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Old Posted Oct 9, 2006, 1:46 PM
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Your city's top 10 tallest.

What are your city's top 10 tallest proposed/approved or built?
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Old Posted Oct 9, 2006, 6:09 PM
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For Paris is really dificult to many towers are proposed
(300m 400m 240m etc..)

But only built under in construction and approuved is possible

Paris urban area

1 Eiffel tower 324 m 1063 ft 1889


2 EDIT Generalli Tower approved 308 m 1010.5 ft 2011


3 Tour Assur
renovation approuved 159 m at 225 m 541 ft at 726 ft 2009


4 Tour Montparnasse 210 m 689 ft 1973


5 Tour Total 187 m 614 ft 1985


6 Tour T1 185 m 607 ft 2007
Under in Construction


7 Tour Areva 184 m 604 ft 1974


8 Tour Granite 184 m 600 ft 2007
Under in Construction


9 Tour Gan 179 m 587 ft 1974


10 Tour Chassagne 167 m 548 ft 1995
Twin Towers Societe General


11 Tour Alicante 167 m 548 ft 1995
Twin Towers Societe General

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Old Posted Oct 10, 2006, 2:09 AM
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Well, at the same height as the EDF Tower (165m), there's also the Collange-Front de Seine twin towers. An approved project which is planned to begin its construction by 2007.

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Old Posted Oct 10, 2006, 6:44 PM
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For Paris is really dificult to many towers are proposed
(300m 400m 240m etc..)

But only built under in construction and approuved is possible
Come on there isn't that many. No more than other places in Europe.
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Old Posted Oct 10, 2006, 6:44 PM
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London

1. Shard/London Bridge, 310m
(Possibly the tallest skyscraper in western Europe, IMO definately the most beautiful Now fully funded and tenants are secured)



2. Bishopsgate Tower , 288m

(Stunning design, will be 2nd tallest building in the UK. Small Works already underway)



3. Heron Tower, 242m (to spire)
(Soaring, elegent, yet simple. Preperatory works underway for the tower and the current building's demolition. Talks of a second height increase)



4. 1 Canada Square, 235m



5. Leadenhall Building, 225m
(Just 3 months to demolition of current site, tower to be built without tenants)



6. North Quay Development (2 towers), 216m



7. Riverside South Development (2 towers), 214m



8. HSBC World HQ, 200m



9. Citigroup European HQ, 200m



10. Tower 42, 183m



If I include all towers (Including twins and ones in pre planning) it looks like this:

1. Shard/London Bridge (310m)
2. Bishopsgate Tower (288m)
3. Heron Tower (242m)
4. 1 Canada Square (235m)
5. Glengall Bridge (230m)
6. Leadenhall Building (225m)
7. North Quay T1 (216m)
8. Riverside South T1 (214m)
9. North Quay T3 (203m)
10. 20 Blackfriars road (200m)
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Old Posted Oct 10, 2006, 6:51 PM
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wow London! But I think 300+ Towers a somehow too high for an old Europen City. Don't you think it will totally destroy the historic skyline of London.
I'm not a too big fan of really tall skyscrapers in the inner City Districts of European capitals.
But the Quality of the single buildings is very high, way better that other towers in other Cities.
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Old Posted Oct 10, 2006, 7:34 PM
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What skyline? London has notable buildings just as the Houses of Parliament and St. Pauls which command views from the area around it but very few buildings which can be seen across the whole city - and there is no real collection of all London's historic buildings. The last time London had a "real" skyline was arguably in the 17th century, when St. Pauls Cathederal was the iconic centrepiece and Wren's other churches backed up the cluster. Since then, all other buildings built in the City of London reached and surpassed the height of the churches and in the 60s, with a hoard of brutalist towers, St. Pauls became considerably less noticeable.

