Kuwait: Alraya Office Tower - 300m/60 floors (U/C)

At 56 stories, Arraya is slated to open in 2007 as one of the tallest buildings on the dynamic skyline of Kuwait City. The 50 million, 500,000-square-foot tower is composed of two parts: a square glass element that rises the full height of the building and a limestone-clad mass that is canted at an angle in plan and in relation to surrounding street grids. The limestone portion of the tower recalls the established vernacular of the existing multi-use Arraya complex, which includes a 32-story, 300-suite hotel, conference and banquet space, a parking garage and a three-level retail complex with over 10,000 square meters of shopping. The iconic top of the tower, which is topped by a telecommunications mast, is sloped and angled to create a unique and memorable image for the entire complex. UPDATE By skoulikimou, pictures taken on the 31-01-2006 update by AlOnSi on 30-4-2006 Update 28/05/06 >

Busan: Millennium Tower World Business Center - 560m (Approved)

South Corea, Busan 2018 Hits Millennium Tower World Business Center Asymptote Architecture, the New York based architecture practice led by principals Hani Rashid and Lise Anne Couture, has been awarded the Millennium Tower World Business Center in Busan, Korea. The international competition was organized by the Busan International Architectural Culture Festival (BIACF) and sponsored by the Municipality of Busan City and the Solomon Group. The official announcement was made on January 25 in Busan after a unanimous decision by jury members selecting Asymptote's groundbreaking design of three separate tapered towers rising out of a robust and powerful base. The Solomon Group, a private Korean developer, intends to move forward with Asymptote's design for a 560m tall tower, which upon completion will be the tallest building in Asia. Asymptote's design for the WBCB questions older notions of singularity and autonomy in tall building design being a juxtaposition of three distinct forms and the subsequent voids they delineate. This composition takes as its inspiration Busan's dramatic skyline and the spectacular backdrop of sea and mountains that surround it. The base of the tower negotiates both the site and city at the entrance level, transporting people up a sky lobby and garden already situated high above the city. Here three slender towers rise even higher gracefully tapering upwards around a spectacular central void garden. Through its formal and sculptural qualities, the WBCB towers afford a unique architectural expression and symbolic elegance for 21st century Busan and the region. Asymptote Architecture, an award-winning firm founded in 1989 in New York City, has achieved global recognition for important projects developed for prestigious clients that include the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, the ORCO Group Paris, the New York Stock Exchange, Aldar Properties Abu Dhabi and the Equine Group in Malaysia. In addition to the WBCB towers project, other projects currently underway by the firm include two office towers in Budapest, a luxury mid-rise residential building in New York, a 50-story luxury residential tower on the Persian Gulf in Abu Dhabi, a master planning project for a 28 hectare mixed-use site in central Prague, a new city center and commercial complex in Penang, Malaysia as well as the new master plan of the downtown district of Monterrey Mexico. * Comissioner: Municipality of Busan City and the Solomon Group * Project: Hani Rashid and Lise Anne Couture * Group: Project Architect: Theo Lalis Sarantoglou Design Team Phase II: Hani Rashid, Lise Anne Couture, Theo Lalis Sarantoglou, Angie Co, Andrew Bryant, Kasper Ax, Elise Delestre, Alessandro Gess, Martin Henn, Klaus Ransmayr. * Structures: ARUP David Scott, Matt Jackson, Matthew Clark, Gordon Carrie * Landscape: Balmori Associates * Consultants: Cladding Consultants: Front inc. Michael Ra, Mark Simmons, Elaine Yau, Ryan Salvas Lighting Consultant: LÂ'Observatoire International Herve Descottes,>

DEC 1-Worlds tallest diagram construction update

well last drawing for this year.i hope its accurate. its hard to workout sometimes. theres 50 projects over 300m Uc atm. amazing stuff! please let me know if there are errors or ive left some out. ive added some new ones from China-most are far right) . also massive Russia tower. should be more colourful come 2007. its becoming poster size .lol 4000x817px (517kb) big 5 update BurjD and SWFC seem to be going up pretty much together. ill add Moscows 612m Russia tower next year. >

