damn can't believe this thread has gone so long without posts.

6/22/2011 8:55:57 PM

the following buildings have been completed in 2009 or later, so the vast majority have been finished since this thread went dormant

Rank	Building[A][4]	City	Country	Height (m)	Height (ft)	Floors	Built
9	Kingkey Finance Tower	Shenzhen	 China	442 m	1,449 ft	98	2011
15	23 Marina	Dubai	 UAE	395 m	1,296 ft	89	2011
30	The Marina Torch	Dubai	 UAE	345 m	1,132 ft	80	2011
31	Keangnam Hanoi Landmark Tower	Hanoi	 Vietnam	345 m	1,132 ft	70	2011
78	Islamic Bank Office Tower	Dubai	 UAE	294 m	964 ft	49	2011
108	Nantong Zhongnan International Plaza[15]	Nantong	 China	273 m	897 ft	53	2011
109	Lvjing Tower[16]	Shenzhen	 China	273 m	896 ft	56	2011
138	Islamic Bank Residential Tower	Dubai	 UAE	261 m	856 ft	51	2011
143	Shanghai IFC North Tower[18]	Shanghai	 China	260 m	853 ft	60	2011
167	The Point	Panama City	 Panama	255 m	837 ft	65	2011
1	Burj Khalifa	Dubai	 UAE	828 m	2,717 ft	163	2010
5	International Commerce Centre	Kowloon	 Hong Kong	484 m	1,588 ft	108	2010
8	Nanjing Greenland Financial Center	Nanjing	 China	450 m	1,476 ft	89	2010
10	Guangzhou West Tower	Guangzhou	 China	438 m	1,435 ft	103	2010[C]
14	Al Hamra Tower	Kuwait City	 Kuwait	412 m	1,352 ft	77	2010[B]
19	Emirates Park Tower 1	Dubai	 UAE	376 m	1,234 ft	77	2010
20	Emirates Park Tower 2	Dubai	 UAE	376 m	1,234 ft	77	2010
33	Ahmed Abdul Rahim Al Attar Tower	Dubai	 UAE	342 m	1,122 ft	76	2010
34	Tianjin World Financial Center	Tianjin	 China	337 m	1,105 ft	79	2010[B]
40	The Index	Dubai	 UAE	328 m	1,076 ft	80	2010[D]
40	Al Yaqoub Tower	Dubai	 UAE	328 m	1,076 ft	69	2010[B]
40	Hanging Village of Huaxi	Wuxi	 China	328 m	1,076 ft	72	2010[B]
43	The Landmark	Abu Dhabi	 UAE	324 m	1,072 ft	72	2010[B]
45	Wenzhou World Trade Center	Wenzhou	 China	322 m	1,056 ft	68	2010
50	HHHR Tower	Dubai	 UAE	317 m	1,020 ft	72	2010
54	Ocean Heights	Dubai	 UAE	310 m	1,017 ft	82	2010[C]
56	Sky Tower	Abu Dhabi	 UAE	310 m	1,017 ft	74	2010[C]
57	Pearl River Tower	Guangzhou	 China	310 m	1,016 ft	71	2010[B]
60	Etihad Tower 2[7][8]	Abu Dhabi	 UAE	305 m	1,002 ft	79	2010[B]
62	Northeast Asia Trade Tower	Incheon	 South Korea	305 m	1,001 ft	68	2010[C]
65	Leatop Plaza	Guangzhou	 China	303 m	993 ft	65	2010[B]
68	Moscow Tower	Moscow	 Russia	302 m	989 ft	76	2010
78	Khalid Al Attar Tower 2	Dubai	 UAE	294 m	964 ft	61	2010
82	Global Trade Plaza[9]	Dongguan	 China	289 m	948 ft	68	2010[B]
86	Chongqing Poly Tower[10]	Chongqing	 China	287 m	941 ft	58	2010[B]
87	SPG Global Tower 1[11]	Suzhou	 China	286 m	938 ft	54	2010[B]
87	SPG Global Tower 2[12]	Suzhou	 China	286 m	938 ft	54	2010[B]
90	Sulafa Tower	Dubai	 UAE	285 m	935 ft	75	2010
98	Marina Pinnacle	Dubai	 UAE	280 m	919 ft	73	2010[B]
103	Trust Tower[13]	Abu Dhabi	 UAE	278 m	912 ft	60	2010[B]
104	Etihad Tower 1[14]	Abu Dhabi	 UAE	278 m	911 ft	70	2010[B]
111	Shanghai Wheelock Square	Shanghai	 China	270 m	887 ft	59	2010
120	Bitexco Financial Tower	Ho Chi Minh City	 Vietnam	269 m	882 ft	68	2010
122	8 Spruce Street	New York	 USA	267 m	876 ft	76	2010
138	Sapphire of Istanbul	Istanbul	 Turkey	261 m	856 ft	54	2010
142	Etihad Tower 3[17]	Abu Dhabi	 UAE	260 m	854 ft	62	2010[B]
143	Vision Tower	Dubai	 UAE	260 m	853 ft	60	2010[D]
143	Abraj Al Bait Hajar Tower	Mecca	 Saudi Arabia	260 m	853 ft	48	2010[B]
143	Abraj Al Bait ZamZam Tower	Mecca	 Saudi Arabia	260 m	853 ft	48	2010[B]
159	St. Petersburg Tower	Moscow	 Russia	257 m	843 ft	65	2010
183	The Legacy at Millennium Park	Chicago	 USA	250 m	819 ft	73	2010
11	Trump International Hotel and Tower[6]	Chicago	 USA	423 m	1,389 ft	98	2009
23	Bank of America Tower	New York City	 USA	366 m	1,200 ft	54	2009
24	Almas Tower	Dubai	 UAE	363 m	1,191 ft	68	2009
38	China World Trade Center Tower 3	Beijing	 China	330 m	1,083 ft	74	2009
69	Arraya 2	Kuwait City	 Kuwait	300 m	984 ft	60	2009
71	One Island East	Hong Kong Island	 Hong Kong	298 m	984 ft	60	2009
72	Shanghai_Wheelock_Square	Shanghai	 China	298 m	978 ft	58	2009
132	Aqua	Chicago	 USA	262 m	859 ft	86	2009
184	The Imperial I	Mumbai	 India	249 m	817 ft	60	2009[D]
184	The Imperial II	Mumbai	 India	249 m	817 ft	60	2009[D]

