Height: 244M
Floor count: 57
Location: Paseo de la Reforma
Construction end: 2011?
Architect: LBR&A Arquitectos
Developer: Capital Vertical Grupo Inmobiliario / Inmobiliaria Torre Chapultepec

http://img95.imageshack.us/img95/5161/reforma2.jpg (http://www.imagehosting.com/)

http://img187.imageshack.us/img187/9566/torrereforma2008.jpg (http://www.imagehosting.com/)

http://img223.imageshack.us/img223/8759/torrereformaaq8.jpg (http://www.imagehosting.com/)

ese dise~o si esta chido, no en la que parece tetris.

The tower looks much better in the first renders.

nice one, finally a taller tower than Mayor :)

ohhhh! 10

tetrix? :D

Hey, nice one. The profile looks cute.

I will gather more and better information, there's a really nice thread in the Mexican forum. I'll translate some information and post some pictures from some of our users ( the real experts) :cheers:

Then hurry up ! .. That tower is hot !

Nice.

I think that Mexico City is one of the 10 best cities in the Americas!

1. NY
2. Buenos Aires
3. SF
4. DC
5. Boston
6. Chicago
7. Mexico City
8. LA
9. Miami
10.Toronto

Information taken from the Mexican forum, all credit to them.

Other Angles. It matches greatly with Torre Mayor's back: :yes:
http://img135.imageshack.us/img135/9476/39820737cp0.png

http://img135.imageshack.us/img135/9476/39820737cp0.png

It has a great impact on Mexico City's skyline :cheers:

http://img242.imageshack.us/img242/4341/reforma2011nf1.jpg

http://img242.imageshack.us/img242/4341/reforma2011nf1.jpg

This is how the floors will be used:

http://img369.imageshack.us/img369/5176/torrereformakw7.jpg

http://img369.imageshack.us/img369/5176/torrereformakw7.jpg

Different daytimes: :drool:

http://img205.imageshack.us/img205/3121/trqdj9.jpg

http://img205.imageshack.us/img205/3121/trqdj9.jpg

Love the design. Look perfect. :okay:

Great tower)))

wowww nice tower wonderfull

any UC pics?

nice tower. :)

The tower is amazing!!!

Properly speaking, the title of this Thread should say "PREP". If I'm not wrong, "U/C" means tha the foundations are done and the first columns start rising.

They finished the demolition of the Construction that used to be at the site.

http://img102.imageshack.us/img102/372/dsc08459su9.jpg

(By ominorg of the mexican forum.)

Now they need to move this historic edification to make room for Torre Reforma. Notice the Proximity with Torre Mayor (in the background of the pic).

http://img102.imageshack.us/img102/479/dsc08460og6.jpg

(By ominorg of the mexican forum.)

This is how this histioric edification looks now, before being moved:

http://i42.tinypic.com/317f4na.jpg

(By /-/_E_C_T_O_R 8§8 of the mexican forum.)

Once at its new position, it will be integrated to the Project. Caffés and Restaurant will be located here. This will be awesome when done.

http://i40.tinypic.com/281tpc7.jpg

Wow i love its design, but is it really U/C??

:okay:Nice.

I think that Mexico City is one of the 10 best cities in the Americas!

1. NY
2. Buenos Aires
3. SF
4. DC
5. Boston
6. Chicago
7. Mexico City
8. LA
9. Miami
10.Toronto



Mexico city is better than buenos aires:okay:

10/10 !!! The tower is so beautiful and innovative ! Besides, the project preserves an old house at the very corner which is admirable... Cool to see construction started !

Wonderful tower !

Nice.

I think that Mexico City is one of the 10 best cities in the Americas!

1. NY
2. Buenos Aires
3. SF
4. DC
5. Boston
6. Chicago
7. Mexico City
8. LA
9. Miami
10.Toronto
no my friend you are wrong, mexico city is one of the 10 best cities in the world.

I examined the site of the Torre Reforma on Wikimapia and saw that a "gay disco club" may have occupied the site. That disco club was probably demolished to make room for the tower and mostly that historic edifice's new place.

I examined the site of the Torre Reforma on Wikimapia and saw that a "gay disco club" may have occupied the site. That disco club was probably demolished to make room for the tower and mostly that historic edifice's new place.

That place is not going to be demolished, the old mansion is going to be part of the the project.

Well, what buildings were demolished, then?

The best of this tower is that will match very well to the Torre Mayor , Paseo de la Reforma and Torre Bancomer (preproject on design).

Btw, the demolished buildings were some small, old, ugly and commercial buildings, but i dont have a pic, for sure we may find some one in the mexican forum :cheers:

^^^^^^ Indeed as far as I know the old mansion is going to be part of the whole project as cafeteria and restaurant. I also know that the house is going to be moved but not demolished.

This is not mine, but just like everybody else...I borrowed it :)

http://img291.imageshack.us/img291/4563/ftreforma1mb60cbcc.jpg (http://img291.imageshack.us/my.php?image=ftreforma1mb60cbcc.jpg)

^^^^^^ Indeed as far as I know the old mansion is going to be part of the whole project as cafeteria and restaurant. I also know that the house is going to be moved but not demolished.

^^

You are absolutely . . . right!

Btw, i was thinking about how many old architecture jewels could be saved if we had before this type of technology in Mexico City . . .

I like how they're preserving that building, looks really good. As for the tower itself, I think it looks great, a good partner for Torre Mayor.

The site preparation continues.

