Monday, April 9, 2007

HONG KONG: One Island East Centre - 308m/69 floors (U/C)

2006-07-14

New Hong Kong Supertall Under Construction





A new 70 floor office skyscraper is underway in the former British colony of Hong Kong, the One Island Estate Center. Originally planned to be a mere 36 floors, the ambitious developer Swire Properties Ltd had the development substantially jacked up in height and redesigned by architect Wong & Ouyang.
It will contain 141,000 square metres of space and 59 office floors within the form that bares more than a slight resemblance to the also under construction International Commerce Centre in Kowloon.
Like that design, it has offset glass curtain walling and four primary facades that extrude at the top. The differences between the two buildings are found mostly in the lack of tapering in the One Island design and the curving corners that reduce the bulk.



The tower will stand over a new public plaza with a vast airy entrance giving the impression that it hovers above the ground adding to the 60 restaurants and cafes already in the area.
The supertall building which is reportedly 280 metres to roof and 308 metres tall to the tip of the façade will be the 7th building in Hong Kong over both the 300 metres and 1,000 feet marks showing the Chinese territory has lost none of its appetite for building tall.
Completition on site by contractor Gammon Construction is scheduled for March 2008.



Official Website:
http://www.oneislandeast.com.hk/
>

SHENYANG: Hang Lung Plaza Twin Towers - 300m/70 floors (Approved)

Location : Qingnian Street, Shenhe District, Shenyang
Main Usage : Commercial, office, hotel and serviced apartment
Total Gross Floor Area: 920,000 sq.m

Project Descriptions:

* The Contract for National Land Use Right was signed with Shenyang Plan and Land Resources Bureau in August 2006.
* Shenyang City Hang Lung Plaza is located on the south side of City Plaza, along Qingnian Street, Shenhe District of Shenyang City.
* The City Plaza is the definitive landmark in Shenyang City, with the Liaoning Grand Theatre and Liaoning Museum to the east, the Municipal Government Building to the west and the central business district to the north.
* Qingnian Street runs along the centre of Shenyang City and is known as the Golden Corridor. The Corridor forms a major part of the urban development strategy of Shenyang City, the capital city of Liaoning Province.
* The newly proposed No. 2 metro line will run along The Golden Corridor with subway stations at the City Plaza and Qingnian Street.
* The construction is anticipated to be commenced in 2007.
* Office towers over 300m are to be constructed, which will be among the tallest office buildings in the Northeast provinces;
* Designed by Kohn Pedersen Fox Associates;
* World-class shopping mall, office towers and 6-star hotels are to be built along the Qingnian Street, the "Golden Corridor" that offers direct access to Shenyang Taoxian International Airport. The twin office towers sit opposite the City Plaza, which was awarded one of the "Best National Cultural Plaza" by the Cultural Bureau in 2006.







http://www.hanglung.com/contents.asp?articleid=2194>

Worlds tallest diagram (big 8) Equinox update

i thought it was time for new diagram. just to clear things up
yes i know the abraj albait has changed .ill have to update new 577m height.

>

Makati: Lopez Centre - 320m/52 floors (Proposed)



Was put on-hold. To be constructed in 2007 in Rockwell Center, Makati.

Standing 320 meters or 1050 feet tall. Tallest in the Philippines upon completion.>

Doha: Aspire Sports City Tower - 318 m/36 floors (Completed)

Client : Doha City - Asian Olympic games 2006 - Qatar

Designers : Hadi Seenan - AREP (architect) - Ove ARUP (Engineer) - MaP3 (facade design)
Data : Height : 300 m, facade surface : 30 000 m2,

Budget : 140 000 000 Euros

Expected completion : End 2006

Doha City has planned the construction of a 300 m tower to support the olympic flame at the top, and to become after the games a high standard hotel, with revolving restaurant and sport museum.

The design is based on a central concrete core, covered with a steel mesh facade, with a varying perforation ratio, vertically and on the azimuthal angle, in order to differenciate North and South facades.


One of the renders:



The plan of the whole Sports City with the tower there (Xavodeh)


The first photo in SSC of the tower during early construction phase:


At 03/01/06 (Omar's)


Begining of February (do7asky)


March 20, 2006 (Mine)



From April 1, 2006 (privy)


May 22, 2006 (Mine)




May 31st update construction with rendering (Salman):


June 1st (Mine):


Cullwulla's tower update graphic from June 1st:


July 1st 2006 (Salman)



July 4th (Salman)


July 8th (Omar)



July 14th (Omar)



Mid-July "copyright http://www.karsten-rau.de, by tahai"







End of July/ Beggining of August (by Xavodeh)



August 9 (by Xavodeh)




August 10 (by Xavodeh)



August 16th (by Privy)





August 18th (by Xavodeh)





August 19th (by Omar)


August 25 (by Xavodeh)





SWIMMING POOL IN THE PROJECTION



30th August (by Xavodeh)



Would you like to be the guy on the top near the X??????





There are much more updated pictures and different views in the main forum. You can check it out below in my signature. Enjoy and Please post your comments. >