MOSCOW: Mercury City Tower - 380m/70 floors (U/C)

we just figured out that works on the plot actually begun together with city hall. today article from local district newspaper confirm it. http://www.napresne.info/Default.asp...tat=-859564370 short translation plot 14: 0,4975 hectares leased by Capital City Developments for 49 years represented by contract to Mercury City Towers. 70 storey 332 meters tall building, architected by Mikhail Posokhin, Frank Williams and G. Sirota. Designed by International Center of Highrise Construction. Technical client - TUSK-1 Moskapstroy. Investor and owner - Mercury City Tower. Zero phase works by Monarch (together with plot 15). -5 - -3 floors: parking for 440 cars -2 floor: technical -1 floor: retail 1 - 2 floors: entrance, restaurants and retail 2 - 38 floors: offices 39 floor: techincal 40 - 70 floors: apartments, fitness centers, spa and restaurants 66 floor: techincal architectural conception approved on 20 april 2006. techincal will be approved in june. works begun in november and planned to complete by the end of 2008. scan of model on RT conception model >

Dubai : Emirates Park Hotel Towers 1 & 2 - 395m/77 floors (Completed)

is there a thread on these towers? if not here we go. New twin hotel towers.both 77 floors height to main roof-300m, top roof-328m. spires-395m As on 25/12/2005 by AltinD [/quote]>

ZHENGZHOU: Henan Province Radio and Television Emission Tower - 388m (Approved)

Source: Xinhua News Agency When completed, it will be the world's tallest all-steel-structured emission tower. Name of project: Henan Province Radio and Television Emission Tower Location: Zhenzhou, Henan Province, Central China Height: 388m Total floor space: 58,000m2 Date of foundation stone laying ceremony: 27 Dec. 2006 Time limit for construction: 2 years For reference: List of tall emission towers of Chinese cities Guangzhou: 610m (u/c) Chongqing: 478m (planned) Xi'an: 470m (planned) Shanghai: 468m (completed) Tianjin: 415.2m (completed) Beijing: 405m (completed) Xiamen: 350m (planned) Hefei: 339m (u/c) Sichuan: 339m (u/c) Model and renderings of the Zhengzhou tower 1 2 3 >

Dubai: Dancing Towers - XXXm/75, XXXm/65, XXXm/55 floors (Proposed)

Business Bay's Dancing Towers unveiled in New York The design of Business Bay, Dancing Towers, was revealed at New York's prestigious Guggenheim Museum this week, as part of a retrospective exhibition on UK-based architect, Zaha Hadid. Dancing Towers. The Iraqi-born architect was recently declared the winner of an international competition to design three iconic towers at Business Bay, the region's business capital. Hashim Al Dabal, CEO of Dubai Properties said: 'Zaha Hadid's design for the Dancing Towers confirms Business Bay's role as a project that reflects Dubai's rapidly changing future.' 'The towers incorporate avant-garde definitions of functionality and form that will not only create a distinctive landmark at Business Bay, but also symbolise a new phase in Dubai's architectural standards.' The bold design concept of Dancing Towers features a 'choreographed' fluidity that combines the three towers in one overall gesture. Connecting the commercial, residential and hospitality sections of Business Bay, the three towers will share a common base, or podium, that will feature retail, restaurants and related amenities. The three towers will be conjoined two by two, with the offices and hotel at the base and the hotel and residences at the top. On Level 7, the floor spaces of the hotel and the office towers will merge to create a link to the hotel business centre with meeting rooms, office facilities and services for guests. The residential tower merges into the hotel on level 38, for residents to share collective leisure facilities, including the indoor swimming pool and other amenities. On level 65 of the hotel, the three towers meet again to share a panoramic restaurant offering spectacular views of Dubai Creek, Business Bay, Burj Dubai Downtown, and the Arabian Gulf beyond. 'The advantage of conjoining the three towers in one design is to allow people to live a full day cycle between the offices, residences and the hotel,' said Al Dabal. Business Bay is Dubai Properties' 80 million square feet master development, located along the extension of the Dubai Creek. It aims to provide world-class environment and infrastructure for global businesses, as well as a self-sustaining lifestyle for residents. Zaha Hadid was the first woman to receive the distinguished Pritzker Architecture Prize in 2004. Once considered impractical, her architectural concepts are now seen in landmark projects across Europe, North America and Asia.>