[giallo]

Out of the new renderings posted this one is my favourite,

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v641/z0rg/278972_1159441805.jpg

[Pandemonious]

Where did you get all these from? #9 and #10 are of the SOM design, with the Michell's truss structure. If the competition has already happened, I can post some better renderings?

There is also more to this competition than just the tower. The program really pushed for sustainable designs, which is one huge advantage SOM has over many of the other firms IMO.

^That prism tower is one of the better ones, unfortunately their site planning is terrible. They should have moved the tower to the other side of the site. Lots of floors stare directly at the Jin Mao/SWFC and vice versa. great if you love skyscrapers.. terrible if you are trying to rent out space.

Edit: actually, now that I look at it more closely, they shaped their tower so as to try and look past the other towers... but it doesn't help the views from the other towers.

[Pandemonious]

Screw it: here is a teaser. it doesn't give anything away you can't tell from the other images, just is far clearer. It helps having some of the best tower engineers in the world on your team. The other designs I have seen so far have got nothing on this, I think.

http://i21.photobucket.com/albums/b276/Pandemonious/perspec1.gif

[staff]

Thanks for that rendering, Pandemonious.
Looks really massive - how tall is it, approximately? One of the best designs for sure.

All the other renderings are taken from a SSC thread, and originally they're from skyscrapers.cn.

[R@ptor]

Looks like Shanghai wants to challenge Dubai for the title of the WTB :D

[giallo]

Love the lines on that one, Pandemonious. Hopefully you can show us a few more 'sneak peeks' in the future.

[Pandemonious]

The program called for ~350,000 sqm tower floor area. Ours was very close to that number. I think the podium ended up being almost another 100,000 sqm. The heights for these towers should all be in the 560-600m range. I don't recall the exact height number, but I think it ended up at about maybe 575 m structural and 600 m to the edge of the crown.

Also, the reason it is so massive is because the slenderness ratio of our tower is actually constructible, unlike quite a few of those chinese designs were (well, with any non-dubai-like budget anyway).

I believe we hit almost 8:1, which is very slender (The thin face of the John Hancock Center is even only about a 6.5:1 ratio). I think it would be classified as a composite structure, since it has the steel michell's truss that transfers the wind loads into three concrete mega columns (bldg is triangular in plan) and that all works in conjunction with the concrete core. By code, I believe, it is required to have more than one lateral structural system since Shanghai is in a heavy typhoon area. The key here is that it was made to look beautiful and very organic looking to emulate the drastic organic growth the city of shanghai (and China itself) has seen in the last decade.

[giallo]

^ Stellar info. Thanks.

[staff]

Thanks for the info, Pandemonious.
575-600 meters, even if taking Burj Dubai into the consideration, is damn tall.
I'm trying to imagine how this tower would look in real life, but it's hard given that it looks so 'impossibly' massive and tall. :)

I'm looking forward to more renderings, if you feel like posting them.

[Pandemonious]

The Burj above ~550 m is basically just a very thin steel structure to house communications equipment with a then enormously tall pole to reach the 808m figure. Skyline wise, the Z3 tower gives Burj a run for its money, plus it has the two other tallest buildings in the city across the street from it.

[Pandemonious]

Thanks for the info, Pandemonious.
575-600 meters, even if taking Burj Dubai into the consideration, is damn tall.
I'm trying to imagine how this tower would look in real life, but it's hard given that it looks so 'impossibly' massive and tall. :)

I'm looking forward to more renderings, if you feel like posting them.

Well, it is triangular in plan, so just the nature of a triangle gives you the largest building faces for the same area. Compared with a building square in plan, the triangular shape will give you building faces that are 33% larger, with the same size floorplate. That is why it is so efficient structurally. Lots of studies have been done about this, and a triangular plan with the mega columns in the corner is about as efficient as possible.

[Pandemonious]

Seeing as this tower has its own dedicated thread now, I will stop posting about it in here. :)

[malec]

^That prism tower is one of the better ones, unfortunately their site planning is terrible. They should have moved the tower to the other side of the site. Lots of floors stare directly at the Jin Mao/SWFC and vice versa. great if you love skyscrapers.. terrible if you are trying to rent out space.

Well, judging from that render it doesn't look like any of the faces of jin mao or SWFC are directly facing the tower. Agree though, it would be better if it was moved to the back corner.

Anyway seems fairly similar to the russia tower, both are around the same height and the designs are a bit similar.

BTW I thought the burj will still have about 10 habitable floors in that steel structure.

[Pandemonious]

Define "habitable"? They are real floors, and in theory people can go inside them, but I think are solely for communications purpose and are VERY small in floor area.

Also, where that tower sits, the entire southern face of Jin Mao stares directly at that tower. Trust me, I had to help build a huge foam site model of Pudong as part of the project. We decided placing the tower there was bad planning, and the whole "green belt" concept for the area will be rendered pointless anyway since supposedly the part adjacent to Jin Mao is slated for development.

[malec]

^^ Well I thought the concrete part ends at 575m and around the 152nd floor. I think they've said there are office floors up to the 160th so that leaves a few mechanical ones left.

Maybe the render is wrong, or I'm just stupid but it looks like jin mao just about faces the gap. I won't try to argue though, it's pointless and you're most likely right anyway :D

[Urban Zombie®]

BIG NEWS!---er...hopefully...

http://static.flickr.com/70/214945416_4fbe885061_o.jpg

As I was walking around today, I came across a gigantic construction site--that wasn't there as of last week--in the exact location of the XuJiaHui supertall site as indicated in this rendering--I didn't see any signs, but I also wasn't very thorough.