6/22/2011 9:00:24 PM

as you can see, the list includes #1, 5, 8, and 9.

#1:

Quote :

"Burj Khalifa (Arabic: ??? ?????? "Khalifa Tower"),[8] known as Burj Dubai prior to its inauguration, is a skyscraper in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, and is currently the tallest structure ever built, at 828 m (2,717 ft).[8] Construction began on 21 September 2004, with the exterior of the structure completed on 1 October 2009. The building officially opened on 4 January 2010,[1][9] and is part of the new 2 km2 (490-acre) flagship development called Downtown Dubai at the 'First Interchange' along Sheikh Zayed Road, near Dubai's main business district."

Hi-res of the panorama pic below: http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/7/7b/Burj_Dubai_001.jpg

First pic is an old pic when it was under construction, but I love that pic! Hi-res: http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/e/e0/Burj_dubai_3.11.08.jpg














#5:

Quote :

"The International Commerce Centre (traditional Chinese: ??????) (abbr. ICC Tower) is a 118 floor, 484 m (1,588 ft) skyscraper completed in 2010 in West Kowloon, Hong Kong. It is a part of the Union Square project built on top of Kowloon Station. The development is owned and jointly developed by MTR Corporation Limited and Sun Hung Kai Properties, Hong Kong's metro operator and largest property developer respectively. It is currently the world's fourth tallest building as well as the tallest building in Hong Kong."

#8:

Quote :

"The Nanjing Greenland Financial Center (simplified Chinese: ??????, also Greenland Square Zifeng Tower) is a 450-metre (1,480 ft) supertall skyscraper completed in April 2010 in Nanjing, China. The 89-story building features retail and office space in the lower section, and restaurants and a public observatory near the top. The tower’s stepping is functional, helping separate these sections."

