Know anything about this?
http://picserver.student.utwente.nl/getpicture.php?id=576747

Where is it located?

Shanghai, just opposite Jin Mao Tower.:)

Is it U/C or proposed or built????

Don't know, all I know that they are also selling the units here in Singapore.:D

Yeah I saw the ad in our papers too. If they are selling it, then we can be quite sure it will see the light of day! ;)

If you can read chinese, or just want to see pictures, go to its official website at http://www.skyline-mansion.com. The flash intro shows some cool renderings! ;)

http://www.ppa-ny.com/img/x32devt.jpg

X3-2 Tower rendering


PLOT X3-2 TOWER

The tower will be built on plot X3-2 (hence its temporary name) and sould be seen from Puxi bund in between two residential buildings complex : Tomson Seaview Garden ( topped, on Riverside Avenue , next to City Group tower) and Gloria Harbour (under construction on Riverside Avenue, next to Tomson Seaview Garden). Both of them can be seen on the rendering.

Oriental Development Management Ltd. plans to invest $350 million to build a Shanghai office tower designed by Sani Pei the son of the architect behind the Bank of China building in Hong Kong and the glass pyramid at the Louvre. The closely held U.S. developer said it paid $48 million for a 9,200-square-meter (99,000-square-foot) parcel of land to build the 43-story aluminum-and-glass X3-2 tower, designed by Sandi Pei, son of architect I.M. Pei. Construction will begin in the first quarter and be completed by the end of 2006.

The 43-story Class A office building will provide 80,000 square meters of office space in a prime location in Shanghai's New Lujiazui Financial District. Rising to a height of 200 meters the tower plan rotates 45° transforming a square footprint into an eight-sided glass prism whose facets will shimmer the entire day with reflected light. The resulting floor plans take maximum advantage of the site and offer direct unobstructed views to Old Shanghai and to its renowned Bund located on the waterfront across the Huangpu River.



Official Lujiazui Financial Zone site, (map and plots details) : http://www.shld.com/develop/xljz/xljz.htm

http://www.cofco.com.cn/en/4.0/topglory/t2.0/images/pudongpenglihuayuan1.gif

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GLORIA HARBOUR

Shanghai Pudong Gloria Harbour View is in the prime location of Lujiazui Central Financial District, Pudong, Shanghai, fronting Pudong Binjiang Main Street and Huangpu River to the south. In its neighborhood are high-rise office buildings and hotels. When fully developed, this property will have a gross floor area of more than 1,000,000 square feet. This development concept was inspired by other top-class luxury apartments. The project comprises five highrise deluxe residential blocks providing multi-storey and duplex apartments. The complex will also include gardens, a luxurious clubhouse and underground car parks. The landscaped space covers approximately 65% of the total area of the construction site. The Group believes that this development project will cater for buyers who desire a comfortable and fashionable home living environment and will provide satisfactory returns.

Construction has begun, as you can see on this picture, Note Buildings implantation and The two circles of the pools.

http://www.lookatchina.com/web_en/phpBB2/download.php?id=651

Official Lujiazui Financial Zone site, (map and plots details) : http://www.shld.com/develop/xljz/xljz.htm

http://www.cofco.com.cn/en/4.0/topglory/t2.0/images/pudongpenglihuayuan.gif

Second rendering which did not show correctly in my previous post

Seems like a great location for the residentials although they seem weird in the rendering.

wow, a truly awesome tower! build it!!!

reminds me of an upside-down SWFC, but it still looks very cool

http://www.orientaldevelopment.com/en/images/project_x32.jpg

Older rendring

8 sided prism :drool:

WOW this is a great design!!!!

Yes, great location with panoramic view on Puxi. At least the design is a bit more inventive than the other residential buildings under construction in lujiazui.

Tomson Seaview Garden towers (between Citigroup building and Gloria Harbour) seem very poorly conventional architecture, just stacked floors. Only their thinness preverses the verticality feeling of the area despite their relatively shortness (150m high).

Skyline Mansion, the three massive residential towers growing behind the JinMao will be ugly. Before they get built you are already looking forward for the day when they will get demolished ! The JinMao surroundings are going to be ruined forever.

This growing residential part of Lujiazui is very disapointing : nonsense urbanism and cheap architecture.

http://www.funkygrad.com/estyle/images/mylife/shanghai05.jpg

Very small rendering indeed ! Does anyone has a better one ?



SKYLINE MANSION

Above the prime Lujiazui financial area, a super-class residential complex named Skyline Mansion will soon loom. The Shanghai Grand Real Estate Co Ltd has already started the construction of the three buildings. Two of the three buildings planned will be 28 storeys tall while the third will soar to 43 floors.



Living life to the fullest: Skyline Mansion

Shanghai enjoys international fame as the "Pearl of the Orient" because of its brightly illuminated skyscrapers. The futuristic Oriental Pearl TV Tower, stands as the world's third tallest TV tower. The Jinmao Tower is another famous building in the Pudong New Area.

The first pure residential property to stand shoulder to shoulder with all the above mentioned monumental landmarks is the Skyline Mansion, offering a fresh inhabitant possibility in the hottest CBD of China.

Situated in the center of Lujiazui and within 2-minute walking distance to Jinmao Tower, the Skyline Mansion has a total investment that exceeds RMB 2 billion (S$413milli
on).

There will be about 500 suites of apartments that range from 120 to 300 square meters available to both domestic and overseas buyers.

Like 'The Icon' in Singapore, the Skyline Mansion is slated to become the most sought-after residential suite of apartments in the Shanghai CBD area. Its key selling points are its location in the heart of the Lujiazui and its units offering magnificent views of the eastern and western bunds of both banks of the river.

Despite a steep price tag of US$3,000 per square meter as reported in a Hong Kong press, this high profile project has attracted strong buying interest in Shanghai and Hong Kong over the past few months, and in Singapore during its recent launch.





A new high-rise residential complex will come up at Pudong District's famed Lujiazui area, developers of the project announced yesterday.

Lujiazui is known more as a hub for finance and commerce, but Shanghai Grand Real Estate Co Ltd said it plans to build five residential towers in the area.

In the first part of the project, three buildings - 38, 39, and 43-stories high - will have a total floor area of 152,000 square meters. They will face the Jin Mao Tower and the 492-meter Shanghai World Financial Center under construction.

The first part of the Skyline Mansion will have a total of 536 apartments. Shanghai Grand Real Estate said that the units would be sold at more than US$3,000 per square meter.




Three of the five projected buildings are under construction, the next ones will probably be located on the plot besides, the one actually occupied by the WFC building yard extension. The towers heights seem uncertain and are different according to the sources.


http://www.lookatchina.com/web_en/phpBB2/download.php?id=651

Hey all! I was wondering if you can post renderings of future Pudong with the SWFC in it. Need it for planning my contingency plan in my cities at Simcity and I guess this would be a good opportunity to gather some cool future Shanghai pics as well... ;)

This is cool... the design match with the SWFC in the background.

Yes this tower and WFC match together. I liked the older rendering volume better, but this giant prismatic structure catching sun light anytime of the day might turn into a beautiful highlight of Pudong skyline. I never saw a building that widens up to its top that much, it might be impressive when viewed from its base too.

are all projects you posted approved?

X3-2 Tower is approved and construction will start "soon".

The others projects if you are refering to these :

- Tomson Sea view : under construction all buildings topped, just next to the City group Tower and the Aurora.

-Skyline mansion : three (ugly) towers under construction.

- Gloria Harbour View : under construction

For confirmation, see : http://www.lookatchina.com/web_en/phpBB2/download.php?id=651

from ssp gallery

http://skyscraperpage.com/gallery/data/570/456shanghai_s_future_high.jpg

http://skyscraperpage.com/gallery/data/570/456new_pudong_future.jpg

http://skyscraperpage.com/gallery/data/570/456swfc.jpg

Niiiiiceee

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A more panoramic rendering showing WFC, Gloria Harbour View and Tomson Sea View

would be amazing if all those projects are completed!

wha...wha...Wow...Stunning! When all those projects are finished, Shanghai will have one of the best skylines in the world.

wha...wha...Wow...Stunning! When all those projects are finished, Shanghai will have one of the best skylines in the world.
I'd rather say, it WILL have the best skyline!!! :) :cheers:

It feels like Hong Kong vs Shanghai

in my opinion, the skyline in JuJiaZui is so ugly, i like PuXi view

i think lujiazui have a pretty cool skyline. every scraper blends in perfectly with each other, but i have to agree...the skyline's a little too far inland, and it looks a bit awkward with few scrapers near the river, but it should change in 10 years.

The main difference between Lujiazui and other "financial districts" in the world is that it was better planned. By that I mean it isn't cramped like most financial districts. It's actually quite spacious with wide streets and many green spaces. The downside is that it makes the skyscrapers appear farther apart.

btw, future Lujiazui will be pretty nice

http://chineseculture.about.com/library/gallery/shanghai/images/sh007.jpg


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^What is the name of that supertall building next to the jin mao and SWFC? Is it approved?

^^
And what is that big one behind Tomorrow Square?

Actually, I don't like how Lujiazui is planned. The skyscrapers are so far apart. It feels like a ghost town. It doesn't have the hustle and bustle feel of other large cities such as the old part of Shanghai, New York, Hong Kong.

I feel like I am running a marathon just going from one building to another in Pudong!!!!

yeah, shanghai's skyscrapers are too spreaded out. pudong's good, but puxi's all over the place. guess every city district in puxi want its own skyline (ex: jingan, huangpu, and luwan). and the next ting you know, you have a sea of skyscrapers.

that really tall building behind tomorrow square looks like a ripoff of 2 ifc, but i don't think they'll really build that. after all, this entire model is just a prediction of shanghai's future skyline. i've seen photos of other models that feature different skyscrapers. im sure many of these "future" buildings are just plans on the drawing board and half of them aint gonna get build once china slows its economic growth.

but if that tall one in puxi and that 3rd building in pudong gets build, jin mao might as well as commit suicide.

Friday July 16, 1:32 AM
China Suspends Universal Studios Project

Authorities in Shanghai have suspended work on a Universal Studios theme park as China slows down major building projects in an effort to cool off surging economic growth, a city official said Thursday.

The city postponed work after an inspection team sent by China's central government reviewed local development plans, said the official, who spoke on condition of anonymity.

Work on an underwater tunnel that would have connected the city with Chongming Island, in the Yangtze River, and plans to build new subway lines were also postponed, said the official, an executive in the city's Metropolitan Transportation Policy Office.

Construction of the Shanghai World Financial Center, a 101-story skyscraper slated for completion in 2007, and a horse race track planned for Chongming Island were among other projects temporarily shelved, the state-run newspaper 21st Century Business Herald said in an online report Thursday.

It was unclear when work on the theme park and other projects might resume.

Universal executives earlier acknowledged delays in their project and announced they had laid off two dozen people hired to work on the theme park. They blamed administrative problems.

According to the 21st Century Business Herald, land-clearing work for the project began and then was suspended pending final approval from the State Council, China's cabinet.

The Universal Studios park, a mix of Hollywood and traditional Chinese themes, was due to open in 2006 in Pudong, a sprawling area of eastern Shanghai.

The park would tap into China's booming domestic tourism industry by luring visitors from wealthy coastal provinces around the city. But it also would compete with a new Disneyland scheduled to open in Hong Kong in 2005.

The government has been tightening bank lending and canceling or postponing many projects as it seeks to curb soaring investment that it says is fueling inflation and may cause financial problems.

It also has been reviewing land use plans following protests by farmers and other residents forced off their land by industrial parks, golf courses and other development projects.

Construction of the Shanghai World Financial Center, a 101-story skyscraper slated for completion in 2007, and a horse race track planned for Chongming Island were among other projects temporarily shelved, the state-run newspaper 21st Century Business Herald said in an online report Thursday.


HUH! WHAT?! So the SWFC stopped again after they start digging the foundation?

Another case of macro economy control.

they're gonna stop swfc YET again!!!??? nooo!!!

why does this have to happen to the coolest supertall building ever designed in this new century!? please china, just let this project go through. don't destroy the hopes of the skyscraper enthusiasts worldwide...

Yah, they should continue with SWFC. One building alone wouldn't cause inflation. Built the dam scraper!

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The range of this project covers the Fuxing island and its periphery. The total area is 5.3 km2. The site lies on the Shanghai Yangpu district which is the east shore line of the Huangpu River developing belt. There are plenty of high education resource in this site and its region, also a set of excellent modern industrial buildings along the Huangpu River. The Fuxing island, as the only enclusure inland island in the Huangpu River, has the superior geography condition and the ability to promote greatly the development and the quality of life in the aspect of living, culture and landscape of the whole Yangpu district.
The content of the project will be divided into 3 Chapters. Chapter 1 starts with the general planning of the Fuxing island and its periphery. Chapter 2 is the detail planning of the Fuxing island. Chapter 3 concludes a series of urban focus design and the special item.


General Ideas

— Transformation of Fuxing Island into a green, ecological paradise.
— Living with nature: A green paradise on Fuxing Island, ecological, manifold, active, educating and relaxing as it is a new defined cityforming element of Fuxing Island West.
— Creating a world of different activities- Research, recreation, entertainment, culture, leisure time.
— An international academic centre near the university.
— Shaping a microcosmos of designed landscape- an ecological research- and showpark, an english garden, a french park, modern landscape architecture and asian gardens.
— Luxury residential districts inside the park on the channel.
— A recovering occurence world on international level.
— Highlight at the river- An island inside the island as an exclusive representative, work and occurence centre of Shanghai with an unconfusable urban developed and architectural landmarch.
— International high-standardised clubareas, a conference centre and a guest house belonging to the city of Shanghai, connected to international marina for luxury yachts.
— Creating a artificial world as relaxing- and wellnescenter at the Huangpu River with a unique architectural form.
— Conservation and reuse of monument listed industrial buildings.

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Program

In this project, a dynamic water system combined with the urban texture will be posed, whose spine is based on the existent canal. The water system will divide the site into a set of islands with urban character.
The subisland in the center will be built as a “low rise high density” entertainment island. As a entertainment center of the Fuxing island and its periphery, it unites the Fuxing island and its periphery even the overall Yangpu district into a whole by radiating two green axes to the nearby hinterland.

The subisland in the south will be a large international multiple communication center. It concludes the international finance institute and the transnational corporation CEO club, Media information center, communication forum, sports center, lersure convalescent center and the Yachting pivot, etc.
The main island of Fuxing island will be constituted by different kinds of theme parks(British park, French park, Ecology showing park, International horticulture exhibition park), dispersed villas reflecting different country style, the international science center relying on the exitent universtiy, the president forum and the other cultural and educational facilities.

There are 6 entries linking the Fuxing island with other places. Except for the former Haian Bridge and Dinghai Bridge, two new entries will be set on the central sub island and one on the southern sub island and the last one on the north of the main island. It offers a convenient connection from different areas of the island to the outside.
In order to maintain the ecological enviornment and landscape of Fuxing island, we suggest to set up 5 control points to control the incoming traffic. In the control point, there will be a transportation centre including a transit station for auto to battery car, large underground parking, subway station and waterside tram stop. The main transport should be the battery car and tram. Only the villa resident on the island is permitted for auto. In this way, both the ecology and landscape demands are satisfied while avoiding spending a lot of money to build the tunnels.

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Focus

Urban Center

The Fuxing urban center island will become a leisure entertainment center with cinema, disco, restaurant, bar, club and fitness studio, etc. Two green axes immediatily connect the east Yangpu district in the other side of the Fuxing island canal and the Fuxing urban center island and the Fuxing main island. The urban center island itself also links two green axes with a various main axis and unites the whole urban center island pointing to the Jadeflower Dom in the subisland in the southern.

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Jadeflower Dom

At the prominent situation near the southern point of Fuxing Island, an artificial world as a relaxing- and wellness- centre presents itself in a unique architectural form on the bank of Huangpu River.
It is composed of five parts that find their centre under a central cupola, that joins the parts, and gives some uses a place, as there are : the Lobby with reception, a shop for bathing- and sports clothes and a café.

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Water City

The planning area northeast of the existing university campus is formulated by a differentiated canal and greenery system as a unique residential water city in Shanghai.

