Q1 & Eureka no longer worlds tallest apartment towers

[Dimethyltryptamine]

meh nvmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm.

[city_thing]

This is hideous. Reminds me Central Equity or Meriton on steroids.

The Torch - Dubai.



These two are much sexier.





This is my favourite residential tower at the moment though. Marco Polo tower from the Hafencity development in Hamburg.





Some of the stuff being built in the Hafencity is pure sex.

[CULWULLA]

The Mumbai tower will never be the worlds tallest as the 516m pentomnium will be numero uno come 2013.
http://www.goldcoast.com.au/article/...oast-news.html


Q1 dwarfed by $500m Mumbai mega-tower



Peter Truman | June 12th, 2010

THE Gold Coast's iconic Q1 skyscraper looks set to be dwarfed by a new contender for tallest residential building in the world.

Lodha Developers has announced plans for a 117-storey tower in Mumbai, India which will peak at a whopping 450m high.

If it is built, the tower will look down on our own Surfers Paradise high rise, which has 80 storeys and stands at 323m high.

And Q1 could tumble out of the top three soon, with two skyscrapers taller than it also being planned in the coming years in Dubai.

The Indian building, entitled World One, will have a total of 300 apartments spanning three and four-bedroom flats, private villas with individual pools as well as duplexes measuring 900sq m.
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The luxury will come at a price though, with apartments expected to cost from $2 million to $13 million.

The tower will form part of a $500 million Lodha Place development in the city's Shrinivas Mill plot in Lower Parel, joining two residential towers, a shopping centre and commercial building.

Lodha Group managing director Abhisheck Lodha said the project would cater to Mumbai's 'global aspirations'.

Drawing a parallel with New York City's Empire State Building as a symbol of America's rise in the 1930s, the developer said World One would be a landmark for Mumbai.

"Every global city is made memorable by its architectural landmarks," said Mr Lodha.

"Be it the Eiffel Tower in Paris, the Opera House in Sydney or the Empire State Building in New York, these vibrant forms reflect the passion and culture of the city they are located in.

"We are confident that World One will come to represent India's quest for excellence in the economic and cultural arenas."

The project is being designed by New York-based architects Pei Cobb Freed & Partners, which has worked on projects such as the Grand Louvre Expansion and Modernisation (Paris), the Bank of China Tower (Hong Kong) and the 241m-high John Hancock Tower (Boston).

The World One luxury tower will have a three-level 1858sq m clubhouse and spa, an 7432sq m sports club and more than 2ha of landscaping.

It will also house an open-air observatory at a height of 304m above the city, providing an unhindered view of the Arabian Sea and the cityscape.

The developers claim the view from this height will extend as far as 60km.







Torch is next tallest. still 320m
the crown still to be compelted to 338m.

[Mickeebee]

Agree about Hafencity......and that pic of the tower under construction already looks better than anything built in dubai.

[kichigai]

That Mumbai tower looks like earlier design incarnations of Prima/Pearl tower in Melbourne.

[jarkti]

Cull, quick question
Whats the largest apartment tower? on the amount of apartments that is?

also how many does Q1 and Eureka have?

[CULWULLA]

^both have about 530 i think.
largest? hmm.

[Oriolus]

Does the Gold Coast media just report on any apartment tower proposals that are taller then Q1 now? Seems weird to make a big deal about a tower which is only just proposed and probably wont happen when there are taller towers then Q1 almost finished, and taller towers then World One under construction.

Originally Posted by jarkti

Cull, quick question
Whats the largest apartment tower? on the amount of apartments that is?

Not sure, but two that come to mind are The Harbourside in Hong Kong with 1122 apartments and Edificio Copan in Sao Paulo with 1160 apartments - both colossal buildings.

[jarkti]

^
The one in Sao Paulo is disgusting,
But the one in Hong Kong is actually pretty nice, which is suprising.

Found it amusing that the one in Sao Paulo has its on Postcode because it has so many residents.

