong with Italy, UK and Germany. It seems like Sweden is much larger than I was aware of!

United Kingdom:
244 140 km2

Poland:
312 685 km2

Germany:
357 020.79 km2

Sweden:
449 965 km2

Larger than Sweden
France:
547 030 km2

Spain:
504 842 km2

Ukraine:
603 700 km2

Russia(only partly belonging to Europe):
17 031 900 km2


Source:
http://www.world-gazetteer.com/fr/fr_fr.htm

[AtlanticaC5]

Yes, it's a small world, but it's a big country we live in! :D

[AtlanticaC5]

TURNING TORSO +100 M!

http://www.turningtorso.com/images/hur_hogt_nu_31.jpg

:banana::cucumber::carrot::pepper:

[disco]

Nice picure from ydhag.nu/tt

http://www.ydhag.nu/tt/tt61.jpg

[Devilution]

Mein gott! So tall already! :master:

[tournesol]

Wow. Great picture :)
Nice find, Disco!!

[ramram]

update from TT 2004-01-18. It is now over 100m high.
Inner core of 5 of a total of 9 cubes completed.

TT from inner bo01:
http://medlem.spray.se/rsabet/v8.jpg

http://medlem.spray.se/rsabet/v10.jpg

http://medlem.spray.se/rsabet/v12.jpg

http://medlem.spray.se/rsabet/v13.jpg

Notice the construction-cranes! More and more projects are started all the time around TT.
http://medlem.spray.se/rsabet/v15.jpg

The "screwed" building :D
http://medlem.spray.se/rsabet/v20.jpg

http://medlem.spray.se/rsabet/v21.jpg

http://medlem.spray.se/rsabet/v25.jpg

[AtlanticaC5]

Nice pics ramram! Keep us updated! :okay:

[DenverDane]

Yeah, now it's starting to look like something!

[Mantas]

A nice crooked Turning Torso, thx ;)

[mlm]

WOW, it's really starting to look FANTASTIC:D Keep the pics comming:)

[PornStar]

looks fantastikk! :D

[wolkenkrabber]

very nice photos ramram... :)


when will they start build walls in TT? i think that rigth now it looks like a wedding came with out the whip cream like one of them with several floors o a shipt coctaio peelar

[tufve]

The first piece of the outer wall will be placed on Turning Torso in January or February this year.

More exciting Turning Torso news:

A film-team from the Discovery Channel will visit Malmö in February, to make a one-hour TV program about Turning Torso.

The program will be sent as a part of the Extreme Engineering series, and it will be broadcast this fall, first in USA, then in the rest of the world.

All the projects in the Extreme Engineerings series have one thing in common: They challenge the common definition of what is technically feasible, and that is true also for Turning Torso.

I took this picture yesterday:
http://www.bizzbook.com/hamnen/bilder/TurningTorso/rutigtorso.jpg

[DenverDane]

Cool reflection! :)

[John]

That's an incredible building, and our Swedish comrades, don't forget to inform when it's on Discovery! just in case some don't watch it daily, I really wouldn't like to miss the issue :)

[Capzilla]

I'll be in Copenhagen the 16th (and again in July). I've already planned visiting Malmo for the TT in July but wondered if I could sneak in a quick update on the 16th. How long does it take from Copenhagen Central to Malmo, and then from Malmo central station to a reasonble location to take update pictures? (and back..)

I arrive at Copenhagen Airport around noon but have a concert there at night, not sure if there's time to go back and forth to TT. If I do, I'll take pics, of course.. otherwise those will come in July!

[AtlanticaC5]

http://www.turningtorso.com/images/e_images/hur_hogt_nu_eng_38.jpg

Just 5 m left 'til it will be the tallest in Sweden (Kista Science Tower is 130 m) :D

[DenverDane]

I'll be in Copenhagen the 16th (and again in July). I've already planned visiting Malmo for the TT in July but wondered if I could sneak in a quick update on the 16th. How long does it take from Copenhagen Central to Malmo, and then from Malmo central station to a reasonble location to take update pictures? (and back..)

