[R@ptor]

It's hard to believe how supertalls pop up out of nowhere in China and this one will be even China's tallest building when completed - 78m higher than SWFC.

Height: 570m / 1870ft
Floors: 117
Location: Huayuan Industry Park, Tianjin
Investor: Matsunichi Hi-Tech Ltd

http://www.skyscrapers.cn/forum/attachments/20071214_b9d13005fe425fb49e9a0IPmMDCA9Plr.jpg

Ground-breaking ceremony on 12th December 2007:

http://www.skyscrapers.cn/forum/attachments/20071215_5a9a752110f513ad9a93haAxYp9uFv5K.jpg

And some recent u/c photos from Clashman from SSC:

http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y188/Clashman99/Tianjin/development2/PlayingWithMyNewCamera2586.jpg

http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y188/Clashman99/Tianjin/development2/PlayingWithMyNewCamera2585.jpg

http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y188/Clashman99/Tianjin/development2/PlayingWithMyNewCamera2583.jpg

[giallo]

Go Tianjin!
It looks like 2IFC with a flamboyant hat.

[MapleLeaf]

They build a 570m supertall and nobody has been in on it? Damn. What a country. :omg:

[MayDay]

Like 2IFC and 1 Astor Plaza had a supermutant baby. :shrug:

[scalziand]

SSC has had a thread about this for a while, but it didn't seem as though a terrible amount of work was getting done.
possible new render:
http://i245.photobucket.com/albums/gg64/z0rgggg/others/20080407_29fe5652821948d27ac2pHfu6p.jpg
from zorg @SSC

[giovani kun2]

I love this tower It's fantastic good looking and tall :)

[Tacoma Boy]

SSC has had a thread about this for a while, but it didn't seem as though a terrible amount of work was getting done.
possible new render:
http://i245.photobucket.com/albums/gg64/z0rgggg/others/20080407_29fe5652821948d27ac2pHfu6p.jpg
from zorg @SSC

Anyone else see a similarity?
http://www.tolkienforums.com/Orthanc.jpg

Maybe I've watched LOTR too many times.

[kenratboy]

Very cool, and it has a Chinese vibe to it.

Rise, my pretty!!!

[CHAPINM1]

Very cool, and it has a Chinese vibe to it.

Rise, my pretty!!!

:previous: Nah, I could see this going up somewhere in Russia or even Europe. :previous:

[xiahoudun]

I wonder how this impressive tower ended up being build in Tianjin... I was in Tianjin in 1997 and again in 2006, and the city still looks the same. Not many serious highrises. The only really high structure is that tv tower. But we see the same developement in other provincial cities. Guangzhou, Chongqing, Chengdu, etc all seem to get very talls or super talls nowadays. Still I rather see this building added to the Shanghai skyline.

[Ghost]

Anyone else see a similarity?
http://www.tolkienforums.com/Orthanc.jpg

That's exactly what came into my mine first :haha:

[bayrider]

Looks like IFC in Hong Kong with 60's Cadillac fins

[staff]

I wonder how this impressive tower ended up being build in Tianjin... I was in Tianjin in 1997 and again in 2006, and the city still looks the same. Not many serious highrises. The only really high structure is that tv tower. But we see the same developement in other provincial cities. Guangzhou, Chongqing, Chengdu, etc all seem to get very talls or super talls nowadays. Still I rather see this building added to the Shanghai skyline.
What Shanghai, Beijing, Shenzhen and Guangzhou has been doing for the last ten years is now being repeated by the "second tier" cities like Tianjin, Chengdu, Shenyang and Chongqing, which are simply playing catchup.
Nothing strange about this at all. :)

[WonderlandPark]

Crazy. So, since this looks like it is rising, it will easily be the tallest in China, and top 5 or so the world when complete. Astonishing. This sure came out of nowhere.

[Surrealplaces]

Amazing how these projects kepp coming in China. The only shame is that it isn't being built in Shanghai or HK where there are other supertalls to accompany it. This will be like the Taipei tower where it sticks out in the middle of nowhere.

[Aleks]

Wow, hadn't even heard about this tower. Is it REALLY U/C? Or will it be like SWFC where they dig a whole and cancel the project?

It doesn't seem to get much attention for the size. The design is kind of simple and it's ok but it's HUGE!

[photoLith]

Wow that tower is incredible and it looks so freakin high. I like it better than the Burj Dubai, its pretty sleek looking. Tianjin, thats an odd place for it though.

[giallo]

^Not really. Beijing and Tianjin are a few years away from becoming a mega-region. The speed train is almost complete which puts each city center a mere 15 minutes away from each other. Tianjin is also one of China's major port cities.

