Swedens tallest skyscraper to be built in Sthlm?

Jonte myra · September 19th, 2005, 09:15 AM

Today the "Finansborgarråd" Annika Billström said that she want´s to build a skyscraper in the "Norra stationsområdet" in Stockholm that will be taller than Turning Torso in Malmö.
Quote(translated): "We are going to build something taller than Turning Torso, Stockholm has to start acting like the big city it really is!"

I personally have never liked the woman since she made bicycle-paths out of city-streets in sthlm, but for once I couldn´t agree with her more

Ringil · September 19th, 2005, 10:03 AM

yes, that's what i was waiting for. The proud stockholmers cant take that the tallest building in sweden is in Malmö

Parzival · September 19th, 2005, 10:49 AM

I will for sure put my vote on Billström next election if she keeps her promise. Did she present any new information about her vision today? Have she put it any further?

cphdude · September 19th, 2005, 11:47 AM

Good news for stockholm...To bad copenhagen are to chicken, for this to ever happen here...

Sideshow_Bob · September 19th, 2005, 12:08 PM

Is it true?? Yeah! No i'm happy..

Gatis · September 19th, 2005, 12:19 PM

Quote:

To bad copenhagen are to chicken, for this to ever happen here...

Don't be pesimistic. Sometimes things change unexpectedly fast

cphdude · September 19th, 2005, 12:37 PM

i doubt it...As soon as anyone wants to raise something higher the 8 floors, people here act like the world is going to end....oh no, what about the noise, and the shades, and the changes....Thats why it wont happen....And why we are just a small overgrown villiege...

grendy · September 19th, 2005, 03:32 PM

Who is Annika Billström? Does she even have any influence over anything? But great news though!!

Jonte myra · September 19th, 2005, 03:47 PM

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Originally Posted by grendy

Who is Annika Billström? Does she even have any influence over anything? But great news though!!

I´m not too familiar with the political hierarchy, but I do know the she is one of the most powerful people in Stockholm and as she sits on the money as the "Finansborgarråd" I bet she knows what she talking about when she said that "Stockholm city will have no problem financing a building like that" in the article. And as I mentioned earlier she have been involved in lots of great porjects in Sthlm which most of them have been realised.

Maybe someonelse knows more about her political influence in sthlm?

staff · September 19th, 2005, 04:13 PM

Is Stockholm as a city going to finance this project? However, it is nice to see that Stockholm finally will do something about the "big brother complex".

Let's hope for a skyscraper contest between the two cities.

Is there any info about potential architects? It will be very, very hard to get the same impact on the world as Turning Torso if they don't hire an architect in Calatrava's league. Turning Torso is already considered maybe the best scraper in Europe (together with SwissRe and Torre Agbar) and one of the best in the world. It will be hard to beat that if they not come up with something really spectacular (supertall height or extremely innovative design - Calatrava style). A "normal" 250 m. tower ain't enough, I guess.

DnH · September 19th, 2005, 04:14 PM

Hope this aint just false promises..

Can anyone post the article?

lofgren · September 19th, 2005, 04:19 PM

can we see a render? Does anyone have a render of this scraper

MP · September 19th, 2005, 04:32 PM

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Originally Posted by lofgren

can we see a render? Does anyone have a render of this scraper

There's no render. This is just something Billström is saying to win some votes on this jealousy Staff calls "big brother complex" that we all suffer from.

Parzival · September 19th, 2005, 05:47 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by grendy

Who is Annika Billström? Does she even have any influence over anything? But great news though!!

She is the City Major, she decieds what we gonna put the tax money on.

Ringil · September 19th, 2005, 06:52 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by staff

Is Stockholm as a city going to finance this project? However, it is nice to see that Stockholm finally will do something about the "big brother complex".

Let's hope for a skyscraper contest between the two cities.