I arrive at Copenhagen Airport around noon but have a concert there at night, not sure if there's time to go back and forth to TT. If I do, I'll take pics, of course.. otherwise those will come in July!

There is a time table on this page (a PDF document): http://www.dsb.dk/oeresund/kystbane_2003.pdf. "København H" is the central station and "Københavns Lufthavn, Kastrup" is the airport. The train leaves every 20 min. to Malmö. As you can see, it takes 35 min. from København H to Malmö C. I don't know how to get from Malmö C to Turning Torso. Some of our Swedish friends must know that.. :)

[Monkey]

Capzilla, author of my avatar (how can I ever thank you enough :) ), our forum member mlm made a day trip from Aarhus in Jylland to Malmo & Copenhagen and back home by train in a single day about a week ago and gave us a beautiful illustrated report (http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showthread.php?t=97347) of his trip (including TT of course! :okay: ). Your project sounds feasible--so have a great time! :banana:

[Bibelo]

hey Capzilla, didn't make it to the construction site? :))

[AtlanticaC5]

Hey, it was a while since we last saw something new here! It has grown quite good! :)
http://www.turningtorso.com/images/e_images/hur_hogt_nu_eng_43.jpg

[Swede]

43! way past Sweden's previous record holder Kaknästornet (34s, though that's just a comtower/tourist attraction).

[michau]

A "kolumn" from yesterday's Metro (in Swedish):
http://www.metro.se/site/metro/discuss/?entry_type=kolumn&entry_id=17892

The author critises heavily this project, saying that it was based on unrealistic expectations and that it's just a product of fantasy of big boys wanting to play with big toys. And the worst thing is that she is probably right...

[milchi]

Amazing design, I saw this building somewhere online, must say glad its being built. Does anyone know how much units are going for? The area around it doesn't seem very dense, is this the case?

[cphdude]

A "kolumn" from yesterday's Metro
The author critises heavily this project, saying that it was based on unrealistic expectations and that it's just a product of fantasy of big boys wanting to play with big toys. And the worst thing is that she is probably right...

In these times with lowerd expectations about Turning Torso, it might be worth to remember that most building have a hard time in the beginning. Like World Trade Center. Took years before it was fully leased.

Im not to worried about TT. When its all done in a few years, the econemy most likely will look better, and there are still a lot of rich people in the region. People who might not be likely to buy, before they see the finished result, or perhaps the great view..Meybe im wrong, but i think 5 years from now, its gonna be a great success.

[ramram]

Hey! thought you might wanna see some updates of TT.. it's been a while.
now 7/9 cubes are completed, and the fasade is being fixed pretty fast now.. but TT is one week behind schedule, because of a small workers strike (the electricians..) =S

2004-05-27, 43d floor

http://rsabet82.250free.com/fasad1.jpg

http://rsabet82.250free.com/fasad2.jpg

http://rsabet82.250free.com/fasad3.jpg

http://rsabet82.250free.com/tt1.jpg

http://rsabet82.250free.com/tt2.jpg

http://rsabet82.250free.com/tt3.jpg

http://rsabet82.250free.com/tt4.jpg

http://rsabet82.250free.com/tt5.jpg

http://rsabet82.250free.com/tt6.jpg

[AtlanticaC5]

Nice pics as always ramram! :D It is really tall now, and still 11 floors to go...

[Nightsky]

From Malmö C to Turning Torso? A 15 minute walk and you´ll be there. Or take the bus from the station, that will probably just take 5 minutes. TT is not so far from the city center.

It is now official all apartments in Turning Torso will be for rent and not for sale. The rent will be 1500 2000 skr/square meter and year. That means around 8000 skr for 40m2.