[giallo]

^Awesome, Anton. How about a pic or two to satisfy our curiousity?

[Urban Zombie®]

Yeah, if I remember I'll bring my camera when I go back tomorrow.

[Shanghai_Fan]

Wonderful news, Anton. We have been waiting for that supertall to be started for too long!

Some of you guys might be interested in checking this site too when you have a chance. It's at 1788 Nanjing Lu
http://img135.imageshack.us/img135/3480/nanjingwestroad1788nw3.jpg

To sum up, we have many biggies u/c for the coming years already...

- Shanghai Center: 550-600m
- SWFC: 492m
- Xujiahui Center: 400-500m
- North Bund Tower: 288-388m < There should be an official height already
- Wheelock Square: 290m
- TIPS Tower: 290m < Somebody should have a tour at Hongqiao Development Zone CBD some day :D

[giallo]

Hmmmm, I wonder if this is the building Plinko was talking about. If tomorrow is decent I'll go check it out.

[staff]

Question is, how could we miss it?

[Urban Zombie®]

^Awesome, Anton. How about a pic or two to satisfy our curiousity?

As promised. Sorry about the beyond shoddy quality, it started raining heavily as I approached the site. This was the best I could do without getting totally drenched:

Lots of heavy equipment being set up to the right of this picture...
http://i.pbase.com/o5/45/599045/1/67745142.80Zb2LYI.IMG_4108.jpg

...some of which you can see here.
http://i.pbase.com/o5/45/599045/1/67745143.kp2ZJC6j.IMG_4109.jpg

I'll get some more comprehensive shots (and hopefully aesthetically pleasing ones) next time I go back--which probably won't be for at least a week or so since I'm going out of town.

This site is huge--much larger than the pictures would lead you to believe. I don't know, looks promising, this site...

[Fabb]

Tanks !
Hopefully, the tall one will be built first. That'll make Libeskind happy.

[giallo]

Thanks, Anton.
I almost can't believe what's going on in this town at the moment. It's almost too much to comprehend.

[staff]

I can't remember the name of this building. Anyway, they started the cladding a while ago but suddenly decided to remove it again. The salmon coloured corners stayed though.
However, new glass is coming up now - pitch black. This will be an evil looking building.
http://img429.imageshack.us/img429/1337/laxhornanwm7.jpg

[giallo]

A bunch of stuff to look at..

The Standard Chartered Building aka Ichito Tower

http://www.inclearimage.com/giallo/oct3ichito.jpg




This office tower is going up close to my place. I have a great view of it from my window. Looks to be about 30 floors.


http://www.inclearimage.com/giallo/oct8elite.jpg




http://www.inclearimage.com/giallo/oct8elite2.jpg




From my window

http://www.inclearimage.com/giallo/oct9elite.jpg




Went walking in the Century Park area of Pudong yesterday. It's a hive of constuction activity. Here are a few projects I saw:


I think 'The Cube' would be an apt name

http://www.inclearimage.com/giallo/oct9cube.jpg




http://www.inclearimage.com/giallo/oct9cube2.jpg




This one looks average


http://www.inclearimage.com/giallo/oct9unknown.jpg




http://www.inclearimage.com/giallo/oct9unknown2.jpg




This one looks like it may break the 150m mark

http://www.inclearimage.com/giallo/oct9500ft.jpg




http://www.inclearimage.com/giallo/oct9500ft2.jpg



There were a lot more sites to check out, but I didn't want to get caught in subway rush hour hell.

[staff]

Nice updates! I like that Cube building. Reminds me of something that actually could be built back home.

[Shanghai_Fan]

More projects, all in Pudong

Gezhouda Building
http://img294.imageshack.us/img294/8223/gezhoudambuilding31bw7.jpg

East China Automobile Building
http://img279.imageshack.us/img279/2645/eastchinaautomobilecity22sm2.jpg

Another
http://img166.imageshack.us/img166/4590/fineauspiciouscenter1eo0.jpg

[Shanghai_Fan]

More projects in Pudong

http://img48.imageshack.us/img48/7275/cgvymscwxqw7fhcveuekr7n3fd9.jpg

http://img48.imageshack.us/img48/3489/uevsmycwxqw7vata6kp2028uoa3.jpg

Grand Center
http://img48.imageshack.us/img48/1716/grandcenter1aj1.jpg

http://img265.imageshack.us/img265/8697/grandcenter2zd7.jpg

Another
http://img265.imageshack.us/img265/9273/p8ax5qrqt0iuxazmbkqtz7ymantd3.jpg

http://img245.imageshack.us/img245/2401/p8ax5qrqt0iuxadsnuxbn42wcspt7.jpg

Pretty one
http://img245.imageshack.us/img245/8837/rssqr7npqqhar6p9jkrznx5.jpg

Projects in Long Yanglu
http://img166.imageshack.us/img166/8180/longyangluareadp5.jpg

http://img166.imageshack.us/img166/1513/12h413frh8mwkvdb3.jpg

Arts Center
http://img189.imageshack.us/img189/6853/nightview20050411tj95pyjmppx1jj7.jpg

http://img214.imageshack.us/img214/6375/artscenterzh6.jpg

http://img124.imageshack.us/img124/9959/per20050411xy4czru9byv2oo2.jpg

Another
http://img351.imageshack.us/img351/7927/m7owp09qnqmb61lazlgp8.jpg

[staff]

Does anyone know anything about this project?
I was browsing around in Copenhagen based architect firm BIG's website, and found it. It's called 'People's Building', and is supposed to be part of the World Expo in 2010.
I like the fact that it depicts the character 人 (ren = people), and the overall design.