#9:

Quote :

"The Kingkey 100 (simplified Chinese: ??100), whose former name is Kingkey Finance Center Plaza, is a topped out supertall skyscraper in Shenzhen, Guangdong province, China. It is located in Shenzhen's Luohu District in an area which can be describted as the financial district. The mixed-use building is set to rise 441.8 metres (1,449 ft) and contain 100 floors for office space and a hotel.[2][4] Out of those 98 floors, 68 contain 173,000 square metres (1,862,157 sq ft) of Class A office space, 22 stories for a 35,000 square metres (376,737 sq ft) six-star business hotel and the top four floors of the skyscraper holds a garden and several restaurants.[4][5] The building's lower levels feature the KK Mall, which opened its doors November 26, 2010, and contains luxury brand stores, restaurants and a Better Living Together (BLT) supermarket.[6] The KK Mall also hosts Shenzhen's first IMAX cinema."

Real pic:



[Edited on June 22, 2011 at 9:12 PM. Reason : ]

6/22/2011 9:10:44 PM

list also includes #10, #11, #14, #15:

#10:

Quote :

"Guangzhou International Finance Centre (simplified Chinese: ????????; traditional Chinese: ????????; pinyin: Guangzhou Guójì Jinróng Zhongxin) or Guangzhou West Tower (simplified Chinese: ????; traditional Chinese: ????; pinyin: Guangzhou Xita) is a 103 story, 440.2 m (1,444 ft) tall skyscraper at Zhujiang Avenue West in Tianhe District at Guangzhou, China.[1] The building was topped out at the end of 2008.[citation needed] Construction of the building, designed by Wilkinson Eyre, broke ground in December 2005. When complete, the building will be used as a conference centre, hotel and office building. Floors 1 to 66 are used as office, floors 67 to 68 are mechanical equipment, floors 69 to 98 as a Four Seasons Hotel and in floors 99 and 100 is an observation deck. The hotel lobby is located on the 70th floor. The building was completed in 2010."

#11:

Quote :

"The Trump International Hotel and Tower, also known as Trump Tower Chicago and locally as the Trump Tower, is a skyscraper condo-hotel in downtown Chicago, Illinois. The building, named after real estate developer Donald Trump, was designed by architect Adrian Smith of Skidmore, Owings and Merrill. Bovis Lend Lease built the 98-story structure, which reached a height of 1,389 feet (423 m) including its spire, its roof topping out at 1,170 feet (360 m). It is adjacent to the main branch of the Chicago River, with a view of the entry to Lake Michigan beyond a series of bridges over the river. The building received publicity when the winner of the first season of The Apprentice television show, Bill Rancic, chose to manage the construction of the tower."

#14:

Quote :

"The Al Hamra Tower is a topped out skyscraper in downtown Kuwait City, Kuwait. Designed by architectural firm Skidmore, Owings and Merrill, the tower is the tallest building in Kuwait on completion in 2011 at 414 m (1,358 ft). It will also be the tallest sculpted tower in the world. The tower will include 98,000 m2 (1,050,000 sq ft) of commercial and office space. The building will connect to a five-story retail mall which totals 23,000 m2 (250,000 sq ft) of retail space and will include an integrated theater complex and an 11-story carpark. The tower itself will be built on an 18,000 m2 (190,000 sq ft) construction site. The Al Hamra Tower will have over 70 floors of office space, a rooftop restaurant and a spa. The shopping center will include a 10-screen cinema complex which will also have IMAX theaters."