On the west bordering to the technology and research area it extends from north to south along two and from west to east along three main canals ( minimum 25m) to which a net of smaller navigable canals build a subsystem.In between islands an peninsulas with a high quality of life and a direct access to water are formed. Generous green courses and park areas form a varied system along the channels. The housing areas are replenished by nearby leisure facilities and small centers and meeting places at special ranges. The circular marina forms a special starting point for the whole planning area arriving on the Waterway to Shanghai.

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Housing Modul

Developing type of building in a new style for living which reflects new europian tendence; the half-opened and partly overconstructed residential block with park alike inner court yard and urban streets and boulevards with rich greens.

http://www.stadtbauatelier.de/projekte/pro2/img/fuxin_11%20copy.jpg

http://www.stadtbauatelier.de/projekte/pro2/en_fuxing.html
PS: That website is amazing, I didnt know it until today, there are many articles about China.

Living in downtown Shanghai-Pudong

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Shanghai is an international metropolis, and one of the most important urban centers in china for high-tech industry, finance, business and cultural development. In the new Central Business District of Shanghai-Pudong, opposite the famous "Bund" at the river, activities for finance, commerce, business, real estate business and computer industry develop fast; the urban development aim for this area is to become an international finance- and business center.

The project area in Shanghai-Pudong, south of Jin Mao Tower, is at the heart of this interesting and attractive downtown area, called the Small Lu-Jia-Zui area. Three skyscrapers, approximately 400 m high, and a 10 ha public park represent the immediate environment for the projected luxury housing area, which can be developed up to heights of 100 m.

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The task was to create an attractive housing area in this downtown finance district that connects super luxury living conditions with an environmental friedly, ecological design concept. At the feet of the existing like Jin Mao Tower and coming super skyscrapers, a unique three-dimensional landmark was to be designed whose fine, lively facade architecture is adopted to the quality of the skyscraper.

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Here, on the block areas N1 and N2, a luxury appartment complex has to be designed with retail areas, recreation, sport and entertainment facilities. On a total ground area of 57.546 sqm, 175.000 sqm of appartment space should be provided with individual units ranging in size from 90 sqm to more than 180 sqm. About 10.000 sqm are meant for retail and social facilities and for every appartment one underground parking place projected. About 25.000 sqm of the area is to be landscaped, partly possible through roof gardens, more than 10.000 sqm as public gardens.



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Shanghai wants to change into an ecologically sustainable metropolis during the next 50 years. To reach this aim, it will be necessary to bring economic interest into balance with ecological aspects and social needs of the citizens.

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The central idea of an ecological city lays on two pillars: ecological aspects concerning the construction of the New Town (Climate-referred choice of building types, a traffic network system, use of all excavated ground on the site, ecological building materials) and ecological parameter for the running of the city ( p.e. organically cleaning of grey water and sewage, gaining compost and energy from waste treatment or gaining renwable electric energy).
A compact and dense city with a sound mixture of housing, working, science and entertainment as well as a flexible system of public transport will help to reduces traffic and pollution.


Aims of the urban planning concept for New Jiang Wan Town

High quality of living:
The unique quality of the new residential areas is coined by the tension between living in a green environment and at the same time being close to the lively and vibrant axis with a variety of functions.

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City Landscape: The interaction of street pattern, green, the river and specific buildings creates a unique situation at the riverside, a sculpture growing out of the landscape, beaming at night like a crown of light. Two specific elements are the pillars for the creation of a new landscape in New Jiang Wan Town: the leveling of the site to create a differentiated and divers landscape and water as a most inspiring element.


City Highlights: The central axis is woven into the garden structure of the residential areas like a brooch thread in a fabric.With its high attractitivity, its final point, the crown at the river will increase the value of the whole north of Shanghai. Its fan-formed shape connects the backbone of the new town with the river. Directly placed at the riverside, the dense and urban centre not only offers entertainment and an extraordinary place to amuse for the new town as well as for Shanghai as a whole.


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Residential areas: The buildings are differentiated in three types: Blocks along the main axis, a modern variation of the traditional Li Long House and villas with an open courtyard.
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In all types, the way from the avenue to the individual home leads through streets and on squares. The way branches off and gets more and more private, till one reaches small alleys with romantic little places.This sequence of open and narrow spaces is varied by the water courses accompanying streets and alleys and by new modelled hills that distinctively contribute to the unique atmosphere . Basins and fountain are inviting the passer-by and from time to time the view opens to the park.

This living landscape covers an area of about 1000 ha and offers space for 100.000 citizens together with space for entertainment, working and a university.


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Urban Development Concept
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Revitalization of the historical area:

Aimsof the planning:

-Creating a luxurious residential area by:
- divers design of private gardens, in a modern or in the traditional chinese way
-attractive and exclusive design of public spaces, including pathes,streets and squares as well as parks and public green
-the design of varied places and meeting points to create a flexible public space for different uses as walking, meeting people, playing, Tai Chi or even a festival.

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the development of some smaller parks designed in a modern interpretation of traditional Chinese gardening in the north and south of the site, used as recreation areas and playgrounds, meeting points for all generations and in the south to keep the distance to the nearby high hotelbuilding.
- the design of representative entrance situations at the main entrance in the east and the second entrance in the west. At these points there are also the entrance of the underground parking lot.

-Characterisation of the main entrances by vertical design elements (sculpture, tower, fountain, etc.)

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Architectual Concept

Main task of the design is the development of different types of building organization to show the possibilities to create not only modern appartments with 250 sqm area but also flats with an area of 500 sqm living area. Preliminary schemes show how the semi-detached houses can be converted into different types of flats or into a comfortable house for one family.

The final scheme shows two variations of the 500 sqm alternative. The first variations illustrates the possibility for one family to live very comfortably in the building ( Two-Generation-House).The second alternative shows the life of three generation living together. Every generation has its own living room, while kitchen and eating spaces are shared.

Some of these variation can be realised only by a conversion in the building itself, other variations with additions or rebuilding of parts of the building allow the creation of new qualities for the flats.

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Present conditions analysis

Sanlin town is in the South of Shanghai. The site extends to Yanggao Nan Road in the west and Shangnan Road and Xinyi River in the east. The south is Huannanyi Road, the north is a new planning city ring road. With the process of the old town reformation in 80's, Sanlin town began to build houses graduately. However, until today the houses' form in Sanlin town is still monochromatic and the town lacks of unified definition either. With the moving out of the industial area in the north and the west, Sanlin town will be schemed to a city with high quality of life in the future. The Expo 2010 and the Universal Cinema which is new built will promise its realization and give a new image to Sanlin town.

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Develop scheme

Garden city, green residential
- Natural axis
- Public greenland
- Residential green
- Water network system

Improve the readablity of the urbanscape by the street system

Ecology city: Green network, Water network, Energy storage facilities.

Energetic concept
Solar energy: Usage of the solar energy will be completed by the seasonal giant storage mechine. The energy storage will be heated in the summer by the giant solar collection and relieve the warmth in the winter.
Rain water collection system: Collect the rain water and the waste water seperately; reuse the rain water; Rain water pipe; Create the housing landscape such as water, greenland.


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residential area

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shopping-center

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Mission


Zhouhai international ecoresident community affiliated with an ecology park is the geograph center of the north Pudong. It provides a high quality center area for the whole region and promotes the economy development in Pudong in the same.




Purpose


An active nucleus

One of the concepts is: try to build an active beating "green nucleus" in the whole new north Pudong.

Unique urban form

The international ecoresident community not only provides high quality life facilities, but also brings high quality life spirit-spirital and social sence rather than the physical form-into this beatiful garden city and thus creats the "green lung" in the north Pudong.


Ecological and healthy resident community

The ecology urban design concept includes three aspects: the ecoplanning, the ecoexection, the ecomanagement.


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General planning idea

The general planning idea comes from the probe on the tension between urbanizm and the nature. The most transparent feature in the planning is the ratio relation between the existing strong grid road system formed and the elegant and dynamic spiral greenland system.


The urban center of the region is in the crossing point of two main axises which is marked by a series of high buildings.


As far as the architecture, the ecology community character related with the city life is deliberately concerned. There are a large amount of indoors or half indoors green area in the dwelling, such as the corridor, large veranda, winter garden and platform in the muti family dwelling; big private garden and greenland in the single house. We design a double layer "green fa?ade" in the block, which strengths the green character in the boulevard.

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http://www.stadtbauatelier.de/aktuelles/img/zh_zentrum.jpg

Is Shanghai getting a Universal Studios theme park? If so what's the status on that project (like is it u/c, on hold, cancelled, etc.)? Also, does any body have any pictures or renderings of it?

Amazing projects, your project z0rg looks very nice and interesting, keep us updated. :)

Jian Guo Xi Lu
Shanghai - China

A new large project from Shanghai, with several residential and commercial towers up to 40 stores. This project which is under development as far as i know will content several residential towers from 18 to 40 floors. The total residential size is to become 124,084sqm, with 771 apartmants. This project also includes some retail and commercial area. The project is plann to be completed in 2008.

http://www.wongtung.com/projects/898/img02.jpg

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Century Avenue
Shanghai - China

Century avenue, presently under construction, is to become the spine of Pudong district by linking the main development poles of the financial and business city of Lujatzui to the scientific city at the other extremity close to the Pudong Park.

This 100 metre wide and five kilometre long avenue purposely curved in its middle wille have 9 different suares and planned cross-roads.

While complying to the necessities of a main fast traffic route by digging underground roads, creating public transports with a new subway line, we favoured a local traffic for the car shopper, a walk for pedestrian on a wide shaded foot-path protected from the sun by two rows of Gingko Biloba and Camphor trees. We were particularly attentive to the landscaping of the avenue by scattering gardens, enclosures and pergolas all alog to entice the pedestrians to stroll along.

http://www.arte-charpentier.com/artechar/temp/img_elements/img_ele_472.jpeg
Century Avenue Today

http://www.arte-charpentier.com/artechar/temp/img_elements/img_ele_53n105.jpeg

http://www.lehigh.edu/ctbuh/bom_jm_graphics/jm.jpg
Jin Mao Tower is situated at the end of Century Avenue.

http://skyscraperpage.com/gallery/data/500/4318pudong_shanghai.jpg

http://skyscraperpage.com/gallery/data/570/568pudong2.jpg

http://www.arte-charpentier.com/artechar/temp/img_elements/img_ele_55n101.jpeg
In the future....

http://skyscraperpage.com/gallery/data/570/28shanghai-worldfinancialcenter.jpg
Shanghai World Financial Center is rising down the Century Avenue. The 492m tall mix used skyscraper will become Shanghai's and Chinas tallest skyscraper when it becomes completed in 2007.

http://skyscraperpage.com/gallery/data/570/456swfc.jpg
Century Avenue passing the future heart of Shanghai, with Jin Moa Building and Shanghai World Financial Center.

http://skyscraperpage.com/gallery/data/570/4563.jpg
Citigroup Building

Video from the Avenue:
http://www.arte-charpentier.com/index.php3?cat=MAIN|VIDEO_ENG&up_cat=MAIN|ACCUEIL-ENGLISH

Any more information and rederings from developments down the Century Avenue?

Shanghai Cultural Park
Shanghai - China

The Shanghai Cultural Park is designed to be formal and majestic, a “Royal Park” befitting 21st century Shanghai. With its water features, trees, plaza, pathways, Music Theater, Cultural Bureau office, amphitheater, museum, retail space, restaurants, outdoor cafés, and seating areas, it is a public park that is certain to distinguish Shanghai as a truly great international city.

The park is representative of the unbelievable development and modernization of the city in the past decade. Framing the heart of the park are four vertical elements that are equipped to perform laser-light shows, function as light shafts to the above grade plaza, and house elevators to the below grade retail and parking. Circular stairways wrap around these poles and provide additional access from grade to the retail and parking below. The placement of trees and landscape at the four corner edges of the site beckon the public to enter the park and invite them to experience its grandeur once inside. And enhancing the experience is an 800-seat Music Theater designed to harmoniously fit into the park and at the same time stand proudly on its own as an icon.

http://www.portmanusa.com/news/imgs/n_shanghai_artcenter01.jpg

http://www.portmanusa.com/news/imgs/n_shanghai_artcenter.jpg

Walton Plaza
Shanghai - China

Client: Hutchison Whampoa Properties Limited
Project Type: Mixed Use (Hotel, Office, Residential)
Scope of Services: Concept Design, Design Development
Associate Architects: WCWP Hong Kong
Completion Date: N/A

Winner of an invited international competition, this 180,000m² mixed use project is a premier residential and commercial address in Shanghai. Significant design issues include construction phasing, daylight requirements, flexibility of unit types, as well as building orientation and principal arrival points. Two 22 storey and two 27 storey stepped residential towers create a courtyard at the west end of the site. A 48 storey tower located in the centre of the site is comprised of hotel and office space. Other features include a residential club and street edge retail. Below grade parking accommodates 800 vehicles in this $180M complex.

http://www.wzmh.com/project_library/walton/walton.gif

I'm still wondering what's the real situation with SWFC ? Is it actually U/C and are there any news or rumors what's gonna happen with it?

For those who didn't see yet, there are few construction site photos as of July 2004 at Emporis:
http://www.emporis.com/en/il/im/?id=285330

http://www.emporis.com/en/il/im/?id=285347

This looks like Sydney .. :D
http://www.stadtbauatelier.de/aktuelles/img/zh_zentrum.jpg

^ get rid of that Opera house! Everything looks nice excpet that, don't want people to say they have no creativity and decided to copy.

So whats the deal with CWFC? Is it still on hold or what?

Hey everyone. I am an architect who just moved to Shanghai. What is the latest gossip about the projects happening right now? Any cool projects on the horizon? Have they started revealing the designs for the expo?

fill me in.

Peace
Luke

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hi there. i was wondering if you guys had any info on the proposed CONCORD WORLD PHASE 3 TOWER. its listed as 288m on ssp and is all-residential. but on ss.com its all office tower. which is it?

my friend tell me in Shanghai's plan there are two skyscrapers both of them over 400M and i also kown one in people square, can some smart guys tell me more information about them?

here
http://forum.xinhuanet.com/detail.jsp?id=12861918

Lujiazui Construction
http://forum.xinhuanet.com/detail.jsp?id=11790875

dear all
I just saw a tv program about skyscrapers. I was very interested in the structure (the tower frames and bracings) of the ShangHai World Financial Center. But unfortunately I could not find any useful source online. Does anyone know a useful website that explains the detail of the construction and the structure of the building????

thanx

Grand Gateway
Shanghai - China

The largest mixed-use project attempted up to that time in China, Shanghai’s Grand Gateway was also the most successful development in the city’s new generation of buildings, thanks to painstaking integration, keen retail thinking and flexible design that hedged against the volatile property market.

http://www.callison.com/images/slideshow/Ggateway_1A.jpg

http://www.callison.com/images/slideshow/GGateway_2.jpg

Hongyi Building
Shanghai - China

Located above one of Shanghai's busiest subway stations, and serving as a gateway to the famous Nanjing Road shopping district, this project is a retail and entertainment destination that also offers prime office space in one of the city's most predominant commercial locations.

http://www.callison.com/images/slideshow/NanjingRd_1B.jpg

http://www.callison.com/images/slideshow/NanjingRd_2.jpg

Development Tower
Shanghai - China

A 265m/55 floor tall tower under construction in Pudong.

http://www.worldisround.com/hosted/7/340/468.jpg

MG tower
Shanghai - China

A 170m tall tower under construction.

http://www.worldisround.com/hosted/7/340/469.jpg

?
Shanghai - China

Unknown tower in Pudong. No information yet.

http://forum.xinhuanet.com/upfiles/00B3EB6F.002C

Just a question from a foreigner here.
What about that building, if I'm not mistaken it was the Bank of China in Shanghai, that had the shape of a rectangle with a hole in the middle? Is it built? Do you have any renders?

^ I think you are refering to the Shanghai World Financial Center. It is under construction right now.

http://www.skyscraperpage.com/cities/?buildingID=7609&drawingID=26623

Shanghai World Financial Center
Shanghai - China

Architect: Kohn Pedersen Fox Associates (www.kpf.com/)
Developer: Mori Building Corporation (http://www.mori.co.jp/en_index_f.html)
Construction company: China State Construction and Engineering Corporation (http://www.cscec.com.cn/english/index.htm)
Structural engineering: Leslie E. Robertson Associates (http://www.lera.com/)
+ Several more construction firms and architect firms and companies is involved.