[AtlanticaC5]

10 floors / 45 m left! :)
http://www.turningtorso.com/images/e_images/hur_hogt_nu_eng_44.jpg

And here's the webcam:
http://www.bodab.se/webcam/torso.jpg

[Jarmo K]

one of the most impressive towers in the world is ready really soon... yay! (:

[cphdude]

Another article today in copenhagen post about TT and the misserabble sales. Nothing really new, mostly from the press conference last week. I still cant believe they only sold 10 apartments out of 150...

[Nightsky]

145m! TT is now the tallest building in Sweden!
And Scandinavia I think...?

[AtlanticaC5]

145m! TT is now the tallest building in Sweden!
And Scandinavia I think...?

Yes, at least it's the tallest highrise-building, but there are some taller bridge-pillars (Höga Kusten 180 m, Öresundsbron 203 m, Stora Bältbron 254 m)

[cphdude]

its too bad - if they had build this during the dot-com times, it would have been succesfull i think...

[Nightsky]

I have heard the Extreme Engineering about TT will be this shown autumn.

[Nightsky]

Some weeks ago, I took some pics to show how Turning Torso looks after dark.
It was also raining this day, so the pics could be better, but I hope you´ll enjoy them anyway!

http://img21.imageshack.us/img21/2673/TTdarkclose.jpg

http://img21.imageshack.us/img21/5439/TTdark.jpg

http://img21.imageshack.us/img21/5457/TTlights.jpg

Random pics from västra Hamnen, the Bp01 area around Turning Torso:

http://img21.imageshack.us/img21/743/Vastrahamnenenter.jpg

http://img21.imageshack.us/img21/8886/Vastrahamnen.jpg

http://img21.imageshack.us/img21/7751/Vastrah.jpg

[disco]

Snygg bild!

Image removed by Jan on request of the owner

[mlm]

WOW, Stunning:D

[Mantas]

Wow, is it still standing? :D

ok, ok bad joke ;)

[AtlanticaC5]

Yes, it's standing Mantaz, and it's only four floors left now!

http://www.turningtorso.com/images/e_images/hur_hogt_nu_eng_50.jpg

[grendy]

That webcam AtlanticaC5 posted is really great btw! :).. The building is starting to look awesome! Anyone willing to go on site and take some better quality pictures again? I would really like to see some updated images again! :D

[AtlanticaC5]

http://www.turningtorso.com/images/e_images/hur_hogt_nu_eng_51.jpg

[ch1le]

man its tall! great update btw altanicac5!

[Insane alex]

We need a U/C PIC! :D

[Ringil]

When will they show the program about TT on discovery channell!???!! Does anyone know anything about anything?

[wolkenkrabber]

Ringil post your photo of TT from Öresundsbron!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! it is a MUST to get posted here

[Ringil]

This one??
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v421/Ringil/Bild086.jpg

[wolkenkrabber]

häll yeah that's the one i mean

[Nightsky]

I have taken some new pics of Turning Torso yesterday, but since they are so many I decided to post them in a seperate thread!

http://img18.exs.cx/img18/554/TTwaterpool.jpg

[Nightsky]

NEWS
A huge 3-story parking garage will be constructed just next to the torso. And just south of it, new residences, offices and stores are planned. However, no plans of another highrise yet.

Article in Swedish:
http://w1.sydsvenskan.se//Article.jsp?article=100933098

[AtlanticaC5]

Man, it's topped out soon!!

http://www.turningtorso.com/images/e_images/hur_hogt_nu_eng_52.jpg

[Nightsky]

http://w1.sydsvenskan.se/edrum/uploaded/image/2004/9/9/325_torso1_ADTTKR00.gif
Have you heard the latest news?!
A part of a crane fell today from the building site 200m down to the ground! Fortunately, noone get hurt.

http://w1.sydsvenskan.se//Article.jsp?article=10093591

[grendy]

okaaay?? that sounds insane, you'd think there are a LOT of safety things up there..