[SlatsGrobnik]

They're building friggin' Orthanc.

[Chitown]

Looking at this again, I'm wondering what sort of effect those fins will have on wind dynamics. Seems to me those things would catch wind like crazy. I'll be interested to see what sort of damper this building employs.

[Plompy Lfeata]

i like it, the only problem, which seems to be a big problem in asia, is that there are no other tall buildings around to complement it. but the desgin is nice, not exciting, but still good.

[JDRCRASH]

Anyone else see a similarity?
http://www.tolkienforums.com/Orthanc.jpg

Maybe I've watched LOTR too many times.

No you haven't!:D
I love LOTR!!!

But I will say that this supertall really did come out of nowhere.

[Rise To The Top]

i like it, the only problem, which seems to be a big problem in asia, is that there are no other tall buildings around to complement it. but the desgin is nice, not exciting, but still good.

They all need to start somewhere... people said the same thing about Jinmao and the CITIC plaza in the '90s. Now look at their neighbors.

[Bergenser]

I like the design pretty much.

[Complex01]

Wow another. Its not bad. Some good height there...

:yes:

[Swede]

^Not really. Beijing and Tianjin are a few years away from becoming a mega-region. The speed train is almost complete which puts each city center a mere 15 minutes away from each other. Tianjin is also one of China's major port cities.
Which begs the question; on a rare vlear day, will this tower be visible from the taller Beijing towers?

[chex]

Nice One..

[Scruffy]

Hot Damn, thats a big-un

[Witty Nickname]

Looks pretty good, great height and the design is fairly safe.
Sometimes these supertalls are just over the top.

The LOTR image is hilarious.

[gramsjdg]

Yes. This building is architecturally dissapointing. A rather hideous design in my opinion.

[MolsonExport]

Will Saruman be imprisoned inside by the Ents? A better prisoner would be Kim Jong Il.

[giallo]

Which begs the question; on a rare vlear day, will this tower be visible from the taller Beijing towers?


I'm not confident. Beijing's air quality is some of the worse I've ever seen...or breathed.

[Fabb]

i like it, the only problem, which seems to be a big problem in asia, is that there are no other tall buildings around to complement it.


Right.
The Taipei 101 syndrome.

[excel]

cool building.

[Patrick]

I really like it! But I agree, the building needs some complimentary skyscrapers around it.

[TANGELD_SLC]

It's a great design, and I like China's taste in supertalls alot better than the middle east's

[Nightsky]

Very nice design with both a Western and an Asian feeling to it. Actually it won't be lonely since there are already skyscrapers in Tianjin and there are more buildings over 300m that will complete the skyline.

http://skyscraperpage.com/diagrams/?searchID=39902192

[muppet]

yep there are a zillion skyscrapers being built and proposed

Many thanx to Zorg
http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showthread.php?t=384061:

http://i245.photobucket.com/albums/gg64/z0rgggg/others/Hexi1.jpg

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http://i245.photobucket.com/albums/gg64/z0rgggg/others/Hongqiao1.jpg

http://i245.photobucket.com/albums/gg64/z0rgggg/update%20supertalls/tj-a15g.jpg

city plan:
http://img178.imageshack.us/img178/1998/01cb8139mldrzia1m4wdeu1.jpg

http://img204.imageshack.us/img204/6531/01cb846aj86vfa0bwd8ere9.jpg

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http://img204.imageshack.us/img204/4084/021a825fjd1.jpg


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[Fabb]

The urban planning seems good.
It'll be an awesome skyline !

[NYC4Life]

Incredible, the urban planning is indeed well put. Should be interesting to see this city in a decade from now.

[malec]

Construction progress. Haven't a clue what's what down there:

http://bohaibbs.org/attachments/month_0810/20081029_54d7c45bc2d0c4cba35b8aGYMAmJyjd1.jpg

[R@ptor]

According to three different sources the height was increased from 570m to 600m (1968ft). The top seems to have been re-designed as well.

http://www.bohaibbs.org/attachments/month_0811/20081116_4fa3d3e9b6628d4c92f2zERCtdYc79qU.jpg

[Fabb]

Good !
I didn't like the old version.
This one will probably be known as "the diamond".

[Shanghai_Fan]

China's second 600m tower. Another 1-2 coming.

http://i245.photobucket.com/albums/gg64/z0rgggg/others/China117Tower.png

[Aleks]

Wow! I really like this design. Looks way better than the old one. Reminds me of a modern and way taller Tour de la Bourse (http://skyscraperpage.com/cities/?buildingID=420) with a diamond on top.

[MapleLeaf]

I like the first one more but it still gonna be a real beauty. :worship:

[NYC4Life]

China has some real magic behind its towers.