On the website it says that it's status is 'ongoing', but I have no idea how to interpret that.

More info on www.big.dk.

Info:
http://img141.imageshack.us/img141/4797/1dh5.jpg

http://img81.imageshack.us/img81/9499/2rq0.jpg

Renderings:
http://img220.imageshack.us/img220/9003/3np6.jpg

http://img141.imageshack.us/img141/5843/4nx3.jpg

http://img220.imageshack.us/img220/8851/5mz5.jpg

http://img220.imageshack.us/img220/6743/6ru8.jpg

http://img81.imageshack.us/img81/8881/7zf2.jpg

http://img141.imageshack.us/img141/5949/8uv2.jpg

http://img81.imageshack.us/img81/8611/9jh5.jpg


Models:

http://img141.imageshack.us/img141/4233/10vf9.jpg

http://img141.imageshack.us/img141/9761/11bn8.jpg

http://img220.imageshack.us/img220/1897/12ig7.jpg

[malec]

^^ Wow, looks amazing. Although I wish there was more to the space around the building. Hopefully it's real but most likely is just an entry for a competition or something

[giallo]

Well, it's a damn fine entry if it is. I love the red peeps walking along the swiss cheese roof. Only in China would that actually be a possiblity.

[Fabb]

Well, it's a damn fine entry if it is. I love the red peeps walking along the swiss cheese roof. Only in China would that actually be a possiblity.

It doesn't look safe. It's not realistic.

[Pandemonious]

Yeah. Unless that thing has a wonkavator it seems unsafe for habitation, based on life-safety/escape routes.. by any standards... at the same time, some large swaths many floors high and wide have no windows whatsovever... this seems like a complete fantasy design to me.

[giallo]

It doesn't look safe. It's not realistic.

I know. I was just having a little fun.

True about the elevators, Pan. I never thought about that.

[Fabb]

I know. I was just having a little fun.


Those who made the rendering probably started this little game. Unless the architects are totally crazy.

[colemonkee]

Unless that thing has a wonkavator it seems unsafe for habitation
There are buildings with diagonal elevators. The Luxor Hotel in Vegas has what they call "inclinators" that travel diagonally along the corners of the building, so it is possible.

[staff]

Old rendering, but more info is needed about it.
http://www.skyscrapers.cn/forum/attachments/153964_1128663726_8ZhjkEtd3Qol.jpg

The tall building next to the Maxdo Center is supposedly the 290m tall TIPS China Building - but I have no idea about the status of this project.

The other tall building seen in the background looks like it's in or near Zhongshan Park - anyone got any info?

[Shanghai_Fan]

Xintiandi Phase III or IV. The tall white building will be Shui'on/ Rui'an Group's new Shanghai HQ according to YelloPerilo from ssc.
http://img97.imageshack.us/img97/3267/1841531149220054qx1.jpg
We need news about this project. The image is a little old, btw.


Another render of Infinite Tower, located in Xujiahui. Main piece of the masterplan by Agrest and Gandelsonas.
http://img142.imageshack.us/img142/9155/1841531135698548gh0.jpg
More info about this huge project here (http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showthread.php?referrerid=39159&t=318392)

Another issue: Bading Development Finance Mansion, 180m, 41 floors (Emporis) Does any body here know about this project? Render, location?

[Þróndeimr]

Future City
250m and 52 floors
http://img69.imageshack.us/img69/3964/250m1gs.th.jpg (http://img69.imageshack.us/my.php?image=250m1gs.jpg)http://img78.imageshack.us/img78/2249/r6uvtarqvnmvewrochzw4d62ky.th.jpg (http://img78.imageshack.us/my.php?image=r6uvtarqvnmvewrochzw4d62ky.jpg)http://img78.imageshack.us/img78/6444/wlcgkzjfnyujsbu5ax.th.jpg (http://img78.imageshack.us/my.php?image=wlcgkzjfnyujsbu5ax.jpg)http://img155.imageshack.us/img155/9069/wlccujdklj4wovlr0uz.th.jpg (http://img155.imageshack.us/my.php?image=wlccujdklj4wovlr0uz.jpg)


Do you have the link to these renderings, where you found them?

Do you know whats the architect, or any other companies involved in the project?

[Shanghai_Fan]

Do you have the link to these renderings, where you found them?

Do you know whats the architect, or any other companies involved in the project?

It's designed by Jacques Ferrier. Here you have an article, I can't tell you anything else since I can't speak Chinese :D
http://finance.sina.com.cn/g/20051114/07132115490.shtml

I found the other renders at skyscrapers.cn forums.

[Þróndeimr]

It's designed by Jacques Ferrier. Here you have an article, I can't tell you anything else since I can't speak Chinese :D
http://finance.sina.com.cn/g/20051114/07132115490.shtml

I found the other renders at skyscrapers.cn forums.

Thanks a lot! I used it to add the building into Emporis, that page need better cover on Shanghai and China! :cool:

By the way, do you have any links or do you know whos the architect behind Albany Oasis Garden?