Real pic:







#15:

Quote :

"23 Marina is a residential skyscraper that is currently under construction in Dubai and is being built by the Hiranandani Group based in Mumbai, India. The tower is set to have 90 floors and will rise to 395 m (1,296 ft). When this supertall is complete, it will be the world's second-tallest all-residential building after the Princess Tower located 300 m (1,000 feet) away.[3] The tower will have 57 swimming pools when completed, and each duplex in the tower will come equipped with its own private elevator.[3] The building and eight elevators,[clarification needed] while upon completion the tower will be composed of 291 apartments.[4] The building was 79 per cent sold before construction started.[5] The raft was completed on April 30, 2007.[6] In June, 2011 23 Marina topped out and became the second tallest building in the city and the tallest residential building in the world.[7] The handing over of the apartments will commence in August, 2011.["

It is the octagonal one, not the finished one at the front:

6/22/2011 9:34:39 PM

as it stands now, there are only 3 completed (and open) buildings above 500 meters.

however, there are 10 buildings above 500 meters under construction. which is... just crazy!

here they are, along with artist renderings if available:

Building	Planned pinnacle height	Planned roof height	Floors	Planned completion	Country	City
India Tower	720 m (2,360 ft)	720 m (2,360 ft)	125	2016	 India	Mumbai
Pingan International Finance Centre	648 m (2,126 ft)	588 m (1,929 ft)	115	2015	 China	Shenzhen
Shanghai Tower	632 m (2,073 ft)	565.6 m (1,856 ft)	128	2014	 China	Shanghai	
Wuhan Greenland Center	606 m (1,988 ft)		119	2016	 China	Wuhan	
Abraj Al Bait Towers	601 m (1,972 ft)[22]	530 m (1,740 ft)	95	2011	 Saudi Arabia	Mecca
151 Incheon Tower	601 m (1,972 ft)		151	2015	 South Korea	Incheon	
Lotte World Premium Tower	555 m (1,821 ft)	555 m (1,821 ft)	123	2015	 South Korea	Seoul
One World Trade Center	541.3 m (1,776 ft)	417 m (1,368 ft)	105	2013	 USA	New York City
Chow Tai Fook Centre	530 m (1,740 ft)		116	2016	 China	Guangzhou	
Pentominium	516 m (1,693 ft)	516 m (1,693 ft)	122	2014	 UAE	Dubai

6/22/2011 10:00:26 PM

I left one of them out on purpose, because it has been topped out and once it opens in a few months, will be the 2nd tallest building ever built. It has broken and will break several other records:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abraj_Al_Bait_Towers

Abraj Al Bait Towers

Quote :

"The Abraj Al-Bait Towers also known as the Mecca Royal Hotel Clock Tower is a complex under construction in Mecca, Saudi Arabia. The building holds and will break several world records in the construction world, including: the tallest hotel in the world, constructed with the tallest clock tower in the world and displaying the world's largest clock face, the world's largest building floor area, and will become the second tallest building in the world upon completion, surpassed only by Dubai's Burj Khalifa. The building complex is meters away from the world's largest mosque and Islam's most sacred site, the Masjid al Haram."

Quote :

"Upon completion, the tallest tower in the complex would stand as the tallest building in Saudi Arabia, and the tallest and largest hotel in the world, with a planned height of 601 metres (1,972 feet). It is the fourth tallest building under construction. Upon completion, the structure would have the largest floor area of any structure in the world with 1,500,000 m2 (16,150,000 sq ft) of floorspace. This is the same as Terminal 3 at Dubai International Airport, in the United Arab Emirates which is also under construction. It will also surpass the Emirates Park Towers in Dubai as the world's tallest hotel."

Quote :

"In addition, the Abraj Al-Bait Towers will have a four-story shopping mall and a parking garage capable of holding over a thousand vehicles. Residential towers will house permanent residents while two heliports and a conference center are to accommodate business travelers. In total, up to 100,000 people could be housed inside the towers. The project will use clock faces for each side of the hotel tower. The highest residential floor will be at 450 metres (1,480 feet), just below the clocks. The clock faces will be 43 × 43 m (141 × 141 ft), the largest in the world. The roof of the clocks will be 530 metres (1,740 feet) above the ground, making them the world's most elevated architectural clocks. A 71 metres (233 feet) tall spire will be added on top of the clock giving it a total height of 601 metres (1,972 feet), which will make it the second tallest building in the world when completed, surpassing Taipei 101 in Taiwan."