[Indescribable]

The original rendering looks a bit like a stretched out version of 2 IFC in Hong Kong.

[Biff]

I like buildings so tall you have to scroll up or down to see the entire tower.

[WonderlandPark]

aww, another 21m and they could take the world's tallest by roof height. Someone has to go after the BD, it will most likely be China. Go for it.

[mikey johnson]

The diamond thing looks rediculous.

[photoLith]

eeew, that diamond is retarded looking, hopefully they change it. The original design was also quite shoddy.

[NYC4Life]

That's a lot of karats on that diamond.

[Duffstuff129]

I like the body of the tower, but the top is very odd to me. It's beautiful and slim all the way up and then... giant concrete fins and a fake diamond? What?

At least they chose a good city to put it in, the visibility in Tianjin isn't marred by the fog and smog.

Also, with China's economy down the crapper, will the work on this one keep going?

[Fabb]

Does the diamond symbol have a specific meaning in Tianjin, or is it there for no reason ?

[Stratosphere]

The diamond thing looks rediculous.
Reminds me of this golf ball in Dubai. :yuck:

http://www.gulfnews.com/images/08/08/11/12_old_pics_fujairah_etisal_5.jpg

[Jibba]

Too bad about the first design being axed; it was nice and graceful even if it did have a few awkward details. This second version is...interesting. I don't know why the top has been given such a disjointed and visually (and physically) massive crown--really kills the sense of grace and height that the basic form has. Should still look nice from street-level looking up, though.

[TANGELD_SLC]

OK, uhhhh WTF is up with that Diamond? It's hideously tacky and ruined the tower, IMO. I liked the other design waaaay better. Now they are becoming Dubai II, and NOT in a good way.

[NYC4Life]

^^^ I agree, China can do much better than this.

[StarScraperCity]

The tower itself is pretty attractive, but that hideous excuse of a crown ruins it.

[giallo]

Yup. The diamond crown has totally ruined this tower. It looks absolutely ridiculous.

[Fabb]

It may be a preliminary design.

[drewmandan]

I liked the tower of Isengard design a lot better than the giant diamond penis.

[Stu]

Yup. The diamond crown has totally ruined this tower. It looks absolutely ridiculous.

Agreed.

Perhaps the diamond will look better once completed or maybe the architects will come to their senses and ditch it.

[Shanghai_Fan]

I don't get what's wrong with the diamond, really. People hated SWFC's hole either and now they all love the project. Seems like so many people manage to hate any Chinese project for any random reason.

[drewmandan]

I don't get what's wrong with the diamond, really. People hated SWFC's hole either and now they all love the project. Seems like so many people manage to hate any Chinese project for any random reason.

No. It looks like a bad 80's night club.

[giallo]

I don't get what's wrong with the diamond, really. People hated SWFC's hole either and now they all love the project. Seems like so many people manage to hate any Chinese project for any random reason.

Huh? This design is totally unoriginal, tacky and cheap looking. It looks like 2IFC with a giant cubic zirconia on top.
I love plenty of Chinese skyscrapers, but there is a bunch of shit too. You're always going to have a lot both when a country is developing as rapidly as China is. Actually, I find most people (at SSP anyway) very positive towards China's developments. Dubai on the other hand....

[MapleLeaf]

Well, we have seen just one rendering of the new version with the diamond at the top. Maybe it looks better on other renderings. I like the first one better but we shouldn´t demonize the new version because of one single angle.

I can imagine they can do great lightning-things with such a structure at the top. :tup:

[StarScraperCity]

I don't get what's wrong with the diamond, really. People hated SWFC's hole either and now they all love the project. Seems like so many people manage to hate any Chinese project for any random reason.

This isn't an issue of bias against Chinese projects. I loved SWFC since the beginning (And even more after the hole became a square.) This is just a hideous building.

[NYC4Life]

This is one tower that's just "Made In China."

[MrBigStuff]

This is one tower that's just "Made In China."
Let's have a made in North America one ( In Calgary ) Awesome looking tower, especially if the top was backlit at night. :yes:

[malec]

Massive site:

1.6 bohaibbs.org

http://i17.photobucket.com/albums/b96/fccDaniel/20090106_c1387ee04045dde18e11UII6AA.jpg

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[giallo]

It looks like it's been built in the middle of nowhere. I'm sure within five years this area will have a population of around 2 million and density rivaling Shanghai. That's China for ya.

[WonderlandPark]

http://i17.photobucket.com/albums/b96/fccDaniel/20090106_bdf51d10a29a1f07d85fMYNeYs.jpg

I like how they have it towering over the other monumental towers of China, except that short tower with the round thing on top. Is that in Wuhan or something?

