[maxin]

the antenna should be taller according to the model and i hate white and red!

[Bergenser]

Great tower.

[uakoops]

Rusty connectors....


Holy fuck. I missed this picture;

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3324/3501565804_a06638c600_o.jpg

[muppet]

its still waiting to get its paintjob^

[crow]

the structure alone looks pretty rough - nice from far away, but I wonder how nice it will look when you get close to it...yikes!

[Northwest]

I have to assume that once the construction is done, there will be a final coat of paint & polish. Like most structures under construction, they are dirty looking. Similar to steel bridges, this one will apparently need relatively frequent maintenance, and a LOT of painting.
This is really a gem of a TV tower. Its a skyline icon, a gigantic sculpture.
I doubt the TV broadcasters are footing the bill, or if the observatory income will fund it. Regardless of who's paying for this "utilitarian art", I am happy to catch a glimpse of it. It really is a magnificent structure. If they just needed to broadcast, a guyed mast would have done the trick for less than 10% of the cost. But this is a real beauty, and whether or not it was a good use of available funds is always an endless debate.
I love this thing. Thanks for the photos.

[muppet]

yep, plus theyll get alot of constant revenue from the observation deck/ rides.

[malec]

Some great pictures:

http://bbs.home.news.cn/upfiles/0421A0DE.002C


http://bbs.home.news.cn/upfiles/040B93D7.002C

[staff]

Wow, those are amazing. Guangzhou is undoubtedly rising towards having one of the world's few major outstanding skylines.

[Aleks]

Dammnnnn! Those shots are sweet. I love that the island has a light outline, haha. But anyways, the way the tower reflects in that first image is gorgeous.

[muppet]

whoa, some pics from local media. Man if ever there's a storm in this city Im going to camp out here


http://pics.nddaily.com/c/dc/cdc65480cfdc7050/Album/20262/4a8107cecd289.JPG
http://pics.nddaily.com
http://pics.nddaily.com/c/dc/cdc65480cfdc7050/Album/20262/4a8107a303d20.JPG
http://pics.nddaily.com

[Indescribable]

I've seen that happen to the CN Tower, pretty incredible!

[malec]

Diagram from Culwulla showing this and the burj dubai

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3524/3902704940_01365fe860_o.jpg

[Aleks]

Wow! Hard to believe the BD will have floors past the height of this tower!

[muppet]

new pic thanks to fosk

Weird to think this is almost twice the height of the Eiffel Tower
http://image215.poco.cn/mypoco/myphoto/20090925/00/52698820200909250007041302028943611_013.jpg

old pic, but shows the viewpoint from the riverfront:

http://img14.imageshack.us/img14/6215/826g.jpg
Taipei Walker
http://img4.imageshack.us/img4/5075/873fgu.jpg

[malec]

At night

update byTIANMO November 4th

http://photo2.bababian.com/usr553405/upload1/20091104/snuBybIH74wOt8C8MxoANgJGGEzPie9mlm08PyC3ia9UE3kx8KUBBWw==.jpg

http://photo2.bababian.com/usr553405/upload1/20091104/spah6vt3hb312g1+OjwCfYua68RqWARFWWYQaRSvjJqpZt3y4d37thw==.jpg

http://photo2.bababian.com/usr553405/upload1/20091104/sgptDOHYAJSHfPg158gdrubHCqt8WUxb+oe1r5mnOFlzBjxa_dGxb2Q==.jpg

http://photo2.bababian.com/usr553405/upload1/20091104/sZ_AYpASTAoxNIERkdD+ljXqwYk1dAxtphWaLBtS86aaMyb1QFXYgxw==.jpg

[muppet]

http://i110.photobucket.com/albums/n90/shortingmx/tyui.jpg

[Bergenser]

Great looking tower!

[Chelsea Spy]

that's pretty amazing...

[Vancouver_Highrise]

I wonder how fast it will take for the white to get dirty, as well as how they will clean it..

[Lecom]

Beautiful.

[Pizzuti]

I wonder how fast it will take for the white to get dirty, as well as how they will clean it..

My guess is that it's pretty hard for dirt to find itself half a kilometer from the ground. And if it does, rain would wash it back down because Guangzhou isn't an arid area.