London is a city that consistently reinvents itself. Perhaps more than any other major world city, it has taken the best of all major Western styles of architecture in the last 1000 years: We have castles, cathederals in the Notre Dame-style and with huge domes and mock-gothic Victorian behemoths, yet we also have some truly world class modern architecture - The London Eye, the Gherkin, Wembley and the Millennium Dome are some of the more famous examples already built with a whole load following them in the near future.

I don't think of London as an old city really. It is too dynamic, too constantly evolving to be old. Old implies it is past it somehow, that it is senile. Visit the city for yourself Niko and you will see that that is simply not true.
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Old Posted Oct 11, 2006, 1:35 AM
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Come on there isn't that many. No more than other places in Europe.
Actually, outside the renovated AXA tower (225m), there are indeed at least three other towers above 200 meters to be built only in La Défense (the tallest one being most likely between 280m and 350m).

Those projects have already been approved, we already know their location, but as there are contests of architecture for their design, there's no rendering yet. However, it can indeed go rather fast, as there's not all the troubles about property and leasing as in London.
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Old Posted Oct 11, 2006, 11:30 AM
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Yes, but still there are not so many as to warrent not listing them, that is just lazyness. There are 9 or 10+ towers planned in London, and that sure isn't too many to list.
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Old Posted Oct 11, 2006, 12:32 PM
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The reason why he can't list them is not because he's lazy, but simply because we don't have renderings yet, and in some cases approval is still pending.

Wait until mid-November and we should have the first renderings, at which point the top five will look like this:
1. Iconic ("signal") Tower: (300m to 400m)
2. Eiffel Tower (300m)
3. Generali Tower (240m)
4. Assur Tower (225m)
5. Montparnasse Tower (210m)

Wait until Christmas, and we should know if the Issy-les-Moulineaux local council approve the Hypergreen Tower, at which point the top five could look like this:
1. Iconic ("signal") Tower: (300m to 400m)
2. Eiffel Tower (300m)
3. Hypergreen Tower (246m)
4. Generali Tower (240m)
5. Assur Tower (225m)

Wait until next year and we should have several other towers above 200m in La Défense. Right now, only those working for the La Défense Authority know exactly the details.
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Vilnius

1 Vilnius TV Tower 326.4m 1980


2 Europe Tower 128.9m 2004


3 Helios City Tower 1 96m 2006


4 Europe Square Apartments 95m 2004


5 Reval Hotel Lietuva 85m 1983


6 Vyrokas Apartments 80m 2009

7 Vilnius Municipal Center 76.8m 2004


8 Victoria Tower 76.3m 2006


9 YIT Kausta Apartments 75m 2006

10 Zirgo Apartements 71m 2004
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Old Posted Oct 11, 2006, 3:05 PM
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The reason why he can't list them is not because he's lazy, but simply because we don't have renderings yet, and in some cases approval is still pending.

Wait until mid-November and we should have the first renderings, at which point the top five will look like this:
1. Iconic ("signal") Tower: (300m to 400m)
2. Eiffel Tower (300m)
3. Generali Tower (240m)
4. Assur Tower (225m)
5. Montparnasse Tower (210m)

Wait until Christmas, and we should know if the Issy-les-Moulineaux local council approve the Hypergreen Tower, at which point the top five could look like this:
1. Iconic ("signal") Tower: (300m to 400m)
2. Eiffel Tower (300m)
3. Hypergreen Tower (246m)
4. Generali Tower (240m)
5. Assur Tower (225m)

Wait until next year and we should have several other towers above 200m in La Défense. Right now, only those working for the La Défense Authority know exactly the details.
There you go, you just listed them. Not all of the London towers that I showed are approved, you know. And you don't NEED renders to list them, really.
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Old Posted Oct 11, 2006, 3:29 PM
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It's not just that we don't have renderings. In some cases we don't even know the exact height, as with the Iconic ("signal") Tower, and in other cases we simply know close to nothing. What we know is that they should build 7 to 10 significant skyscrapers (i.e. not 150m) in La Défense before 2013 (including the "signal" Tower and the Generali Tower), they should build 1 to 3 skyscrapers in Issy-les-Moulineaux, 2 skyscrapers in Levallois-Perret, ? skyscrapers in Saint-Denis, next to the Stade de France, and perhaps even some skyscrapers in the City of Paris itself (the site on the Avenue de France, in the 13th arrondissement, is rumored for a skyscraper). So no wonder Minato Ku can't give a definite list.
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Old Posted Oct 12, 2006, 10:54 PM
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For Hamburg there were some skyscrapers planned but they were never realised and won't be realised. And currently there is only one concrete project underway which will make it into the top 10.