Shanghai World Financial Center ( 上海環球金融中心 ) is a 95-story, 495m tall project and contains two distinctly formal elements: a sculpted tower and a podium. Corresponding to the Chinese conception of the earth as a square and the sky as a circle, the interaction between these two geometric forms gives shape to the tower. The project relates to its context through an abstract language that attempts to symbolically incorporate characteristics meaningful to the traditions of Chinese architecture, but is not limited to pictorial or image-based historical precedents.

The primary form of the tower is devised as a square prism intersected by two sweeping arcs, tapering into a single line at the apex. The gradual progression of floor plans generates configurations which are ideal for offices on the lower floors and hotel suites above. At the same time, the transformation of the plan rotates the orientation of the upper portion of the tower toward the Oriental Pearl TV tower, the area's dominant landmark, a fifth of a mile away.

To relieve wind pressure, a 164-foot (50 meter) cylinder is carved out of the top of the building. Equal in diameter to the sphere of the television tower, this void connects the two structures across the urban landscape. Wall, wing and conical forms penetrate through the massive stone base of the tower. The varied geometries of these smaller elements lend human scale, and organize the complexities of pedestrian movement at the point of entry, complimenting the elemental form of the tower.

Th tower started construction in 1997, but had a delay from 1998 and 2001. The tower is now under construction and is expected to be completed in 2007.

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Changfeng Commercial City
Shanghai - China

This 238m, 58 story tower started construction in 2001 and is expected to be completed in 2005. The 300 000m² mixed used tower contains a hotel, offices, restaurants, retail and a parking garage. The building is situated in Changning Road & Kaixuan Road Intersection.

http://skyscraperpage.com/gallery/data/570/4023ccc1.jpg

http://skyscraperpage.com/gallery/data/570/4023ccc2.jpg

Well, its at least some development with the tower....:)

Otis to feature super double-deck elevators in world’s tallest building, Shanghai World Financial Center
Dec. 20, 2004
Otis Elevator Company has been awarded a contract to install 64 elevators and escalators that will transport passengers throughout the Shanghai World Financial Center complex, home to the highest outdoor observation deck in the world.

The Shanghai World Financial Center will be built in the Pudong district of Shanghai, which the Chinese government has identified as a high priority area for international banking and commercial interests.

“The construction of the Shanghai World Financial Center is yet another example of China’s impressive and rapidly growing infrastructure, and Otis is proud to be a partner in this development,” said Ari Bousbib, Otis Elevator Company president. “We appreciate our customer’s confidence in Otis’ advanced super double-deck technology. This is a landmark win for our organization in China.”

With 101 floors, the skyscraper will house office space, an approximately 170-room six-star hotel and an observation deck. Once completed, the Shanghai World Financial Center is expected to be the tallest building in the world.

The developer of the project is Mori Building Corporation Group. Construction will be undertaken by a joint venture of China State Construction and Engineering Corporation and Shanghai Construction General Company. Kohn Pedersen Fox (KPF), a world-renowned architectural firm specializing in high-rise buildings, designed Shanghai World Financial Center. The project is scheduled for completion in 2007.

Otis will install 31 elevators and 33 escalators. Sixteen of the 31 elevators will be super double-deck elevators, the same type Otis developed – the first of its kind in the world – for the Mori Building Corporation’s Roppongi Hills complex, a Tokyo landmark. These super double-deck elevators allow a larger number of passengers to be transported to their destinations at the same time while providing greater space efficiency for the customer’s building. Most notably, the super double-deck system is designed to service floors with varying floor-to-floor heights.

The contract also includes six double-deck elevators, two of which will shuttle passengers from the ground to the observation lobby, and seven machine-roomless Gen2™ elevators, among others. Otis is the sole escalator provider for the building.

Otis Elevator Company, a wholly owned subsidiary of United Technologies Corporation (NYSE:UTX), is the world's largest manufacturer and maintainer of people-moving products, including elevators, escalators, shuttle systems and moving walkways. With headquarters in Farmington, Connecticut, Otis employs 60,000 people, offers products and services in more than 200 countries and territories and maintains more than 1.4 million elevators and escalators worldwide.

Hello I relly like the picture of the towers of Pudong with the swfc.
Can you find any more? :)
:cheers:

Pudong is becoming a showcase of some of world's best contemporary architecture. SWFC seems to be moving forward, now gotta wait for Pelli's twin towers (I simply LOVE their design). And that's still just the beginning, can't even imagine what we might expect in the future :eek:

Is anything planned for those other empty lots directly around Jin Mao/SWFC besides the twin towers? Where would the most premiere plots be?

I have a question, but i don`t want to open a new thread.
What will come after the Shanghai world financial center ?
What will be the next tallest building in China ?

As far as Shanghai goes, I know of no taller proposals.

The empty lots will take time to develop, as suitable developments must be attracted first. It's not lack of interest but rather high standards that makes building there difficult. Loosen up zoning guidelines and shabby apartment blocks will sprout like bamboo. Also, there are vast blocks of early-90's temporary housing northeast of Lujiazui that may be demolished for further development before the 2010 expo.

I know only visions for Shanghai/China. The Millenium Tower and the Bionic Tower. It would be nice if they build this 2.

has any one got any ground level pictures of the development Tower or the Changfeng Commercial City as some real pic would be awesome

/\ Me too, the tower is supose to b complted this year, so i guess we would be able to see large parts of the tower by now.

Most have probably seen the renders from future Shanghai, but ill post them here non the less.

http://photo.gznet.com/photos/1475308/1475308-1IQKKKS2AI.jpg

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Lujiazui Financial Centre
Lui Jia Zui - Shanghai

In a sea of skyscrapers, Lui Jia Zui distinguishes itself as a sustainable "cube" with expansive views of the Huangpo River and Shanghai. Two glass-enclosed buildings are paired to form a larger, perfectly cube-shaped second "skin," increasing energy efficiency throughout the structure. The office wings create ridge walls around a cascading forest of trees: an urban oasis in busy Pudong.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v646/cityq/Projects%20and%20developments/LujiazuiFinanialCenter2.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v646/cityq/Projects%20and%20developments/LujiazuiFinanialCenter1.jpg

Wangbaohe Central Hotel

A 800 room hotel planned in Shanghai.

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

Pudong Hotel
Pudong - China

A 700 room hotel planned in Pudong, Shanghai.

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

Nanjing Road West
Shanghai - China

By creating five new districts in central Shanghai, Gensler's Nan Jing Road West Master Plan will preserve older neighborhoods while making way for modernization. The 400,000-square-meter development program called for in the plan will modernize the prestigious western third of Nan Jing Road, restore it as Shanghai's main shopping street, and preserve elements of the "Shanghai style" that made the city famous.

http://skyscraperpage.com/gallery/data/570/1214re-development_of_nanjing_rd___shanghai_1.jpg

Christian, you're tha man! Thanks for the updates (where you dig all the info, btw?).

I love the architecture of this building despite it's not a tall one
http://img73.exs.cx/img73/7726/gensler1by.jpg

(where you dig all the info, btw?)

I've searched through tonns of architectural homepages! But then i also put some of the information which i've found on other threads in other forum and this one.

I love the architecture of this building despite it's not a tall one
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v646/cityq/Projects%20and%20developments/LujiazuiFinanialCenter2.jpg (http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v646/cityq/Projects%20and%20developments/LujiazuiFinanialCenter2.jpg)

That project was actually posted in some other thread at ssc, so i took a search after it and found a few other images which i posted here. That building is indeed beautiful, though its not tall...:)

Ascendas Plaza
2601 Xie Tu Road, Xuhui District

Located in Xujiahui, Ascendas Plaza is a recently completed 32-storey retail-office development with over 59,000 sq m of floor space. It has 330 basement car park lots and is highly accessible via car and public transportation as it is walking distance from the MRT stations.

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

Maritime Museum with Youth Centre and Library
New Town Luchao - Shanghai

The solitaire-type structures of the Maritime Museum, the Youth Centre and the Library are combined to form a homogenous overall complex with the help of the uniform use of shapes and materials.

Arcades, footbridges and open beams form the design elements that, in an overall play of light and shade and integrating the water and green areas, lend the complex of the three different functions a mutuality in their design.

Centrally placed between the Library and the Youth Centre, the Maritime Museum with its expressive roof shape stands out distinctly and independently against this formal overall construction. Two light roof shells, facing each other and overlapping, which in the broadest sense evoke in the observer the idea of a maritime shape and an analogy to a "sail", create the identity-forming landmark of the Museum that is so decisive for the overall character of the complex. The large, hall-like space below this roof construction is intended for the exhibition of large, ancient ships that have been assessed as being valuable to cultural history. Here they will be made accessible to the general public.

The entwined "sails" stand freely on a pedestal in which all the functions of the Museum are accommodated. Spacious open staircases are inviting places to linger and bear an immediate relation to the landscaped open spaces.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v646/cityq/Projects%20and%20developments/MaritimeMuseum1.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v646/cityq/Projects%20and%20developments/MaritimeMuseum2.jpg

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China Telecom Buildings 12/13
China Telecom Information Park - Shanghai

China Telecom Shanghai will unite their technical facilities together with the headquarters, training, research and development department in the newly built "China Telecom Information Park".

In 2004, gmp won the master plan competition for this information and technology plan against international competitors and had completed the constructional planning in co-operation with a local planning institute.

In the competition for the first building phase (Building 12 and Building 13) undertaken by China Telecom, gmp succeeded against participants from China, Japan, USA, and Hong Kong in late 2004 and was meanwhile commissioned with the planning. Completion of the buildings is scheduled for this year.

Both building phases with two buildings of 60 m square each and an approximate gross floor area of 50,000 m² will accommodate technical facilities for digital transfers as well as offices.

The façade areas of the buildings are divided into two zones: a socle area and an upper area with a glazed second skin, which is suspended in front of the exterior building wall.

The glass skin illuminated from behind will be printed upon with images of abstract technical circuits and networks. The prints can thus be interpreted as a pattern, but also as an image of technical telecommunication processes.

http://www.gmp-architekten.de/2news/news_02_2005/telecom/telecom_01_max.jpg

http://www.gmp-architekten.de/2news/news_02_2005/telecom/telecom_02_max.jpg

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The Luchao Harbour City
Luchao Harbour City - Shanghai

Homepage: http://www.shharborcity.com/
Video: http://www.shharborcity.com/Harbour_Web/front/en/yxjj/movE.wmv (15.6MB)

Designed as one of 11 satellite towns in the new round of Shanghai urban planning, Luchao Harbour City is situated in the south-east corner of Nanhui District, about 30 kilometres away from the island Yangshan Port, 55 kilometres from downtown Shanghai, 30 kilometres from Pudong international airport and 10 kilometres from Shanghai's outer expressway.

Luchao Harbour City will be built in high standard as a world-ranking modern harbour city. Based on the Master Plan by Von Gerkan, Marg und Partner, Architects (Hamburg), adopted by Shanghai Municipal Government, it will be a combination of European style and "Shanghai-style" and also bear the characteristics of a southern Chinese town.

Focusing on water, the design defined the city as an ecological and coastal city with a maritime culture. In the centre of the new harbour city, there will be a large circular lake basin with a diameter of almost 2.5 kilometres. The city extends radially from this freshwater lake and concentrically into the coastal area penetrated by water canals.

The plan of Luchao Harbour City includes three urban rings. The first ring around the lake will be a belt of administrative, commercial and cultural facilities. The second ring is a green corridor decorated by flowers and trees. The outer ring is planned as a residential area complemented with shops, restaurants, clinics and schools. Outside the outer ring, a modern traffic system will link the new harbour city with the expressway network of Shanghai.

The new harbour city will be the administrative centre of Nanhui District and the rear basis of the deepwater port, bearing comprehensive functions including container distribution and storage, offshore processing, shipping market, logistic centre, residence, financial and commercial services, amenity and tourism. A yacht club and a series of large cultural facilities including theatre, maritime museum, aquarium, etc. will be established on the two islands in the lake.

The first phase of the city construction began in 2002 and will be finished by 2005. The number of inhabitants in the city at that time is expected to be 80,000 -100,000. In about 20 years the city will host a population of 300,000 inhabitants.

The Shanghai New Harbour City Investment & Development Co., Ltd. was founded by the Shanghai Tongsheng Investment (Group) Co. Ltd. and the Nanhui Land Reservation Centre in April 2002, with a registered capital of 1.3 billion RMB (157 million USD) and the responsibility for the development of the harbour city.

The above-mentioned projects, together with the existing Pudong international airport and the forthcoming highway, railway and magnetic suspended train, present a picture of a huge logistic centre in the near future on the east wing of Shanghai, reflecting Shanghai's dynamic growth and self-assertiveness in a world economy in which China is going to take an ever growing place.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v646/cityq/Projects%20and%20developments/TheLuchaoHarbourCity1.jpg

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http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v646/cityq/Projects%20and%20developments/PanoramaofShanghaiMaritimeUniversity.jpg
Shanghai Maritime University overview

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v646/cityq/Projects%20and%20developments/ShanghaiMaritimeUniversity.jpg
Shanghai Maritime University art

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TG Harbour View
Yin Cheng Road/Dong Chang Road - Lu Jia Ju District

Client : Top Glory International Holdings Ltd.
Project : TG Harbour View Apartment
Location : Shanghai, PRC
GFA : 97,000m2
Site Area : 24,315m2
Completion Year : 2005

TG Harbour View Apartment is located between Yin Cheng Road and Dong Chang Road in the heart of Lu Jia Ju District in Shanghai, with spectacular views towards the Huang Pu River. The site area for the apartment is 24,315 m2. The development includes top-end high-rise apartment buildings, residents’ clubhouse and basement car parking.

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

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v188/cityx/Architecture/TGHarbourView1.jpg

Chuansha Lianyang New City Restoration
Shanghai - China

Current status: Ongoing development plan
Architect: PTW Architects
Client: Shanghai Lianyang

PTW won an international competition to design a masterplan for the 2.5km² site of Lianyang New City in PuDong District, Shanghai. The majority of the site is proposed for residential development of mixed density supported by mix-use public facilities along the Chuan Sha Road. A new Central Park is proposed to celebrate a new identity and reinforce existing local activities.

The living environment is carefully designed to achieve a fine balance of natural and created attractions. It is a metaphor of magnetic fields: the opposites attract. Green landscape corridors accommodate softly curved pedestrian networks and embrace the quiet residential areas within. The trace of this environmental system also symbolises a leaf form. Each ‘leaf’ accommodates a series of intimate courtyards and parks alongside a communal centre as a feature providing services to each living environment.

http://www.ptw.com.au/admin/library/Lianyang1lg.jpg

http://www.ptw.com.au/admin/library/Lianyang2lg.jpg

SWFC construction update

Images from march 11th show the current construction work from Shanghai World Financial Center.

http://www.worldisround.com/hosted/11/246/114_o.jpg

http://www.worldisround.com/hosted/11/246/115_o.jpg


Other construction images:

February 2005:
http://image2.xitek.com/forum/200412/545/54574/54574_1104481235.jpg
http://image2.xitek.com/forum/200501/545/54574/54574_1106815679.jpg
http://image2.xitek.com/forum/200412/545/54574/54574_1104482190.jpg
http://www2.xitek.com/forum/200502/545/54574/54574_1108630514.jpg
http://www2.xitek.com/forum/200502/545/54574/54574_1108630412.jpg
http://www2.xitek.com/forum/200502/545/54574/54574_1108630447.jpg

January 2005:
http://image2.xitek.com/forum/200501/545/54574/54574_1105682702.jpg
http://image2.xitek.com/forum/200501/545/54574/54574_1106815873.jpg

Latest renderings from Shanghai with SWFC. (posted by 10025 in the Construction Updates forum)

http://image2.xitek.com/forum/200503/1095/109572/109572_1111413155.jpg

http://image2.xitek.com/forum/200503/1095/109572/109572_1111407412.jpg

http://image2.xitek.com/forum/200503/1095/109572/109572_1111505449.jpg

http://image2.xitek.com/forum/200503/1095/109572/109572_1111517254.jpg

Construction update from easter 2005.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v188/cityx/Other/SWFC1.jpg
Nice progress done in this three latest months. :)

Shanghai No. 1 Intermediate People's Court

Through the process of a limited, invited competition WZMH won and was awarded the commission for a new courthouse building in Shanghai, China. The design mandate for the project was to create a courthouse, as a visual symbol of the judicial system, that challenged existing preconceptions suggesting a neoclassical facade representing a highly secure and guarded institution.