The Burj Dubai got dusty because of the climate there, as it rains less than four inches a year in Dubai and there is plenty of sand and very dry dirt particles that are easy to suspend in air. A little bit of moisture prevents dirt from blowing. Maybe a bigger problem, in this case, is rust. I'm not sure to what extent pollution or smog might stain a surface.

I think it will look about as dirty as the Seattle Space Needle looks, and need to be cleaned about as often as the Space Needle needs to be cleaned.

[Aleks]

The Space Needle doesn't really get that dirty. Some dirt at the top but it's never really dusty.

The GTVT will deal with more pollution like you said. I was expecting that they painted it either pastel white or some sort of metallic gray :(

[muppet]

Painted:

thanx to wxsstone, www.skyscrapercity.com

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[steveve]

What a smoggy day... Yuck! :yuck:

The tower looks cool though but doesn't look like something newly built... it just looks like an older structure for some reason...
:)

[RLS_rls]

^Actually Pei had a design from the 50s that was a giant hyperbolic tower. As I remember it looked a lot like this.

[muppet]

first built in that form 1963, Kobe Port Tower in Japan:

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/18/Kobe_port_tower11s3200.jpg/401px-Kobe_port_tower11s3200.jpg

[muppet]

By Fosk, www.skyscrapercity.com

http://image215.poco.cn/mypoco/myphoto/20091214/14/52698820200912141406231724220431372_002.jpg

[muppet]

Night lighting:

update by 缺 in Dec.31th

http://i307.photobucket.com/albums/nn311/xsyds/DSC_3601.jpg

http://i307.photobucket.com/albums/nn311/xsyds/DSC_3607.jpg

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[muppet]

more

update by 缺 in Dec.31th

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[muppet]

pix thanks to Tom_Green, www.skyscrapercity.com

http://img202.imageshack.us/img202/8982/img7074.jpg

http://img8.imageshack.us/img8/8729/img4590w.jpg

[OneWorldTradeCenter]

Yea, this is the second tallest freestandig structure on earth, surpassed only by the Burj.

[steveve]

wow! incredible!

The thing looks like one giant ever-changing glow stick!

And from the air, it looks surreal! its so different than anything in the area and the colour makes it stand out even more!

Wicked!.. its like the birdsnest in beijing but in a tower form :banana: !

[Northwest]

What a beauty! I still want to know how that colored night lighting works... on what time scale do the colors cycle, and what do the fades look like? We need a video! ;)

Is the observation deck open yet?

[Northwest]

What a beauty! I still want to know how that colored night lighting works... on what time scale do the colors cycle, and what do the fades look like? We need a video! ;)


Found one!

RQ6mcGsQdmQ

[Pizzuti]

Yikes - looks in the video it changes color about every 2 seconds and does a complete cycle every 12 seconds or so.

I can picture a tower changing daily, or maybe even having some other cycle on holidays, but blinking through the rainbow 365 days a year seems kind of obnoxious to me. It's like having Christmas lights on your house from the Fourth of July till Easter.

[Indescribable]

At first I thought maybe it was a time lapse but it couldn't be with the background sounds.

[Tom In Chicago]

This looks close to being completed. . . if not already???

[TANGELD_SLC]

I think this is one of the most graceful structures ever. It evokes the Washington Monument in my mind. It's almost un-humanly fluid and natural-looking.

[muppet]

by CocoMilk, www.skyscrapercity.com

http://bbs.home.news.cn/upfiles/045C18B6.002C

[steveve]

WOW! that shot looks surreal ^^^

i thought it was a computer rendering or something!
Its wicked :banana: !