[Þróndeimr]

^ And according to Jacques Ferrier's homepage the Future City will be 60 floors tall. :tup:

[Þróndeimr]

I think 'The Cube' would be an apt name

http://www.inclearimage.com/giallo/oct9cube.jpg

Looks similar to Zhengda Cube Plaza, its 88m tall with 22 floors. Gross floor area is 41 000m², its a Office building and its the Coast Palisade Consulting Group which is the architect behind the building.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v646/cityq/Projects%20and%20developments/ZhengdaCubePlaza1.jpg

[Þróndeimr]

http://img245.imageshack.us/img245/2401/p8ax5qrqt0iuxadsnuxbn42wcspt7.jpg

Nice, what building is that? any info?

[Shanghai_Fan]

Thanks a lot! I used it to add the building into Emporis, that page need better cover on Shanghai and China! :cool:

By the way, do you have and links or do you know whos the architect behind Albany Oasis Garden?

No sorry, but here is the official website: http://www.oasis-albany.com/
It's only in Chinese. You'll need someone who can understand Chinese to help you :D

[staff]

According to a forumer at ss.cn the final design for Xujiahui Center isn't approved yet. Can this actually be true, since they seem to have breaken ground already?
Maybe we'll see another tower than the Freedom Tower rip-off with a huge spire - the drawing of this tower at ss.cn's diagram centre is actually a building with 400m roof height. :)

[Shanghai_Fan]

^^ As far as I know there are three different designs for that tower. But I think I read somewhere that they approved the one which looks like FT.

The ss.cn diagram is based on this one. I wish they chose this.
http://img201.imageshack.us/img201/9008/xujiahuitower01sq0.jpg

http://img201.imageshack.us/img201/5653/1153052366dlduplfafkhrdp8.jpg

http://img201.imageshack.us/img201/6412/dsc05863qe6dm1t9wzfqqd6.jpg

[staff]

Shanghai_Fan,
The picture (?) isn't showing. EDIT: Now they are. :D
Anyway; here are the two other proposals (both 400m roof height) for the Xujiahui Center, taken from the diagrams at ss.cn:

Made by shalayo@163.com
http://www.skyscrapers.cn/menu3/cn/sh/Xujiahui_Center_02.gif

http://www.skyscrapers.cn/menu3/cn/sh/Xujiahui_Center.gif

----------------------

Check out this video, guys!

http://www.shjagh.gov.cn/test/jagh-3.wmv

It's about all the developments along and around Nanjing Xilu. From about 5 minutes into the film, it's all about renderings and animations - it's really well made actually. The tallest towers in the area are of course Plaza 66 and Wheelock, but it looks like there are at least a couple of other tall ones that are going up here.

[staff]

Shanghai_Fan,
Which tower (Oasis something - not the Oasis Skyway Garden Hotel though, which is listed as a seperate building) is this, by the way? Listed as U/C on ss.cn, and finished by 2008.
60 storeys, 260 meters.

Drawing by shalayo@163.com
http://www.skyscrapers.cn/menu3/cn/sh/sh_Oasis.gif

[Þróndeimr]

^ Thats the Albany Oasis Garden Office Tower in Hongkou, Puxi. Will haev offices, a hotel and a shopping center at the botton. The shopping center will be connected to a larger mall right beside the main tower. :)

[avcellvs]

Thats the Albany Oasis Garden Office Tower in Hongkou

Do you know its exact location in Hongkou ? Is it part of the North Bund redevelopment.

[Shanghai_Fan]

Shanghai_Fan,
Which tower (Oasis something - not the Oasis Skyway Garden Hotel though, which is listed as a seperate building) is this, by the way? Listed as U/C on ss.cn, and finished by 2008.
60 storeys, 260 meters.

Drawing by shalayo@163.com
http://www.skyscrapers.cn/menu3/cn/sh/sh_Oasis.gif

Albany Oasis Garden big render:
http://img168.imageshack.us/img168/4188/178omn9.jpg

Video: http://www.oasis-albany.com/ybltv.wmv

Map (it's located at the darker circle):
http://www.oasis-albany.com/images/map.jpg

[Fabb]

The rendering looks promising. It has something of Pelli's Minglin Beiltler Tower.

[Shanghai_Fan]

Here I post again that proposal by Nikken Sekkei, labeled as Gate of the Hongkou District 300m~

Anybody got more info about this? Status, floors, exact location?

Renders (two designs?)
http://img205.imageshack.us/img205/3407/1841531133580839nb9.jpg

http://img434.imageshack.us/img434/3104/gateofthehongkoudistrict01mr8.jpg

[staff]

I had no idea it will be this far north - pretty close to the train station it seems. This is nowhere near the North Bund projects.
http://www.oasis-albany.com/images/map.jpg


I took some pictures today at the Xujiahui Center construction site.

These cranes are where the smaller towers will be located.
http://img180.imageshack.us/img180/3334/xcinnergarduz2.jpg

http://img301.imageshack.us/img301/701/xcgulbilbi7.jpg


The plot where the main tower (400m) will be located is still occupied by these small buildings that hasn't been torn down yet. They are doing it as we speak though.
http://img180.imageshack.us/img180/1520/xcgamlahusbi1.jpg

There's not a single rendering at the site yet - all I could find was this billboard. Can't understand much of it.
http://img180.imageshack.us/img180/8593/xctavlaoj9.jpg

[Urban Zombie®]

^The sign indicates construction for the #9 subway line...but nothing else. I don't know if that means they're building only the new station or that and the super-tall project above it. I'm guessing both, since they already have plans to build the towers on this site. Considering how close this project is to the line 1 station, I'm guessing this will become a station where the 9 and 1 intersect. Anyway, that site is bleedin' enormous.