WZMH's design interprets the civic responsibility represented by a courthouse building through imagery reflecting both the permanence and dignity of the courts as well as public openness and accessibility to the legal system. The new 12-storey courthouse is connected by a 3-storey podium to the existing, flat slab, 10-storey courthouse, located on the south of the site. Both buildings overlook a roof top garden located above the podium Courtrooms. Mediation rooms and meeting rooms are arranged to accommodate separate and secure circulation routes for prisoners, judges and the public. Two below grade levels provide parking for 80 cars as well as the required mechanical and service space.

The rectangular mass of the main building is accentuated by a curved north façade, enclosing the pre-trial lobby on most floors. The 12th level features a double height "Justice Emeritus" Lounge and the courthouse library. A rectangular mechanical penthouse, with a wing shape cap, tops off the building. Exterior materials are a combination of grey granite and aluminum panels which suggest a blend of new and old. Horizontal, operable louvres on the south face provide shading from direct sunlight.

http://www.wzmh.com/project_library/shanghai_courthouse/shanghai_courthouse01.jpg

http://www.wzmh.com/project_library/shanghai_courthouse/shanghai_courthouse02.jpg

This one was supose to be completed in 2001. Anyone with a image of the completed version?

Shanghai Wheelock Square

A 290m tall office tower in Shanghai. The building started construction in october 2003 and is expected to be completed in 2007. Shanghai Wheelock Square will be erected on a 12.675-square-meter plot on Yan’an Road opposite of the Equatorial Hotel in Jing An district and will have a gross floor area of 114.075 square-meters.

http://image2.xitek.com/forum/200503/1095/109572/109572_1110556332.jpg

http://image2.xitek.com/forum/200503/1095/109572/109572_1111407141.jpg

[QUOTE=Cliff]Know anything about this?


This picture shows the Skyline Mansion project in March 2005:

http://picserver.org/view_image.php/DT5RDS55B50X

Know anything about this?


This picture shows the Skyline Mansion project in March 2005:

http://picserver.org/view_image.php/DT5RDS55B50X

Do you know where in Shanghai this project is situated?

Im not sure, but it looks like TG Harbour View which is situated in Yin Cheng Road/Dong Chang Road in Lu Jia Ju District. But i didn't expect to see the walls that green, if not its just a part of the construction work.

Do you know where in Shanghai this project is situated?

Im not sure, but it looks like TG Harbour View which is situated in Yin Cheng Road/Dong Chang Road in Lu Jia Ju District. But i didn't expect to see the walls that green, if not its just a part of the construction work.


It is situated not far from the Jin Mao Tower. But I don't know the name of the street. One of my colleagues from Shanghai get this picture. But I will going to Shanghai in May 2005 then I will take more pictures from this project.

Hartmut

it's located in the intersection of yincheng south rd and dongtai rd. 200 Dongtai rd.

It is situated not far from the Jin Mao Tower. But I don't know the name of the street. One of my colleagues from Shanghai get this picture. But I will going to Shanghai in May 2005 then I will take more pictures from this project.

Hartmut

Then im pretty sure its TG Harbour View. Its situated close to Jin Mao Tower, next to the river. The project is supose to be completed this year, so when you arrive i think the project is more or less completed at least outside. :)

This is TG Harbour View:
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v188/cityx/Architecture/TGHarbourView.jpg
Rendering.

http://image2.xitek.com/forum/200503/1095/109572/109572_1111413155.jpg
And you can see TG Harbour View just in front of Jin Mao Tower.

Shanghai Zhangjiang IT Park

The Shanghai Zhangjiang Hi-Tech Park was established in July of 1992 as a national-level park designated for the development of new and high technology.In August of 1999 the Shanghai Municipal Government issues the “Focus on Zhangjiang” strategic policy to accelerate the Park’s rate of development. The “Focus” program also increased the Park’s area from 17 to 25 km2.

The Park’s two leading industries are information technology and modern biotechnology and pharmaceuticals, and its principal focus is to develop innovation and entrepreneurship. The park’s main industries are supported by the Park’s national level bases: the National Shanghai Biotech & Pharmaceutical Industry Base, the National IT Industry Base, the National 863 Information Security Industry Base, and the National Technology Innovation Base.

By 2005 Zhangjiang will be one of the nation’s top hi-tech parks, with an innovative and educational atmosphere and state-of-the-art technology. The Park is also striving to become a world-renowned center for hi-tech industries and scholars.

http://www.zjpark.com/english/images/layout.jpg

http://www.mulvannyg2.com/images/work/international/zhangjiang/athosA.jpg

http://www.mulvannyg2.com/images/work/international/zhangjiang/porthosA.jpg

http://www.mulvannyg2.com/images/work/international/zhangjiang/aramisA.jpg

Shanghai Shidong Power Headquarters

This is the proposed Shanghai Shidong Power Headquarters. The American architect firm MulvannyG2 Architects is behind this 19 story headquarter which contrasts a circular courtyard base with an angular structure covered in a multi-faceted facade. A spire-shaped communications tower atop the building is illuminated at night.

http://www.mulvannyg2.com/images/work/international/shanghaishidong/porthosA.jpg http://www.mulvannyg2.com/images/work/international/shanghaishidong/athosA.jpg

http://www.djc.com/stories/images/20041118/China_ShidongPower.JPG

http://www.mulvannyg2.com/images/work/international/shanghaishidong/aramisA.jpg

Shanghai Fudan Hotel

No information.

http://www.mulvannyg2.com/images/work/international/shanghaifudan/aramisA.jpg http://www.mulvannyg2.com/images/work/international/shanghaifudan/porthosA.jpg

http://www.mulvannyg2.com/images/work/international/shanghaifudan/athosA.jpg

上海金浦莱茵 （中海瀛台）
Xuhui District - Shanghai

This project is situated in the Xuhui District, in southwestern Shanghai. The residential project will contain several residential buildings, and green gardens between them inspired by chinese tradition.
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项目地块位于上海市西南，徐汇区长桥地区，龙吴路1270＃地块，距徐浦大桥约1.4公里。东临黄浦江，江岸线长约600m，江面宽约300m，北依春申塘，水岸长约400m，隔岸为浦东待建城市绿地。城市规划拟将上中路至地块北侧，以地下隧道或桥梁形式沿春申塘跨越黄浦江。东部沿黄浦江一侧将规划一条滨江大道，向南延伸与规划中徐汇区沿江旅游中心一并，建成徐汇区"外滩"城市景区。向南隔300m为淀浦河，岸线长约300m。地块西面紧靠城市主干道龙吴路。向西北约400m为上海市最大的"绿化氧园"――上海植物园。
概念设计
金浦莱茵作为上海市外滩南部延伸段及徐汇第一块大型滨江居住园区，具有天然的千米曲折水岸线，使其无论在项目规模，还是在区位环境方面，均存在较明显的优势。结合项目"滨水、临江"的主要特点，大胆引入莱茵河沿岸，浪漫、流水清雅的地域环境理念及人居特色，提出"南外滩都市生活、滨江情浪漫莱茵"设计主概念，将东西方两条古老河流的文化积淀在上海市南外滩的崛起与龙吴路项目的发展上，将东方古老的"浦江韵律"与本文优秀的"莱茵文化"紧密结合。把莱茵河的浪漫情愫注入到浦江水岸文化之中，提升项目的整体品质，开创上海南外滩――"滨江、邻水"的"新社区、新生活"，使该项目在整体发展品质上实现质的飞跃。
设计立意

http://www.huayidesign.com/files/design/pic/FZ111_111.jpg

Shanghai World Financial Center construction update

Latest construction images from Shanghai World Financial Center. Photos taken May 20th.

http://www.worldisround.com/hosted/13/609/611_o.jpg

http://www.worldisround.com/hosted/13/609/612_o.jpg

Construction update archive (2005):
May 16th (http://www.worldisround.com/hosted/13/610/30.jpg)
May 11th (http://image2.xitek.com/forum/200505/545/54574/54574_1115808935.jpg)

April 29th (http://www2.xitek.com/forum/200504/545/54574/54574_1114750937.jpg)
April 29th (http://www2.xitek.com/forum/200504/545/54574/54574_1114750813.jpg)
April 22th (http://www.worldisround.com/hosted/12/595/1_o.jpg)
April 15th (http://www.worldisround.com/hosted/12/439/538_o.jpg)
April 15th (http://www.worldisround.com/hosted/12/439/536_o.jpg)
April 15th (http://www.worldisround.com/hosted/12/439/537_o.jpg)
April 5th (http://image2.xitek.com/forum/200503/545/54574/54574_1112067269.jpg)
April 5th (http://image2.xitek.com/forum/200503/545/54574/54574_1112067343.jpg)

March 25th (http://www.worldisround.com/hosted/11/578/311_o.jpg)
March 24th (http://www.worldisround.com/hosted/11/559/591_o.jpg)
March 24th (http://www.worldisround.com/hosted/11/559/592_o.jpg)
March 18th (http://www.worldisround.com/hosted/11/408/496_o.jpg)
March 14th (http://www.worldisround.com/hosted/11/328/315_o.jpg)
March 11th (http://www.worldisround.com/hosted/11/246/114_o.jpg)
March 11th (http://www.worldisround.com/hosted/11/246/115_o.jpg)

Shimao International Plaza update

3rd June

http://tinypic.com/5v0wuu

Shanghai World Financial Center construction update

Latest construction images from Shanghai World Financial Center. Photo taken July 15th.

http://image2.xitek.com/forum/200507/545/54574/54574_1121423354.jpg

Then im pretty sure its TG Harbour View. Its situated close to Jin Mao Tower, next to the river. The project is supose to be completed this year, so when you arrive i think the project is more or less completed at least outside. :)
it's actually not the TG harbor view. rather, the towers depicted in that photo harty posted are actually that of the skyline mansion, which is a separate project that consists of 3 towers. the project's 1 block inland from TG harbor view.

the TG harbor view towers (grey colored, uncladded, with cranes attached to them) are visible to the right of the skyline mansion towers (white masonry) in the 2nd pic 3 posts above.

Thanks for clearing things up 7 World Trade! When i see the images again i can clearly see you're right.

I find all of these desgins cost alots of money all together about $150 billion ?
ah well It's the Chinese goverment couies.
:) :) :) :cheers: :cheers: :cheers: :eek2: :eek2:

OK... this is something i've seriously wanted to know for a LONG time!!!

UNIVERSAL STUDIOS SHANGHAI???

Is that...
1) cancelled
2) postponed

I remember reading an article in this thread that said construction was halted meaning which it had already started...

I find all of these desgins cost alots of money all together about $150 billion ?
ah well It's the Chinese goverment couies.
:) :) :) :cheers: :cheers: :cheers: :eek2: :eek2:
Or privates banks', or the world bank's, or private corporations', or american hedgefunds'...

Thanks to Christian for the July 15th picture of the WFC...but I'm so curious how progress is going. Any recent pix available, anyone? Thanks...

Thanks to Christian for the July 15th picture of the WFC...but I'm so curious how progress is going. Any recent pix available, anyone? Thanks...

Latest update, from August 24. :)

http://image.xitek.com/forum/200508/2052/205277/205277_1124924965.jpg

http://image.xitek.com/forum/200508/2052/205277/205277_1124924989.jpg

Thanks Christian! Keep us posted every so often. It's great to see this building going up, after years of uncertainty and financial questions. It will be a spectacular building--both enormous in scale, and an inspired design. I can't wait to check out the progress myself on a visit to Shanghai next year.

Thanks Christian! Keep us posted every so often. It's great to see this building going up, after years of uncertainty and financial questions. It will be a spectacular building--both enormous in scale, and an inspired design. I can't wait to check out the progress myself on a visit to Shanghai next year.

Nice, i think the progress has gone far next year, if the construction goes as well as these days! And i will try to make updates as often as possible, also in this thread. :)

Latest update, from September 4th:

http://image.xitek.com/forum/200509/545/54574/54574_1125842123.jpg

http://image.xitek.com/forum/200509/545/54574/54574_1125842149.jpg

http://image.xitek.com/forum/200509/545/54574/54574_1125842194.jpg

And here (http://www.far2000.com/donghua/shjinrongzhx.wmv) is a great video about SWFC!

TIPS China building, 67F 290m u/c

PROJECT BACKGROUND

DEVNET/TIPS, an international non-profit NGO registered in Italy and headquartered in Rome, is an executive organization of the United Nations Development Program (UNDP) and was granted permanent consultative status (category I) by the United Nations Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) in 1995. It aims at promoting international trade, technology transfer and economic cooperation between developed and developing countries and among developing countries themselves. Since its foundation, DEVNET/TIPS has made a lot of achievements and contributions to the promotion of technological exchange, popularization and product trade between China and other countries or regions through close cooperation with United Nations system and all the countries in the world.

In order to bring the role of the international organization DEVNET/TIPS into full play and closely connect the related United Nations and other international organizations, DEVNET/TIPS is considering to support and facilitate shanghai, which enjoys unique advantage in economic development, international influence and geographic location, to build a TIPS China Building to provide favorable conditions for the United Nations and other international organizations to establish operating offices and extend their influence in the Asian-Pacific region especially in the developing countries.

On November 26, 2002, Chinese Vice-premier Wen Jiabao attended and gave an address at the opening ceremony of the headquarters of the headquarters of the Asian and Pacific Center for Agricultural Engineering and Machinery (APCAEM) of the United Nations. "APCAEM is the first China-based official UN organization and it marks a step forward for the cooperation between China and the UN. With China,s further reform and opening-up, more UN and other international organizations will set up their headquarters in China and the Chinese government is ready to give support and provide work conditions for their operation," Vice-Premier Wen said at the event.
After the successful hosting of the 9th APEC Economic Leaders,Meeting (AELM) in shanghai in 2001, President Jiang Zenmin formally proclaimed that Shanghai would host the 60th session of the United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and Pacific (UNESCAP). "China pays attention to and support the cooperation with UNESCAP, which will promote the partnership between China and UNESCAP as well as the United Nations at large," President Jiang added.

The Chinese government always welcomes and supports international organizations to establish operating offices and make cooperative projects in China. We are confident that building the TIPS China Building will undoubtedly close the ties between the international organization DEVNET/TIPS and China, facilitate technological, trade and economic information exchange between China and the rest of the world, attract more international and national organizations to move their offices to China, bring along the development of international trade, technological exchange and S＆T cooperation in Shanghai area and even for the whole China, strengthen the cooperation and friendly relationship between China and the United Nations, the national governments, as well as the international institutions and enterprises.

SITE SELECTION

There are a lot of sites for TIPS CHINA BUILDING to be selected , such as : in Pudong,next to Huang Pu River, in the vicinity of EXPO 2010 site, along the north Bund of Huang Pu River, in Hong Qiao Economic and Technology Development Zone, Changning District, in Putuo District and etc.. Taking into consideration of the functions of TIPS CHINA BUILDING and its related requirements; timing; affection; the surrounding mature composite office facilities; renown of the site at home or abroad; various traffic structure; green environment planning; basic structure and prospect of continuous development of the surrounding environment of the site till the year of 2010, Changning District is to match our site selection requirement.

PRIORITIES OF CHANGNING DISTRICT

1. Basic Structure of Economic Development
Hongqiao Foreign Trade Center is the core of Changning District. With the third industry as it's main industry, Hongqiao area has become the first economic and technology development zone approved by China State Council. It's fast development and great success have been well known and won the good reputation at home and abroad. This area will be expanded from 0.67 to 1.78 square kilometers. Its main functions are foreign trade and business affairs. It has already formed a developing frame including 4 Golden Deltas in business, exhibition, hotel, shopping and foreign affairs.

Shopping Golden Delta consists of Hongqiao Friendship Store, Hongqiao Shanghai City and Wandu Center …
Exhibition golden Delta consists of World Trade Mart, International Exhibition Center, Agricultural Exhibition Hall …

Hotel Golden Delta consists of Yangtze Hotel, Hongqiao Hotel, Galaxy hotel, Hongqiao Guest House, Xing Guo Guest House and West Suburb Guest House…
Residential Golden Delta consists of 1900 villas and a large sum of apartment building which are built, being built and to be built; Gubei Residential Area, Hongqiao Terrace Area…
In Hongqiao area, the construction area of 1,330,000 square meters are for office buildings, 240,000 square meters for hotels and restaurants and 100,000 square meters for entertainment and amusement facilities.

