New TOWERS of the world.

[JayT]

Originally Posted by jarkti

Its been U/C for over a year^



check out the website
http://one57.com/#!/livingroom

True - it looked well over half way when I was there a few weeks ago.

As for Freedom tower it reached a goal becoming the highest in NY while I was there. (I think that was the goal?)

[Brizer]

LONDON
April 22

THE SHARD: topped out.









pics x bjp...a few of many.
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pic hosted x photobucket

[Dockside]

^Just love it, i much prefer it over the Freedome Tower by a mile..

[Brizer]

Agree. I think Freedom Tower is seriously ordinary but The Shard?! Just WOW!!! The pics above are just a small sample of those I took that day. Weird light that day and the light reflected off all that loverly glass and all those facets almost blindingly.

[Dockside]

^Indeed, fantastic pics..

[Gargarensis]

The easily-overlooked Four World Trade Center is close to topping out. Overshadowed by the much taller 1WTC, it would in fact be huge if placed in Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane or Perth. It is 298m tall, with a staggering 204,000m2 of floor space.

In comparison, the black building to the left in the photograph below is One Liberty Plaza. It is 226m high. Gives a good indication of how 4WTC would tower over Sydney's tallest office towers and residential buildings!

Posted by NYC4Life over at SSP:


One of my favourite skyscrapers going up at the moment.

[CULWULLA]

yeah awesome.that would be a major tower in aus but its just another bldg in NYC

lovin shanghai tower atm its now a supertall at 304m.

[CULWULLA]

looks like WTC1 are cutting costs ($20mil) and removing cassing on spire atop roof. it now just looks normal antenna mast. sad.
thanks to killeravatar for these


image hosted on flickr

[Dimethyltryptamine]

That's pathetic. For a project of this size and importance to New York, how much is $20mil in the grand scheme of it?

edit: read it was because they were worried about the upkeep of the spire material - not the cost. They should be made to design a new spire or come up with some sort of alternative.

[Samuel77]

yeah and its the part that most people will see, most of the time.

[1821]

image hosted on flickr

World Trade Center 1 on June 9, 2012 von mudpig auf Flickr

[Arreis]

All lit up.. Nice!

[Vrooms]

V ON SHENTON SINGAPORE(U/C)

Originally Posted by y2koh

[hkskyline]

Shanghai Tower

I can't agree with the criticisms, often invalid and more bitchy, towards Freedom Tower in New York and The Shard in London. They are breathtaking and have turned out even better than on drawings. I only hope I can see them in person sooner.

[CULWULLA]

^i agree. incredible structures. but look at Shanghai tower. thats gonna be outofthisworld

[Samuel77]

Interesting article about new worlds tallest building (to be break ground in 2012 and finish in 2013 - apparently):

Chinese Construction Company to Build World's New Tallest Building In a Three-Month Timeframe
Rebecca Boyle at 01:08 AM 20 Jun 2012


The world's tallest building took five years to reach its 828-metre height, but a Chinese company wants to leave the Burj Khalifa in the dust. Broad Sustainable Building, which already built a hotel in two weeks, aims to erect the new Sky City skyscraper within three months.

The 220-story building would be the tallest in the world by 10 metres, according to CNN, which first reported on the construction plans. It was designed by a Dubai architect, in an interesting twist. The company would use pre-fabrication methods to construct it in record time - 95 per cent of the building will be built before the ribbon is cut at the ground-breaking ceremony.

Despite its gargantuan size, the building will supposedly use one-fifth the energy of a traditional edifice, because its 15-cm-thick walls and quadruple-glaze windows will provide better insulation. When it's complete, 104 elevators will connect 220 floors and 1 million square metres of usable space. This will include the world's tallest hotel, living space and potential office space.

In an interview with Xinhua, machine-translated from simplified Han Chinese, BSB chief executive officer Zhang Yue said the company wants to break ground in November, and that the tower will be completed in January 2013.

If this seems overly ambitious, note that BSB has apparently done it before, albeit not on this scale. In December of last year, the company erected a 30-story hotel in 360 hours; watch a time-lapse video below.

Government agencies still have to approve BSB's plans, but the Wangcheng district in Changsha, Hunan province, is already on board, CNN reports. We can't wait to see the time lapse video of this one.

Source: Popsci.com.au: article

[Brizer]

CHONGQIN, CHINA

Proposal for the Nanping site:


Not confirmed.
Two towers of 680m & 630m.
Salad forks?
Giant alien gumbies?

[Arreis]

More like giant wishbones.

[CULWULLA]

wtf, world architects have lost the plot.
is that a joke about the new world tallest? wtf