Quote :

"Clock The hotel tower is topped by a four-faced clock, visible from more than 25 kilometres (16 miles), which is billed by Saudi Arabia as the largest clock in the world. The clock will dwarf London's Westminster Clock, once the largest four-faced clock in the world, as well as the current title holder, the Allen-Bradley Clock Tower in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. The dials are more than five times greater in area. The clock's dials are also bigger than the current world champion at the Cevahir Mall clock in Istanbul, which has a 36 metres (118 feet) face with 3 metres (9.8 feet) high digits set in the transparent roof of the shopping complex. Each of the clock's four faces are 46 metres (151 feet) in diameter and will be illuminated by 2 million LED lights, along with huge Arabic script reading: “Allah is the Greatest”. Another 21,000 white and green colored lights, fitted at the top of the clock, will flash to signal Islam's five-times daily prayers as far as 29 kilometres (18 miles). On special occasions, 16 bands of vertical lights will shoot some 10 kilometres (6.2 miles) up into the sky. The clock's four faces will be covered with 98 million pieces of glass mosaics. The Saudi coat of arms is displayed at the center of each clock behind the dials."

This is how I feel about it: (2 large funny pics)

http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_MR9DR2KE8TA/TG2e0nVT0NI/AAAAAAAADCU/aRfSjF20InA/s1600/Abraj+Al+Bait+hideous2.jpg

http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_MR9DR2KE8TA/TG2c_e9preI/AAAAAAAADCE/-9AyA07nvZw/s1600/Abraj+Al+Bait+hideous.jpg bwahahahaha

Anyway, here are some pics:

6/22/2011 10:45:37 PM

ok, the thread can go dormant for another couple of years till the next 500+ m. building is finished

6/22/2011 11:32:05 PM

thanks for the update. i love this thread.

6/22/2011 11:42:25 PM

thx for the update 0EPII1. i can't believe all those exist

i'm really really shocked that saudi one exists, and right across the street from the Masjid al-Haram. i've never even heard of that project

6/22/2011 11:49:20 PM

thats awesome! thanks

also i visited willis tower last weekend and the skydeck was pretty cool!
<3 skyscrapers

6/23/2011 8:09:48 AM

^it will always be the Sears tower to me!

6/23/2011 9:58:47 AM

i want real pics, not animated fake shit

6/23/2011 10:15:04 AM

Quote :

"i'm really really shocked that saudi one exists, and right across the street from the Masjid al-Haram."

Sadly, I didn't look that closely at it at all and thought it was a baseball stadium.

6/23/2011 11:18:49 AM

Also, what's that thing being built across the street

6/23/2011 4:43:44 PM

You are welcome, to those who said thanks.

Quote :

"i'm really really shocked that saudi one exists, and right across the street from the Masjid al-Haram"

I am shocked too... Saudi scholars find a lot of normal things 'haram' and ban them because they 'could' lead to forbidden things (such as women driving cars). However, I don't know how they gave the approval for this monstrosity right next door to what they consider the purest place on earth, and the house of God.

As I said earlier, this is totally how I feel about it:
http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_MR9DR2KE8TA/TG2e0nVT0NI/AAAAAAAADCU/aRfSjF20InA/s1600/Abraj+Al+Bait+hideous2.jpg
http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_MR9DR2KE8TA/TG2c_e9preI/AAAAAAAADCE/-9AyA07nvZw/s1600/Abraj+Al+Bait+hideous.jpg

Quote :

"i want real pics, not animated fake shit"

I don't see any animated pics. They are all real pics, except for buildings which haven't been built yet... if you have a time machine, help yourself.

6/23/2011 8:11:40 PM

These 2 buildings are pretty cool looking... the one on the right is the tallest building in Europe at 302 m (991 feet). They are in Moscow.

Quote :

"The City of Capitals (Russian: ????? ??????, official English name: Capital City[1]) is a multifunctional complex, including two skyscrapers, located on plot 9 in the International Business Center Moscow City in Moscow. The City of Capitals, symbolising Moscow and St. Petersburg,[1] was completed in 2009. Now the "Moscow Tower" is taller than Naberezhnaya Tower and in the CIS with a roof height of 302 metres (306 m with spires) [3] [4] until the completion of the Mercury City Tower (370m) in 2011."