[staff]

Anyone have more info about this project?

http://www.skyscrapers.cn/forum/attachments/129322_1098544125_isVnOoKfNr1t.jpg

http://www.skyscrapers.cn/forum/attachments/X3-2_oIer2LYBOrC2.jpg

These seem to be newer renderings. Looks great.
http://www.skyscrapers.cn/forum/attachments/153964_1122360098_RwwdQu4q9KIs.jpg

http://www.skyscrapers.cn/forum/attachments/153964_1122360202_gbooPU4Rv11C.jpg


Don't know if this has been posted before.
This project is apparently called Shanghai Multimedia Valley, and is located close to the main train station.

Map of the area:
http://www.smv.com.cn/imgs/map.gif

Overview (check out the Turning Torso copy!):
http://www.smv.com.cn/imgs/img_plan_02_new.jpg

http://www.smv.com.cn/imgs/img_plan_03_new.jpg

http://www.smv.com.cn/imgs/img_plan_04_new.jpg


Some individual projects:
http://www.smv.com.cn/imgs/img_plan_05_new.jpg

http://www.smv.com.cn/imgs/img_plan_06_new.jpg

http://www.smv.com.cn/imgs/img_plan_07_new.jpg


http://www.smv.com.cn/imgs/img_plan_08_new.jpg

http://www.smv.com.cn/imgs/img_plan_09_new.jpg

http://www.smv.com.cn/imgs/img_plan_10_new.jpg

[Shanghai_Fan]

Do you know where is giallo, guys? I miss him a lot :D

[Urban Zombie®]

^
He was giving me lip the other day, so I had to put him back in his place. He's currently tied up in my closet and will remain so until he repents.

[Shanghai_Fan]

Plot B4-2 (just next to the Gran Mélia Hotel)

Signs of activities there ! The only rendering that surfaced out for this plot was a disappointing midrise glass cube (about 20 floors) years ago.

Yeah, this was:

http://img196.imageshack.us/img196/3117/lujiazuifinancialcentreun3.jpg

However, since this project is soooo old, I've been wondering wether they have changed the design very often. Now, look at this...

According to ss.cn, there is a new proposal for that plot. Here is the link, I'm not sure what are they saying, but in the second page they posted a picture of that plot, so... I suppose they are talking about it. The render looks quite promising. Anybody could translate the info?
http://www.skyscrapers.cn/forum/viewthread.php?tid=26938&extra=page%3D1

[Shanghai_Fan]

^
He was giving me lip the other day, so I had to put him back in his place. He's currently tied up in my closet and will remain so until he repents.

Tied up? Well, as long as you use precautions... Make a man of him! :whip:

[Shanghai_Fan]

WaiTanYuan Redevelopment

http://www.rockgroupdevelopment.com/images/bund-render-3-1-06.jpg

http://www.rockgroupdevelopment.com/images/model-3-1-06.jpg

http://www.rockgroupdevelopment.com/images/bund-plan-2-6-06.jpg

First time I get to see this project that includes a quite high tower. This building would reequilibrate the Bund skyline which is a bit empty at the north (as seen from the Lujiazui CBD).

More informations :

http://www.rockgroupdevelopment.com/shanghai/index.html

http://www.rockgroupdevelopment.com/news/shanghai_bund.html

I suppose this is the same project as the so called Harmony City...
http://img64.imageshack.us/img64/885/0127a187wt3.jpg

... and, I guess that's the area where the Shanghai Rockefeller Center is proposed...
http://static.flickr.com/82/207225324_8e24d5b35a_o.jpg

... do you have any news of this master plan? The height and no. of floors of the taller building maybe?

[Shanghai_Fan]

I think I've just discovered something big...

Check this article published in august 2006: http://sh.focus.cn/votehouse/2404.html

Here is a project called 绿洲中环中心(绿洲湖畔花园二期)社区网, something like Oasis Lakeside Garden. I saw these renders long time ago, but before today I thought they might be just another proposal for Shangri-La Puxi hotel. Now I wonder if they are a second phase of the Oasis Skyway Garden or so. Take notice that the article has been published quite recently, last august.

Renders
http://img.soufun.com/house/2004_11/10/1100077422567.jpeg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v641/z0rg/15214304-1.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v641/z0rg/87383430-1.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v641/z0rg/main3_pic_179bVFeCIs6T.gif

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v641/z0rg/main4_02_pic_Lj32XSnCe6wr.gif

[Shanghai_Fan]

Another render of 1788th Nanjing Xi Lu project

http://www.skyscrapers.cn/forum/attachments/1161255427_yOGcBYnNxOiE.jpg

Plot
http://www.skyscrapers.cn/forum/attachments/Danburg%20Murmur_evav497HzyyA.jpg

http://www.skyscrapers.cn/forum/attachments/Danburg%20Murmur2_4QbEh0Vwt47z.jpg

[Shanghai_Fan]

Donghai Plaza, november 13th. From Cityrain's thread
http://img88.imageshack.us/img88/6/2696491163863025dt3.jpg

