DISCUSS: Best Under Construction Skyscraper/Supertall

[Kristian_KG]

Federation Tower!!! http://skyscraperpage.com/diagrams/?searchID=57103540

[Azer_Akhundov]

SOCAR Tower, Baku:

[Los Earth]

Indeed

[Yellow Fever]

Ping An Finance Center, Shenzhen China

[World 2 World]

My favorite U/C
IB Tower Kuala Lumpur - 58 fl

[World 2 World]

Malaysia Ministry of Works Building, Kuala Lumpur
http://www.fenestra.com.my/





image hosted on flickr

253004_10151084426471472_1649190752_n by archilovers, on Flickr

[Yellow Fever]

I know its just a proposed project but I'm sure it will go ahead.


River Tower, Chongqing

Originally Posted by z0rg

Architect: SOM
Developer: Sunshine International

http://www.ss100.com.cn/ss100/CN/pro...g_xincheng.php
http://www.sparkawards.com/galleries...2061C17FFB90AC

[Yellow Fever]

432 Park Ave, NY

[guy4versa]

ib tower
http://www.fosterandpartners.com/Pro...4/Default.aspx

[Yellow Fever]

Shanghai Tower

Originally Posted by lowai

image hosted on flickr

Originally Posted by kix111

7/12/12

[archilover]

Originally Posted by World 2 World

My favorite U/C
IB Tower Kuala Lumpur - 58 fl

this is awesome..love it!

[Yellow Fever]

Nice!!



BEIJING | Zhongguo Zun (CITIC Plaza)

Originally Posted by z0rg

[Yellow Fever]

MOSCOW | Mercury City Tower

Originally Posted by mr. MyXiN

20.11.12

Originally Posted by _Night City Dream_

11 .11. 2012.

[Donodöner]

Evolution Tower ,Moscow


Link below

[Lockheed992]

2 World Trade Center, NYC

[Alexenergy]

Originally Posted by Lockheed992

2 World Trade Center, NYC

It's on hold now, not U/C

[Yellow Fever]

I just love all these supertall towers.



SHENZHEN | China Resources Headquarters Main Tower

Originally Posted by Scion

Height will be between 500 to 525 meters

Originally Posted by Munwon

Ground Breaking!!!
by 1788111

[Yellow Fever]

Not that tall but it has an amazing twisting appearance.

Originally Posted by Brad

Evolution Tower, former City Palace (Wedding Palace) is being built in Moscow City.
2007 - 2012
47 floors
250 m

[megacity30]

There are many amazing under-construction skyscrapers in this thread and it's probably hard to beat Shanghai Tower, but the following super-tall under-construction, named 'Namaste Tower' is unprecedented in its architecture.

The world may well have never seen anything like it. So I nominate this one as the world's best under-construction super-tall / skyscraper:

Originally Posted by OldKool

Originally introduced to SSC by IndiansUnite!

Say Namaste to the Namaste tower! Designed by the Atkins design studio, work IS currently underway on this 300m-62 storeyed mixed use tower that will encompass a hotel, office and retail space. The location is Ambika mills which is a couple hundred meters south of the Shangri-La hotel. The developer of the project is unknown.

The renders and text were submitted by Atkins to the World Architecture Festival in Barcelona (3-5 Nov 2010). Link to project page

Namaste: Hotel and Office Tower
Category: Future Projects - Commercial
Location: Mumbai, India
Architects: WS Atkins, Dubai, United Arab Emirates
Atkins, United Arab Emirates



Following the long tradition of great Indian Architecture it was our aim that the Namaste Tower will stand as a landmark structure, representative of the burgeoning economic and cultural significance of India. We aimed to design a building that would become representative of the city: the picture postcard of Mumbai.




Key Statistics:
• 120,000 m2 of Gross Construction Area
• 380 key luxury hotel
• Exclusive restaurants, bars, banqueting and spa facilities
• 9,000 m2 of A grade office space
• 6,000 m2 of world class retail space
• 300 m overall building height



“Namaste"
The traditional Indian greeting of ‘Namaste’, where the hands are clasped together in greeting, is the inspiration for the design of this tower. In Sanskrit “Namaste` means “I bow to you`. It has a spiritual significance of negating one’s ego in the presence of another.

The Architecture of the Namaste Hotel builds on this ancient Indian expression. The two wings of the hotel are clasped together like hands greeting the city of Mumbai. In this way the architectural design of the hotel provides the ultimate symbol of hospitality and welcome, as seen in the as seen in the cultural context of India.






Visual Relationships to and from the Site
With a proposed height of 300 m the tower will be seen from a distance of more than 40 km. Therefore the visual appearance of the project as a major landmark is of great importance to the city of Mumbai.

Views from the tower will extend to the South over the Mahalkshi Race course towards the Mumbai Peninsula and to the South West over the Indian Ocean. The views to the north East are towards a number of adjacent towers that are currently being constructed. The orientation and massing of the tower have been designed in order to make the very best of these visual relationships.






The Building Skin
The tower has been designed to cater for large scale Indian weddings. The occasion of a Mehndi ceremony (where the hands and feet of the bride and groom are decorated with henna) is often one of the most important pre-wedding rituals in India.

The design seeks to build on the theme of the clasped hands by referencing the intricate Mehndi patterns through the treatment of the building skin. The tower is will be clad in fritted glazing that combines to form an architectural scale graphic on the exterior of the building. This will create a sense of transparency and depth to the building while at the same time helping to maintain the thermal qualities required to meet the building’s envelope design criteria.

It is proposed that the large scale canopies over the drop-off points area support an array of solar thermal collectors. Given the available surface area and annual sunlight conditions these have the potential to provide 12% of the energy required to heat the hot water for the hotel.





General Arrangement
The tower is made up of two separate wings (or hands) which together form the architectural expression of “Namaste”. The space between the wings forms the corridor spaces. At either end of the corridor space a pair of open atria will offer hotel guests dramatic framed views out over the city.




Internal Atrium Gardens
These atria also serve to bring natural light deep into the plan. At the plant floor levels these atria are broken with internal gardens that serve to bring greenery into the corridor and atrium spaces. It was a central design aim to ensure that the circulation areas of the hotel, (including corridors) are just as impressive as the rooms themselves.




The Podium
The geometry of the podium is designed to integrate fully with the design of the tower. Thus it is a highly symmetrical form that responds to the wing like canopies above the drop off. Containing mostly retail, the facade of the podium is activated with water features and fountains that cascade down to street level.






The Summit
At the summit of the building a generous quadruple height atrium space encloses a Sky Restaurant and Bar which will provide a unique vantage point for patrons to gain panoramic views out over the city.

[Yellow Fever]

SEOUL | Lotte World Tower

Originally Posted by Pavlemadrid

New supertall for Seoul!


Illustration by KPF


Illustration by KPF


Illustration by KPF


Illustration by KPF


Illustration by KPF


Illustration by KPF


http://ifd-arch.blogspot.com/2011/04...te-jamsil.html

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