[R@ptor]

Name: Abu Dhabi Plaza
Location: Astana, Kazakhstan
Height: 382m / 1253ft
Floors: 88
Use: Mixed Use (Office / Hotel / Residential)
Construction Start: 2011
Construction End: 2016
Architect: HKR Architects
Developer: Aldar (UAE)

Will be the tallest building in Kazakhstan and Central Asia once completed.


Renderings:

http://i44.tinypic.com/2j16jqr.jpg
http://i44.tinypic.com/2j16jqr.jpg

http://www.cgarchitect.com/content/portfolio_items/11522/1314788311_medium.jpg
http://www.cgarchitect.com/content/portfolio_items/11522/1314788311_medium.jpg

http://i43.tinypic.com/346kcnk.jpg
http://i43.tinypic.com/346kcnk.jpg

[R@ptor]

By 'diplomatforall'

http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7164/6824694877_815e577f64_o.jpg
http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7164/6824694877_815e577f64_o.jpg

[FMIII]

If you exclude the base, this tower would have fit so well in the NY skyline. :slob:

It is tall, elegant, slender and its two major setbacks make it look even taller. The perfect skyscraper (but not the perfect location) :rolleyes:

[HomeInMyShoes]

I really like this design. It will be awesome if it's as reflective as the rendering is suggesting.

[Tom In Chicago]

It appears to buck the trend of building oddly-shaped structures in Astana. . . looks nice. . . I think it's been under construction for a while now. . .

. . .

[Dylan Leblanc]

oh right, this thing, with a new design.

http://gingert.net/images/0_4eb5e_104e109b_L.jpg

[kingkirbythe....]

Original was way better.

[Hayward]

oh right, this thing, with a new design.

http://gingert.net/images/0_4eb5e_104e109b_L.jpg

Wait what is this. This is terrible.

[Bankview]

What's up with the name? 'Abut Dhabi' in this middle of the Khazakstani plains? :koko:

I'm going to assume the development company is based in the Emirates. Does anyone have a better answer?

[SoaringSkylines]

It sort of reminds me of the International Commerce Center (ICC) tower in Hong Kong. :)

[SoaringSkylines]

http://gingert.net/images/0_4eb5e_104e109b_L.jpg


Oh God.. PLEASE don't let this be the real rendering.

[Ed007Toronto]

Massive and ugly.

[northbay]

wait, so which design is it then?

[SoaringSkylines]

wait, so which design is it then?

Good question.

[Zerton]

The surrounding cityscape seems bleak as hell.

[THE BIG APPLE]

These days every country (scratch that) every city in the world has a building higher than 1250 feet. It show's the progressiveness of humans, but the ESB's height isn't special anymore, but it's still one of a kind.

[Dylan Leblanc]

This is the old design.

oh right, this thing, with a new design.

http://gingert.net/images/0_4eb5e_104e109b_L.jpg

[whiteford]

i love this one. perfection as far as i can see.

[Fatality]

Original design was amazing but my god the next one with massing looks like its own slum city :C

[PhillyToNYC]

These days every country (scratch that) every city in the world has a building higher than 1250 feet. It show's the progressiveness of humans, but the ESB's height isn't special anymore, but it's still one of a kind.

Explain Philadelphia. That's a rather large city don't you think? Most U.S. cities do not have a supertall in them.

[Hudson11]

boxy, yet striking. I like it. Good for Kazakhstan. Is it their first supertall?