Standard Chartered Building, September 27th
http://img293.imageshack.us/img293/2990/1095721163813352qb8.jpg

[avcellvs]

Official news from SHKP projects in Shanghai :

NEW PROJECT : Shanghai’s Huai Hai Zhong Road

The Huai Hai Zhong Road Lot 3 project takes full advantage of its linkage with a new MTR station which will form a transport hub for the interchange of three MTR lines, one operating and other two under construction. By opening up the basement retail into the combined station concourse, the project will capture an uninterrupted flow of railway commuters. Apart from being the most sought-after retail mall, the project also comprises grade A office space and luxurious residential apartments. The commercial and the residential elements will be integrated by an elegant yet vibrant façade, making it a coherent comprehensive development.

http://www.shkp.com.hk/en/images/mainland/2006_shanghai_01.jpg


More details about the Wei Fong project (by the Huangpu river, in front of the Shimao Riviera Garden)

Another developing project in Shanghai is the Wei Fong residential development. The project, with gross floor area of about 1.7 million square feet, is located at a prime site on the waterfront of Huangpu River. With residential development, serviced apartment, clubhouse and other facilities, it will be the most deluxe property in Lujiazui of Pudong. The buildings are grouped in curvilinear form, and residential blocks are stepped in height to capture the best views of the Huangpu river and the Bund. Its unique exterior building design, facing Huangpu River, makes it as an icon of Pudong district.

http://www.shkp.com.hk/en/images/mainland/2006_shanghai_03.jpg

http://www.shkp.com.hk/data/publication/quarterly/20/20/20_282.pdf

[avcellvs]

Kerry center extension (Jingan district, closed to Plazza 66 towers and the Wheelock square).

Rendering from the east :

http://img221.imageshack.us/img221/9065/1841531166756477yz6.jpg

Rendering from the south :

http://img186.imageshack.us/img186/5148/1841531166756730vu3.jpg


New renderings for the China Merchants Bank Mansion

http://img403.imageshack.us/img403/93/1095721167976530nh3.jpg

http://img403.imageshack.us/img403/926/1167456483mvhp8zkuvlqost8.jpg

http://img166.imageshack.us/img166/5632/zsyh38xlmrx41fgpjwc4.jpg

http://img444.imageshack.us/img444/1561/zsyh2zmdwon2fsm2emn8.jpg

[avcellvs]

More news (from a Zorg's post on SSC) Haitai Center, a project for the Hongkou district :

http://img237.imageshack.us/img237/3809/haitaizhongxinkt5.jpg

http://img237.imageshack.us/img237/2143/haitaiinternationalbuilsn3.jpg




A project in Pudong :

http://img151.imageshack.us/img151/1958/gaofanbuildingpudong36fnr8.jpg

[staff]

From SSC:
RTKL's proposal for Z3-2 plot.

http://www.skyscrapers.cn/forum/attachments/1_b6Jt1vlL6u2t.jpg

http://www.skyscrapers.cn/forum/attachments/2_hg0vjp8xeAb1.jpg

http://www.skyscrapers.cn/forum/attachments/3_vshkR4dUAwpy.jpg

http://www.skyscrapers.cn/forum/attachments/4_nRJTaQ9u3zP7.jpg

http://www.skyscrapers.cn/forum/attachments/5_HNXnBEsEbWBg.jpg

http://www.skyscrapers.cn/forum/attachments/6_5tV1pGh9Egb3.jpg

http://www.skyscrapers.cn/forum/attachments/8_eIqibzTX3Xb4.jpg

http://www.skyscrapers.cn/forum/attachments/7_RkS0RXCtNOYg.jpg

[Urban Zombie®]

^That's not only completely awesome, but completely dwarfs the 500m SWFC! Bring it on!

[avcellvs]

New rendering (again !) for the XXIth Century Mansion, its construction is supposed to have resumed.

http://img404.imageshack.us/img404/2749/21stcenturymansionrd1.jpg

Another rendering of the Global Financial Building in construction in the Lujiazui zone.

http://img294.imageshack.us/img294/8793/gaobaofinancialbuildingrj3.jpg

[staff]

Looking good.

I like that the WFC is about twice the height of Jin Mao in this rendering. :haha:
http://img404.imageshack.us/img404/2749/21stcenturymansionrd1.jpg

[avcellvs]

Completed DongHai Plaza :

http://i140.photobucket.com/albums/r5/z0rgg/JiMzODc0NTumdw_zBaO8uf5bMQ8.jpg

[avcellvs]

A pic of the completed HongYi Building :

http://farm1.static.flickr.com/128/381789758_334d37deb3_o.jpg

[giallo]

July 23


The expo grounds have totally taken off. I really need to get closer so I can get a more detailed update.


This is the tallest planned for the site, not including the North Bund Tower of course.


http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1280/874026603_f45371ecf2_o.jpg




This is the best I could do as far as getting a wide angle of the grounds. I tried to get on the site in the foreground, but got kicked off.
If you look closely, you can see four buildings rising behind the yellow crane. They are a mixture of office, hotel and convention space. I'll make it my mission in the next couple of weeks to get an aerial and try to get on to the actually site.

http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1116/874026613_afaa49f3b4_o.jpg

[Fabb]

Wheelock Square, updated by Cityrain

http://img120.imageshack.us/img120/7411/1126521192971088zp5.jpg

[giallo]

I wonder what happened to the Wheelock construction thread. It's gone.