Likely third tallest in the world when done, China doesn't mess around.

[gonard]

It looks like it's been built in the middle of nowhere. I'm sure within five years this area will have a population of around 2 million and density rivaling Shanghai. That's China for ya.

Yeah I was gonna say the same thing. I assumed this one was going up near all the other big Tianjin projects? I guess they're using the ole' if you build it the city will come motto.

[MapleLeaf]

It looks like it's been built in the middle of nowhere. I'm sure within five years this area will have a population of around 2 million and density rivaling Shanghai. That's China for ya.

Me too. :haha:

It might be the impression everyone gets by looking at those photos. Maybe because it IS in the middle of nowhere? :jester: But I also agree with you that in some years from now this will be totally different.

[QuarterMileSidewalk]

Start at the base, and look up slowly. The tower seems to have a very strong sense of verticality, right until the top.

That's when I imagine tires screeching.

EEEEEEEEEEERRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRK!

Needs some work, I think.

[BarbaricManchurian]

3.15 bohaibbs.org

http://i17.photobucket.com/albums/b96/fccDaniel/20090315_d4c5aa80f7d7eb811f61HnW7HN.jpg

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[staff]

Pics are not showing. :(

[BarbaricManchurian]

Pics will show again on April 1, sorry :shrug:

[Zerton]

The crown doesn't really bother me but it could definitely go without it.

[BarbaricManchurian]

4.1 bohaibbs.org

http://i643.photobucket.com/albums/uu158/barbaricmanchurian/20090401_08194b6a1d6bbefeb4e0XIU4he.jpg

http://i643.photobucket.com/albums/uu158/barbaricmanchurian/20090401_00284899f146b2c66986YwRPSv.jpg

[scalziand]

Nice update. It's great to see that work is still being done on this one, especially when updates are so hard to come by.

[aurora]

looks like an untouchable castle:)

[malec]

Some more (confusing) renders. Is this really under construction?

More images. By liumeiyu410.
http://i245.photobucket.com/albums/gg64/z0rgggg/others2/20090612_3d1da5a48a7b597043e67s6i9r.jpg

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[BarbaricManchurian]

^^Yes, guaranteed!

[BarbaricManchurian]

597m comfirmed height, please change thread title.

Sources:
http://news.hunantv.com/x/f/20090626/254119.html
http://schouse.newssc.org/system/2009/06/27/012079537.shtml

[xiahoudun]

Unbelievable how much is getting build in Tianjin at the moment. I've been in Tianjin twice, the first time in 1997 and the second time in 2006. Nothing much had changed about the city in those 9 years, and it was still a dirty, provincial mediocre city, compared to Beijing or Shanghai. No serious skyscrapers back then... I am looking with great interest at all these new developments.

[malec]

More models

Models posted by 我热爱天津
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[Aleks]

Eww, what an ugly tower.

[malec]

Don't know what's going on here.

9.19 bohaibbs.org

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[malec]

Update at night

October 23 by yanlei50j
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[PhxPavilion]

I generally love China's towers but this thing is abysmal, both the fins and the diamond studded designs; in the middle of empty desert no less.

Back to the drawing board I say.

[BarbaricManchurian]

^^it's not desert

[Spocket]

Unbelievable how much is getting build in Tianjin at the moment. I've been in Tianjin twice, the first time in 1997 and the second time in 2006. Nothing much had changed about the city in those 9 years, and it was still a dirty, provincial mediocre city, compared to Beijing or Shanghai. No serious skyscrapers back then... I am looking with great interest at all these new developments.

I'm surprised it took this long actually. Since it's basically Beijing's port , one would have expected that anything that wouldn't fly in Beijing to find an easy home in Tianjin. Considering that the major changes are in the south , one would have expected Beijing officials to start concentrating a little harder on the dongbei provinces.


Oh , PhxPavilion , no , that's not desert at all. It's basically a brownfield site. They all look like that here. Don't forget , this is China and it's been centuries since any of it was empty.

[PhxPavilion]

Maybe not desert but this looks largely empty and barren to me especially for a tower of this magnitude.

http://i17.photobucket.com/albums/b96/fccDaniel/98jxjuht.jpg

[BarbaricManchurian]

^^it's highly productive farmland, just the construction site has obviously been cleared to allow construction to occur.

[SkyscrapersOfNewYork]

ugly.....remove the crown....

[OneWorldTradeCenter]

Yes, it´s simply an ugly tower. Recently I read, that there are not so much tenants for the tower. I hope construction will be suspended soon.

[OneWorldTradeCenter]

Are there any contruction photos?