the major said also 300mASIMOV said:I think the press is "estimating" as 300m (taking average floor height as 3m)
It's probably much much more
The funny thing is that Istanblue's "historic" skyline was always characterised by tall structures and Kuvvaci actually opened my eyes when he told me that Turks always liked to build tall.System_Halted said:inorder to protect historic skyline of Bosphorus.
http://derstandard.at/?url=/?id=2220681"Dubai Towers" in Istanbul geplant
Höchstes Gebäude der Türkei soll 2008 fertig gestellt werden
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Istanbul - Das mit 300 Metern höchste Gebäude der Türkei soll bis 2008 in Istanbul entstehen. Die Kosten des Projekts, das maßgeblich mit Kapital aus dem arabischen Scheichtum Dubai finanziert werden soll, bezifferte Oberbürgermeister Kadir Topbas am Montag mit 500 Mio. Dollar (416 Mio. Euro).
Die beiden Türme der "Dubai Towers Istanbul" sollen ein Hotel, Büros, Einkaufs- und Vergnügungszentren beherbergen. Das bisher höchste Gebäude der Türkei, die Verwaltungszentrale der Is Bankasi in Istanbul, misst 181 Meter.
Gebaut wird das Hochhaus den Angaben zufolge von einer Immobilien-Investmentgesellschaft, an der Dubai International Properties mit 80 Prozent, die Stadt Istanbul mit 20 Prozent beteiligt ist. Geplant sei, 49 Prozent der Gesellschaftsanteile an die Börse zu bringen, sagte Topbas bei der Unterzeichnung des Abkommens. Bei dem Hochhaus handele es sich um das erste einer Reihe von Immobilienprojekten mit geplanten Gesamtinvestitionen von fünf Mrd. Dollar. (APA/dpa)
Oh gm, I wish you could tell this to "architectures room" of Istanbul. (and also Ankara, who are more experienced in canceling such projects)gm2263 said:In my view tallness was a characteristic of Turkish architecture and given the vastness of the city it is allowed more than places like Hong Kong where the skyscrapers climb on mountains due to the lack of space there.
For this city, the only way is up and I am glad that you got the message...
Actually the thing we should talk about is this... The architectural or artistic carachters of the nations (or cities). Guys, we have a cultural DNA beside our genetic DNA. And IMO our cultural DNA is more important than genetic or political one. Architecture and art are two reflecttions of this. You can see your culutre by this, and actually it refers your real identity.gm2263 said:The funny thing is that Istanblue's "historic" skyline was always characterised by tall structures and Kuvvaci actually opened my eyes when he told me that Turks always liked to build tall.
Consider the minarets and their semantic value: As if to pierce the sky to reach the divine, and to do this the architect needs to transcend and metamorphose the landscape, leaving his/her mark onto it.
I have a number of photos fron Istanbul in 1915 taken by the "National Geographic" photographers of the time. These pics have been published in separate booklets offered with the Sunday edition of the prominent newspaper "To Vima", where the shapes of the domes and the minarets of clearly dominate the landscape of the "Historic part" of Istanbul.
Actually, in one of these pics the legend reads:
"Istanbul is a city with Camiis and Minarets. Without them, Istanbul's Harbour would look like New York Harbour without the skyscrapers"
Historic Istanbul 1915:
In my view tallness was a characteristic of Turkish architecture and given the vastness of the city it is allowed more than places like Hong Kong where the skyscrapers climb on mountains due to the lack of space there.
For this city, the only way is up and I am glad that you got the message...