Is there any info about potential architects? It will be very, very hard to get the same impact on the world as Turning Torso if they don't hire an architect in Calatrava's league. Turning Torso is already considered maybe the best scraper in Europe (together with SwissRe and Torre Agbar) and one of the best in the world. It will be hard to beat that if they not come up with something really spectacular (supertall height or extremely innovative design - Calatrava style). A "normal" 250 m. tower ain't enough, I guess.

staff, is this good enough?

staff · September 19th, 2005, 06:57 PM

Well, let's just hope Billström makes us all happy.

Parzival · September 19th, 2005, 07:13 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Ringil

staff, is this good enough?

haha, word.

JohannesDaMan · September 19th, 2005, 11:39 PM

really nice to here that things are moving in the right direction. And suddenly we will bee first in the north of Europe with a 200m++ high skyscraper..

Annika, i like you

Parzival · September 20th, 2005, 03:24 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by JohannesDaMan

really nice to here that things are moving in the right direction. And suddenly we will bee first in the north of Europe with a 200m++ high skyscraper..

Annika, i like you

Yea, hopefully we gonna have a race between Malmö and Stockholm about who is gonna havve the highest skyscraper in scadinavia.

grendy · September 21st, 2005, 07:46 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Parzival

Yea, hopefully we gonna have a race between Malmö and Stockholm about who is gonna havve the highest skyscraper in scadinavia.

Unfortunately I don't see any other cities participating in that contest

September 19th, 2005, 09:15 AM	#1
Jonte myra Registered User Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: Stockholm Posts: 130 Likes (Received): 0	Swedens tallest skyscraper to be built in Sthlm? Today the "Finansborgarråd" Annika Billström said that she want´s to build a skyscraper in the "Norra stationsområdet" in Stockholm that will be taller than Turning Torso in Malmö. Quote(translated): "We are going to build something taller than Turning Torso, Stockholm has to start acting like the big city it really is!" I personally have never liked the woman since she made bicycle-paths out of city-streets in sthlm, but for once I couldn´t agree with her more __________________ http://www.yimby.se/

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Ringil The Big Cheese Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: Uppsala-Stockholm region & Sète Posts: 1,721 Likes (Received): 5	yes, that's what i was waiting for. The proud stockholmers cant take that the tallest building in sweden is in Malmö __________________ Ringil in: Barcelona. Nice & Monaco. Jakarta Bali Singapore Turin San Francisco Kilimanjaro Region

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cphdude Timelord victorious Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: København Posts: 2,683 Likes (Received): 1	i doubt it...As soon as anyone wants to raise something higher the 8 floors, people here act like the world is going to end....oh no, what about the noise, and the shades, and the changes....Thats why it wont happen....And why we are just a small overgrown villiege... __________________ Don't follow the hurd, it's full of stupid people... Thank you Obama, for killing Osama...

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Parzival Babelous Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Swedax Posts: 525 Likes (Received): 0	I will for sure put my vote on Billström next election if she keeps her promise. Did she present any new information about her vision today? Have she put it any further?

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staff 囧! Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: Melbourne \| Malmö-Copenhagen \| Shanghai Posts: 10,587 Likes (Received): 36	Is Stockholm as a city going to finance this project? However, it is nice to see that Stockholm finally will do something about the "big brother complex". Let's hope for a skyscraper contest between the two cities. Is there any info about potential architects? It will be very, very hard to get the same impact on the world as Turning Torso if they don't hire an architect in Calatrava's league. Turning Torso is already considered maybe the best scraper in Europe (together with SwissRe and Torre Agbar) and one of the best in the world. It will be hard to beat that if they not come up with something really spectacular (supertall height or extremely innovative design - Calatrava style). A "normal" 250 m. tower ain't enough, I guess. __________________ >> flickr Last edited by staff; September 19th, 2005 at 04:19 PM.

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staff 囧! Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: Melbourne \| Malmö-Copenhagen \| Shanghai Posts: 10,587 Likes (Received): 36	Well, let's just hope Billström makes us all happy. __________________ >> flickr

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JohannesDaMan Registered User Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: Stockholm Posts: 4 Likes (Received): 0	really nice to here that things are moving in the right direction. And suddenly we will bee first in the north of Europe with a 200m++ high skyscraper.. Annika, i like you __________________ I vote yes! for skyscrapers!

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