[malec]

Update (done?)

http://bbs.home.news.cn/upfiles/04749DE8.002C
http://bbs.home.news.cn/upfiles/04749DAB.002C
http://bbs.home.news.cn/upfiles/04749E0F.002C
Fromhttp://www.skyscrapercity.com/showthread.php?t=410543&page=28

[muppet]

woow

http://xiangshu.com/UploadFiles/Day_091108/41_366902_1dad30cc41bafdf.jpg
http://xiangshu.com, www.gaoloumi.com

[muppet]

From http://forum.home.news.cn


http://bbs.home.news.cn/upfiles/048B126B.002C


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http://bbs.home.news.cn/upfiles/048B136D.002C

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http://bbs.home.news.cn/upfiles/048B13C7.002C

http://bbs.home.news.cn/upfiles/048B1475.002C

view from the top


http://bbs.home.news.cn/upfiles/048B131D.002C

http://bbs.home.news.cn/upfiles/048B1357.002C

http://bbs.home.news.cn/upfiles/048B128B.002C

http://bbs.home.news.cn/upfiles/048B12DE.002C

[steveve]

WOW! Impressive! ^^^^
What happened to time! this thing is practically done! :haha:
The interiors look really sweet! and its freakin tall too!
The exteriors lookin good too!... This tower is one of the coolest looking skyscrapers/towers around! :cheers:

[OneWorldTradeCenter]

Oh my godness, is that tower damn tall!!

[KingKrunch]

pod rides being installed:

http://i882.photobucket.com/albums/ac21/wlager/04B3FBA7-1.jpg

[alandot]

took this 12 months ago... great to see it is finally finished. grand openning oct 1st!?!?

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3098/4080486796_22ed1ac0ab.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/alanandanders/4080486796/)
Lift off... (http://www.flickr.com/photos/alanandanders/4080486796/) by alandot (http://www.flickr.com/people/alanandanders/), on Flickr

[NYguy]

http://worldarchitecturenews.com/index.php?fuseaction=wanappln.projectview&upload_id=14944

World's tallest TV tower opens in Guangzhou

Stealing the title from the CN Tower in Toronto, the swirling Guangzhou TV & Sightseeing Tower by Information Based Architecture (IBA) has just opened to the public at a staggering 610m in height.

During three days of celebratory events, the Mayor of Guangzhou declared the structure open and revealed its official title of the Canton Tower. Time is of the essence however, as the new structure is set to play a pivotal role during the 2010 Asian Games in November, and the restaurants and top deck are as yet unfinished.

Certain contrasts can be drawn between the newly opened Canton Tower and Anish Kapoor's much debated concept designs for The ArcelorMittal Orbit - a £19.1m, 115m high visitor centre planned for the Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park in 2012. Both bare the bones of structural engineering mastery, curling in elongated ribbons to upper viewing platforms hundreds of metres above the ground affording panoramic views across vibrant cityscapes. However, in contrast to the animated scepticism received by Kapoor's original concept, the Canton Tower attracted over 30,000 visitors over the festive three day opening celebrations.

Numerous viewing platforms are scattered across the Tower, some taking the form of sheltered outdoor gardens, others protruded glazed viewing boxes complete with transparent flooring. The top deck - still under construction - has been designed as a sloping elliptical square, angled north-west towards the old city centre in an attempt to create a bond between the old and new elements of Guangzhou.

Two circular rotating restaurants can be found at levels +428 and +417.6, however both have retracted soup from the menu as the entire Tower can sway up to 1.5m in either direction during high winds. On the lean, curling design, who worked with fellow IBA architect Barbara Kuit on the project explains: "Where most skyscrapers bear ‘male' features; being introvert, strong, straight, rectangular, and based on repetition, we wanted to create a ‘female' tower, being complex, transparent, curvy, gracious and sexy. Our aim was to design a free-form tower with a rich and human-like identity that would represent Guangzhou as a dynamic and exciting city. The result is a tower, very slender and tall, that bears similarities with the figure of a female, the very reason that earned the nickname: ‘super-model'."

Sian Disson
News Editor


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[MolsonExport]

^stellar shots. Amazing!!

[Aleks]

This tower turned out less than what I expected. A different color would look better and they had a GREAT opportunity to make an all-white interior (sort of Zaha-Hadid) but instead they painted a cheesy blue sky on the roof! WTF!

The antenna could've looked a thousand times better. It could've been a thin mast (like in the old renderings) or more aesthetically pleasing (CN Tower, Tokyo Sky Tree). And those pods on top? They look like they're straight out of a 1960's worlds fair!

[alandot]

tower looks fantastic... turns out much better than i thought it would.... love those curves and where those lines take me.

what a signature!