6/23/2011 8:39:16 PM

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A-cfB6xFSKM

6/23/2011 9:13:20 PM

BWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World%27s_littlest_skyscraper

Quote :

"The proposed skyscraper depicted in the blueprints that he distributed was clearly labelled as being 480" tall and consisting of four floors.[14] McMahon is said to have neglected to mention that the scale of his blueprints was in inches rather than feet. McMahon used his own construction crews to build the McMahon Building on the small, unused piece of property next to the Newby Building, without obtaining prior consent from the owner of the property, who lived in Oklahoma.[16] As the building began to take shape, the investors realized they had been swindled into purchasing a four-story edifice that was only 40 ft (480 in) tall, rather than the 480 ft (150 m) structure they were expecting. At that time, the 792 ft (241 m) Woolworth Building in New York City was the tallest building in the world. They brought a lawsuit against McMahon, but to their dismay, the real estate and construction deal was declared legally binding by a local judge. As McMahon had built exactly according to the blueprints they'd signed off on, there was to be no legal remedy for the deceived investors.[4] They did recover a small portion of their investment from the elevator company, which refused to honor the contract after they learned of the confidence trick. There was no stairway installed in the building upon its initial completion, as none was included in the original blueprints. Rather, a ladder was employed to gain access to the upper three floors.[2] By the time construction was complete, McMahon had left Wichita Falls and perhaps even Texas, taking with him the balance of the investors' money.[14]"

6/23/2011 9:14:17 PM

Yep, that's a Wichita Falls landmark! Part of the crappy skyline here. It's just a rundown antique shop in a bad part of town now.

6/24/2011 10:57:44 PM

Somebody needs to man up and just go ahead and build The Illinois right here in the good old U.S. of A. Complete with the originally proposed nuclear-powered elevators!

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Illinois

6/25/2011 12:55:41 PM

^ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mile-High_Tower
http://www.smh.com.au/world/milehigh-building-gets-approval-20110417-1djg4.html

This one is going to be built, it seems.

These are interesting:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_cities_with_most_skyscrapers
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_cities_with_the_most_high-rise_buildings
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_tallest_structures_in_the_world_by_country

6/28/2011 3:35:54 PM

^Now they're just saying "over 1 km high". Frank Lloyd Wright is turning over in his grave!

6/28/2011 9:01:06 PM

I wonder how Muslims on Hajj feel about that giant gaudy clock tower overlooking the Kaaba.

[Edited on June 29, 2011 at 10:24 AM. Reason : not enough js]

6/29/2011 10:19:53 AM

http://www.cnn.com/video/?hpt=hp_t2#/video/international/2012/04/17/pkg-vassileva-second-tallest-building-opens.cnn

[Edited on April 18, 2012 at 10:17 AM. Reason : cant embed from cnn ]

4/18/2012 10:16:35 AM

One WTC to become NYC's tallest building

http://news.blogs.cnn.com/2012/04/30/one-world-trade-center-to-become-nycs-tallest-building/?hpt=hp_t1

http://www.cnn.com/video/?hpt=hp_t1#/video/bestoftv/2012/04/26/vo-ground-zero-time-lapse.earthcam-com



[Edited on April 30, 2012 at 11:53 AM. Reason : embed fail]

4/30/2012 11:53:07 AM

It's been a long time coming, but i'm glad that things are getting close to completion down there. (yes i know there are other buildings that aren't, but this one is the most symbolic)

4/30/2012 12:09:43 PM

looks nice!

btw, this is crazy:

Quote :

"China needs as many as 50,000 new high-rises—ten Manhattans—by 2025, for the hundreds of millions of people pouring in from the countryside."

http://nymag.com/arts/architecture/reviews/supertall-davidson-review-2011-8/

5/1/2012 11:28:52 AM

so much new stuff has come up since i last updated this thread... will have to wait a week or so before i can do it again.

for now though, not a skyscraper, but the world's tallest tower, just finished:

Tokyo Sky Tree @ 2,080 feet (634 m)

5/22/2012 3:59:04 PM

baller thread.