Oct 24

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2333/1738995918_becb0651a8_o.jpg

[staff]

It seems almost unreal that the Wheelock is above ground.
Nothing (visible) happened to this tower from the time I visited Shanghai in February 2006, until the time I moved to Scandinavia from Shanghai in June 2007.

[giallo]

New office tower UC right beside the Global Financial Tower. Don't know the name or the height.


http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2209/2045714249_63ddd92b64_o.jpg




http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2221/2045714257_c1d33b66c8_o.jpg




http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2296/2045714253_3affa458e6_o.jpg



21st Century Mansion is above ground


http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2261/2045720457_a64f6aa638_o.jpg




http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2223/2045720459_b468605e4f_o.jpg




http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2309/2045720467_f00819af05_o.jpg



Any information (height, completion dates) for these towers would be appreciated.

[JoshYent]

nice!

[staff]

The cladding looks quite interesting on that no-name glass box. Is it the new Beijing WTC that has a similar facade?

I think you need to pay a visit to the areas around Sichuan Rd. too, giallo. It's a nice place overall (there are some nice camera shops there btw), but remember I told you about having seen a construction site for a tower there?
I'd love to check it out myself, but I'm not a 25 RMB taxi ride from there anymore.. :(

[Gava]

List of all skyscrapers of 200 meter or more, built, UC, approved and proposed in Shanghai, made by zOrg.
http://img185.imageshack.us/img185/6241/shanghaidec2007kq0.jpg

[staff]

Bund CITIC City, 240m, 47 floors. Located at Sichuan Bei Lu. New renders:
http://www.skyscrapers.cn/forum/attachments/20080409_991ff08289090b9a866awTfPMzH0Ig3i.jpg

http://www.skyscrapers.cn/forum/attachments/20080409_90f440993d99cded6fc5CZkMTam9CHHg.jpg


Giallo,
I'm pretty sure this is the one I spotted an evening in this area, on Sichuan Rd.

[Aleks]

That's a nice project ^^

Anyways, can we please get a list of all the projects on the first post. And renders. I'd like to see everything in one place. Easy to view. Shanghai is a very organized city. Not so much in the Shanghai Compilation Thread.

[staff]

Time for a new supertall it seems, in Shui On's (Rui'An in mandarin) new Xintiandi II development. Construction to start before the end of the year, according to the developer.


A model of the area. The design is only conceptual at this stage.

http://dfdaily.eastday.com/d/20080622/images/00089888.jpg


http://www.shanghaidaily.com/sp/article/2008/200806/20080623/article_364209.htm
It's bloom time in architecture
By Li Xinran | 2008-6-23 | NEWSPAPER EDITION

JUST when you thought that Shanghai could not possibly become more architecturally state of the art, a company comes up with a trump card.

Picture a 68-story building in the shape of the bud of the city's floral emblem, the magnolia. Add to that a Broadway-style theater, an international hospital, an exhibition center and the only international school in the downtown area.

But wait, there's more.

The new will meet the old at ground level where shikumen, or stone-gate houses, will line traditional alleyways that will also incorporate fashion stores, museums and cafes.

Shui On Land Ltd developed the city's Xintiandi with the same old-meets-new theme. The 68-story project will be Xintiandi's sister ... Xintiandi's very big sister.

The Hong Kong-listed Shui On plans to complete Xintiandi II in the Taiping Lake area in the next seven to 10 years, directly opposite its smaller namesake.

The new skyscraper will stand near the business area of Xizang Road M. and construction is expected to begin before the end of the year, Shui On says.

The stone-gate alleys along Dongtai Road will be restored to their original splendor and incorporate antique stores and small museums, according to Shui On officials.

The 52-hectare project to rebuild the Taiping Lake area is expected to become part of a secondary central business district. Two six-star hotels - the Jumeirah and the Conrad - are already earmarked to be opened in the area in November.

Shui On also unveiled a new wishing fountain in the northern part of Xintiandi over the weekend.

The fountain, designed by Chinese-Dutch sculptress Wu Jingru, features images of three traditional Chinese gods "Fu," "Lu" and "Shou" - signifying luck, fortune and health.

Wu said the three bronze sculptures, each more than two meters tall, are a fusion of traditional Chinese beliefs and a Western fountain.

[staff]

http://www.shanghaidaily.com/article/?id=364980&type=Metro
Disneyland in Pudong a 'done deal'

Source: Shanghai Daily | 2008-6-29 | NEWSPAPER EDITION

YEARS of negotiations between the Shanghai government and Walt Disney Co appear to have clinched a deal for a huge Disneyland to be built in Pudong.

The official announcement is expected to be made after the Beijing Olympics in August.

An exclusive report published by the Hong Kong-based Wen Wei Po newspaper yesterday said the park will cover about 10 square kilometers of land - about eight times the size of Hong Kong Disneyland.

It will be near Pudong's Chuansha Town, about 20 minutes' drive from Pudong International Airport.

Earlier media reports had said the Shanghai government preferred it to be built on the city's island county Chongming.

Yesterday's report quoted unnamed people involved in the discussion, saying Shanghai Disneyland won't follow the Hong Kong model, in which the Hong Kong government leased the land to Disney.

The Shanghai government will provide the land, finance construction, and own the majority stake in the park, the report said.

Management rights will be given to Disney, which will also get royalties and a percentage of operational income.

The report said the park will open "at the earliest possible time" in 2012, when about one-third of the park will be completed.