Actually, in some pictures Copan looks kinda goldish and its curves are nice

[CULWULLA]

latest list of resi talls
# - building name city meters feet fl. year material use
1. Q1 Gold Coast (AU) 323 1,058 78 2005 concrete residential
2. HHHR Tower Dubai (AE) 318 1,042 72 2010 concrete residential
3. Ocean Heights Dubai (AE) 310 1,017 83 concrete residential
4. Capital City Moscow Tower Moscow (RU) 302 989 76 2010 concrete residential
5. Eureka Tower Melbourne (AU) 297 974 91 2006 concrete residential
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over 300m-currently UC

1. Pentominium Dubai (AE) 516 1,691 122 steel-concrete residential
2. Princess Tower Dubai (AE) 414 1,358 101 concrete residential
3. 23 Marina Dubai (AE) 389 1,276 90 concrete residential
4. Diamond Tower Jeddah (SA) 388 1,273 83 - residential
5. The Domain Abu Dhabi (AE) 381 1,250 88 concrete residential
6. Elite Residence Dubai (AE) 381 1,250 87 concrete residential
7. The Torch Dubai (AE) 345 1,132 80 concrete residential
8. Ahmed Abdul Rahim Al Attar Tower Dubai (AE) 342 1,122 76 concrete residential
9. Hanging Village of Huaxi Jiangyin (CN) 328 1,076 74 composite residential
10. The Landmark Abu Dhabi (AE) 324 1,063 72 concrete residential
11. Palais Royale Mumbai (IN) 320 1,050 66 concrete residential
12. Infinity Tower Dubai (AE) 306 1,005 76 concrete residential
13. East Pacific Center Tower A Shenzhen (CN) 306 1,004 85 concrete residential
14. Etihad Tower 2 Abu Dhabi (AE) 305 1,001 79 concrete residential
15. Gramercy Residences Makati (PH) 302 991 68 concrete residential
16. Doosan Haewundae We've the Zenith Tower A Busan (KR) 301 987 80 composite residential
17. Dubai Pearl Tower Dubai (AE) 300 984 73 concrete residential

proposed over 300m

1. Joyus Residential Tower Mumbai (IN) 486 1,594 125 - residential
2. World One Mumbai (IN) 442 1,450 117 - residential
3. DAMAC Heights Dubai (AE) 420 1,378 85 steel-concrete residential
4. Rotating Tower Moscow (RU) 400 1,312 70 - residential
5. Abu Dhabi Plaza Residential Towers Astana (KZ) 382 1,253 88 - residential
6. Dubai Towers, Tower 4 Dubai (AE) 368 1,207 63 composite residential
7. Ocean One Pattaya (TH) 367 1,204 91 concrete residential
8. Evo 1, Transit Centre Gold Coast (AU) 340 1,115 101 - residential
9. Cristal Tower Panama City (PA) 332 1,089 100 - residential
10. Al Mada Tower 1 Jeddah (SA) 320 1,050 81 concrete residential
10. Al Mada Tower 2 Jeddah (SA) 320 1,050 81 concrete residential
12. Empire World Condo Tower Miami (US) 312 1,022 93 concrete residential
13. Shreepati Skies Mumbai (IN) 301 987 81 - residential
14. Sovereign Place Phase 2, Tower A Abu Dhabi (AE) 300 984 80 - residential
14. Sovereign Place Phase 2, Tower B Abu Dhabi (AE) 300 984 80 - residential
14. The Wings Residential Tower Abu Dhabi (AE) 300 984 0 - residential

[Will737]

Huh...Eureka still has the most floors. All those proposals make you see how small Australia is tall building wise and how big we could be. Oh well, 2 out of 5 ain't bad.

[CULWULLA]

princess tower will have 101 floors, currently 97.

[Dubai_Boy]

Whats with the bitterness

Be good sports , congratulate the winner and move on.

[CULWULLA]

^welcome to ozscrapers. bitterness is over whelming

[Dimethyltryptamine]

Originally Posted by Dubai_Boy

Whats with the bitterness

Be good sports , congratulate the winner and move on.

We are the winner sweet-pea.

[Erektion]

I would take Gold Coast's Oracle over all those currently under construction. You can't beat great design no matter how tall these buildings are. Perhaps the only exception is Infinity.
I think the bitterness is actually an appreciation for beautiful form and intelligent design.

[Dubai_Boy]

Originally Posted by CULWULLA

^welcome to ozscrapers. bitterness is over whelming

No your a very well known respected ozzy on these baords CULLWULLA i would never think that. You represent your side of the world well

[yousername]

HE represents us?

Now I understand the hate.

[Dimethyltryptamine]

[rits]

lol