[muppet]

Bored of the endless construction in China? Didn't want to look?

That was me^

Well here's an update... gawd theyve been busy.

There are plans for over 100 supertalls.

(Please guys, this isnt a chance to bring up Tibet or Olympics or human rights, just the buildings):

anyway this is scary (ignore the conceptual proposals for the time being)


http://i245.photobucket.com/albums/gg64/z0rgggg/others/apricityl2008.jpg

It takes 8 months to construct a 15 storey building in Shenzhen, 18 months for a 30 storey one, despite strict building codes (they have to withstand the usual floods, bomb attacks and high winds, but also in yearly typhoon and earthquake zones.) A supertall takes 5 years from planning to finish.

These are just a selection:

368m Dahutong International
http://i245.photobucket.com/albums/gg64/z0rgggg/others/Hongqiao5.jpg


Tianjin City centre

the tallest tower is the R&F Morgan Building (Proposed): 415m
http://i245.photobucket.com/albums/gg64/z0rgggg/others/20080411_84432514d203439dc747o4QFKS.jpg


Liuzhou Diwang International Fortune Center 303m, will be complete in 5 years
http://i245.photobucket.com/albums/gg64/z0rgggg/others/cb048d011e0a339e808315659e85816d_36.jpg


Twin 420m towers for Tianjin off tv - however this proposal has already been changed twice before so this may not be final at all.

http://i245.photobucket.com/albums/gg64/z0rgggg/others/20080417_2b5bdb73b4fcf137e656DB7nmk.jpg


Guiyang 77storey 7* hotel, part financed by Arab money
Look familiar? This actual organic-loop design now going up everywhere actually originated in the first major overseas commission for a Chinese firm - a condo complex in Toronto, then got copied in turn for the London Docklands, and now adversely, will be copied back into China by a Western architect.

http://i245.photobucket.com/albums/gg64/z0rgggg/others/18611.jpg


Shanghai Center winning entry, 550m approved

http://i245.photobucket.com/albums/gg64/z0rgggg/sg-36G.jpg

http://i245.photobucket.com/albums/gg64/z0rgggg/others/1208550188.jpg

http://i245.photobucket.com/albums/gg64/z0rgggg/others/1208550206.jpg http://i245.photobucket.com/albums/gg64/z0rgggg/others/1208550254.jpg


New Kerry Center
http://i245.photobucket.com/albums/gg64/z0rgggg/others/20080327_f23511ceaa0e01acadc2KbAA7B.jpg


Chongqing Sun Valley 450m

http://i245.photobucket.com/albums/gg64/z0rgggg/cq-08G.jpg


Shenzhen International Finance Centter 400m

http://bbs.home.news.cn/upfiles/02EC2360.002C

Century plaza, Chongqing

http://i28.photobucket.com/albums/c203/macpolo/200781520313476385.jpg

Chongqing Grand Theater

http://i226.photobucket.com/albums/dd5/z0rggg/go4G.jpg

Beijing Fanhai Twin Towers 505m

http://i140.photobucket.com/albums/r5/z0rgg/JiangbeiTwins.jpg

Guangzhou Television tower, 610m (over 2000ft):

http://www.worldarchitecturenews.com/news_images/958_1_1000%20IBA-bv%20Guangzhou%201.jpg

http://adi.build.cn/project/20060007-01.jpg

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d6/Hyperboloid_Shuckhov_Tower_in_Guangzhou_during_construction.jpg/450px-Hyperboloid_Shuckhov_Tower_in_Guangzhou_during_construction.jpg



...and the rejected designs :(


Before ya say it! Copied off Atlanta - but very nice proportions.
http://i226.photobucket.com/albums/dd5/z0rggg/jyt1G.jpg

(seriously how small does the ESB sized JinMao look?)
http://i245.photobucket.com/albums/gg64/z0rgggg/sg-21G.jpg

http://i245.photobucket.com/albums/gg64/z0rgggg/sg-23G.jpg

http://i245.photobucket.com/albums/gg64/z0rgggg/sg-33G.jpg

thank f*ck!
http://i245.photobucket.com/albums/gg64/z0rgggg/sg-35G.jpg

nasty
http://i245.photobucket.com/albums/gg64/z0rgggg/sg-42G.gif

nice
http://i245.photobucket.com/albums/gg64/z0rgggg/gz-16G.jpg

http://i245.photobucket.com/albums/gg64/z0rgggg/nj-14G.jpg

[Derek]

Gnarly.

[theWatusi]

Wicked

[KevinFromTexas]

Sweet tower. I see several influences there. I absolutely love those setbacks. What is this, and where is it?
http://i226.photobucket.com/albums/dd5/z0rggg/jyt1G.jpg

[muppet]

Its a rejected design for Chongqing Sun Valley :(

Its absolutely perfect in proportions imo, and over 450m!
http://i226.photobucket.com/albums/dd5/z0rggg/jyt1G.jpg

it looks too similar to one nearby too:
http://www.willysthomas.net/ChongqingNewYork.jpg


This is the final design:
http://i245.photobucket.com/albums/gg64/z0rgggg/cq-08G.jpg

[Jasonhouse]

This clearly does not belong in the global skybar, but rather than delete it, I moved it here, where it is probably best served.

[Shanghai_Fan]

Its absolutely perfect in proportions imo, and over 450m!
http://i226.photobucket.com/albums/dd5/z0rggg/jyt1G.jpg


That proposal was 385m.

You can see renders for almost every supertall project on going in China in one click:
http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showthread.php?t=565672

[staff]

Moving this thread to the China section with 0 active forumers was certainly a bad move.

Bye bye to this informative thread.

[itom 987]

What a great thread! Thanks for sharing.

[muppet]

Moving this thread to the China section with 0 active forumers was certainly a bad move.

Bye bye to this informative thread.

It was quite predictable that would happen, I got a history of run-ins with overzealous moderation. Ive had whole threads deleted from nitpicking (eg one photo credited to imageshack out of 100), you know the types, the ones that took days to produce, devoted to foreign cities eg Istanbul, Mex City etc alas, that at one point made me leave the forum from what I felt to be bias, and worse a suspected North American leaning agenda. Ive seen it happen to other peoples threads, astounding ones relegated to obscure sections (such as an Istanbul thread on skyscrapercity, one of the best Ive ever seen, plonked from City photos by certain mods into architecture and structures of all places).

Im glad someone called on it.

[Ayreonaut]

Amazing projects!

[Bergenser]

China for sure has a lot of good looking modern projects! :tup:

[urbanactivist]

Man I love it!!! I wish us Americans still had the cajones to do projects like these!

[Echo Park]

i only found this thread out of sheer boredom. i never ever visit this subforum. which forum was this thread originally posted in? lots of good stuff but buried in the china section :dunno:

[Urban Zombie®]

Nice work, Muppet.

Btw, this:

http://i245.photobucket.com/albums/gg64/z0rgggg/nj-14G.jpg

is currently this:

http://i245.photobucket.com/albums/gg64/z0rgggg/nj-01G.jpg http://i245.photobucket.com/albums/gg64/z0rgggg/nj-02G.jpg

A couple others:

Nanjing International Plaza
http://i245.photobucket.com/albums/gg64/z0rgggg/nj-11G.jpg

http://i245.photobucket.com/albums/gg64/z0rgggg/nj-10G.jpg

The new design for the Chongqing Marriott:

http://i245.photobucket.com/albums/gg64/z0rgggg/others/200873021344647081.jpg

[alandot]

muppet... got an updated list? how interesting ;)


http://i245.photobucket.com/albums/gg64/z0rgggg/others/apricityl2008.jpg