5/22/2012 4:27:35 PM

you mean

taller thread

5/22/2012 4:38:39 PM

i walked by where theyre building the shanghai tower today on the way to the tax office. styrofoam takeout food containers everywhere, peasant construction workers. i like how they dangle from the bldgs on non-stretchy hemp ropes to clean the windows all over the city. life is cheap here.

5/22/2012 4:42:12 PM

^^

5/22/2012 4:45:40 PM

^^ that's how it is in most any city with lots of construction, outside Western Europe, Australia, and NA-Mexico.

Thought I would post one before I resume my work.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kingdom_Tower

2018 AD
[1,050 m]
3,445 feet
200 stories
$1.23 billion
900,000 tons
Observatory @ 1,647 ft
Foundation 197 ft deep
Foundation 300 ft across
Piles up to 656 ft deep
Penthouse @ floor 157 (2,000 ft) will have 100 ft across glass-floored outdoor "sky terrace"





Sky Terrace:

5/22/2012 5:47:00 PM

btw, that building is going to be about 15 miles from where i live... but hopefully (most definitely) i would be out of this dump by the time it is even sorta visible.

5/22/2012 7:23:25 PM

http://www.geekologie.com/2012/11/wow-china-to-build-worlds-tallest-buildi.php
Prefab 220 story building to be put together in 90 days.

No thanks.

11/20/2012 7:44:16 PM

11/20/2012 8:54:15 PM

^^^^

Quote :

"$1.23 billion"

So I guess we've gone back to the way of Egypt, and these modern day "pyramids" are being built with slave labor. Something as epic as that built with proper wages would cost at least $5 billion.

11/21/2012 9:36:27 AM

n/m counted a 0 twice..


250m gets you 11 floors here....

[Edited on November 21, 2012 at 9:45 AM. Reason : .]

11/21/2012 9:43:27 AM

^ no way a 250 m building would have only 11 floors. 250 m =~ 60 floors.

^^ rich arab countries have been using almost-slaves for the last few decades for basically any menial jobs in their countries.

11/21/2012 3:10:42 PM

Looks awesome... wonder if it will actually be built (the 2,749 foot building to be made in 90 days in China)

11/28/2012 4:40:29 AM

It reminds me of the Tower of Babel or a very tall ziggurat.



Also, only in China is speed of construction considered something to be proud of. However, if quality can be maintained it would be an astounding feat, logistically speaking.


[Edited on November 28, 2012 at 11:39 AM. Reason : image was too big]

11/28/2012 11:34:43 AM

^ agreed with everything

+

it also looks like an elongated wedding cake to me

11/28/2012 1:47:07 PM

Quote :

"^^ rich arab countries have been using almost-slaves for the last few decades for basically any menial jobs in their countries."

yeah I know. I've read plenty of articles about how trapped those people are.

11/29/2012 8:52:25 AM

That thing is hideous to me.

[Edited on November 29, 2012 at 9:06 AM. Reason : ]

11/29/2012 9:05:38 AM

yeah it looks pretty bad... a double-wide in the sky.

11/29/2012 10:50:53 AM

The spire has been officially placed on the Freedom Tower in NYC:
http://www.cnn.com/2013/05/10/us/new-york-world-trade-center-spire/index.html?hpt=hp_t2

I am not sure if it will officially count as 1,776 ft though if the spire is just an antenna. The radome was eliminated from the plans.

5/10/2013 10:45:35 AM

Do news site ever post fucking PHOTOS anymore? Instead of 3 fucking videos...ugh.

5/10/2013 11:13:33 AM

Quote :

"Do news site ever post fucking PHOTOS anymore? Instead of 3 fucking videos...ugh."

i HATE that trend.

5/10/2013 12:29:12 PM

^^^ counts

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_tallest_buildings_in_the_world#Tallest_skyscrapers_in_the_world

5/10/2013 2:55:39 PM

fyi.. regarding the kingdom tower sky terrace pictured above.

Guy I graduated with (civil/structural engineering) is on the team designing that. NC State represtent!

5/10/2013 9:30:37 PM