2. Communication
Changning District is properly located at the point of "Y" joint of two freeways to Jiangsu and Zhejiang Provinces. With help of elevated roads, it is easily to go fro between east and west international airports in Shanghai. As the golden avenue in Shanghai third industry, ----------- Yanan Elevated Road starts from Hongqiao International Airport to Pudong International airport passing through Hongqiao Road, yanan Road, Nanking commercial street, crossing Huangpu River through tunnel, via Lujiazui business and financial center and Century Park in Pudong New District.
On the north of Changning District, The Suzhou river presents a good view on Dian Shan Lake in the west as well as Haungpu River in the east. There are out-mid-in three ring ways around the city. These three main fast speed roads are all going through Changning district (see map of Changning district attached). The extension of Metro Line No. 2 is now under construction. There will be a station by Lou Shan Guan Road. There would be a commercial street underground linking TIPS CHINA BUILDING direct to the underground mass transportation station.

3. Superiority of Ecological Environment
Changning District is one of the best city districts with the superiority of ecological environment. The average green area per person and percentage of the total green area in this district are bigger and higher then those in any other districts in the city.(see the picture attached).

Furthermore, Hongqiao Economic & technology Development Zone has made outstanding improvement in this aspect. Hongqiao Center Park, Yan Hong Street Park (planned to be built) are all near the place where TIPS CHINA BUILDING is to be built.

4. Superiority of Dwelling and Resources of Humanity and Qualified Personality
Changning District has always been one of the best places in Shanghai for dwelling. Generally speaking, most residents in Hongqiao area are highly educated. A lot of superior Chinese and oversea Chinese and foreigners are living, studying and working there. Changning District attracts people from Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan, Japanese, entrepreneurs, staffs of Consulates with their families, management people from China-foreign joint ventures and sole foreign ventures working and living there. Accordingly, all kind of international schools, hospitals have been built to meet their needs. In this district, there are some well known colleges, institutes, universities and science & technology college,such as Shanghai Foreign Trade Institute, East China Politics and Law Institute, Donghua University, Shanghai Engineering and Technology College, Communication University (Science and Technology Zone), Donghua University (Science and Technology Zone), China Science Academy, Changning District Branch.

5. Governmental support from Changning District
Summing up the abovementioned priorities, we believe, Changning district is the most ideal suitable location for TIPS CHINA BUILDING. The government of Changning District pays close attention to the project. The government says that they will make their efforts to push it forward as soon as the project site has been confirmed by Rome headquarter of DEVNET/TIPS .

SITE AREA AND BUILDING FUNCTIONS

1. INDEX OF SITE PLAN
Site area: Approx 47000m2
Plot ratio: 4 (Approx 4/FSR 4)
Function: Exhibition Center/office

2. FUNCTIONS OF BUILDING
Maximum building area: 190000m2(not include basecment area)
a. Exhibition center building area: 55000m2
Building aboveground area: 40000m2(2F)
Building basecment area: 15000m2
b. Total office floor area: 140000m2
Plan1(single tower-66F) typical floor area: 2400m2/F, height : 290m
Plan2 (twin tower-47F): 1500m2/F, height : 198m
c. support facilities building area: 10000m2(4F)
d. Basement building area: 77550m2
e. Exhibition center/equipment room: 25850m2
Garage: 51700m2

3. INDES OF SITE AREA
Site coverage : 25850m2 55%
By exhibition: 20000m2
By office /support facilities building: 5850m2
Road/plaza/green area: 16450m2 35%
Main green area: 4700m2 10

http://www.elian.info/tipsbuilding/images/pic1.gif
http://www.elian.info/tipsbuilding/images/pic4.gif

http://www.elian.info/tipsbuilding/e-index.htm

I think they chose 2nd plan (67F, 290m single tower), didnt they?:
http://www.elian.info/tipsbuilding/images/pic4.gif

W Pudong (Hotel), cancelled project?

W Pudong, Shanghai (Open In Early 2008)
The W Pudong, Shanghai located in Lujiazui, the financial district in Pudong district, Shanghai., is scheduled to open in early 2008 and will feature 400 rooms.
Lot X2-1, Lujiazui Finance & Trade Zone,
Pudong New District, Shanghai, China

http://www.starwoodhotels.com.cn/media/images/destination/city/shanghai/whotels/w_pudong_shanghai_hotel.jpg
http://www.starwoodhotels.com.cn/en/Shanghai/W_Hotels.html


I think this is a very first version for Pelli twin towers project, but what happened to the third shorter tower? Does anybody know how tall and how many floors would it have had?

[QUOTE=z0rg
I think this is a very first version for Pelli twin towers project, but what happened to the third shorter tower? Does anybody know how tall and how many floors would it have had?[/QUOTE]

I think it's just twin towers now...

http://www.elian.info/tipsbuilding/images/pic1.gif
http://www.elian.info/tipsbuilding/images/pic4.gif

http://www.elian.info/tipsbuilding/e-index.htm

I think they chose 2nd plan (67F, 290m single tower), didnt they?:
http://www.elian.info/tipsbuilding/images/pic4.gif

This is EXACTLY like The Centre in Hong Kong!!! What originality... l(

This was posted in the City vs. City forum. Looks interesting but I don't know the validity of the article though... maybe some residents in Shanghai could possibly tell us?



Disneyland to build theme park in Shanghai
www.chinanews.cn 2005-08-03 11:25:53
Chinanews， Aug.2 - Although China's first Disneyland theme park is scheduled to open on Sept. 12th, the Hong Kong Disneyland with an area of 126 hectares is far from satisfying Walt Disney Co.'s ambition to extend its territory in China. It is reported that the project for Disneyland's Shanghai theme park has taken shape and the park is expected to open to the public in 2012 at the earliest.

According to a reliable source, Shanghai reserved a 500-hectare site located in Chuansha Town in Pudong, three times bigger than the one in Hong Kong. The information obtained from the planning administration office of Shanghai Pudong Planning Administration Bureau also proved such news to a certain extent.

However, after having consulted leaders of the bureau, the informed source cautiously indicated that they were not in a position to disclose any detailed plan at the moment and further information will be published on the bureau's official website. As to the location of Shanghai Disneyland, spokesman of Chuansha Town said on the phone that related information must be announced by the senior management.

As to the issue whether Shanghai Disneyland could be completed in 2012, spokesman of the Walt Disney Co. just emphasized that they are focusing on the opening ceremony of the Hong Kong Disneyland right now. The reporter, however, learned from an informed source of Hong Kong Disneyland that the first batch of Disneyland theme park designers and planners who went to Hong Kong from the United States are leaving for Shanghai for relevant preparation.

Just to confirm also that Universal Studios is NOT planning on building a park in Shanghai right?

If so, is the land that they reserved the one Disney is "supposedly" planning to build a park on?

Zhongrong Jasper Tower
Yincheng Road East - Shanghai

Status: Under Construction
Architect: Gresham, Smith and Partners (http://www.gspnet.com/)

Located in the Lu Jia Zui Financial District of Shanghai, this 48-story, 800,000 square foot/ 100 000sqm, office building includes a four-story retail podium at the base of the tower. The top four levels have meeting rooms, restaurants and private clubs which include a sky garden atrium with a spectacular view of the river below.

The 200m tall tower started construction in July 2004 and is expected to be completed in 2007.

http://skyscraperpage.com/gallery/data/570/568z.jpg

North Bund International Cruice Terminal
North Bund - Shanghai

Status: Proposal
Architect: John Portman & Associates (http://www.portmanusa.com/)

This approximately 5,112,857 square foot (475,000 square meter) development is designed to fit into the overall urban fabric and, at the same time, be distinct. The Center Tower is the dominant structure on the site and, as such, sets the tone for the rest of the development. Reaching 1053 feet (321 meters) into the sky, the tower gracefully twists to create a form that is evocative in profile of the fortuitous number 8.

Its confident presence on the Shanghai skyline will be attractive to tourists and inspiring to residents. The twist is also indicative of a change of function within the building. The upper portion holds a hotel, while the lower part contains offices. Two smaller towers, both rectilinear in form, complement each other and harmonize with the center tower. One features prime office space, while the other offers serviced apartments.

http://www.portmanusa.com/work_in_progress/imgs/w_north_bund.jpg

Proposed: United Bank Tower 50F, 226m
Sydness Arcitects (http://www.sydnessarchitects.com/portfolio/port-banktwr.shtml)


http://www.sydnessarchitects.com/portfolio/banktwr1.jpg

I doubt any of these would/should get built ... I mean, who's going to need this many
office buildings anyway?

^^ :lol:

Hey guys, today I saw a WONDERFUL photo book about Shanghai in a bookstore of my city:
http://images4.libri.de/shop/coverscans///273//2737301_3937718222_xl.jpg
There was a huge residential project for Shanghai I had never heard of, called "Shanghai Star". The project consists in four huge cylindrical towers, each one looked like about 200m high. The project is designed by Wood+Zapata studio and it is approved.

http://wood-zapata.com/ShanghaiStar.html <The profile of this porject is still u/c, so we cant see any official information yet. If anybody finds pics please post them :)

Approved: Sanzhi Hotel Tower, 180m
Arquitectonica (http://www.arquitectonica.com/)


http://img89.imageshack.us/img89/7641/sanzhihoteltower6ka.jpg

^^ :lol:


Why is it funny? There seems to be so many office buildings in ShangHai, what's
their occupancy rate? Surely there are already enough office buildings?

According to www.skyscrapers.com,Shanghai square and Plaza -66 tower-2 are under construction,do anyone has pciture or any present status.?

Why is it funny? There seems to be so many office buildings in ShangHai, what's
their occupancy rate? Surely there are already enough office buildings?

Office vacancy rate in Shanghai is about 10% which is not high considering huge office space supply to the market.

Office vacancy rate in Shanghai is about 10% which is not high considering huge office space supply to the market.

Would the 10% vacancy rate justify the building of more high rise office buildings?

Anyone have any info on Plaza 66 Tower 2 (http://www.skyscraperpage.com/cities/?buildingID=15712). It's supposedly under construction now. I've read that it's supposed to be connected to Plaza 66 by a skybridge? Any renders or construction pics. And Plaza 66 Tower 2 doesn't seem like a very good name, Tower 2 has 45 floors not 66.

Shanghai Fudan Hotel

No information.

http://www.mulvannyg2.com/images/work/international/shanghaifudan/aramisA.jpg http://www.mulvannyg2.com/images/work/international/shanghaifudan/porthosA.jpg

http://www.mulvannyg2.com/images/work/international/shanghaifudan/athosA.jpg

this building lies at the intersection of GuoQuan Rd and Handan Rd(Middle Beltway). it's part of the Fudan University's Centennial Celebration construction Project, along with the handan underpass

Anyone has a map of pudong showing the location of new hotel projects?

Anyone has a map of pudong showing the location of new hotel projects?

There are several large hotel planns for Pudong, which one are you reffering to?

projects like the gran melia pudong, sheraton shanghai, four points by sheraton, radisson pudong century park and the proposed SNIEC hotel...

For a long time, the "Big Three" skylines have been New York, Chicago, and Hong Kong. By 2008, it looks like Shanghai will join them: each of those four cities should then have about 15 buildings over 250m tall.

Still, I'm disappointed that Shanghai is not building more supertalls. There is so much money going into Shanghai construction--but most of that goes to smaller skyscrapers (20-40 stories). Even if the Lujiazui twins are completed in 2011, Chicago will still have more 300m-tall buildings than Shanghai will (7 vs. 5).

To me, it's the 300m-tall-plus buildings that "make" a city's skyline. Shanghai could create a skyline even more impressive than Chicago's--but has not yet done so. I hope they do soon, because we all know this boom won't last forever, and may be followed by stagnation in the supertall market (--just like most U.S. cities after the WTC/Sears Tower/Hancock Center binge).

Just my thoughts. I love Shanghai's modern architecture and wish they'd seize the opportunity to become the Biggest Skyline.

BTW, does anyone know the status of Xujiahui Tower? It was supposed to join JinMao and SWFC as Shanghai's three supertall sisters, but I haven't seen anything on it in awhile. Please don't tell me it's cancelled!

Chicago will still have more 300m-tall buildings than Shanghai will (7 vs. 5).


NY is going to have just 5 supertalls too by the moment. Let´s see what happens in North Bund area, plus reserved plots for future supertalls in Lujiazui, plus Puxi booming secondary CBDs, etc. Then, a third supertall project is going to be released in 2006 in Lujiazui, for the plot next to Jin Mao Tower which is currently occupied by a cricket(?) yard, we just know that it's height will be between 300 and 360m

BTW you can see several supertalls in Puxi expected to be built sooner or later, not only Xujiahui Tower:
http://img489.imageshack.us/img489/5985/0079a7ey.jpg

http://img489.imageshack.us/img489/656/0074a2nh.jpg

I will love to have that at my home :D

@ clopter: z0rg described it good! Btw, did you receive my PM-message about the image question you sent me? :)

Never mind :|

NY Times link sent by a friend:

http://www.nytimes.com/packages/html/business/20051018_SHANGHAI_FEATURE/blocker.html

@ clopter: z0rg described it good! Btw, did you receive my PM-message about the image question you sent me? :)


Christian--

Thanks, but I didn't get your PM-message...maybe I have trouble getting them? You can email me direct at mci -at- ranken.com.


z0rg--

Thanks for the info; sounds promising. I'll keep my fingers crossed. --BTW, RE: New York vs. Chicago: with the WTC destruction, the new Chicago Trump Tower, and perhaps the Fordham Spire in Chicago, the New York skyline has fallen behind Chicago's. New York has a lot more medium-height buildings, but it lacks the Supertalls that really "make" any city's skyline. And with New York's terrorism paranoia, I don't see this changing any time soon. Chicago is the U.S.'s only hope for a decent skyline, IMHO, and even its potential is limited. That's why I'm rooting for Shanghai to go as big as possible, as soon as possible--before the political or economic climate makes it more difficult.

Christian--

Thanks, but I didn't get your PM-message...maybe I have trouble getting them? You can email me direct at mci -at- ranken.com.


Thats alright, i wrote you a mail now, hope you get it! ;)

Here's the latest. It was taken by my girlfriend on her recent trip to Shanghai, her home town. It's from the entrance to JinMao Tower, taken on approximately 10 October 2005:

http://img478.imageshack.us/img478/9118/swfc2005october9vf.jpg

Nice update clopter! :okay:

And btw, here is the new design for Shanghai World Financial Center. As many of you know the design was changed in
september from the sircular hole to a square hole.

http://skyscraperpage.com/gallery/data/570/9153964_1128499463.jpg

http://skyscraperpage.com/gallery/data/570/9153964_1128499422.jpg

http://img286.imageshack.us/img286/5029/shanghaiworldfinancialcenter2s.jpg

http://img82.imageshack.us/img82/1982/36xc.jpghttp://img66.imageshack.us/img66/1459/46tt.jpg

http://img12.imageshack.us/img12/1636/24wi.jpghttp://img436.imageshack.us/img436/7831/50vz.jpg

_________
And here is another construction update, from 24th october:
http://img486.imageshack.us/img486/8202/a11qi.jpg

http://img486.imageshack.us/img486/1527/a32xo.jpg

Thanks for the updates, Christian! There is noticeable progress in just the past two weeks. Nice to see it progressing smoothly.

Still, I am very sad about the design change to the square hole...what made this building such a masterpiece was the beautiful combination of the circle with the long, 480-meter arcs rising from the base. I realize this has been discussed earlier in this thread, but it's a huge and enduring issue--not a "get over it already" triviality. Quite simply, the building is not the striking work of art it once was; it now has a more boxy, conventional appearance. It will stand out because it is enormous, which I love--but it won't stand out as a creation of beauty. Try it: show 100 people side-by-side renderings of the two designs. I bet that at least 90 of them prefer the round-hole version (especially when shown in the context of the skyline, reflecting the Oriental Pearl Tower the way it did). It was the round-hole version that won all those awards and design competitions. Had the hole been square from the start, the critical reception would certainly have been much more lukewarm.