Pictures by maximiliandrake:

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3470/3394336554_e67b547e21_b.jpg

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3434/3394336556_ef7facd22f_b.jpg

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3645/3394336560_fb045e548c_b.jpg

Great, finally there is movement on the site! I can't wait to see the tower rise!

Here is another view, although not rightly "to scale" but it gives us and idea of how great it will look!

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3061/2617064701_8f25c2c05b_o.jpg

wow! what a design!

This is not mine, but just like everybody else...I borrowed it :)

http://img291.imageshack.us/img291/4563/ftreforma1mb60cbcc.jpg (http://img291.imageshack.us/my.php?image=ftreforma1mb60cbcc.jpg)

I love how it fits perfectly with the Mayor and the St. Regis.

Beautiful 10/10. With Torre Mayor near it, the block will look amazing. Its a shame for the nice old building, but the Torre Reforma its just incredible.

nice pictures!

:banana::banana::banana:

^^
sebvill, the old building will be kept in its place after the scraper is done.

here is a pic taken 2 weeks ago by maximiliandrake

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3547/3394320128_dc458febaa_b.jpg

Update!!!

The old house at the end, is now gone. :banana:

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3612/3454227666_1de3dd9db6_b.jpg

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3661/3454227674_466374265d_b.jpg

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3358/3454227648_44f8f0c9fd_b.jpg

Special thanks to maximiliandrake

Luv this modern looking tower, congrats Mexico.

How did you rate the Americas citys ??? arquitectures, sizes, glamoure, skylines ??

For mi

1. NY
2. Toronto
3. Mexico city
4. San Pablo
5. Buenos Aires
6. Rio de Janeiro
7. Chicago
8. San Francisco
9. Miami
10 Honolulu

amazing tower!! congrats mexicoo!!

How did you rate the Americas citys ??? arquitectures, sizes, glamoure, skylines ??

For mi

1. NY
2. Toronto
3. Mexico city
4. San Pablo
5. Buenos Aires
6. Rio de Janeiro
7. Chicago
8. San Francisco
9. Miami
10 Honolulu

Honolulu? Seriously? I mean its nice, but seriously?

new update by goblin king


http://img188.imageshack.us/img188/3756/56188755.jpg
This pic was taken by goblin king and posted at ssp. thanks goblin:)

very nice panoramic.

Looks really great. Good for the DF.

new update by goblin king


http://img188.imageshack.us/img188/3756/56188755.jpg
This pic was taken by goblin king and posted at ssp. thanks goblin:)

very nice panoramic.


Cool, i've never been in Mexico City but it looks like you are getting another nice tower, by the way, is that gold or yellow looking building to the left of Torre Mayor new? it looks like there is construction going on there aswell...

I love this tower.

Cool, i've never been in Mexico City but it looks like you are getting another nice tower, by the way, is that gold or yellow looking building to the left of Torre Mayor new? it looks like there is construction going on there aswell...

You are a good observer. Actually that building is being demolished to make room for another tower, which will be even taller: Torre Bancomer, that it's supposed to be reaching 278 m.

Torre Mayor is getting a lot of new neighbours and won't be alone anymore :banana:

You are a good observer. Actually that building is being demolished to make room for another tower, which will be even taller: Torre Bancomer, that it's supposed to be reaching 278 m.

Torre Mayor is getting a lot of new neighbours and won't be alone anymore :banana:

That's awesome, it will make a nice cluster of tall buildings together!!!
I wonder why this building is being taken down by sections, will this building cause damage to others near by if it gets demolished all at one?

^^ Well, there are lots of pedestrians all the time, so I guess its just a safety measure.

BTW, here's a new rendering found in the Mexican Forum. All credits to its owner (luisja?). It does not show the other skyscrapers to be built right across Paseo de la Reforma:

http://img83.imageshack.us/img83/6315/4dr1copy.jpg

This is how the mansion will remain below the Building:
http://img199.imageshack.us/img199/788/gfhhfd.jpg

That's awesome, it will make a nice cluster of tall buildings together!!!
I wonder why this building is being taken down by sections, will this building cause damage to others near it if it gets demolished all at one?

I've heard Mexico City is a little traumatized by fast-dynamite-demolishing buildings because of the great earthquakes..

woww!! very nice design!! i like his shape

Que buen diseño de la torre y que detalle mas grande de montar tal edificio sobre esa casa cuyo valor patrimonial es muy grande por lo que se ve. wow, ya era Hora que la torre mayor de mexico encontrara a quien le quite el titulo de mas alto y quizas de mas bello. Gracias por las actulizaciones!

That's awesome, it will make a nice cluster of tall buildings together!!!

I wonder why this building is being taken down by sections, will this building cause damage to others near by if it gets demolished all at one?

^^

Yep! and besides that , among the architectural propposals for the BBVA Tower we can find names like Cesar Pelli, Norman Foster, Enrique Norten or Richard Rogers! . . soon we will we have further details about this project . .

In the meantime, Torre Reforma is our "top" official project on process :cheers:

Absolutly nice tower...congrats DF......... it will be cool to have another cluster with such a nice and classy buildings as Santa Fe....

The historical building preservation really is a big plus in this project.!!

Very good, Mexico! :okay:

Hey, I am actually diggin' this Tower... :applause: great design over all...

Properly speaking, the title of this Thread should say "PREP". If I'm not wrong, "U/C" means tha the foundations are done and the first columns start rising. .

http://i40.tinypic.com/281tpc7.jpg

esta politica de conservacion de lo antiguo, es verdaderamente sensacional.:banana::banana::)

How did you rate the Americas citys ??? arquitectures, sizes, glamoure, skylines ??

