TIANJIN | Goldin Finance 117 | 597m | 1957ft | 117 fl | U/C

[Clashman]

Originally Posted by BarbaricManchurian

There's a ~20 story building in the industrial park if you consider that a highrise (http://business.thip.gov.cn/upload/p...8_IMG_0741.JPG). Other then that, the rest of the industrial park is lowrise (under 10 stories).

That's not exactly true, as it's kind of an old picture. Now, that area is home to about 7 or 8 buildings around the same size, with a few more being constructed. Still, nothing even close to 50 or 60 floors needed to blend this tower in to the surrounding area a bit.

[Clashman]

To prove my point, I tried to go up onto the roof of my apartment building and take some pictures, but unfortunately, it was locked. A few floors down in the stairwell, though, I found a window that didn't have this terrible screen on it, and was able to take this:



In here, you can see the old building listed in the picture above, as well as a few similarly sized buildings around it. If you squint real hard, you can see a few cranes going up in the background.

[null]

Originally Posted by z0rg

I found that the investor is Matsunichi Hi-Tech Ltd

Matsunichi(松日) is a Chinese Company with a Japanese name,weird

http://www.matsunichi.com.cn/

[decks67]

i still find it strange that they are building a supertall building which will be taller then anything in shanghai, hong kong or tokyo and most of the of any large city in the world

[ZZ-II]

and it is absolutely great they don't use a spire to reach that height

[Phil_Oldfield]

Has anyone got any idea who is the architect and who is the developer for this project?

[davee08]

locatied at Huayuan Industry Park the project is being developed by Matsunichi Hi-Tech (Hong Kong) and the groundbreaking ceremony took place on December 12 2007

[Buyckske Ruben]

Are there any updates of the works that are going on, on the site?

[Clashman]

I was there a last week, but forgot to bring my camera. The location is strange, but it is within walking distance of the under-contruction subway line, so at least it isn't completely isolated. There are a couple of medium-height, 25-30 story structure nearby. The site itself looked like it was still just in the beginning stages. They were starting to assemble a crane, but they hadn't really dug down much at all. It still looked like they were doing mostly site prep, as there weren't a whole lot of workers on hand. I'll go back this weekend if I have a chance and try to snap a few shots.

[chang023836]

the top 4 leafs seems not nice, and will bear high speed wind -_-b

[RON-E]

check emporis

tianjin is a very large city, 5th largest to be exact. it is a city of over 5mil

there are 217 buildings under construction per emporis, and 170 completed

the tallest building currently is 203 m at 48 stories tall, there is already a taller building being constructed at 337 m at 76 stories

this is a great project for this city, cant wait to see it get built

[z0rg]

Originally Posted by RON-E

check emporis

tianjin is a very large city, 5th largest to be exact. it is a city of over 5mil

there are 217 buildings under construction per emporis, and 170 completed

the tallest building currently is 203 m at 48 stories tall, there is already a taller building being constructed at 337 m at 76 stories

this is a great project for this city, cant wait to see it get built

Yup, check Emporis, even this 500m+ tower is ignored. This is a good example to show how crappy that website is when covering Chinese projects.

[z0rg]

New design? Doesn't look like 2IFC anymore.

[CarlosBlueDragon]

... new design..ok!!

[Assemblage23]

If I'm not wrong, the new design has a lower roof heigth than the original design.

[ZZ-II]

height should be the same

[skyscraperboy]

Originally Posted by z0rg

New design? Doesn't look like 2IFC anymore.

too simple i think.

[flying tackle]

simple is good...its just too thin for its surroundings

[ZZ-II]

exactly, the simple design is that what i love on this tower ....570m straight up to the sky!

[Captain_Skyhawk_22]

I don't like it, just like Barwa Tower in Doha I think the desing is too simple and boring (let me clear out that I like Barwa Tower ten times more than this supertall). The funny thing is that the tower will be build in China when actually it looks more like an Arab design don't you think?

EDIT: SORRY I didn't see the new render... it looks much nicer! I still think is simple but not in a bad way I think. Good for Tianjin.