KOREA - more confusing supertall projects

Fabb · #1 Posted: **May 10, 2007, 10:58 AM**

I've never seen the first two before.

Seriously, what's going on there ?

matteovia · #2 Posted: **May 10, 2007, 11:05 AM**

bleahhh!!!!!!

Awkab · #3 Posted: **May 10, 2007, 11:31 AM**

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Originally Posted by Fabb

Seriously, what's going on there ?

I don't know...but Kim Jong-Il is gonna be jealous!

NYguy · #4 Posted: **May 10, 2007, 12:38 PM**

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Originally Posted by Fabb

I've never seen the first two before.

That's the Korea Spire...

SJPhillyBoy · #5 Posted: **May 10, 2007, 12:49 PM**

Futuristic Funky!!

Dream'n · #6 Posted: **May 10, 2007, 3:31 PM**

Who's the architect on the Korea Spire?

malec · #7 Posted: **May 10, 2007, 4:09 PM**

That first one's great

ZZ-II · #8 Posted: **May 10, 2007, 5:12 PM**

that twisting tower looks fantastic

R@ptor · #9 Posted: **May 10, 2007, 5:44 PM**

Well it's Korea we're talking about here and not China or the UAE. Supertalls there have been announced and approved by the dozens and no one has ever been built. So I remain quite skeptical about these...but who knows, maybe we will see a pleasant surprise. I really like the first design of these twisting towers.

DUBAI2015 · #10 Posted: **May 11, 2007, 12:07 AM**

I think the third one looks like the Korean version of the Moscow Federation Tower.

Mr Roboto · #11 Posted: **May 11, 2007, 12:13 AM**

Yes, these are all very confusing.

I like the first one, and fourth one isn't bad. But the third one is very strange looking, starting out as a very angular building similar to the Hearst in NY, and finishing up as a cone. Dont know if I like that transition, but it does draw you in a little - kinda like an MC Escher drawing.

Hayward · #12 Posted: **May 11, 2007, 12:26 AM**

Twisting towers are the next fad in architecture!

I think I've seen a better rendering of the very last one before, but from the otherside.

PuyoPiyo · #13 Posted: **May 11, 2007, 12:31 AM**

I love the first one! Second one is very YUCK!

Scruffy · #14 Posted: **May 11, 2007, 12:53 AM**

Im sorry, I have yet to see 1 great skyscraper anywhere in korea. North or south, built or proposed

SpeedoPro · #15 Posted: **May 11, 2007, 12:59 AM**

these korean proposals have come and go like the bois that have been thru my front door. i'll believe it when i see one built

Sacto · #16 Posted: **May 13, 2007, 3:58 AM**

The 610m tall tower looks like it's going to be the winds worst enemy and probably will not be the funnest place to hang around.

Fabb · #17 Posted: **May 20, 2008, 5:04 AM**

Seoul, Koorean Rail Corp Tower.
Probably stillborn.

samoen313 · #18 Posted: **May 20, 2008, 2:35 PM**

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Originally Posted by Dream'n

Who's the architect on the Korea Spire?

Ben Van Berkel's UN Studio based out of the Netherlands did that one. I believe it's the Busan World Business Centre.

M II A II R II K · #19 Posted: **May 20, 2008, 2:37 PM**

Yea these Korea threads end up being nothing more than a figment of one's imagination and barely qualify to get posted here.