For mi

1. NY
2. Toronto
3. Mexico city
4. San Pablo
5. Buenos Aires
6. Rio de Janeiro
7. Chicago
8. San Francisco
9. Miami
10 Honolulu

You would prefer to put honolulu over cities like Santo Domingo, San Juan, Los Angeles, Havana, Caracas, Guayaquil....are U SERIOUS?honolulu bearly makes it to a million inhabitants

Great design and a new tallest for Mexico City, isn't it? :applause:

ohhh good

Imagine if torre reforma could have led lights in the blue lines where the glass is. :rock:
And by the way the inaguration of Torre St. Regis is gonna be in a month from today-August-3-2009. :)
We are finally gonna see the lights on. :rofl:

^^

Yep! and besides that , among the architectural propposals for the BBVA Tower we can find names like Cesar Pelli, Norman Foster, Enrique Norten or Richard Rogers! . . soon we will we have further details about this project . .

In the meantime, Torre Reforma is our "top" official project on process :cheers:

wooww.. that's gonna be excellent!! :banana:

Does anyone has updates for Torre Reforma. Please.

Hm... 20million people live in DF and there are no updates of this tower?
come on...

marvelous building fits in well with the other scraper and really suites Mexico City

Updates by ind-Erick

http://img4.imageshack.us/img4/5494/8oct09048.jpg

http://img4.imageshack.us/img4/179/8oct09043.jpg

http://img158.imageshack.us/img158/4096/8oct09052.jpg

thnx!

the house will be removed in december or in january.

muy bien :banana:

Nice to see it in progress! Would have been a pity. This tower is great! :okay:

Beautiful, very good!

WOW!

I just love the design of this tower.

It'll fit great in the skyline. :happy:

This tower is going to look so great in Mexico City! What a treat!

1 month ago

http://img203.imageshack.us/img203/1593/76395376.jpg

Looking ahead into the future of Mexico City's Reforma Avenue

http://img17.imageshack.us/img17/2153/paisajeu.jpg (http://img17.imageshack.us/i/paisajeu.jpg/)

Looking ahead into the future of Mexico City's Reforma Avenue

http://img17.imageshack.us/img17/2153/paisajeu.jpg (http://img17.imageshack.us/i/paisajeu.jpg/)

:cheers:

i luv the design

Looking ahead into the future of Mexico City's Reforma Avenue

http://img17.imageshack.us/img17/2153/paisajeu.jpg (http://img17.imageshack.us/i/paisajeu.jpg/)

QUE FOTO ^^:banana::banana::banana::cheers:

Wow !!! Fantastico!..

this tower is taking forever to build.

Looking ahead into the future of Mexico City's Reforma Avenue

http://img17.imageshack.us/img17/2153/paisajeu.jpg (http://img17.imageshack.us/i/paisajeu.jpg/)

Might be hard for most Latin American cities to beat that, except maybe Santiago or Panama.

Now that's pretty futuristic, build more. :)

any updates

finally they are moving the old house

and the new render with some new details :)

http://img213.imageshack.us/img213/9307/imagen1312.jpg

Reforma and other planned skcrapers
http://img174.imageshack.us/img174/533/mxc10iqcopy.jpg
http://img371.imageshack.us/img371/1475/mxc23zschido1.jpg

:okay:



Mexico city is better than buenos aires:okay:

no way out. BsAs is amazing! and bout that ranking... mine would be totally different.

1º New York
2º Sao Paulo
3º Monreal
4º Buenos Aires
5º Mexico City
6º Toronto
7º Chicago
8º Santiago
9º Rio de Janeiro
10º Vancouver

i think mexico city is better

no way out. BsAs is amazing! and bout that ranking... mine would be totally different.

1º New York
2º Sao Paulo
3º Monreal
4º Buenos Aires
5º Mexico City
6º Toronto
7º Chicago
8º Santiago
9º Rio de Janeiro
10º Vancouver

no way out. Mexico City is Amazing! and bout that ranking mine would be totally different.

1º New York
2º Mexico City
3º Montreal
4º Buenos Aires
5º Vancouver
6º Toronto
7º Chicago
8º Santiago
9º Rio de Janeiro
10º Sao Paulo


:lol:

^^

What does rankings like that have to do with Torre Reforma?

^^

What does rankings like that have to do with Torre Reforma?

I was making fun of the other person who made his own ranking, of course rankings make absolutely no sense.

Cheers

I do not see pictures that prove that this tower in U/C

http://img402.imageshack.us/img402/7523/dsc09108c.jpg

http://img96.imageshack.us/img96/8080/dsc09105.jpg

That little hole is going to hold the building???

im severely underwhelmed =/ hope this picks up

:okay:



Mexico city is better than buenos aires:okay:

Very few cities in the world are better than Buenos Aires but Mexico City is interesting with many wonderful buildings, I will go there soon hopefully.

NEW RENDER


http://www.arup.com/~/media/Images/Projects/T/Torre_Reforma/Gallery/Images/Torre408x612lightboxAL%20Benjamin%20Romano%20Architects.ashx?mh=800&mw=1000




March 18th


http://img6.imageshack.us/img6/3567/dsc07144h.jpg (http://img6.imageshack.us/i/dsc07144h.jpg/)

Mexico City has some great new buildings, together with some amazing ancient ones. What a spectacular place!

Love the new render :D

This is more less how the skyline will be on 2013 with 3 new constructions over 200m,

Que onda con nuestra "torre iffel" jaja

http://img256.imageshack.us/img256/2057/1zzcopy.jpg (http://img256.imageshack.us/i/1zzcopy.jpg/)

URL=http://img717.imageshack.us/i/1zzzcopy.jpg/]http://img717.imageshack.us/img717/3835/1zzzcopy.jpg[/URL]

http://img525.imageshack.us/img525/589/1zzzzcopy.jpg (http://img525.imageshack.us/i/1zzzzcopy.jpg/)

Wow.

Those new angles of the future skyline are very promising!

Where will this beautiful tower be in relation to the one discussed in this thread?

Mexico City is really amazing. It's one of the most historic cities in the world, yet architecturally avante guarde.

http://skyscrapernews.com/news.php?ref=2473

http://skyscrapernews.com/images/pics/2473MexicanTowerTakesDiagridsToNewHeights_pic1.jpg

This animation, made by Mexican Forumer luisja, will give you a very good idea of where are the 3 new skyscrapers located:

V81Mk-g9ajA

That's a great video. It seems that all of the magnificent towers are near one another.

I'm really impressed with Mexico City and its thousands of years of history. I wish I could attend Mexico's bicentennial as a country (at least in its current form) this year.

this tower is gonna be beautiful

no way out. BsAs is amazing! and bout that ranking... mine would be totally different.

1º New York
2º Sao Paulo
3º Monreal
4º Buenos Aires
5º Mexico City
6º Toronto
7º Chicago
8º Santiago
9º Rio de Janeiro
10º Vancouver

For those who haven´t noticed this is the Torre Reforma thread, NOT the "top 10 cities in the Americas" thread, so if you people want to start a discussion about that subject then please take it somewhere else.

Btw, this is not the "show off the Mexico City skyline" thread either so please stick to posting relevant information about the Torre Reforma project.

For those who haven´t noticed this is the Torre Reforma thread, NOT the "top 10 cities in the Americas" thread, so if you people want to start a discussion about that subject then please take it somewhere else.

Btw, this is not the "show off the Mexico City skyline" thread either so please stick to posting relevant information about the Torre Reforma project.

^^ ^^
Ditto +1 :ohno:

More pixs please......... I hope that nice building is not only nice at the front (like many) facade but all around.

^^
This is how Torre Reforma is supposed to look from behind. I love how it matches Torre Mayor's back.

http://img41.imageshack.us/img41/1672/capturadepantalla201003y.png



These images are taken from the official Internet Site of the Tower (thanks to GERARDORS), showing how the old Construction has been moved in order to build the 9 underground parking levels. Once that has been done, the house will be brought back to its original position:


http://img651.imageshack.us/img651/710/treformaao.jpg
http://img266.imageshack.us/img266/8948/treforma2.jpg

How old is that house?

How old is that house?


Can't be sure about that building in particular, but the reconstruction and cultural cleansing started with gusto in about 1680 onwards, this building wont be later than 1750

Edit:

It was built in the 1920s, but is of the style

Holy crap? Are there really 9 underground levels? Thats alot!

Holy crap? Are there really 9 underground levels? Thats alot!

yes there are

updates: Underground levels.
credits: Mexican Forum members.

http://i824.photobucket.com/albums/zz168/adiartic/CIMG0063.jpg

http://img841.imageshack.us/img841/1358/2222fo.jpg

http://img804.imageshack.us/img804/1444/3333j.jpg



Information about this tower

http://a.imageshack.us/img338/9214/towerr.png

http://a.imageshack.us/img257/5923/towerr1.png

Render

http://img130.imageshack.us/img130/9162/vistaimss.jpg

Damn! :eek2: Great render.

PS: Is there any thread for the Torre Bancomer? That's u/c at like 220~m right? Where is that from the other two?

PSS: I still think that they have built the Torre Bicentanaro. ;)

Amo Mexico!

Que bonito....

What's the status of this beautiful tower?http://skyscrapernews.com/news.php?ref=2473

http://skyscrapernews.com/images/pics/2473MexicanTowerTakesDiagridsToNewHeights_pic1.jpg

What's the status of this beautiful tower?[

^^

Reforma432 is currently on Site Preparation, expected to begin foundations in Q1-2011.

Holy crap? Are there really 9 underground levels? Thats alot!

There are a lot of buildings with more than 10 underground level such as Residencial del Bosque which have 14 underground both towers.

Here some updates

http://a4.sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-ash4/217035_208567002494422_100000233718470_818589_2300146_n.jpg

Update


By Martin H Unzon

Respecto a Torre Reforma esta listo para el colado de la losa del nivel 0 (si no es que para esta fecha ya este colado... la foto la tome el jueves)
http://img38.imageshack.us/img38/2675/martinhunzontorrereform.jpg

This is EXCITING!!!

Where will this beautiful tower be in relation to the one discussed in this thread?

Mexico City is really amazing. It's one of the most historic cities in the world, yet architecturally avante guarde.

http://skyscrapernews.com/news.php?ref=2473

http://skyscrapernews.com/images/pics/2473MexicanTowerTakesDiagridsToNewHeights_pic1.jpg

Is this beautiful tower actually u/c too?

^^^^ Not Yet

Hopefully soon!

Updates

Torre Reforma

By hook89

May 9th,2011

Images from today, we see again what we had anticipated Martin.

http://a1.sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc6/230537_215856001765522_100000233718470_882160_3227781_n.jpg

http://a7.sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc6/230321_215856051765517_100000233718470_882161_1710651_n.jpg

http://a8.sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc6/227961_215855968432192_100000233718470_882159_5910491_n.jpg

http://a5.sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-ash4/228270_215856088432180_100000233718470_882162_3143119_n.jpg

By Martin H Unzon

May 22nd,2011

finally completed the cast ...

http://img199.imageshack.us/img199/3342/dscf22801.jpg

http://img710.imageshack.us/img710/4238/dscf22811.jpg

By hook89

May 26th,2011

A crane being armed beautiful Tuesday afternoon. :)

http://a6.sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-ash4/247436_220209014663554_100000233718470_918601_7036582_n.jpg

By niztnanot

May 26th,2011

It is exciting to see the crane arm: D

Sorry, I could not take pictures up close, the door was open, would take over and matched the door at that time ...

You had many workers outside and gave me something XD

Use two small cranes to assemble the large crane ...

http://img593.imageshack.us/img593/8324/img0717s.jpg (http://img593.imageshack.us/i/img0717s.jpg/)

http://img685.imageshack.us/img685/5117/img0718e.jpg (http://img685.imageshack.us/i/img0718e.jpg/)

Here is seen a bit as part of the crane stand: D

http://img199.imageshack.us/img199/480/img0722ta.jpg (http://img199.imageshack.us/i/img0722ta.jpg/)

By Martin H Unzon

May 26th,2011

hi hi again agree to be taking photos of the area not wanting ...

The images have the arm ... Later came the tower

http://img12.imageshack.us/img12/1811/dscf23111.jpg
http://img52.imageshack.us/img52/7028/dscf23121.jpg

:banana::banana::banana::banana::banana::banana::banana:

By Martin H Unzon

May 26th,2011

ji ji de nuevo coincidimos en estar tomando fotos por la zona sin querer...

Las imagenes que tienes es el brazo... mas tarde llego la torre
http://img12.imageshack.us/img12/1811/dscf23111.jpg
http://img52.imageshack.us/img52/7028/dscf23121.jpg

HMorales, remember that you are on the international forum, and you have to write in english.

Those images show the precise moment of the crane sections arriving on site yesterday. So we can expect the construction of this amazing building to speed up considerably. :banana:

By TheEconomist72

Updates

Fulfilling my word again, here's the evidence: nuts :.......... 2 cranes are building on Reforma Torre .......

http://img809.imageshack.us/img809/8277/foto0039ph.jpg

http://img193.imageshack.us/img193/2758/foto0040nl.jpg

http://img156.imageshack.us/img156/737/foto0041tb.jpg

http://img834.imageshack.us/img834/5725/foto0042rr.jpg

And where you can see the first underground floor .........

http://img36.imageshack.us/img36/2011/foto0043bj.jpg

This is an update of how the crane looks like during this weekend (originally posted by niztnanot), and a sketch originally posted by Hook89.

http://img803.imageshack.us/img803/2469/img0794.jpg (http://img803.imageshack.us/i/img0794.jpg/)

Beautiful! after a period of several months when the tower looked like it had come to a standstill (they were working underground, though) we'll finally see how TR emerge from the ground up to its beautiful 244 m high!

http://img818.imageshack.us/img818/1709/reforma.jpg

This sketch shows the increasing width of the tower as the height increases.
It will be a great addition to Mexico City's skyline

:cheers:

This will be an amazing addition to this ancient capital!

By mecanico242

Crane came

:D:D:D :rock: :rock: :banana: :banana: :banana2: :banana2:


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:D

And distinguish what I think are some columns :P

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^^ I totally agree on that...

One more update originally posted by mecanico242:

The crane has been fully assembled:


http://img857.imageshack.us/img857/9448/dscf1760.jpg


One more pic showing, in the foreground, the house that is going to be embraced by the tower and behind, the crane in its full glory :)


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:cheers:

This will be an amazing addition to this ancient capital!

Couldn't agree more...

If the design happens to succeed, maybe we'll be talking about the next Mexico City's trademark building! :D

Updates

By ¿?
http://i678.photobucket.com/albums/vv146/Turbo_Gun_Hawk/Reforma%20Updates%20Junio%202011/SL376473.jpg

http://i678.photobucket.com/albums/vv146/Turbo_Gun_Hawk/Reforma%20Updates%20Junio%202011/SL376474.jpg

http://i678.photobucket.com/albums/vv146/Turbo_Gun_Hawk/Reforma%20Updates%20Junio%202011/SL376479.jpg

http://i678.photobucket.com/albums/vv146/Turbo_Gun_Hawk/Reforma%20Updates%20Junio%202011/SL376485.jpg

http://i678.photobucket.com/albums/vv146/Turbo_Gun_Hawk/Reforma%20Updates%20Junio%202011/SL376482.jpg

http://i678.photobucket.com/albums/vv146/Turbo_Gun_Hawk/Reforma%20Updates%20Junio%202011/SL376484.jpg

Y una comparación de la parte trasera del predio.

29 de Mayo.

http://a4.sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc6/248725_221181211233001_100000233718470_925413_4556511_n.jpg

Y tres semanas después :)

http://a3.sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc6/268300_234563446561444_100000233718470_975483_4787641_n.jpg

:cheers:

For those of you that don't follow the mexican subforum I post here a forumer's rendering of how the area will look like in the near future. There are no threads about many of these buildings here but they are real proposals or underconstruction skyscrapers.

http://img808.imageshack.us/img808/9505/cdmexreforma1g.jpg (http://img808.imageshack.us/i/cdmexreforma1g.jpg/)


http://img716.imageshack.us/img716/9999/cdmexreforma1h.jpg (http://img716.imageshack.us/i/cdmexreforma1h.jpg/)

From left to right the first two buildings are proposals and all the others are either built or underconstruction including the building which RobertWalpole asked about.

