BEIJING | CITIC Tower | 528 M | 109 FLOORS

[SwimKind]

The design by TFP Farrells, BIAD, ARUP and MVA will be the tallest building in Beijing. The new ‘Z15’ Tower, located in the east of Beijing at the heart of the new CBD extension, will be over 120 storeys, and more than 500m high. As part of this 30-hectare masterplan at the core of this district, the design incorporates 2,000,000m2 of office space, six-star hotels, luxury service apartments and high-end retail that connects to the existing metro station and adjacent shopping mall. This 300,000m2 tower includes Grade-A office space over 60 floors; 20 floors of serviced apartments, and an approx. 300-key / 20-storey hotel, complete with state-of- the-art facilities. The tower’s smooth contemporary vertical curve gives the building an elegant expression that will assist in maximizing the floor area at the top and provide structural stability at the tower’s base. Z15 will utilize the latest sustainable technology, materials and engineering concepts. Situated close to the new CCTV Headquarters and China WTC 3, Z15 will become an international iconic landmark of China’s future.

http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_-9z9FA_Fqyc/TUGEvyYsmRI/AAAAAAAAAj8/b5fWpeF4wHY/s640/15735_1_TFP+Farrells+Z15+day.jpg

http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_-9z9FA_Fqyc/TUGExv7ehTI/AAAAAAAAAkA/oFcdTYV9WqI/s640/15735_2_TFP+Farrells+Z15+night.jpg

http://www.urbika.com/imgs/projects/large/4280_cbd-z15.jpg

[SkyscrapersOfNewYork]

i really like it,get it done.

[RobertWalpole]

FANTASTIC!!!:cheers:

[MolsonExport]

Wow, there's a signature building.

[Travis007]

I like it. Simple, sleek, and elegant. Reminds me of a massing inverse of HK's ICC.

[Tom In Chicago]

neat. . .

. . .

[FrancoRey]

Let's hope they can get this one done right. Too many nice structures in China have been ruined by sub-par cladding and glass. Time will tell!

[caltrane74]

Looks awesome....

I'm looking forward to this one.

[Mike K.]

We've received reports that this tower is now under construction, or at least the foundation is being worked on. Does anyone have any updates?

[shakman]

If I stare at this proposal long enough, I might like it.

[Zapatan]

We've received reports that this tower is now under construction, or at least the foundation is being worked on. Does anyone have any updates?

It's not yet, it's still all dirt with no machines there.

[MolsonExport]

Shame. Hope it goes forward...really one of the better bunch out of the Asian supertalls (proposed and existing)

[Mike K.]

It's not yet, it's still all dirt with no machines there.

Thanks for the confirmation!

[scalziand]

A little more than dirt now.
http://i.imgur.com/KbTkf.jpg
繁星的宇宙 (http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showpost.php?p=91397082&postcount=185)

[scalziand]

Hospital the design of Beijing's tallest building "respect" project test pile to create the Beijing area single pile static load test of the maximum load recorded
"Respect" the project is located in Beijing CBD core area of ​​the Z15 block, the proposed height of about 536 meters, the tallest building of the Beijing area, the foundation depth of about 38m.
The hospital commissioned by the Beijing CITIC Industry Investment Co., Ltd., project test piles to determine the test Pile vertical compressive bearing capacity and bearing characteristics, and provide the basis for the design and construction of pile.
Test pile grouting bored pile bearing stratum for the gravel layer, the test pile diameter Φ1000mm pile design strength of concrete grade of C50, the effective length of pile 42.20m, construction of pile length 62.20m, single pile compression The ultimate bearing capacity of the standard value 36000kN. Test pile number 3, design programs isolation of double sleeve design pile top elevation with the existing natural ground segment soil contact in order to eliminate the pile side, the effective length of pile within the pile foundation.
December 8, 2011 to complete the test piles, and the end of December 2011 to January 18, 2012 between the test pile. March 1, 2012, began to pile test detection of static load test, March 22 end of the test content. The test load to not less than 40000kN, to create a single pile static load test of the Beijing area the maximum load recorded according to design requirements.

http://www.whadi.citic.com/iwcm/null/null/ns:LHQ6LGY6LGM6MmM5NDgyOTkzNzMwMWYwYzAxMzczNWQxMzY4NDAwMDMscDosYTosbTo=/show.vsml

[scalziand]

http://picload.org/image/dapwprr/3.jpg

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黑水 老师 (http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showpost.php?p=95085631&postcount=282)

[ThatOneGuy]

This is my favorite tower in China.

[shakman]

If I stare at this proposal long enough, I might like it.

I stared at this project long enough. I like it.

[FLBlake]

It's shaped like the XBOX 360

[NYC GUY]

I like this one better than Shanghai tower the cladding on shanghai tower isn't that great in my opinion.

[cityenthusiast]

It's shaped like the XBOX 360

That's where the architect got his inspiration from the Xbox 360 it says it in the article about the tower:cool::rolleyes:

[scalziand]

http://picload.org/image/aapcplo/1.jpg
http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showpost.php?p=100721721&postcount=358

[Thefigman]

Here is a pic of the construction site I was able to snag while at a meeting in the Sofitel hotel in the CBD of Beijing. It's right across the street from the construction site.

Photo by me
http://imageshack.us/a/img819/3817/img0070yt.jpg

[Ed007Toronto]

Very clean construction site.