[AtlanticaC5]

Haven't heard about that earlier, not good

Btw, only 1 "real" floor left now! (there are 2 mecanical floors on top of it)
http://www.turningtorso.com/images/e_images/hur_hogt_nu_eng_53.jpg

[grendy]

/me wants new pics! :)

[Nightsky]

Today I think there was a very positive article about Turning Torso in Kvällsposten. Most people in Malmö have started to like it. Just like Öresundsbron, many people are sceptic in the beginning, but when it is completed they become proud. :)

@grendy
That would not be so hard to fix.

[lofgren]

HSB Turning Torso was yesterday announced as a winner in the category Residental Developments at the prestigious MIPIM Awards in Cannes. MIPIM is the annual international conference and exhibition event for the property industry. MIPIM Awards give recognition to those companies responsible for the most remarkable property developments on the international arena.

www.mipim.com (http://www.mipim.com/App/homepage.cfm?appname=100419&linkid=16016&moduleid=291&campaignid=1292&iUserCampaignID=16085107)
www.turningtorso.com

[Sims]

Niiice :D

[Nightsky]

I had problems with my USB, but that is fixed now, so here is the photo that I promised:
Photo of Malmö skyline, February 26th 2005.
http://skyline.250free.com/TTOresundsbronskyline.jpg

It is taken from the bus window while the bus was driving fast, that explains the quaility.

[ZuluKingOfTheDwarfPeople]

I like turning torso but not when they turn too much, looks like an accident if it does...

[sander]

Wow, cool. Time has passed so quickly.

[Sixtiz]

Hi everybody,

You can find my pictures of the Turning Torso here : http://sixtiz.net/photos/turning-torso/ and some more here : http://sixtiz.net/photos/turning-torso-2/

A quick preview :
http://sixtiz.net/photos/turning-torso-2/img009.jpeg.medium.jpeg

Enjoy !

[AtlanticaC5]

Do you think TT is the best skyscraper in Europe? Then vote for it here (http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showthread.php?t=230624) in the Urban Hall of Fame, it's a tough race between TT and SwissRe in London! :)

[staff]

Well, being the second best skyscraper in Europe is not very bad. ;)

[Parzival]

dammit, I can't vote, seems like the voting poll has expired.

[staff]

Both cranes on TT have now been taken down, and what is visible now is the finished structure. Thereby, Turning Torso is totally finished on the outside - and it looks absolutely stunning.

[Hviid]

Both cranes on TT have now been taken down, and what is visible now is the finished structure. Thereby, Turning Torso is totally finished on the outside - and it looks absolutely stunning.
Any new pictures of the TT without the cranes? :D

And how about the inside? When will that be finished?

[staff]

Sorry for the bad quality, these pics are taken from a car window by a mobile phone (SE K750i), hence the somewhat discussable quality.
http://web.telia.com/~u40113619/torsok7501.jpg
http://web.telia.com/~u40113619/torsok7502.jpg

I will head out and take pics with my Nikon cam soon. The finished TT without the cranes looks absolutely stunning. I can not believe it actually.

[Hviid]

i have to agree ... it looks a lot better than I thought it would!

[Mantas]

2nded :)

[staff]

Am I exaggerating when stating that this is one of the best skyscrapers in the world? And we got it right here in Scandinavia.

[Hviid]

Am I exaggerating when stating that this is one of the best skyscrapers in the world? And we got it right here in Scandinavia.
hmm ... to be honest, you might be, a little bit ;) In terms of design, i dont think it can beat buildings like the Sears Tower or the Empire state building... But its close! I think the TT is defidentally the best designed skyscraper in Europe, and probably within the top 10 of the world.

[Ringil]

2 megapixel isnt that bad Staff ;) not for a mobile phone, great phone by the way ;) :D TT looks amazing...

[cphdude]

Am I exaggerating when stating that this is one of the best skyscrapers in the world? And we got it right here in Scandinavia.
i think you might be on to something... :tiasd:

[ch1le]

i dont know, i really dont like TT... ugly windows... *shrugg*
if it had other kind of windows it would have ROCKED, but those little illuminators just ruin it :cry:

[AtlanticaC5]

TT looks fabulous without the cranes, a big piece of art! :banana: