World Tower
Sydney, Australia

HEIGHT: 230m/775 feet
FLOORS: 70 floors
COMPLETION: 2004
ARCHITECT: Nation Fender Katsalidis

Pic by climbing_crane:

http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid110/p79335cfecceef1e20b63332d7f19196f/f919d6ef.jpg

Pics by CULWULLA:

http://www.skyscrapercity.com/photopost/data/509/379wortow08-med.jpg

http://www.skyscrapercity.com/photopost/data/509/379248474_1_-med.jpg

http://www.skyscrapercity.com/photopost/data/509/3792222222-med.jpg

Pic by gazmo of lantern atop @ night:

_____http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid107/p5eb83652ef04e2d86b8a1181357e1bbd/f95b570f.jpg

Pics by Fabian:
http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid105/pbe1f1e97aa6d167fb835a7417115bff0/f970c5d7.jpg

http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid105/p9545c092c0d15268b3cae439a73dfb25/f970c49e.jpg

http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid105/p2fdc9231ad25933c67ce4f233f5566a3/f970c562.jpg

This one is going to be the tallest residential building right?

Anyway, i like it because of its height, and some shapes that it has.

9/10

So far the best Australian scraper I've seen: a sturdy tower with its own identity.
The design is coherent and the tower has an impressive amount of floors below streetlevel.

8.5/10

7/10

I like the slender height and the glass portion. The bottom however is too fussy and those patterns dont seem to aid this building aesthetically.

Originally posted by Javier This one is going to be the tallest residential building right?solely classified and not mixed-use, yes. Until Eureka Tower in Melbourne and Q1 on Australia's Gold Coast are completed.

In regard to World Tower, although some think it's a jumble, I like all the different shaping. Makes it all the more interesting. Having said that, suddenly the acres of metallic planes behind the beacon seem too sparse.

It is tall and slender and the beacon is lit beautifully lit at night.

Call me biased, but I have watched this one grow over the last couple of years and feel that I've 'paid my dues'.

9 (would have been 8 a year ago, just based on the render).

9/10 Wow, I would call this one of the best modern skyscrapers! Really cool, this is what modern skyscrapers should look like! :)

6/10


only because of its height.

Originally posted by Fabio 6/10, only because of its height. Do you mean that its height is not tall enough :? . Taken in to consideration it is amongst the tallest in ROT: World's Top 101 - 200.

This is the finest residential tower ever built in Sydney. It's an outstanding design for a residential tower and the beacon helps give it an iconic look. I love the different styles of the facade, which mould together to make look impressive

8.5/10

Also I thought I would to like to add a few pics of mine for forumers to look at when deciding their rating.

Pics added :D
- AtlanticaC5

7/10

Nice shape, but I dislike the facade. I really have never understood towers like these.

Originally posted by Muse

Do you mean that its height is not tall enough :? . Taken in to consideration it is amongst the tallest in ROT: World's Top 101 - 200.


no it's the opposite,

I said I gave 6 just because of its height if it was shorter, than I'd have gave a smaller note.

:okay:

I think it looks to weird.

it may look a little complicated but i like it:colgate:

8.5/10

Really nice 8.5/10

for me this isn't the best one, but there something about this building that i like, one of them it's height.. 7.5/10

7...I like how it tapers to the top almost like a mountain . It wouldn't work everywhere, but it looks good in it's surroundings.

weird...i dont know how to rate this one..:D I'll give it a 7

To complicated with all the wings and steps from the top
All so the glass and many colours
THis one kind of loses my support guys and gals
The only part i love is the grill along the north face of the tower
6

7.5/10 - It's really tall and slim but is too complicated, and has too many unnecessary elements.

7/10 - It's slim enough to have good, soaring height (especially seen narrow-side on), and I really like the way the setbacks fall away at the top, like the GE buiding at Rockefeller Center - it's so much more lively and interesting than a plain flat roof. The night lighting is also a good touch.

BUT - The facade has so many different elements that it veers off into chaos - it needs to be more organized, especially since none of the sections are really striking on their own. This is in spite of some touches like the good contrast between white trim and dark windows and the glassy, triangular "fans" running up the sides...

Way to miss matched. 6.5/10

:)

10/10 but only because it's totally amazing to stand up on the top of that blue bit at night and look out over all of Sydney - like I did last night. :)

8 for this one. i like the building's overall shape, but the "black wings" look rather dull and the top glass portion should be gray instead of green.

the building looks better on the narrow side than on the wide side

Pic by Fabian:

http://img8.photobucket.com/albums/v28/Fabian/Sydney_pics_160402004_063.jpg

by gazmo:

________http://www.redwoodit.biz/ozscrapers/wt_lantern/wt_05.jpg

Fabian:

http://img8.photobucket.com/albums/v28/Fabian/Picture_069.jpg

gazmo:

________________http://www.redwoodit.biz/ozscrapers/wt_lantern/wt_03.jpg

Fabian (with Latitude Tower rapidly rising behind W.T.):

http://img8.photobucket.com/albums/v28/Fabian/Sydney_pics_140402004_012.jpg

Here are some shots of the scraper I've taken as of late

http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid110/pf7655f038aa0fa5c05a571f1043509d5/f9150688.jpg

Here's a closeup of the top - You can even see work going on inside the interior

http://img8.photobucket.com/albums/v28/Fabian/Sydney_pics_043.jpg

http://img8.photobucket.com/albums/v28/Fabian/Sydney_pics_015.jpg

7/10

too much going on

It's a spectacular addition to Sydney's CBD (Central Business District midtown scrapers, without a doubt.)

Impressive !! Nice shape of the building

8.5/10

It looks alright,but just a bit to messy imo 7,5/10

Narrow view ok. Not the slightest bit inspiring overall.
Instantly forgettable...sorry.

ok thats so harsh

I will give it 10, very interesting Reminded me of logo games :D.

10/10 but only because it's totally amazing to stand up on the top of that blue bit at night and look out over all of Sydney - like I did last night. :)

lucky barstard! Please explain?!??! Are you related to Harry Triguboff or something? lol

sorry, didn't mean to be "harsh"...it's alot better than Kent House in the forground.

and I'm not anti Sydney for the record...Melbourne has sadly more than it's share of ugly buildings.

the combinations of edges and angles and general "messy look" can be found in any city... it just has no "wow" factor , but thats just an opinion.

10/10!! my fav skyscraper in Australia! atm its the worlds 13th tallest residential building! If it was built when it was planned in 2000, it would of been the worlds tallest!!
anyway, it s a great structure! perfect for the southern end of Sydney.

9/10 which means i like it and its interesting elements, with staged top a whole lot. definitely one of the most handsome buildings in oz.

reserving top votes for ultimates in design, height, setting and overall skyline impact, and this misses just a little on the latter two, but any city would be delighted to have it: spare us all from flat chests and flat tops :okay:

8/10

You all may or may not think that I am stupid, but from all the Pictures, i couldn't tell which building was the one I was supposed to be rating. My loss. I guess and I think I got the answer right. On the last two, I think I got the aanswer incorrect.

I like the collage of sloped glass elements and the different balconies, as well as the overall shape. The colour combination of black, green and white is different and interesting. 8/10

10/10 !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!


:eek2: :eek2: :eek2: :eek2:

WOW its amazing, i cant say there is anything i dont like about it....very fashionable design...great color....i like it a lot 10/10 for me.

WOW, freakin awsome> I love that picture of it showing through the clouds. 10/10

I love the colors 9/10

I also gave it 9 :okay:

8/10

Too many different types of façade. 5.5

Nothing to write home about, quite frankly.

7

8/10

This tower rocks the vote. 9.0

i think this skyscraper i overdone,,,,it looks pretty good from the distance tho,,,,

oh,,,and igive it a 7.5

10/10 grrreat

this one's great 8.5/10 especially since it's so recognisable in a good way. Along with a couple of skyscrapers, World Tower gives Sydney's skyline landmarks that put it above the rest.

hot as!

6/10.

7/10 good but not great.

Good design, but they went somewhere wrong with the facade. I give it an 8/10. :yes:

That side with the balconies is really wicked. I don't like it.
I also don't like the white rectangular frame on the other side.
Otherwise, the top is nice, and the blue light quite cool. I'm a bit worried about how this glassy top will look when people move in and start putting blinds here and there.
5.

way to strange and weird... "industrial" looking
4.5/10

9/10

5.

8/10

I like the distinct claddings the building has.Very modern concept.

8/10

8/10

I like it, it's an attractive slender tower. 8.5/10

strange one 8/10

creative 9/10

nice one 8.5

It's really tall and slim but is too complicated,
and has too many unnecessary elements.

8,5/10

8...

looks like Rockefeller in glass.. nothin realli special bout it.. its 'k.. 6.5/10..

5.5/10

9,5/10

8.5/10

Now the Aussies KNOW how to build scrapers, that facade is just friggin manga!!! Perfect 10!!!

Great Tower

when i went to sydney last year, it was still a construction site. hope to see the finished product sometime in the future. should be classy and chic

I don't like it!

Doesn't look too bad in those pics, but I just got back from sydney the other day and in the flesh it is the most godawful conglomeration of a building... Especially in the upper levels with the curtains all half open/half closed, just looks messy and as though some kid's gone rank with a bunch of building blocks...

Sorry - 2

I watched World Tower grow from a 10storey deep hole to last concrete pour and panel attachment over 2000-2004. Its one of the finest apartment towers in the world. When it was designed in 2000 it was planned to be worlds tallest but beacuse it took a while with DA ect, it was worlds 16th tallest on completion.
On completion in 2004, it became tallest resi in Australia and 2nd tallest to roof at 230m.

http://img8.photobucket.com/albums/v28/Fabian/Sydney_pics_160402004_063.jpg

http://www.skyscrapercity.com/photopost/data/500/126wtfull.jpg

LETS PLAY LEGO, 7/10.

6/10

its okay la... i really like the top, but the bottom half is quite clashing. 8/10

7/10.

7/10

I like it. 10.

7,5/10

7/10

9/10 Great design, really original !

7/10 i like the originality but imo way too busy. it looks strong and powerful but too much is going on to care about it.

8.5/10

meh 6.5/10

Finest Lego tower yet. 8/10

it has a very intricate floor plan for a 75storey apartment tower. most 70storey+ resi towers are same floor plate whole way up. very boring. but lots of $$ went into World Tower.
very sculptural.
from today

http://img119.imageshack.us/img119/7607/wttoop5ln.jpg

Love this tower, glad it got built to fill up the construction site that have been left vacant for years!! :)

7/10.........................

9/10 ;)

8/10

7/10

7/10

Really like this one 9

This building stands out in sydney skyline

^yes at 230m ,it is the tallest in sydney to roof.
its very intricate for a 75storey bldg.
heres some i took last week

http://img49.imageshack.us/img49/8980/00003402rx.jpg

http://img109.imageshack.us/img109/9734/00003353sl.jpg

http://img443.imageshack.us/img443/3898/00003073ry.jpg

really fantastic tower, 9.5/10

1/10

What a mess!

It makes me wonder if the building was divided into 7 pieces or so, each designed by a trainee architect.

9/10

7/10

8/10 Nice

http://www.thecitystreets.org/009.jpg

http://www.thecitystreets.org/002.jpg

Very nice!! 10/10 I see it in Times Square!

9/10

sorry to say but it is ugly :)

^^you are ugly :) this tower is beatifull

i don't like...4/10

10/10

9.5 the building looks a bit complicated but fun though.

Very unique design, I like it :) 8.5/10

sleek. and complicated. 7.5/10

More pics taken by jeepstar of World Tower to be rated. Along with a couple of its World Square scraper neighbours;
The Ernst & Young & Hordern Towers.

http://i64.photobucket.com/albums/h189/jeep_buggy/World%20Tower/PICT0137Large.jpg

http://i64.photobucket.com/albums/h189/jeep_buggy/World%20Tower/PICT0138Large.jpg

http://i64.photobucket.com/albums/h189/jeep_buggy/World%20Tower/PICT0140Large.jpg

http://i64.photobucket.com/albums/h189/jeep_buggy/World%20Tower/PICT0141Large.jpg

http://i64.photobucket.com/albums/h189/jeep_buggy/World%20Tower/PICT0147Large.jpg

http://i64.photobucket.com/albums/h189/jeep_buggy/World%20Tower/PICT0151Large.jpg

http://i64.photobucket.com/albums/h189/jeep_buggy/World%20Tower/PICT0156Large.jpg

http://i64.photobucket.com/albums/h189/jeep_buggy/World%20Tower/PICT0190Large.jpg

http://i64.photobucket.com/albums/h189/jeep_buggy/World%20Tower/PICT0197Large.jpg

http://i64.photobucket.com/albums/h189/jeep_buggy/World%20Tower/PICT0201Large.jpg

http://i64.photobucket.com/albums/h189/jeep_buggy/World%20Tower/PICT0213Large.jpg

http://i64.photobucket.com/albums/h189/jeep_buggy/World%20Tower/PICT0207Large.jpg

unique :wink2: 8.5/10

Doesn't look too bad in those pics, but I just got back from sydney the other day and in the flesh it is the most godawful conglomeration of a building... Especially in the upper levels with the curtains all half open/half closed, just looks messy and as though some kid's gone rank with a bunch of building blocks...

Sorry - 2

I agree it looks like a bomb went off inside the upper levels. A good reason for reflective glass in resi scrapers. It is now my most hated tall building in Sydney. To me it's a hotch-potch with far too much going on and far too many colours. That and I also don't like the lopsided nature of so many towers in sydney, I'd like to see a few go up with some symmetry for a change.

3.5

something´s missing in that tower, perhaps color switch

but i like it, looks like a big version of small modern buildings in manchester or other english city

7

wow what a special building 9/10

great tower with original shape in one of the most exciting cities ... deserves for at least 8/10

3 / 10

Inspired by a discarded computer memory card in the dumpster?

3/10

It looks exactly like the kind of tasteless, messed up buildings commonly found in mainland China. How many different textures and patterns are there? 11 - 15? That's crazy!

I'm not too particulary fond of this building. It has good height, and it looks modern, but I have a bad feeling this one will age rapidly. The facades are a mis-match of styles and there's balconies, wings, and little insets everywhere. It almost looks as though they hired a team of designers who refused to talk to each other to design different portions of the building. There's nothing flowing about it. Overall, a "6"

0 / 10

I have to wonder how messy the architect's bedroom might be.

8/10

7.5

It's ok, too much like a puzzle facade.
6.5/10

9/10.

I love this one.

8/10

Um he is tall but i do not like the design so a ... 6,5 out of 10.

6/10.

8/10

7/10

I like how it soars, but the facade is way overdone.
6/10

8.5/10

Weird but nice. 8.5

7/10 - the pic with the fog is awesome.

weird tower. 4

8/10

too complex 7/10

8/10

6/10

8,5/10

8/10

the best is the design

10/10

7/10

6+

Too weird for me- 5/10

6,5/10

8/10

an 8

best aussie tower

5/10

9/10

11/10

:eek:

8/10

8/10:)

It's really interesting building. A little bit crazy but good :) 8/10

This building looks weird,but I gave it a 7/10 cuz the top lights up at night and its tall:)

it has too many elements on it
but definantly no ugly

7/10

8/10

8/10

8/10

7/10

6.5/10

No pics anymore.

7.5/10

10/10

8/10

7.0/10

8. Good building. Regards.

9/10

I voted 7/10 nice building, what I don't like is the boxy light on top, but it also adds up the skyline.

8/10

The design is okay, but the view must be astronomical.

8/10

9/10

8.5

Need to see latest pic/s please!

8/10

7/10

9/10

Need to see latest pic/s please!

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2798/4509554967_a77f2d9247_b.jpg
http://www.flickr.com/photos/prischl/4509554967/sizes/l/

Like the colours, but the shape is really ugly. 4.5/10

8/10

Unique

8/10

8/10

8/10

8/10 :)

9/10

7.5/10

Good height, average design.. 7/10

7/10

10/10

8.5/10

8/10

9/10 :)

8/10

eee
6.5/10

7/10