Furthermore, since the developer acquiesced to the [totally understandable] anti-Japanese sentiment, this could be the beginning of the end for unbridled development of supertalls in Shanghai. The citizens now realize that by complaining loudly enough, they can have a say in the future of their city's skyline. This slippery slope leads directly to concerns about sunlight blockage, view blockage, etc.; before long, skyscrapers are being shortened or even cancelled due to citizen opposition. This is not idle speculation: it is reality throughout the U.S. --Supertalls are basically impossible in midtown Manhattan for this reason; neighborhood opposition may also doom Chicago's proposed 2000-foot-tall Fordham Spire. San Francisco has suffered from this problem for years, leaving the skyline short and uninspiring (ever since the Transamerica Pyramid). I fear Shanghai will be next. That's one more reason to be sad about this design change.

Thanks for the updates, Christian! There is noticeable progress in just the past two weeks. Nice to see it progressing smoothly.

Still, I am very sad about the design change to the square hole...what made this building such a masterpiece was the beautiful combination of the circle with the long, 480-meter arcs rising from the base. I realize this has been discussed earlier in this thread, but it's a huge and enduring issue--not a "get over it already" triviality. Quite simply, the building is not the striking work of art it once was; it now has a more boxy, conventional appearance. It will stand out because it is enormous, which I love--but it won't stand out as a creation of beauty. Try it: show 100 people side-by-side renderings of the two designs. I bet that at least 90 of them prefer the round-hole version (especially when shown in the context of the skyline, reflecting the Oriental Pearl Tower the way it did). It was the round-hole version that won all those awards and design competitions. Had the hole been square from the start, the critical reception would certainly have been much more lukewarm.

Furthermore, since the developer acquiesced to the [totally understandable] anti-Japanese sentiment, this could be the beginning of the end for unbridled development of supertalls in Shanghai. The citizens now realize that by complaining loudly enough, they can have a say in the future of their city's skyline. This slippery slope leads directly to concerns about sunlight blockage, view blockage, etc.; before long, skyscrapers are being shortened or even cancelled due to citizen opposition. This is not idle speculation: it is reality throughout the U.S. --Supertalls are basically impossible in midtown Manhattan for this reason; neighborhood opposition may also doom Chicago's proposed 2000-foot-tall Fordham Spire. San Francisco has suffered from this problem for years, leaving the skyline short and uninspiring (ever since the Transamerica Pyramid). I fear Shanghai will be next. That's one more reason to be sad about this design change.

You speak so true! The development of high-rise building in Norway is so poor due to huge opposition against them of some that the city councils has banned proposed buildings to be taller than 35m as an exemple. And that affects the development a lot. Luckly Norway isn't even visible compared to China, so if China became such a "democracy" as Norway it would make huge problems to Chinas booming cities.

And i prefere the sircle design of course, but i still think the square design will not be that bad. Some of the uniqueness of the tower is lost, but it will still become the most modern and the greatest signal tower of Shanghai. :)

And i prefere the sircle design of course, but i still think the square design will not be that bad. Some of the uniqueness of the tower is lost, but it will still become the most modern and the greatest signal tower of Shanghai. :)

Okay, I'll try to be open-minded about it. You're right: it will still be a great building. The sheer size of the building will make it spectacular for that reason alone--so I'm definitely looking forward to seeing it finished. Its location next to Jin Mao Tower is perfect--the two will complement each other, adding to the overall impressive massing effect.

Anyway, looking forward to future updates/construction photos! I'm hoping to visit Shanghai late next year--perhaps by then it will be around 300m tall already. It'll be great to see.

Its will be so interesting to fallow the construction the next year, so much will happend. Perhaps they have reached 300m when you visit Shanghai again clopter! :okay:

Construction update, 28th october
http://img496.imageshack.us/img496/3265/as5qw.jpg

About the hole at the top tower of the SWFC. I perher the cricle not the square hole.
Why did the denger KCF change his mind for? Having a square hole looks very ugly.
Is there a promble with a cricle tramcar? Is it too much or heavey?
Please let me know.

About the hole at the top tower of the SWFC. I perher the cricle not the square hole.
Why did the denger KCF change his mind for? Having a square hole looks very ugly.
Is there a promble with a cricle tramcar? Is it too much or heavey?
Please let me know.

Well, the problem was that a sircle represent Japan, and that aparently hurt many chinese so much they had to change the design after massive opposition against the sircle design.

Now, that probably sounds as stupid and childish as it did to me the first time i heard about it. But the view on this cause is quite different in China. I assume you know the history between China and Japan, and why they have been acting "unfriendly" with eachother laterly, so that i won't explain.

http://img.pcpop.com/upimg2/2004/11/25/557416522.jpg

the circle represents...not just japan....also their wartime "activities".

the circle represents...not just japan....also their wartime "activities".

I view reaction by the Chinese--to be afraid of the circle--as petty and cowardly.

The SWFC was China's big chance to claim the circle for their own, and use it according to their own tradition and lore. The circle represents the sky; the square, the earth; so the perfect skyscraper is square on the bottom with a circle on the top. That's Chinese, not Japanese!

Sure, the Japanese did absolutely horrible things in China. Believe me, I've heard all about it: my girlfriend's family lived through all that, and it is part of the national consciousness. But that's all the more reason for the Chinese to reclaim the circle for their own purposes. The SWFC is WAY more massive and spectacular than any of Japan's dinky skyscrapers. It would be proof that China has taken over the circle, bigger and grander than Japan ever did, and that China is not afraid of a geometric form--and perhaps the most beautiful and perfect geometric form, at that.

But by caving in on this issue, the Chinese have shown that they are still too fearful of Japan and what the Japanese did. China is not just squandering an opportunity to build the most beautiful, artistic, graceful, poetic, elegant, and spectacular skyscraper in the world; they are giving the power over their skyline to the Japanese. They are allowing the Japanese people's evil deeds to dictate that their biggest and best skyline should have a big, ugly, and ill-fitting SQUARE at its summit, rather than the perfectly-fitting circle.

Every time I see that square, I will be reminded of China's failure of nerve. I will be reminded of China's insecurity in not seizing the circle, proudly and confidently, for their own use. And I will be profoundly saddened--because the most beautiful building design that many of us here have ever seen was killed at the last minute, by a bunch of Chinese who let their traumatic memories of evil trump their hope and optimism.

So after all, the Japanese won. They got deep enough under Chinese skin to force the Chinese to butcher the best building they'd ever seen. As has been noted earlier on this forum, artfully understated: this is not to the glory of China.

I view reaction by the Chinese--to be afraid of the circle--as petty and cowardly.

The SWFC was China's big chance to claim the circle for their own, and use it according to their own tradition and lore. The circle represents the sky; the square, the earth; so the perfect skyscraper is square on the bottom with a circle on the top. That's Chinese, not Japanese!

Sure, the Japanese did absolutely horrible things in China. Believe me, I've heard all about it: my girlfriend's family lived through all that, and it is part of the national consciousness. But that's all the more reason for the Chinese to reclaim the circle for their own purposes. The SWFC is WAY more massive and spectacular than any of Japan's dinky skyscrapers. It would be proof that China has taken over the circle, bigger and grander than Japan ever did, and that China is not afraid of a geometric form--and perhaps the most beautiful and perfect geometric form, at that.

But by caving in on this issue, the Chinese have shown that they are still too fearful of Japan and what the Japanese did. China is squandering an opportunity not just to build the most beautiful, artistic, graceful, poetic, elegant, and spectacular skyscraper in the world; they are giving the power over their skyline to the Japanese. They are allowing the Japanese people's evil deeds to dictate that their biggest and best skyline should have a big, ugly, and ill-fitting SQUARE at its summit, rather than the perfectly-fitting circle.

Every time I see that square, I will be reminded of China's failure of nerve. I will be reminded of China's insecurity in not seizing the circle, proudly and confidently, for their own use. And I will be profoundly saddened--because the most beautiful building design that many of us here have ever seen was killed at the last minute, by a bunch of Chinese who let their traumatic memories of evil trump their hope and optimism.

So after all, the Japanese won. They got deep enough under Chinese skin to force the Chinese to kill the best building they'd ever seen. As has been noted earlier on this forum, artfully understated: this is not to the glory of China.


You raise some very good points and so on but really... can everybody stop complaining about this. Accept it for what it is... a square hole. Personally, I would've rather it be a circle because that's what made it unique and it refers to the Chinese "moon gate". Nonetheless, the SWFC is still one of the nicest buildings I've ever seen. It will be one of China's best looking buildings no doubt. So just out of courtesy, everybody please stop complaining because its not going to the change the design.

You raise some very good points and so on but really... can everybody stop complaining about this. Accept it for what it is... a square hole. Personally, I would've rather it be a circle because that's what made it unique and it refers to the Chinese "moon gate". Nonetheless, the SWFC is still one of the nicest buildings I've ever seen. It will be one of China's best looking buildings no doubt. So just out of courtesy, everybody please stop complaining because its not going to the change the design.

Raymond--

With all due respect, I strongly disagree with your call for an end to discussion of this. Consider:

1. Of course our little forum cannot change the design back to a circle. However, it was the whining of a small but vocal minority that got it changed to a square in the first place. If our arguments are presented articulately enough in a wider, public forum, it is conceivable (though admittedly unlikely) that those arguments will contribute to the upwelling of outrage over the widely-ridiculed square, leading in turn to a reversion to the proper design. (After all, virtually NOBODY prefers the square; virtually EVERYBODY realizes it is an aesthetic affront.)

2. There is simply something jarring about the new design, and it has not been properly analyzed anywhere I've seen, including this forum. Basically, there is no reason for that hole to be there. Can anyone tell me why the hole is even there? Why not slice off the entire building above the outdoor observation deck? The superstructure above that deck is expensive, extravagant, and non-functional (aesthetically and practically). It doesn't represent the Moon Gate; it isn't a circle representing the sky; it isn't a balanced male/female reflection of the Oriental Pearl Tower across the skyline; and most importantly, it clashes with the graceful design of the building (especially, the awesomely sweeping 480m arcs up the sides of the building that appeared to "hold up" the circle in the sky).

3. This is a historically significant occasion. A relatively small number of vocal Chinese nationalists have caused a huge change in the design of China's greatest building--a change to a design that virtually EVERYONE agrees is inferior. In less than 50 years, the events that precipitated this change will be remembered by absolutely no living person. Yet the SWFC could dominate Shanghai's skyline for 100, 200, 300, or more years...long after the Chinese have conquered their current irrational Fear Of The Circle. This issue has not been discussed in depth here, and I believe it should be. Where else is there to discuss it?

In any case, I agree that even with the square hole, the SWFC will still be a remarkable building--still China's greatest. But this is no reason to passively accept the change. In fact, it is a testament to the strength of the original design: it can endure such a horrible design change, and remain a very impressive building. Yet one more reason to re-evaluate the strength of the original design!

I think there might be some finacial and technical justification for changeing the circle to a
square.

I think there might be some finacial and technical justification for changeing the circle to a
square.

Didu--

That's true; let's say they'd save $2,000,000 in design/construction costs if they changed the circle to a square.

But they'd save, say, $20,000,000 by completely eliminating the superstructure above the outdoor observation deck.

Why are they spending that additional $18,000,000 for a big square loop of limited practical or aesthetic value, when they could spend an additional $2,000,000 and make it perfect?

The money is NOT the issue. It's just cover for the builder, so they don't lose face by admitting the real reason for the change.

That square is ugly! It would have looked better for them to have simply filled it in if they didn't want a circle. Shame because it spoils what was such a wonderfully simple and elegent design. I am course in no position to comment on the historical reasons for their decision remove the circle but from a design point of view replacing it with a square it ruins it, if there isn't going to be a circular hole then there shouldn't be a hole at all.

The square is really not bad, although less unqiue it does matches the buildings shape you know. Oh btw it looks like a beer bottle opener now.

Raymond--

With all due respect, I strongly disagree with your call for an end to discussion of this. Consider:

1. Of course our little forum cannot change the design back to a circle. However, it was the whining of a small but vocal minority that got it changed to a square in the first place. If our arguments are presented articulately enough in a wider, public forum, it is conceivable (though admittedly unlikely) that those arguments will contribute to the upwelling of outrage over the widely-ridiculed square, leading in turn to a reversion to the proper design. (After all, virtually NOBODY prefers the square; virtually EVERYBODY realizes it is an aesthetic affront.)

2. There is simply something jarring about the new design, and it has not been properly analyzed anywhere I've seen, including this forum. Basically, there is no reason for that hole to be there. Can anyone tell me why the hole is even there? Why not slice off the entire building above the outdoor observation deck? The superstructure above that deck is expensive, extravagant, and non-functional (aesthetically and practically). It doesn't represent the Moon Gate; it isn't a circle representing the sky; it isn't a balanced male/female reflection of the Oriental Pearl Tower across the skyline; and most importantly, it clashes with the graceful design of the building (especially, the awesomely sweeping 480m arcs up the sides of the building that appeared to "hold up" the circle in the sky).

3. This is a historically significant occasion. A relatively small number of vocal Chinese nationalists have caused a huge change in the design of China's greatest building--a change to a design that virtually EVERYONE agrees is inferior. In less than 50 years, the events that precipitated this change will be remembered by absolutely no living person. Yet the SWFC could dominate Shanghai's skyline for 100, 200, 300, or more years...long after the Chinese have conquered their current irrational Fear Of The Circle. This issue has not been discussed in depth here, and I believe it should be. Where else is there to discuss it?

In any case, I agree that even with the square hole, the SWFC will still be a remarkable building--still China's greatest. But this is no reason to passively accept the change. In fact, it is a testament to the strength of the original design: it can endure such a horrible design change, and remain a very impressive building. Yet one more reason to re-evaluate the strength of the original design!


OK... I definately remember reading somewhere from a legit source that the circle was to copy the Chinese moon gate. Secondly, I just don't care about the circle being replaced anymore. This building has taken just so long to build. Personally, is the square hole REALLY that bad? Is it something that you can't live with? I mean you even said it. Complaining probably won't get anything done. Therefore, just let it be. There WILL be other buildings that can have a circular hole in them... just not in Shanghai for the time being.

Didu--

That's true; let's say they'd save $2,000,000 in design/construction costs if they changed the circle to a square.

But they'd save, say, $20,000,000 by completely eliminating the superstructure above the outdoor observation deck.

Why are they spending that additional $18,000,000 for a big square loop of limited practical or aesthetic value, when they could spend an additional $2,000,000 and make it perfect?

The money is NOT the issue. It's just cover for the builder, so they don't lose face by admitting the real reason for the change.

Wasn't the hole necessary for structural reasons, so they have to have a hole,
and they want to save money on the shape of the hole.

OK... ... is the square hole REALLY that bad? Is it something that you can't live with? I mean you even said it. Complaining probably won't get anything done. Therefore, just let it be. There WILL be other buildings that can have a circular hole in them... just not in Shanghai for the time being.
I guess I'm not getting my point across...

1. Imagine the Taj Mahal. Now imagine if they had changed all the domes into cubes. --It would still be a remarkable building, and tourists would flock from miles around, just as they will to the SWFC. But it would not be the spectacular work of art and poetry it could have been. So of course I can "live" with the square hole, just as I could "live" with the cubed Taj Mahal...but not without bemoaning the lost opportunity for the biggest skyscraper in the world to be also the most strikingly beautiful.

2. I don't care if there are other buildings with a circular hole; that's not the point. People didn't like the circular hole per se; we liked the overall design. The circular hole was just a part of that. (In fact, a 50m circular hole would not make sense in another building; we will almost certainly never see another 500m-tall building with a 50m circular hole through its top. The SWFC was an enormous, perfectly-proportioned building with a huge circle dominating the world's soon-to-be-best skyline. We're simply not going to see that again.)

For weeks on this forum, people like me have been moaning and complaining about this. Sure, maybe we should all just shut up and deal, but remember that we're justifiably outraged: rarely has ANY design had such unanimity of support (compare Freedom Tower and many others)...and it just got changed into something that's barely better than Freedom Tower. That's pretty significant: NOBODY is arguing that the square hole is better (although several, including myself, have noted that the building will still look really good, even with the square hole).

People will be whining about this for years to come--so you can't really expect everyone to just forget about it and move on.


Wasn't the hole necessary for structural reasons, so they have to have a hole,
and they want to save money on the shape of the hole.
The hole was necessary to relieve wind pressure only if the structure was built as tall as it is. If they cut the whole building off at 430m, they would not need any hole. --As I mentioned, if they really wanted to save money, they would eliminate the entire superstructure above 430m, since it serves no purpose. The "saving money" rationale is just to save face.