[muppet]

http://blog.sina.com.cn/s/blog_4a8a8...ls6s.html?tj=1


http://bbs.home.news.cn/upfiles/04B68D9D.002C

http://bbs.home.news.cn/upfiles/04B68D78.002C

[NYguy]

I think one color lighting works best for this one. It reminds me a lot of the 2,000 ft TV tower the MTVTA was planning for New York or New Jersey before announcing plans to move back to the WTC site. Or even this old proposal...

http://therealdeal.com/newyork/articles/27162?utm_campaign=Feed%3A+trdnews+%28The+Real+Deal+-+New+York+Real+Estate+News%29&utm_medium=feed&utm_source=feedburner
Rsj1pkfolxI&feature=player_embedded#!

[The North One]

This thing is fugly as hell, its already starting to rust.

feel bad for the humans that have to look at it.

[sterlippo1]

sure is tall if nothing else IMO:tup:

[patriotizzy]

Meh, pass.

[NYC4Life]

Not a bad tower, but not in an ideal location due to the smog.

[brian.odonnell20]

(disapproval)

[muppet]

ah's always the same people...

view from the top:

http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4088/5090299262_1c30a6d156_b.jpg
www.motiancity.com

HeartImage, Poco.cn:

http://pic.qnpic.com:83/r.jsp?fn=//fanjoin/share/2010/10/9/24096956201010072157578801039741218_000.jpg

http://pic.qnpic.com:83/r.jsp?fn=//fanjoin/share/2010/10/9/24096956201010072157578801039741218_001.jpg

http://pic.qnpic.com:83/r.jsp?fn=//fanjoin/share/2010/10/9/24096956201010072157578801039741218_002.jpg

[muppet]

the main axis /park
http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4088/5090299262_1c30a6d156_b.jpg
www.motiancity.com

view from ground level

http://bbs.home.news.cn/upfiles/04AF2867.002C
http://bbs.home.news.cn

http://bbs.home.news.cn/upfiles/04AEA58C.002C
http://bbs.home.news.cn


and in the other direction:

http://bbs.home.news.cn/upfiles/04AEB0BA.002C
http://bbs.home.news.cn

http://pic.qnpic.com:83/r.jsp?fn=//fanjoin/share/2010/9/5/DSCN0468.JPG
http://pic.qnpic.com:83


and what's underneath the park - a CBD mass transit system:

http://bbs.home.news.cn/upfiles/04AEBF88.002C
http://bbs.home.news.cn
http://bbs.home.news.cn/upfiles/04AEBF9C.002C
http://bbs.home.news.cn

[giallo]

GZ keeps getting better and better. I want to visit again as soon as possible, but I also want to wait until everything is finished (whenever that is). I'll just have to go multiple times.

[JDRCRASH]

This tower's fatter than a I thought it would be.

[muppet]

6the tower's elliptical, so it looks slim from far, but gets wider as you approach it. AS for those wide angle shots, you also have to account for the lens stretching things on the sides.

This...

http://pic.qnpic.com:83/r.jsp?fn=//fanjoin/share/2010/10/9/24096956201010072157578801039741218_002.jpg

compared to this:

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2639/4166484318_caaa8b3d6e_o.jpg

[Aleks]

Those are different angles though. The top one is shot from the side, which I believe is fatter anyways. The second one seems like it's from the back (the structure is higher than the floors and the GZ IFC is behind), which is thinner.

you're right though, the tower is elliptical. really nice effect imo.

[muppet]

http://bbs.home.news.cn

http://bbs.home.news.cn/upfiles/04BD0F98.002F

http://bbs.home.news.cn/upfiles/04BD106D.002F

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http://bbs.home.news.cn/upfiles/04BD140E.002F

[KevinFromTexas]

http://bbs.home.news.cn/upfiles/048B1361.002C

Oh my, that's good architecture. I didn't realize it twisted that much.

http://i882.photobucket.com/albums/ac21/wlager/04B3FBA7-1.jpg

So are there actual outdoor observation decks on this thing? That's insane! All around a cool tower.

[muppet]

www.motiancity.com

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[DigitalNinja]

Man, that looks so cool, next time I visit China, I have to go to GZ.

[photoLith]

Wow, that looks like a scene from A.I.