I hope you can now have a better idea of how the cluster which Torre Reforma will be part of will look like

^^That new tower in the middle (west of Torre Mayor) will never go onto that site. The site has been saved for a 9-storey wing like the one added to the east of the Torre Mayor in 2009. But an existing highrise building will have to be torn down first.

This animation, made by Mexican Forumer luisja, will give you a very good idea of where are the 3 new skyscrapers located:

V81Mk-g9ajA


Fabulous animation

Magnificent! Viva Mexico!

By Kamei

http://img200.imageshack.us/img200/8789/dsc05932o.jpg (http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/200/dsc05932o.jpg/)
http://img821.imageshack.us/img821/2148/dsc05935m.jpg (http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/821/dsc05935m.jpg/)

^^ Excellent!

It's getting there!

muy nice !!! a ver si se organiza una asi aca en tierras regias. saludos

latest updates !!!! slow

very nice

UPDATES
ya me tengo que ir, pero dejo una foto en lo que regreso para continuar con el reportaje

;)

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Last updates
by GERARDORS

mientras esperamos verla a nivel de calle,abajo continuan los trabajos:

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This render its awesome

http://i42.tinypic.com/xcit5z.jpg

wow nice, how you can see the beams,interesting

The reflection of Torre Reforma's crane can be seen on the Annex building of Mexico's current tallest: Torre Mayor.

An right across the street we have the construction site of Torre Bancomer, which will be as Tall as Torre Mayor, granting us a cluster of three +200m. skyscrapers right next to each other. :banana:

http://i1113.photobucket.com/albums/k510/Assemblage23/DSCN9953.jpg

Congratulations!

By Martin H Unzon

http://img38.imageshack.us/img38/8029/dscf43061.jpg

wow a round hole outside of china :D

and a very nice design!

Looks good

Wow. Nice building! Very sleek and contemporary :cheers:

looks nice

Updates
Torre Reforma

De vmzp86

http://img152.imageshack.us/img152/7574/reforma26jul.jpg

http://img842.imageshack.us/img842/6153/reforma2deagosto.jpg

I want to see this tower going up.

La grua verde esta siendo desmontada... a mi parecer es buena noticia...

http://img32.imageshack.us/img32/7287/dscf44271.jpg

me da la impresion de que los sondeos en las esquinas son para colocar las gruas...

The tower's only crane it's currently being dismantled. Some of us believe it's to bring in a stronger crane and also to relocated, but there's nothing set on stone.

Cheers :cheers:

After a very long wait, the first column has arrived!!! :D
From now on, it's a fight to completion along side Torre BBVA Bancomer on the other side of the street.


All Credits to maximiliandrake from SSC Mexico


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Nice! It was about time this thing could start to show some real progress. Up until now all the construction work has been done below the ground.

In the next few weeks we´ll finally start to see the tower grow upwards...that´s real exciting!

You would prefer to put honolulu over cities like Santo Domingo, San Juan, Los Angeles, Havana, Caracas, Guayaquil....are U SERIOUS?honolulu bearly makes it to a million inhabitants

Also, he forgot Chicago. In my opinion one of the most beautiful cities in N.A.

Also, he forgot Chicago. In my opinion one of the most beautiful cities in N.A.

Modernity doesn't make a city beautiful, people always forget that. There's cities in Mexico and Canada that i'm sure are worth the nomination...

Credits of picture to ominorg from SSC Mexico

There's no crane anymore so this one is doing the job right now. We also don't know when the bigger crane arrives.

http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8031/7891672034_c438ac5461_c.jpg

Picture by Cuernavacacity from SSC Mexico


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Picture by maximiliandrake from SSC Mexico

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looks nice

edit

los edificios cercanos son feos , esta sera la torre mas alta de mexico ?

Pues si caminaras por esos edificios no están tan feos. Es un gran contraste entre los edificios de baja y alta altura, pero no es feo.

No, la torre mas alta de México va a ser la Torre KOI en Valle Oriente-Monterrey con una altura no confirmada de 330 metros. Si quieres saber mas sobre esta torre te invito a que leas su hilo en este misma sección de "skyscrapers" en este link:

http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showthread.php?t=1437365

Si quieres información mas actualizada en español, puedes también leer en su respectivo foro en la Sección de Monterrey en SSC México aquí:

http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showthread.php?t=463513&page=181

Saludos.

What an interesting project

Renders taken from the towers oficial site:

http://i48.tinypic.com/34oeqn8.jpg

http://i47.tinypic.com/mw2t78.jpg

This is the unknown audistorium no one knew about lol

http://i49.tinypic.com/12313rr.jpg

Looks nice

Update by Ritchyyy from SSC Mexico.

http://i1056.photobucket.com/albums/t365/rich77100/cd8b9979.jpg

The first standing column of this tower. Picture by Martin H Unzon.

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Modernity doesn't make a city beautiful, people always forget that. There's cities in Mexico and Canada that i'm sure are worth the nomination...

I don't only look at modernity. But I also wouldn't go as far as to say that modernity DOESN'T make a city beautiful. Under the circumstances modernity can indeed make a place look beautiful.

I also think of other cities, which are not modern, as beautiful. For instance, Guadalajara or Guanajuato in Mexico I think they are beautiful, and they are not modern at all. But also Toronto, where I live, is very modern but it's also very beautiful.

Why did they change the Torre Reforma 432's design??? The original one was so awesome...I'm really disappointed.

New design :(:

http://img94.imageshack.us/img94/2962/nuevor432a.png

Why did they change the Torre Reforma 432's design??? The original one was so awesome...I'm really disappointed.

New design :(:



That's not Torre Reforma... That's the new design for tower R432.
Torre Reforma continues with the same design originally planned.

^^ http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showthread.php?t=980098&page=83

^^ Thats not the correct thread, Torre Reforma (this one), its number is 509, and its avenue is Reforma, so it's Reforma 509, the other will also be on Reforma but in the Number 432, so it's Reforma 432, two totally different towers.

^^ Thats not the correct thread, Torre Reforma (this one), its number is 509, and its avenue is Reforma, so it's Reforma 509, the other will also be on Reforma but in the Number 432, so it's Reforma 432, two totally different towers.

No, this tower is Reforma 483, Reforma 509 is on the other side of Torre Mayor, the one currently awaiting for the existing building to be demolished. Reforma 432 is further down Reforma, like two blocks away on the east bound side. Neither Reforma 509 nor 432 have started, both are awaiting to solve their respective issues. Hope this clear things up.

cheers
:)

Oh you're right, R509 is Punto Chapultepec.

That's correct! :)

Ok, so today I'm bringing an update by forumer Gerardos from SSC Mexico. According to information obtained by him through someone involved in the project, the tower has kept a good pace. According to the source, most of the work has continued throughout the basements due to their complexity. In one of the previous updates we saw that there was already columns on site ready to be inserted and then buried inside a concrete column, this was supposed to start today. What this person says is that unlike the tower across the street (Torre BBVA Bancomer) they are trying to finish the basement first before starting with the upper structure, so yeah, that's the update. He was also given some pictures which are below.

Cheers :)

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http://i50.tinypic.com/332phe8.jpg

http://i47.tinypic.com/24pdh5k.jpg

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Today's update again by Martin H Unzon shows one of those columns being installed

http://imageshack.us/a/img507/4837/dscf46431.jpg

Update...
Una desde las alturas..

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^^

That's quite a complex construction site to work on.

Update:

...mas acero de refuerzo (varilla) en los muros
http://img14.imageshack.us/img14/8309/dscf46831.jpg

una columna mas de acero...
http://img27.imageshack.us/img27/2491/dscf46821.jpg

en el otro extremo del libro.
http://img16.imageshack.us/img16/1500/dscf46841.jpg

Picture of the progress below ground, some of these pictures include work on level -35, yes, 35:eek:

http://imageshack.us/a/img440/9533/19139591.jpg

http://imageshack.us/a/img259/507/84937480.jpg

http://imageshack.us/a/img337/2530/85767318.jpg
^^level -35

http://imageshack.us/a/img31/3489/21432883.jpg

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http://imageshack.us/a/img207/4506/79584318.jpg

ERASE THIS POST!

^^No quiere decir que haya 35 niveles bajo el nivel de la calle. Se refiere a que hay entre 10 y 12 sótanos que dan una excavación de -35 m. aprox.... :)

^^It´s not a number of floors underground, but the depth of the excavation, 35 meters, or about 114 feet below ground... So we have around 10-12 basements, not 35!!!! :lol:

Cheers!

I never said it was the number of basements below ground, i just wrote "level" meaning i translated as it was in the image :) Yes, you are right though.

gooo ahead....torre reforma....:)

Update by /-/_E_C_T_O_R 8§8. The pictures show steel ribs distributed all over the perimeter of the "open book" structure that makes up the building.




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Here're some of the details about the facade and how the building works.

http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8321/8055738892_fe75509842_z.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/84177594@N02/8055738892/)
detalle (http://www.flickr.com/photos/84177594@N02/8055738892/) by SkyscraperEgomaniac (http://www.flickr.com/people/84177594@N02/), on Flickr

Not much here, but it's an update from today

http://imageshack.us/a/img855/783/iphone162z.jpg

I guess in another week maybe will see a second column, by the end of the year at this rate of progress the first floor will be finished.

Sorry to dissapoint Ricardo, a second column has been put up already. It is only visible from a higher altitude though, check the Mexican forum for the fotos :)

I guess in another week maybe will see a second column, by the end of the year at this rate of progress the first floor will be finished.

Like the other forumer already pointed out, the seoncd column is already up. You're also ignoring the fact that there's plenty of work being done below street level, which actually compromises over 50% of the entire project.

Now, again like the other person said, here's an update taken today from a higher perspective.

Una más de la semana...
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Y una más desde abajo...
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saludos!

not much to update but there were some pictures taken:



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http://imageshack.us/a/img189/6466/imagedig.jpg

Small update by Martin H Unzon

http://img28.imageshack.us/img28/9629/dscf54151.jpg

There's movement but nothing very significant. Picture taken by Martin H Unzon today.

http://imageshack.us/a/img840/5471/dscf54441.jpg

A new update by @Cuernavacacity... rumors say the tower will emerge from underground in three weeks from now at last... let's see if they're true...

http://imageshack.us/a/img196/8861/chapultepec073.jpg (http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/196/chapultepec073.jpg/)
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:cheers:

I can´t wait to see it come up

Update, it's finally going up :D



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Just a picture by GERARDORS

http://i45.tinypic.com/vpdfv9.jpg

Great shot.

In some 2 years, Torre Reforma will surpass Torre Mayor (in the background) by some 20 meters (65 ft.)

So, time does reward!

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Update by GERARDORS

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Update by Martin H Unzon, picture by LBR.

http://img834.imageshack.us/img834/9581/dscf55411.jpg

:)

Update by Cuernavacacity

http://img194.imageshack.us/img194/5002/gibbon057.jpg

By Martin H Unzon... progress on this tower is apparently much slower than on neighboring Torre Bancomer...


http://img21.imageshack.us/img21/3918/dscf55691.jpg


:cheers:

Update by Martin H Unzon.

http://img856.imageshack.us/img856/7086/dscf56111.jpg

By Martin H Unzon... progress on this tower is apparently much slower than on neighboring Torre Bancomer...


:cheers:

Maybe soon, as they are reaching ground level and begining to build the main structure they speed up.

True, it will go much faster building standard floors of the tower. :)

Today's update by @Martin H Unzon:

http://img534.imageshack.us/img534/1973/dscf56201.jpg

:cheers:

Nice

How thick do you reckon the L-shaped structural wall is? Around 1 meter?

Today's update by Martin H Unzon

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http://img717.imageshack.us/img717/3638/dscf56941.jpg

Update by Javo2808


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and by Martin H Unzon.

http://img27.imageshack.us/img27/9269/dscf57311.jpg

Forgot to post this picture las time also by Martin H Unzon

http://img62.imageshack.us/img62/392/dscf57461.jpg

Update from the inside by Gerardors


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Today's update by Martin H Unzon. Great news though, the tower crane is back and progress seems faster now. Let's hope this project speeds up now.


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Update by ominorg

http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8503/8289267265_338fb5ac89_b.jpg


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Update by Memo840

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dont click^^

update by mecanico242

http://img525.imageshack.us/img525/5180/dscf3479k.jpg (http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/525/dscf3479k.jpg/)

The main crane is back!!!! :banana::banana::banana:

Picture by: Leon Stinson


http://img217.imageshack.us/img217/4041/20656210200115215223890.jpg

Torre Reforma and its crane

Picture by Edificios de Mexico Facebook page.

http://sphotos-b.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-snc6/270247_10151598404474918_1521901170_n.jpg

Update by the forumer Memo840

http://imageshack.us/scaled/medium/545/cimg1247d.jpg (http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/545/cimg1247d.jpg/)
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Update by maximiliandrake


http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8075/8381224395_cbe751c255_z.jpg

^^ :banana:

Such a great shot. The outline of this wonderful project can be clearly seen.

Today's update by Cuernavacacity

http://img221.imageshack.us/img221/8315/ultimasmati105.jpg

Close-up pictures of the main walls of the building. These are interesting because there's only two, almost like an open book, both will act as both the support structure and the main facade of the building.

Pictures by GERARDORS

http://i47.tinypic.com/s59t05.jpg

http://i47.tinypic.com/14w4o6s.jpg

Update (in spanish, too lazy to translate lol)

Estos son los renders de los que hablaba Mecánico, creo que ya los habíamos visto, aunque no recuerdo muy bien el segundo.
http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8077/8407680740_db32cfcbf0_b.jpg
http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8216/8407692712_d113205a53_b.jpg

De esta torre me preguntaba cómo quedarían las ventanitas que se ven en los renders en la parte trasera, parece que así serán
http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8196/8407669522_5ecc94bf5c_b.jpg

Y al momento en que estaba ahí, salió este grupo de personas que parecían importantes, los trataban como si fueran inversionistas. No supe nada.
http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8078/8407686490_2f79e55d0a_b.jpg

Update by ciudad gotica

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Updates, pictures from two days ago:

Avance... estructura metálica posterior ya también empieza a crecer
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La cimbra ya alcanzó la columna metálica del muro Rio Elba
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http://img716.imageshack.us/img716/2094/dscf59831.jpg

update
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update from today by Hook89

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Update by gratteciel

http://img534.imageshack.us/img534/2995/sam0925u.jpg (http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/534/sam0925u.jpg/)

http://img21.imageshack.us/img21/8691/sam0926u.jpg (http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/21/sam0926u.jpg/)

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Update by Sebastianovik

http://img5.imageshack.us/img5/749/shm2013102.jpg

Thanks for all the updates, great to see all the construction in the D.F.

No problem :)

Update by Robr_07,Picture by http://grandescasasdemexico.blogspot.mx/

http://img33.imageshack.us/img33/7615/torrereforma.jpg

From yesterday...

http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8242/8482364539_9f405053cf.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/86521754@N03/8482364539/)

The wall keeps going up!


http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8366/8482362843_e0e771acdd.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/86521754@N03/8482362843/)

Sorry for the bad quality, they're from the phone haha ;)

Another update from today by Mecanico242

http://img825.imageshack.us/img825/8044/dscf3560p.jpg

http://img820.imageshack.us/img820/9210/dscf3561f.jpg

http://img690.imageshack.us/img690/5391/dscf3564w.jpg

Update by Martin H Unzon

http://img706.imageshack.us/img706/4960/dscf62421.jpg

http://img21.imageshack.us/img21/267/dscf62431.jpg

Update:



http://img442.imageshack.us/img442/1503/dscf3607a.jpg (http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/442/dscf3607a.jpg/)



http://img402.imageshack.us/img402/6486/dscf3608t.jpg (http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/402/dscf3608t.jpg/)


http://img6.imageshack.us/img6/2425/dscf3611g.jpg (http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/6/dscf3611g.jpg/)

http://img189.imageshack.us/img189/8181/dscf3621l.jpg (http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/189/dscf3621l.jpg/)