Hamburg's 10 highest buildings (note: the churches date back until the 12th-14th century, but often rebuilt due to war damages and serious accidents. Therefore I mention only the date of the latest complete reconstruction.):

1. Heinrich-Hertz-Turm (TV-Tower), 280m, built 1968


2. Tower of the St-Nikolai church ruin, 147m, built 1874 (it was the world's highest building until 1877)


3. St. Michaelis church, 132m, built 1786, after a fire in 1906 restored until 1912, Hamburg's Landmark building


4. St. Petri church, 132m, built 1878


5. St. Jacobi church, 125m, built 1963, with a little part of the church dating back to the year 1438


6. Radisson SAS Hotel, 120m, built 1973


7. St. Katharinen church, 115m, built 1957


8. City Hall, 112m, built 1897


9. Mundsburg Towers, 97 - 101m, built 1973


10. Elbphilharmonie (Music Hall), 95m, approved, scheduled for 2008-09, marketed as Hamburg's future Landmark building
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Warsaw ten tallest


1. Palace of Culture and Science - 231m, 42 floors built in 1955



2.Warsaw Trade Tower - 208m, 43 floors built in 1999



3.Rondo 1 - 191m, 40 floors built in 2006



4.Złota 44/ Orco Tower - 192m, 45 floors under construction (finish 2009)



5.Hotel Marriot - 170m, 40 floors built in 1989



6.Warsaw Financial Center - 165m, 34 floors built in 1998


In Warsaw is going to built residential building. It will have ~160 m but i don't have photos so it is under the list. When it will be built = 6 position on the list

8.

7.Intercontinental - 164m, 45 floors built in 2004



8.Oxford Tower - 150 m, floors 42 built in 1979



9.Intraco I - 138 m, floors 39 built in 1975



10.Millennium Plaza (looks like movable toilet)- 133 m, floors 30 built in 1999
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Old Posted Oct 15, 2006, 6:40 PM
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I forgot about second's place photo
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Old Posted Oct 15, 2006, 6:43 PM
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Most buildings from my list
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MADRID, SPAIN

Here they go:

1,2,3,4: Currentely about half way through construction the CTBA (Madrid Arena Towers):
The Repsol, Sacry, Cristal, and Espacio Towers (at the moment tallest u/c is at 175m)
will finish at 250, 235, 250, and 226 metres tall.




5. The Piruli, 1982, 225m



6: The Picasso Tower 157m, 1989


7: Torre Madrid 1955, 142m



8: The BBVA Tower: 1979, 120m


(This is the financial area where they are)



9,10: The KIO towers: 1994, 115m
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Old Posted Oct 20, 2006, 8:44 PM
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Dbee84, are you really sure that all the tallest towers from Madrid are listed ? I had the impression that there were more towers than that which were taller than the Puerta de Europa.
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Old Posted Oct 21, 2006, 6:54 AM
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London
- status of top10 tallest:

Shard London Bridge - approved
306m



The Bishopsgate Tower - approved
288m

One Canada Square - complete
235m

Glengall Bridge Tower - planning
230m



The Leadenhall Building - site preperation works underway
225m

North Quay Tower 1 - approved
216m

Heron Quays West Tower 1 - planning
214m



Riverside South Tower 1 - approved
214m

North Quay Tower 3 - approved
203m

Heron Tower - approved
202m


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