SWFC construction update 7th November, images by "Cityrain".

http://image.xitek.com/forum/200511/545/54574/54574_1131368739.jpg

http://image.xitek.com/forum/200511/545/54574/54574_1131368659.jpg

SWFC construction update 7th November, images by "Cityrain".

Thanks Christian. The core is several floors taller, in just the past few weeks. Nice to see it progressing so fast!

Also, the updates distracted me from my constant whining about the circle/square issue. Luckily for the people on this thread who have to suffer through my diatribes! :-)

Anyway, thanks again for the updates and looking forward to more.

Thanks Christian. The core is several floors taller, in just the past few weeks. Nice to see it progressing so fast!

Also, the updates distracted me from my constant whining about the circle/square issue. Luckily for the people on this thread who have to suffer through my diatribes! :-)

Anyway, thanks again for the updates and looking forward to more.

Yeah i've noticed the discussion! ;) But you know my view, and im not a great arguer, so im not taking apart of the discussion. Ill just continue giving news. :)

Yeah i've noticed the discussion! ;) But you know my view, and im not a great arguer, so im not taking apart of the discussion. Ill just continue giving news. :)
Probably a good idea. I am just contributing to "bad blood" and a flame war with my incessant complaining, so I should just shut up as well! ;-)

The Peninsula Shanghai

In May 2004, the company announced that, together with Starwaly Group Pty Ltd, it had entered into a project agreement with New Huang Pu (Group) Co., Ltd., a state-owned enterprise, to acquire the land use rights for a designated site in the Waitanyuan area of the city, close to the former British Consulate building and overlooking the famous Bund. The land grant contract was signed in October 2004 with the Shanghai Real Estate Resources Administration Bureau for the purchase of the land on which the company will develop The Peninsula Shanghai. This will return the company to part of its historic roots after an absence of some 50 years.


Concurrently, HSH also entered into a contract with the Shanghai New Huang Pu (Group) Co., Ltd., which will undertake related pre-development works on the site and render assistance in obtaining approvals, facilitating construction and liaising with government departments in relation to the project.



The mixed-use project will comprise a Peninsula hotel of approximately 250 rooms, high-end retail space, and a number of serviced apartments at the 56,000 square metre site. The L-shaped site is bounded on the north by the old British Consulate garden, on the west by Yuan Ming Yuan Road, on the south by Beijing Lu and on the east by The Bund. HSH will be responsible for 50% of the total cost of US$361 million.


At present, the site has been substantially cleared and the company is heavily engaged in the design of the exterior architecture and interiors of the hotel, as well as in obtaining government planning approvals etc. Construction is expected to begin in 2006 with completion scheduled for 2009.

Source: http://www.hshgroup.com/currentProjects.asp?rtid=88&id=264

Shanghai facing over supply of aprtment and office building,this is according to expert,to date there are 10 million square meter of space remain unoccupy,this could be repeat of 1997 to 1999 real estatre 'burst"

Oh.. I thought it was because Pudong was sinking.

Approved: Hongqiao Mei Hua Estate
Studio Shanghai (http://www.studioshanghai.com/ma_sh_shs.html/)

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v641/z0rg/ShanghaiStar.jpg

I posted some info of this project a month ago. The towers looked much taller in the magazine I wrote about...Very nice project anyway. 30 floors each one maybe.

Circles are just a more pleasing shape compared to shapes with edges.

The circle would've worked well with the spheres of the Oriental Pearl Tower.

http://image2.sina.com.cn/dy/o/2005-12-31/9b2f0cd3019cd5452bffa375c317eb86.JPG
http://image2.sina.com.cn/dy/o/2005-12-31/bbc3e4c757c989a871442a0ad35e6273.JPG

The China office of Hines, the international real estate firm, announced that it has formed a joint venture with the China Everbright Group and Hotel Properties Limited (HPL) to resume the development of the 21st Century Tower project in the Lujiazui Financial District in Pudong, Shanghai.

Located along Century Boulevard, the main street in the 'Little Lujiazui' Financial District, 21st Century Tower will be a 48-story mixed-use tower divided into four elements: 22,000 square meters of headquarters space for the China Everbright Group; 29,000 square meters of additional speculative Class A office space; a luxury 190-room Four Seasons Hotel; and, on the uppermost floors, 60 Four Seasons residences which will be among the most luxurious for-sale apartments in Shanghai.

Originally purchased by the China Everbright Group in 1997, the project was suspended later that year after construction of the foundation and basement due to significant changes in the Everbright Group's business focus, including the elimination of its real estate business. Following extensive redevelopment studies and evaluations with Hines, and with the participation of HPL of Singapore, a new development plan has now been finalized.

The project is scheduled for completion in 2008.

"China, and in particular Shanghai, is one of the world's most important markets," said Wang Ming Quan, Chairman of China Everbright Group. "The governmental support, market conditions, financial, legal and economic environment all combined to make Shanghai an obvious choice for such a major investment."

"China is one of our most important markets today," said Jeff Hines, president of Hines. "With a decade of experience and a history of quality developments in Beijing, we are confident that the 21st Century project will provide a spectacular entry into the Shanghai market."

Hines noted that Hines China has more employees than any of the other 12 countries in which the firm operates outside of the United States.

"The rise of Shanghai as a truly international city and financial center of global importance make it fitting that HPL's first project in China should be located here," said Stephen Lau, Chairman of HPL Hotels and Resorts.

"Shanghai has emerged as one of the world's important business centers, as well as an exciting cultural destination for leisure travelers," noted Kathleen Taylor, president of worldwide business operations, Four Seasons Hotels and Resorts. "China and the entire Asia Pacific region continue to be an important area of opportunity for the company as we bring the Four Seasons experience to the places our guests need, and want, to go."

Engineer proposes raising Shanghai's riverfront bank buildings to create commercial space
23 January 2006

SHANGHAI, China (AP) - A Chinese engineer wants to give Shanghai's historic riverfront bank district a lift. Literally.

Raymond Shaw says using hydraulic jacks to raise the stone edifices of the famed Bund would create valuable commercial space while preserving the 100-year-old neighborhood's original look.

"It's totally technically achievable," Shaw was quoted as saying by Monday's Shanghai Daily newspaper.

While the prospect of anything moving the Bund's hulking stone buildings seems unlikely, Shaw has done this sort of thing before. He gained instant notoriety in 2003 by leading a team that shifted the city's historic concert hall more than 66 meters (216 feet) to make way for new road construction.

Still, boosting the Bund would be considerably more ambitious -- and expensive -- although Shaw said more than 200,000 square meters (2,152,800 sq. feet) of prime shopping and entertainment space could be created in the process.

A canopy erected over the newly opened space would help maintain the original riverfront profile, he said.

"What a pity the area is now far from being fully commercially used," he said.

Long a derelict curiosity, the early 20th century Bund has undergone a revival in recent years with pricey restaurants and boutiques moving into the more than 20 stately former banks, offices and trading houses, many of them now carefully restored.

However, Shaw said he didn't see the project being taken up right away given its "extremely huge scale." There was no immediate comment from the city government.

according to WenweiPao,Shimao international Plaza officially open for business.
the 333meter skyscraper located in nanjing road comprise of 5 star hotel,and shopping mall.

according to WenweiPao,Shimao international Plaza officially open for business.
the 333meter skyscraper located in nanjing road comprise of 5 star hotel,and shopping mall.

Which hotel is there?

Interesting projects!

Anybody heard about the construction of HanTang Jumeirah in Shanghai or anybody got its pictures?

^^ Google is your friend :D
http://www.asiatraveltips.com/newspics/062/HanTangJumeirahShanghai.jpg
^^ Open this link in another browser in order to see a render of Han Tang Jumeirah Shanghai Hotel.

Some interesting pics by giallo (SSP) from march 8th

Plaza 66 phase 2 (240m)
http://www.worldisround.com/hosted/7/311/230.jpg

http://www.inclearimage.com/giallo/mar8plaza.jpg

http://www.inclearimage.com/giallo/mar8plaza2.jpg

http://www.inclearimage.com/giallo/mar8plaza3.jpg

Wheelock Square (298m)
http://www.skyscrapers.cn/images/small-pic/sh-Wheelock_Square-model2_small.jpg

http://www.inclearimage.com/giallo/mar8wheelock2.jpg

http://www.inclearimage.com/giallo/mar8wheelock.jpg

Park Place (50f)
http://www.inclearimage.com/giallo/dec26park.jpg

http://www.inclearimage.com/giallo/mar8park2.jpg

notice the left side of second picture,another new high rise under construction,can anyone identified the building?

the high rise on the left of the 2nd pic is the dong hai plaza, which had been on hold for a few years but is now back on track. it's topped out, just waiting for the cladding.

Not bad!
Really cool
But I wonder if this Plaza's protected from Earthquake...?

Hualian Mall

Map was invited into a limited competition to prepare designs for a site known as Five Ways north west of the Bund in Shanghai. The area is well served by public transport and there is a planned underground railway system with a station right under the intersection. The site is long and narrow with the station and intersection at the southern end. A main arterial road runs down the long eastern side of the site.

MAP proposed a curtain wall building with a linear atrium space with escalators climbing through the floor levels. The retail brief asked for the provision of seven levels of retail accommodation and a cinema complex and other entertainment uses at level 8 to 10. One level of basement was proposed to contain a supermarket and interface with car parking at the rest of the basement one level and into basement 2.

http://www.maphk.com/image/203/000.jpg

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Wai Tan 2 Hotel

MAP was asked by Henderson Land to prepare designs for a Hotel on a site that runs from the Shanghai Club Building 2 Waitan through to the main street at the rear of the Bund. The building next door has been renovated and contains the Georgio Armani store as well as other top European brands.

TThe brief was to design a 400 room boutique hotel. MAP suggested that the new tower be located on the back of the site and the Shanghai Club building facing the bund be renovated to a high standard. The Shanghai Club building will contain function and ball rooms, romantic old style hotel rooms with fire places and the ground floor level is to accommodate European brand name retailers.

At the rear of the old building the proposal included a glass roofed atrium space for an outdoor restaurant and winter garden.

http://www.maphk.com/image/204/000.jpg

http://www.maphk.com/image/204/001.jpg

I´ve just seen "Mission impossible 3"... Shangai looks great!

Construction update by giallo (ssp member) of Jasper Tower. Image was taken April 24th. If you don't know what Jasper Tower is, click here (http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showpost.php?p=5414951&postcount=129) to see renderings and information!

http://www.inclearimage.com/giallo/apr24jasper.jpg

Woohoo! Disneyland is to be opened in Shanghai at year 2012. This comes from a reliable source

http://www.disneyworldtrivia.com/articleViewer.php?aid=223

Disney to open theme park in Shanghai
08/02/2005

Walt Disney Co. would open a theme park in Shanghai in 2012, the Hong Kong Economic Times said, without identifying the source of its information.

Don Robinson, Hong Kong Disneyland Group managing director and Hong Kong Financial Secretary Henry Tang celebrate with Mickey Mouse during a news conference to announce the opening date of the Hong Kong Disneyland. The Hong Kong government earlier said the entertainment park will employ 5,000 workers which should ease the territory's high umemployment rate of 6.8 percent.


The company would start designing the park next year, the paper said. The construction would begin in 2008 and the park would open in 2012, the paper said. Disney is close to finishing a US$3.5 billion theme park in Hong Kong, which is scheduled to open in September this year.

The Shanghai park would be built on a 500-hectare site in Pudong East, three times bigger than the one in Hong Kong, the paper said. No hotel was planned for Shanghai, it said. A group of officials from Shanghai visited the Hong Kong site two weeks ago, the paper said. Staff in charge of the management of Hong Kong Disneyland would be relocated to Shanghai at the end of the year, it said. Designers transferred from the United States for the Hong Kong park were also moving to Shanghai, the report said.

Incoming Disney chief executive Robert Iger had said earlier the company was planning a range of projects in China, including a theme park, according to a recent article in Time.

This topic is stalled. Are there no more projects in shanghai? I thought this town was in a construction boom. What happened?

^^ they ran out of money. :(

This topic is stalled. Are there no more projects in shanghai? I thought this town was in a construction boom. What happened?

go to xitec or even SSP.

No Chinese forumer want to show us u/c pics from xitec.

Xitech and SSP?

Xitech and SSP?

www.xitek.com
only if you can read Chinese.
You can find such threads there
http://www.xitek.com/forum/showthread.php?threadid=363422

www.skyscraperpage.com
There are such threads.
http://forum.skyscraperpage.com/showthread.php?t=94858&page=2

thx mate

Shanghai is growing fast indeed.

今天上午，上海文化广播影视集团与上海证大集团在“上海国际电影节——证大喜马拉雅中心电影宫”举行隆重的奠基仪式。上海国际电影节组委会主席、上海市副市长杨晓渡和证大集团总裁戴志康致辞
http://enjoy.eastday.com/eastday/enjoy/node58771/node58866/node58869/node141924/images/00681991.jpg

　据悉，证大喜马拉雅中心电影宫将于2009年竣工，它将成为未来上海国际电影节开闭幕式的主办场地。电影宫设计中包括可以容纳2400－3000观众的主会场，另有一条长约150米的明星走秀专用道，在明星大道两旁将铺设留有国际著名影人手印的地砖。
http://enjoy.eastday.com/eastday/enjoy/node58771/node58866/node58869/node141924/images/00681992.jpg
证大喜马拉雅中心位于浦东花木地区的芳甸路，与上海新国际博览中心隔路相望，由国际级建筑设计大师矶崎新担纲设计。该项目还包括亚洲最大的当代艺术馆、超五星级艺术大酒店、高端创意商业、创意写字楼等。
http://enjoy.eastday.com/eastday/enjoy/node58771/node58866/node58869/node141924/images/00681993.jpg
Source: The East Today

( I will add proper English translation lately)

Hi, would you be kind enough to translate this into English? Thank you. :)

What the hell is it anyway?

Is it just a proposal, or has it already been approved, or has it already started it's construction?

Hi, would you be kind enough to translate this into English? Thank you. :)

What the hell is it anyway?

Is it just a proposal, or has it already been approved, or has it already started it's construction?
It is now under construction and will be complete in 2009, according to Ohno's text.
Ohno will translate it for you. I am just too lazy. :bash:

http://www.rafocus.org.uk/files/images/4651469df66e9561c02e90d057c6b250.jpg

Okie, Dokie, my poor English.... :D
Please feel free to correct my translation

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The foundation stone of the main conference room for the future inauguration and closing ceremony of Shanghai International Film Festival laid



This morning, Shanghai Media & Entertainment Group and Shanghai Zendai group held the grand foundation-stone laying ceremony in " Shanghai international Film Festival-Zhendai Himalayas central movie palace". Xiaodu Yang, The president of Shanghai International Film Festival organization committee, Deputy mayor of Shanghai, and Zhikang Dai, Chairman of Zendai Group gave the speech.
http://enjoy.eastday.com/eastday/enjoy/node58771/node58866/node58869/node141924/images/00681992.jpg

It is reported, Zendai Himalayas Central movie palace will be completed in 2009, and will become the sponsor place for the inauguration and closing ceremony of Shanghai International Film Festival. The designed movie palace iincludes a main conference room accommodating 2400-3000 audiences, one 150- meter- long special route for movie stars'walk show. There are hand-printing bricks laid out on both sides of the main path.

http://enjoy.eastday.com/eastday/enjoy/node58771/node58866/node58869/node141924/images/00681991.jpg
Facing Shanghai New International Exhibition Center, the Zhendai Himalayas center is located in Fangdian road, Pudong Huamu district and was designed by the famous international architect ,Arata Isozaki . The project also houses the largest contemporary art museum in Asia ,a five-star art hotel, one creative business center , one creative office plaza and so on.

http://enjoy.eastday.com/eastday/enjoy/node58771/node58866/node58869/node141924/images/00681993.jpg
Source: The East Today

Shanghai begins construction on large contemporary art museum

www.chinaview.cn 2006-04-10 14:44:42


SHANGHAI, April 10 (Xinhua) -- Construction has begun on a huge contemporary art museum, expected to be the largest of its kind in Asia, in this metropolis in east China.

The foundation of the 20,000 square-meter museum, part of the Zendai Himalaya Center, was laid over the weekend near the New International Expo Center in Pudong.

The center, which will also house a five-star hotel and a creative industry center, is owned by a local real estate company.

