April 1-Supertall (400m+) construction diagram

well since the world is currently booming with skyscrapers with many over 300m, ive decided to just include skyscrapers 400m+.It was getting ridiculous with 2-3 being added every month. nearly 60, just simply amazing. it was taking days just to update the diagram. so ive increased the height to 400m (with spire). ive included projects 398m to roof.so now about 20 supertalls. heres the first draft copy.as you can see i havent detailed alot of dubai projects (far left). ill update them over next few days. any serious proposals (400m+ missing ???) whats the deal with west pearl tower at 532m? is that for both or just one? so many from china coming up but har to get info our updates. btw is the jakarta tower uc? >

Guangzhou: Pearl River New City, West Tower - 532m/104 floors (U/C)

Name of project: West Tower, Pearl River New City, Guangzhou, China Height: 432m Number of storeys above ground: 104 Plot space: 31,084.96m2 Total floor space: 448,000m2 Total investments: 750 million USD Date of ground breaking: 26 December 2005 Estimated year of completion: 2009 Functions: offices, hotel, apartments, convention, shopping, sightseeing, culture and entertainment, etc. In the future, an East Tower will be built next to this building. It is not clear yet if design of the East Tower has started. As for the question whether the East Tower will look the same as the West Tower, people in charge say there will be "harmony" between the two. Source of next pic: Information Times Ground breaking ceremony, 26 Dec. 2005 Rendering: In the old design, the East Tower looks the same as the West Tower. Don't know if the final design of the East Tower will remain unchanged. Source of next pics: www.skyscrapers.cn BTW, www.skyscrapers.cn is a nice website of skyscrapers, although it's only in Chinese. Check it. 1 2 3 4 >

Hong Kong: ICC - 484m/118 floors (U/C); US6 - 270m/68 floors x2 (T/O)

International Commerce Center This 118-story tower is the centerpiece of a master plan or massive reclamation project in West Kowloon. Facing downtown Hong Kong across Victoria Harbor, the development was conceived as a transportation hub connecting Hong Kong to Chep Lap Kok airport and a new urban center with residential, office, retail, hotel and recreation uses. The winning entry in a design competition, the scheme includes: offices, a 300-room boutique hotel, and an observation deck on the 90th floor. The office floors are generous in scale, with central cores. The hotel rooms occupy the upper levels of the tower, radiating from a cylindrical atrium topped by a swimming pool. A vertical city all by itself, the tower will be one of the tallest structures in the world upon completion in 2008. Source:KPF.com Official Website:http://www.shkp.com/html/klnstation/tc/index.htm Updates by Fatshe 26th Nov,2006 US6 ICC >

Tokyo: Sumida Tower - 610m (Approved)

Short reign for world's tallest building: Tokyo tower to be completed in 2009 Times of London 18 March 2006 TOKYO - The world's tallest building will get the go-ahead next week, but the 610-metre-high (2,100-foot) Sumida Tower will hold the lofty title for only a few weeks. The shining steel structure will soar above the Asakusa tourist district of central Tokyo after approval is granted by the city authorities. But even if construction of the tower were to start Sunday, it would enjoy only a brief reign at the top of the world: its projected completion date in 2009 is very close to that of the Burj Dubai, which will be at least 80 metres taller. The Japanese tower, laden with the satellite dishes and transmitters of six TV stations, will retain, for the time being, the crown of "world's tallest communications tower." It will surpass the CN Tower in Toronto by 57 metres. Regional jealousy has played a central role in plans for the tower itself. Tokyo, conscious of its Asian rivals such as Taipei and Kuala Lumpur with far taller skyscrapers, has been growing increasingly anxious to get its Sumida Tower scheme underway and re-establish Japan's reputation as a country of spectacular engineering projects. But a long and bitter feud between rival districts along the city's famous Sumida river vying to host the tower has delayed a final decision. Bidders in the Taito and Saitama districts spent much of their energies trying to persuade the panel of business leaders and professors that the other's location is more earthquake-prone. The tower's function as a communications hub means that its destruction would cause extreme chaos. Next week the consortium of six television companies behind the project will hand victory to Taito. The area is close to the Sensoji Temple, the Asahi Beer Hall and other popular Tokyo tourist attractions. It is, say the judges, more likely to attract fee-paying visitors in Taito than it would in Saitama. The main company behind the project is Tobu Railway, which expects to shoulder most of the approximately 50 billion yen ($500 million Cdn) in construction costs.>

New York: One Bryant Park (BofA Tower) - 1200ft/54 floors (U/C)

Part 1 found HERE C/- Carlos Dimensions 2,100,000 total square feet 1,100,000 square feet for Bank of America 1,000,000 square feet of office space above 50,000 square foot reconstructed Henry Miller Theater 945 feet tall, 54 stories 1,200 FEET TALL to the top of the spire Architect Cook+ Fox Architects, New York C/- Phobos C/- Spooky873: Pic by andysimo123, 10 July: Recent pic by Spooky873, 14 July Recent pics by Carlos, 17 July showing the glass arriving: ...>

HONG KONG: Nina Tower - 319m/80 floors (T/O)

I think special update threads are better for people who want to see how far a project is (now they have to search trough the whole HK update thread). So here I'll start one about Ninatower, 319 meters tall, now about 200 meters I think: Update 28-02-2004: >

Chicago: Chicago Spire - 2000ft/150 floors (Proposed)

The last thread was near 500, and since some new renderings were posted today on SSP, we might as well start a new thread. Previous Thread Chicago Spire Roof: 2000' (~610 m) 150 floors Developed by Shelbourne Development Designed by Santiago Calatrava Version F (from NewCitySkyline): Taken by Latoso: Previous versions for reference: Version A: Version B: Version C: Version D: Version E: >