"Considering inflation, the budget to build the park, excluding the land cost, should rise to about 40 billion yuan (US$5.7 billion), from the earlier estimate of 30 billion yuan," an unnamed "expert involved in the appraisal of the project" was quoted as saying.

In March, Shanghai Mayor Han Zheng said the local government had applied to the central government to build a Disneyland.

It would be the third Disneyland in Asia after Japan and Hong Kong.

Walt Disney Co signed a statement of intent to build a Disneyland on the Chinese mainland in 2002, and then set up a venture to develop it.

The plan was put on hold because of concerns that the Hong Kong park, opened in 2005, would suffer.

[staff]

Sanzhi Tower, aka Great Wall Mansion, aka Zhenrufu Center.

July 3rd.

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3101/2631165565_c2d569a811_o.jpg

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3270/2631165563_d21606bc93_o.jpg

[staff]

http://www.shanghaidaily.com/sp/article/2008/200807/20080703/article_365500.htm
Building lights may be used to issue weather alerts

By Yang Lifei | 2008-7-3 | ONLINE EDITION

SHANGHAI is planning to release weather information by changing the color of lights on some landmark buildings, the Oriental Morning Post reported today.

Meteorological departments are working with some district governments including Xuhui and Baoshan to promote the weather warnings with lighting, Tang Xu, director of the Shanghai Meteorological Bureau, told the newspaper.

Tang said they would make use of some skyscrapers such as the Grand Gateway in Xujiahui, Xuhui. Its rooftop lighting is bright and can be seen in the distance.

``The white lights can be changed into other colors matching the weather warning alerts such as blue, yellow, orange and red. Different colors indicate the weather will change,'' the director told the newspaper.

However, the plan is considered only as another way to provide weather forecasts to the public. Media reports, LED boards, SMS messages, the weather hotline and the Website www.soweather.com/pubweb/ will still be the primary ways for residents to get forecasts, the report said.

Tang added that the city meteorological departments were trying hard to have weather forecasts displayed on all 25,000 public LED boards throughout the city in the near future.

[Aleks]

I like that idea. Now you can just look up and see how the weather will be instead of finding it over a computer or a tv.

Anyways, I don't like that there's going to be a Disneyland in Pudong. I actually don't like the idea of a Disneyland in Shanghai. Six Flags should get the plot.

[Urban Zombie®]

^
I think it's a huge waste of money and resources to build yet another, dime-a-dozen, corporate theme park. If they want a theme park that badly, they should build something unique and original--that you can't already find on every other continent.

[staff]

I walked past the Xintiandi II site tonight and it already has huge renderings of the new supertall on the fence surrounding the plot. I wish I had taken a photo of it, but I'll do it next time.

[Urban Zombie®]

^
Haha...I also did the same last week. I had my camera with me and spent probably an entire minute or so debating whether or not to take a picture of it. In the end, I was too lazy to take out my camera.

[Shanghai_Fan]

^
Haha...I also did the same last week. I had my camera with me and spent probably an entire minute or so debating whether or not to take a picture of it. In the end, I was too lazy to take out my camera.

Yo should be banned forever :hell: :whip:

[staff]

No worries guys. Here it is:

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3175/2670846246_fdaceec6a4_o.jpg

[staff]

Some updates (July 21st);

130 Building, close to the train station;
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3013/2691002739_363106512c_o.jpg

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3229/2691003683_94c40720c3_o.jpg




Cladding has started on the BM Plaza (looks similar to the Wheelock Sq. cladding);

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3149/2691812866_6dd25ff8b6_o.jpg




Yunian International Commerce Tower (better translation anyone?) next to the BM Plaza plot;

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3112/2691004113_1c768482d9_o.jpg

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3114/2691003921_515f099c03_o.jpg

[Fabb]

No worries guys. Here it is:

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3175/2670846246_fdaceec6a4_o.jpg

I like it.
It looks like a new version of Parkhaven in Rotterdam.

[staff]

Some new ones for you guys (pics taken July 22nd)...


This is what's going up on Huaihai Zhong Lu (Near Shanxi Nan Lu) where the old Silk Market was situated.
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3267/2693539330_1b7f7264a8_o.jpg

The tallest looks like it's going to be about 40 stories or taller, over 200m?

Site today,
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3022/2692724743_f889e7d4c0_o.jpg

[staff]

The area on and around Sichuan (North) Road close to the North Bund area is booming like crazy. Four pretty tall towers are under construction very close to each other along this road.


Furthest south is the CITIC Plaza (http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showthread.php?t=668600), 240m, 47fl;

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3178/2692555571_e97f48318f_o.jpg

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3216/2692555913_d3c7b84f9e_o.jpg

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3190/2693370996_9e264a7294_o.jpg



The next tower is the Shanghai International Capital Plaza (no height info);

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3037/2693540264_7d5cde13c1_o.jpg

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3191/2692725659_e61992d03f_o.jpg



Next one is the Rose Plaza;

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3166/2692725169_d28b9580b6_o.jpg

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3097/2692725327_e5d56c59e7_o.jpg



The "last one" (as far as I went today, that is) is a tower that I don't know the name of.
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3265/2693540614_398af93628_o.jpg


That's all for today. I think it is safe to say that Shanghai is booming like crazy ("again") :tup:

[staff]

Jia Jie International Tower, July 23;

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3002/2695303549_1e9ba51a5a_o.jpg