The museum is scheduled to open in 2009.

"We named it Himalaya as we are ambitious to build it into a top center in Asia," Shen Qibin, who is helping to develop the project, was quoted by the local Shanghai Daily as saying.

"Some say that the center is too far away from downtown to attract visitors," Shen noted. "But in fact, a subway station will be opened near the center, as the whole project received strong support from the government."

The contemporary museum will have regular shows, varying from contemporary art to experimental music, drama and film.

"We want to change the concept of contemporary, so that more ordinary people will attend," Shen added.

Shen said construction of the contemporary art museum should be completed by 2008. Enditem

Editor: Yangtze Yan

PREVIEW

Ranking of Shanghai's +200m
http://static.flickr.com/52/192202342_e771a5d630_o.jpg

Lujiazui hasn't any plot left already. Say bye bye to walking a mile from one tower to another. By 2009 you wont find any other CBD with more +200m towers in a so little space.
http://img238.imageshack.us/img238/5117/defhd3.jpg

U/C PROEJCTS

Shanghai World Financial Center, 492m, 101f

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July 17
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Pic from Cityrain's thread (http://forum.xitek.com/showthread.php?threadid=363422) (xitek.com)



Wheelock Square, 298m

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July 16
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Pic by giallo from skyscraperpage.com



North Bund Tower, 288m*, 68f the original project was supposed to be 388m, I'm not sure about the new height

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June 11
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Pic by giallo from skyscraperpage.com



Shanghai International Finance Center, Tower 1: 260m, 60f; Tower 2: 250m, 58f; Tower 3: 85m

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29 June
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Pic by giallo from skyscraperpage.com



Development Tower, 239m, 46f

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July 6
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Pic by giallo from skyscraperpage.com



Plaza 66 Phase II, 228m, 46f

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July 12
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Pic by giallo from skyscraperpage.com



Changfeng Commercial City, 238m, 60f

June 19, almost finished
http://static.flickr.com/61/192077988_361b627c2f_o.jpg
Pic by giallo from skyscraperpage.com



Shanghai Donghai Plaza, 217m, 52f, on hold project recently resumed

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May 26
http://static.flickr.com/75/192084857_806170964c_o.jpg
Pic by giallo from skyscraperpage.com



Golden Magnolia Plaza Hotel, aka Oasis Skyway Garden Hotel, 200m, 53f

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May 19
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Pic by AntonAusTirol from skyscraperpage.com



Zhongrong Jasper Tower, 220m, 48f

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July 6
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Pic by giallo from skyscraperpage.com



Merryland Building, 200m, 41f

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May 11
http://static.flickr.com/78/192098603_e1f0d242a8_o.jpg
Pic by giallo from skyscraperpage.com



21st Century Mansion, 180-200m, 48f this tower next to SWFC has been on hold for a long time and is supposed to be resummed soon after changing its original design. New official height remains unknown though.

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Bei Wai Tian Twin Towers, aka Shimao North Bund Hotel, 2x 128m, 33f

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March 21
http://static.flickr.com/46/192104836_cb19e88e32_o.jpg
Pic by giallo from skyscraperpage.com



Liu Chong Hing Finance Center, 170m, 39f

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May 26
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Hopson International Tower, 180m, 33f

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June 29
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Pic by giallo from skyscraperpage.com



Gran Meliá Hotel, 140m, 35f

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May 11
http://static.flickr.com/78/192116580_047929e8d0_o.jpg
Pic by giallo from skyscraperpage.com



CMBC Tower, 177m, 39f the facade of this building has been recently changed from a terrible yellow to a more modest colour.

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March 13
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Pic by giallo from skyscraperpage.com



Global Financial Building, 198m, 43f, this beauty has been recently started very close to Jin Mao Building

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June 29
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Park Place, 189m, 50f

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July 12
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Pic by giallo from skyscraperpage.com



China Safe Finance Building, 160m, 40f

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June 29
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Pic by giallo from skyscraperpage.com



St. John's Health Clinic, 140m, 45f

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July 16
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Manpo International Plaza, 4 towers, the tallest is about 30f

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April 7
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Hongyi Building, 147m, 29f

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June 29
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Itochu Building, 143m, 27f

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July 15
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Pic from Cityrain's thread (http://forum.xitek.com/showthread.php?threadid=363422) (xitek.com)

APPROVED

TIPS China Building, 290m, 67f
http://static.flickr.com/68/192181270_020d437c7e_o.jpg

Concord World Phase III, 288m
http://www.johnmartin.com/projects/images/00000098.gif

Albany Oasis Garden, 260m, 60f
http://static.flickr.com/54/192181264_40ee71d434_o.jpg

Huamin King Tower, 258m, 63f
http://static.flickr.com/61/192181265_736fad0ffb_o.jpg

Bund Zhongxin Town, 177m, 43f
http://img71.imageshack.us/img71/618/px7feaskq0irsajjc4s6a4gx2a3oc.jpg

Fudu Mansion Tower, 200m, 40f
http://img205.imageshack.us/img205/6548/1841531145629355ucv5zkjb5hs920.jpg

Unknown name, 194m, 36f
http://static.flickr.com/51/192169186_72283a055f_o.jpg

Sanzhi Hotel, 180m, 38f
http://static.flickr.com/68/192181268_449d891a29_o.jpg

B6-4 Building, 130m
http://static.flickr.com/48/192181266_3205d6424b_o.jpg

PROPOSED

Z3-2 plot proposal, +400m
http://static.flickr.com/77/192164654_6ecf5bd16c_o.jpg

Z3-2 plot proposal, +400m another one
http://static.flickr.com/59/192164653_3f1bef8b14_o.jpg

Xujiahui Project, 1x 400m, 80f + 2x 200m, recently rescued project of the old never built Xujiahui Tower
http://static.flickr.com/76/192187805_bdbb11b87d_o.jpg

International Cruise Terminal, 321m, 66f
http://static.flickr.com/66/192187807_dd76d89dfe_o.jpg

Gate of the Hongkou District, 300m
http://static.flickr.com/47/192181267_1ca54ad7fb_o.jpg

Shanghai Everbright City Tianmu Square, 201, 48f
http://img162.imageshack.us/img162/6396/813bs.jpg

Future City, 250m, 52f
http://img78.imageshack.us/img78/2249/r6uvtarqvnmvewrochzw4d62ky.jpg

Shangri-La Puxi Hotel
http://img58.imageshack.us/img58/8876/413506567jl.jpg

MASTER PLANS

Xujiahui Redevelopment Project (Proposed)
http://img48.imageshack.us/img48/8209/dsc04734rgsqqvxurfoz7wr.jpg

http://img100.imageshack.us/img100/979/dsc04725aeoc7ebxtnnx4bb.jpg


Wai Tai Yuan Development
http://www.rockgroupdevelopment.com/images/bund-render-3-1-06.jpg

http://www.rockgroupdevelopment.com/images/model-3-1-06.jpg


North Bund Area projects
http://img133.imageshack.us/img133/8716/nba10mq.jpg

http://img133.imageshack.us/img133/9766/nba25ts.jpg

http://img95.imageshack.us/img95/2892/nba30sg.jpg

PANORAMIC VIEWS

Feel the boom!!

http://static.flickr.com/68/192194211_27bd35f98a_o.jpg
Pic from Cityrain's thread (http://forum.xitek.com/showthread.php?threadid=363422) (xitek.com)

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Hehe~~~. z0rg has done an extensive job about Shanghai 's construction. Awesome.~

Cool projects! :okay:

I am stunned!

^^ Why arent any buildings being built closer to the Pearl Tower? :(

North Bund looks so much like a NY Skyline to me for some reason.

does anybody can post the actual subway map of shanghai, please?

in all the project presented here, there are some I really like, but the north bund rehabilitation is definitively not one of them

Great!!

any pics from the North Bund Tower?

WOW:)
SHANGHAI REALLY ROCKS!!!

A LOT OF COOL PROJECTS ARE ON THE WAY.:banana:

WHAT A CITY!
CHINA IS GROWING SO FAST.
I'M IMPRESSED.

the city of dreams:)

mmmmm i'm shanghainese.:)

in the international forum we are waiting desperately for updates of shanghai pudong international airport.......does someone have some?

plzzzzzzzz..

Where is it located?

wen wei pao -Jan.20/07
the new skyscraper can YeYang Plaza (?) or the "the Place" located in jingAn district ,nanjing west road, will be open for business in 2008.
according to newspaper ,the building cost 330 Million dollar to build,is 50th floor tall ,mix hotel and office,occupy 2555 square meter.the the first 21 floor will be occupy by "The Place Hotel and Spa" run by Burj Al Arab Hotel manager Philippe H. Charraudeau.

Any news on the new Peninsula Hotel and Saks Fifth Avenue Department Store? Hoarding was up around the Peninsula site...no info about it on their webpage though. And I heard that Saks is going into a restored Bund or Bund area building...but which one?

I'm curious to know too.

I read an article a while ago saying that they wanted to transform The Bund into a pestestrianized-shopping area similar to the Ginza. Saks Fifth Avenue will be the first American department store to move into the Chinese market and will join luxury brands such as Armani and Cartier on The Bund. I also heard Harrods is also planning on moving into Shanghai.

As for the Peninsula Hotel, it is located next to the former British Consulate right? Does anyone have any photos of this area right now? I remember seeing picturse of the land being cleared and ready for development.

Also, I heard rumours that the Mandarin Oriental is going to manage the Peace Hotel? This was a while ago but I would very much like to know what's going on with that.

Any updates or photos on Wheelock plaza???

Ren - People Building - Shanghai, China

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rdy0kamf-gY

http://carbonink.wordpress.com/2006/11/12/...oples-building/

:okay: :okay: :okay: :applause: :applause: :applause:

Yes... I like it!! :okay:

Xinhua / Shanghai Daily News for the Shanghai World Financial Center :
Shanghai's new height: 423.8 meters (http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2007-06/18/content_6257176.htm)

the twin tower officially stared last monday,it comprise of two tower ,a 249.9 meter ,53flr.and 259.9m,56flrs.

Anybody have updated pix of the Shanghai world Financial Center, the last one I saw was in may and they were up to 91 floors, so I assume this thing is topped out by now.

^^

http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showthread.php?t=448017&page=78

Anybody have updated pix of the Shanghai world Financial Center, the last one I saw was in may and they were up to 91 floors, so I assume this thing is topped out by now.

SWFC is not topped out yet, they are about to start on the big square on the top of the building. Remember that the building is going to be 101 floors tall, and not 91 floors. :)

Check out this (http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showthread.php?t=448017) thread for more info and construction updates comming in several times a week. :)

Latest update, from July 3rd. flickr, by didi galil.
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http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1416/760159263_0ba71f8392_o.jpg

This will result in clear air.

Just an idea.

Shanzi TOwer n Hotel like as Menara Satrio in Jakarta, Indonesia, isn't right?.....

http://i176.photobucket.com/albums/w190/cmliang/DSC01111.jpg

http://img474.imageshack.us/img474/5607/myskyscraper384tf8.jpg

31 stories, 112.000sqm..

Maybe, in shanghai is higher than Jkt :)

您好，尊敬的论坛会员!
Sorry for my Chinese. and I'm sorry to interrupt you but perhaps Shanghai deserves more than 1 thread. Would you think it will be much better to see many threads dedicated to every single project? I've been to Russian section in this forum, it workd like that. There is a thread for each skyscraper (structure) and all news, all fresh up-to-date photos are put and discussed there.
I think, Shanghai is not less worth seeing all it. Like that Shanghai members may put here fresh photos as well and discuss them. It'll be a good job and good way to be up on it in my opinion.
Best regards to one of my favourite places on Earth.

CSCEC building

http://i12.tinypic.com/87dr6zs.jpg

TPQ107

http://i19.tinypic.com/8bhnnv6.jpg

TPQ 108 from 107

http://i6.tinypic.com/6k4mxau.jpg


I wonder wheres the thread?

wheres the thread for wheelock?

this the prototype testing of wheelock square cladding

http://i3.tinypic.com/836kzzr.jpg

prototype testing of SIFC Tower

http://i6.tinypic.com/815sck5.jpg

both tests are successful!

您好，尊敬的论坛会员!
Sorry for my Chinese. and I'm sorry to interrupt you but perhaps Shanghai deserves more than 1 thread. Would you think it will be much better to see many threads dedicated to every single project? I've been to Russian section in this forum, it workd like that. There is a thread for each skyscraper (structure) and all news, all fresh up-to-date photos are put and discussed there.
I think, Shanghai is not less worth seeing all it. Like that Shanghai members may put here fresh photos as well and discuss them. It'll be a good job and good way to be up on it in my opinion.
Best regards to one of my favourite places on Earth.

your chinese is ok!
in http://www.skyscrapers.cn/ shanghai section, there are more detailed construction information.

wheres the thread for wheelock?

this the prototype testing of wheelock square cladding



both tests are successful!

this is a great, wheelock thread! enjoy it.

your chinese is ok!
in http://www.skyscrapers.cn/ shanghai section, there are more detailed construction information.

But I mean on this forum, why isn't here a well structured forum where inside each city sub-forum there are threads dedicated to single projects? It'd be really nice.

^^^ I agree

SIFC Jan 14-15

http://i11.tinypic.com/6pixd79.jpg

http://i19.tinypic.com/6kprmh4.jpg

http://i12.tinypic.com/8aobple.jpg

Planned skyscraper to dwarf Pudong giants


BEIJING, Feb. 18 -- A project to build the tallest building in Shanghai is likely to break ground within the year and be topped off in 2010, dwarfing both the 492-meter-tall Shanghai World Financial Center and the 421-meter-tall Jin Mao Tower.

The project has been endorsed by the city reform and development commission, according to a recent posting at the municipal government Website.

A project company with a registered capital of 5.4 billion yuan (US$752 million) was approved by the city industrial and commercial administration at the end of last year, an insider said.

Documents from the administration showed the company is 45 percent owned by the Shanghai Chengtou Corp, a municipal government-backed conglomerate investing in city-infrastructure construction; 51 percent owned by the Shanghai Stock Exchange-listed Lujiazui Finance and Trade Zone Development Co Ltd; and four percent owned by the Shanghai Construction Group, one of the country's largest construction contractors.


The skyscraper will be constructed on a 20,300-square-meter plot of land known as Z3-2, which has been used as a golf practice course for the past decade.

The new skyscraper will stand to the south of Jin Mao Tower and to the west of Shanghai World Financial Center.

According to local media reports, the project company has yet to decide on the building's design. Only one thing is for sure: It will be higher than its two neighbors.

Two international architecture firms, Skidmore, Owings & Merrill LLP (SOM) and Kohn Pedersen Fox Associates, have reportedly submitted designs for the project in a bidding process organized by the city government.

On SOM's Website, the project is named Shanghai Center. It says the tower will have a height of 580 meters - 88 meters higher than the Shanghai World Financial Center.

SOM's design was highly publicized by local media after the firm posted an artist's impression on its Website, but the insider said it had failed the preliminary selection process.

The project is still listed on SOM's Website, but the plans could no longer be found there yesterday.

Back in 2005, Lujiazui Finance and Trade Zone Development Co put the land up for public bidding. Property giants including Hutchison Whampoa and Sun Hung Kai Properties were invited to build an office building, hotel or shopping facility on the plot. Months later, bidding was suddenly called off as Lujiazui announced that the government had adjusted its plans and would now reserve the land for other uses.

http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2008-02/18/content_7620957_1.htm

shanghai could declare a international land state

shanghai could declare a international land state

Please explain, I don't quite understand.

Are their any international land states now in the world?
What kind of change would happen if Shanghai becomes a international land state?

international states have access
shanghai could use intermediaries

some Shanghai project update.

5.10 大上海会德丰

http://pic.yupoo.com/jerryang05/4463858a13f9/s3hkona1.jpg

5.9 Shanghai IFC
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3148/2480057590_592f905996_b.jpg

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3032/2482831520_24445d8b19_b.jpg

5.10 SWFC
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3242/2480428237_1c80b8d8f0_b.jpg

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3159/2482830766_6f99956099_b.jpg

This beauty is nearly finished! (skyscrapers.cn)
http://skyscrapers.cn/forum/attachments/20080514_afd58729c57efcd84b2dUV0Zi4HUasoF.jpg

在浦东盖高楼，地基是个大问题。