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Old Posted Sep 6, 2006, 12:09 PM
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Come on, it can't be that bad. Also you say it's a disaster in terms of urban context, what context?
I think it is that bad... from walking around it, seeing it in person at street level from all angles. The trouble is that this project does not create any context. It is simply an island.

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And the "wall" look isn't new in HK.
No, it's not. And an ambitious project like Union Square was a good chance to correct the problem of "the wall."

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Not forever [in the middle of nowhere] though.
Cultural facilities will arrive sooner or later.
Yes, true. But how long has the Canopy project been under planning? A decade? And the cultural facilities will only address the problem of the south side of Union Square.

I wish I had taken some photos of how this thing looks, blank three-story walls on three sides, a highway and ramps on the fourth side. Sure, this thing looks great on postcards and faraway shots, but there is more to buildings and cities than that.

And now the interior design scheme... no class. The IFC mall has class. This looks like Shatin, way too overdone.
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Old Posted Sep 7, 2006, 8:38 PM
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I took these during my stay in Hong Kong from August 30th to September 5th:

Let's start with two photos of the entire Union Square project:




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ICC still doesn't have much steel around the core.
     
     
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Old Posted Sep 20, 2006, 8:13 AM
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US6 is looking good.
     
     
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Old Posted Sep 20, 2006, 8:53 AM
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Notice US7 got 4 cranes now, compare to just 2 only couple months ago.
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How many actual floors?
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I think 37 or 38 floors in core!
     
     
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Old Posted Sep 21, 2006, 10:34 AM
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Could be. The last update was about ten days ago.
     
     
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Wil be interesting to see how nice this skyline wil look after this tower completes.
     
     
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Old Posted Sep 21, 2006, 4:22 PM
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US will form its own skyline. ICC and 2IFC will be distant rivals.
     
     
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here in the western world, we have bottle openers that look like that tower... bottle openers that were most likely made in china.
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here in the western world, we have bottle openers that look like that tower... bottle openers that were most likely made in china.
You think this looks like a bottle opener? This thread is about this,

Not this...

The Shanghai World Financial Center^^^
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[QUOTE=spicytimothy]some updates from yesterday 9-24:









     
     
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Looking good.
Thanks spicythimoty for the update !
     
     
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What will the narrow floorplates on top of USP 6 be used for?
     
     
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Old Posted Sep 29, 2006, 2:11 PM
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Update: 29 September. Looks like they are installing the yellow crane(s) on the core *again*!





BONUS: US7 and Hanoi Road:

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