[flower2elf]

:D i see this everday i wake up LOLOL

[pablosan]

Pure awesomeness.

[Infernal_Elf]

incredible lights looks magical.

the tower is so fantastic

and Guangzhou International Finance Center looks out of this world on the last picture seems like the main parts of the building consist of some black liquid with he blue stripes containing it

[muppet]

General Huo, www.skyscrapercity.com

http://bbs.home.news.cn/upfiles/04C3ABFA.002C

http://bbs.home.news.cn/upfiles/04C3AC46.002C

[flower2elf]

http://i188.photobucket.com/albums/z22/poodlenodle/tv_tower_by_lovelyskies-d2xo1h2.jpg
from the new guangzhou museum
http://i188.photobucket.com/albums/z22/poodlenodle/Guangzhou_by_LovelySkies.jpg
from my apartment

[flower2elf]

http://i188.photobucket.com/albums/z22/poodlenodle/67318_157123054320883_100000695682895_347309_4778850_n.jpg

[flower2elf]

http://i188.photobucket.com/albums/z22/poodlenodle/45266_143612942338561_100000695682895_270859_2033183_n.jpg
disappeared:D

[muppet]

Guangzhou just started the Asian Games 2010, nearly as many athletes as the Olympics and an opening ceremony that's cost twice as much as the Beijing one...

http://ss12.sinaimg.cn/orignal/4991098fg948e3c2f264b&690

http://ss12.sinaimg.cn/orignal/4991098fg948e3c2f264b&690

[Yume-sama]

Fantastic. I love the lighting~ And nobody knows how to put on a show like China.

[NYC4Life]

Chinese cities and their skyscrapers are so well lit. Love the futuristic effect.

[Wooster]

Wow, incredible.

[phoenixboi08]

So....since I'm not going to be in China until December at the earliest, that means I will have missed the Olympics, World Expo, Asian Games, several concerts and parades...:slob:

[muppet]

Oasis-Bangkok, WWW.SKYSCRAPERCITY.COM

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[OneWorldTradeCenter]

:previous: Very nice photos. I wish I could have such a tower in my town as well!

Could someone please change the threads title to 600 meters??

[NYC4Life]

We need an observation deck like that here in New York.

[sw5710]

How far is it from the glass floor to the ground.

[muppet]

Thanx to Taipei Walker, www.skyscrapercity.com



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outside
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[muppet]

Distinguised, www.skyscrapercity.com

http://bbs.home.news.cn/upfiles/04C0EB5F.002C

[M II A II R II K]

Is this not yet complete, time to archive it.

[Obey]

Coolest TV tower out there.

[muppet]

Is this not yet complete, time to archive it.

we're waiting on the rooftop pod rides to finish (if you look carefully you can still see a small crane at the top)

[mrnyc]

pod rides? oh boyee - just when you thought it couldnt get any cooler! :tup:

[Obey]

I know someone from Guangzhou. Time to visit!

[muppet]

Thanks to Distinguished, www.skyscrapercity.com


http://bbs.home.news.cn/upfiles/04C69DFD.002C



http://bbs.home.news.cn/upfiles/04C6A0E4.002C

[kenratboy]

If this is not a futuristic looking city, then I don't know what is!

[HomeInMyShoes]

I'm liking the insides more than the outsides. Groovy photos.

[The Imster]

The best looking tower in the world!

Canton Tower 2000ft
Tokyo Tower 2070ft
CN Tower 1815ft

[steveve]

Thanks to Distinguished, www.skyscrapercity.com


http://bbs.home.news.cn/upfiles/04C69DFD.002C



blade runner??? / city from a science fiction movie with flying cars?. WOW! that park/strip in the middle is so surreal! esp, because this tower is so tall and the perspective is crazy!

[Xing Lin]

This tower looks fabulous...if only I still lived in Guangzhou...

[whiteford]

i think a great concept for a tv/observation tower would be a wheat stock and head. the detail and elements of the wheat are a natural for a really tall tower. i think it would be a award winning design if someone where to pull this off. say 700 meters. lol
http://www.webstockpro.com/TetraImages/ti0110607.Closeup-of-a-single-wheat-stalk-Photo/