[Design-mind]

Wow a lot has been done between those two posts, which are less than a month apart!

[lakegz]

I walk by here about once a week. I'll take some photos if I can get some clear shots. Hope you don't mind a camera phone.

[Design-mind]

I walk by here about once a week. I'll take some photos if I can get some clear shots. Hope you don't mind a camera phone.

Hey even if you drew the updates it would be better than no updates at all. Would love some updates! Thanks in advance! :cheers:

[MolsonExport]

what a gigantic basin/bathtub. what else is slated for the site?

[Ed007Toronto]

Yes please to weekly updates.

[NERVA]

Will be in Beijing this week (vacation in PRC from May 16th - 25th). I'll try to get to the construction site and take some pic's.

[scalziand]

what a gigantic basin/bathtub. what else is slated for the site?

Check the first post. There's going to be 4-5 other smaller towers.

[lakegz]

Walked by the sight today and a nice vantage point I noticed during the winter has been covered up by the returning foliage. So this was the best shot I could get as I walked by.

Looking north
http://sphotos-g.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-ash4/391504_10102304306667786_1258574886_n.jpg

[Design-mind]

Thank-you. The update is just fine. Looks like they took one crane down, unless it is hiding behind the crane in the foreground. The last picture shows two cranes on the poured foundation behind the second block of construction housing. The new picture only shows one(furthest crane from vantage point).

[scalziand]

http://i42.tinypic.com/2zfr42f.jpg
cui2m (http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showpost.php?p=103777798&postcount=408)

[sbarn]

Wow what a massive construction site. One thing about Beijing, everything seems supersized!

[lakegz]

Wow what a massive construction site. One thing about Beijing, everything seems supersized!

.....and inhumanly scaled when you're trying to get around the city :-( :(

[Design-mind]

Having this overview helps make sense of what is happening where.

[Marc from Rotterdam]

So this was the best shot I could get as I walked by.


The Chinese fuck every interesting construction site by building a high steel wall around it.

[The North One]

This thing is fugly as shit, I don't get what you guys see in this.

[ThatOneGuy]

It would make more sense to ask why you don't like it than to ask people why they like this design, which is pretty much unanimously seen as beautiful.

[Duck From NY]

What an awesome highway interchange

http://i42.tinypic.com/2zfr42f.jpg
cui2m (http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showpost.php?p=103777798&postcount=408)

[Marc from Rotterdam]

Does anybody know where the actual Z15 tower will come on this site?

And this view point would be a nice location for a project webcam...

[Surrealplaces]

Very nice!

[Pavlov]

What an awesome highway interchange

These types of interchanges are standard along the 2nd and 3rd ring roads in Beijing.

[Duck From NY]

These types of interchanges are standard along the 2nd and 3rd ring roads in Beijing.

Good. I like them.

[Thefigman]

Does anybody know where the actual Z15 tower will come on this site?

If my memory serves me right from the posters I saw on the site, it is right at the cluster of four cranes.

[scalziand]

http://i.imgur.com/3xwl6De.jpg
ddxv (http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showpost.php?p=105498400&postcount=421)

[scalziand]

http://farm3.staticflickr.com/2865/9318359161_259549b1c2_h.jpg
Aerial view of Beijing Night ,China World Trade Center CBD. (http://www.flickr.com/photos/matuanzhang/9318359161/) by 麻團張 (http://www.flickr.com/people/matuanzhang/), on Flickr

[scalziand]

http://i.imgur.com/5scWQqG.jpg
178111 (http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showpost.php?p=109246232&postcount=483)

[jonas_thomas]

Thanks for the construction photos Scalziand!

[scalziand]

http://i.imgur.com/Jv2jSLb.jpg
iamsage (http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showpost.php?p=112383718&postcount=527)

[scalziand]

We can see the general outline of the core and supercolumns now.
http://media.snimka.bg/s1/3393/033030103-big.jpg?r=0
feiping8865 (http://www.gaoloumi.com/viewthread.php?tid=48745&extra=page%3D1&page=41)

[scalziand]

The big pour for this one is happening now:
63000 cubic meters, need 5 days

https://public.dm2304.livefilestore.com/y2ps3fPUKaU3DUWe3DVkh4LgOPVLHA8hUqsAVNhP--WLwxf-R3-hiVUbGUfjOftUBkLISzxG51s0qXN8VVujA6Y40r0vNoTttla7FOjZy-lg1o/8d1306bcjw1efs6sosygrj218g0xc7kv.jpg

https://public.dm2303.livefilestore.com/y2puQd76PnPM8jx75o1b5X7VqaN2WVMSxe08Lm7av8xkqQv35cePmOfgGFwYaPtXTmhJEX0oJsZNmhq5_7DEqmrAelp02TaWYqHLKLuYefYuHM/8d1306bcjw1efs6swvr6fj218g0xctr5.jpg

https://public.dm1.livefilestore.com/y2p1MXppUHAI9y6SDmRDqBZhSUkNgRSqdpfYHrqjkzSIafnV3KEEX_bfARzM5Um8a01zSLbyq9i7D7ufzrGiIB00AakOklqe2Ur1P3U4VhGsQk/8d1306bcjw1efs6t5e7ehj218g0xce05.jpg

https://public.dm2302.livefilestore.com/y2pcoudabQCNKz-9mtQCvIxklRNiKb0_pR_WU3nFKc8zGrXeqNGY7Wl0V2BtTBQastYWaKgdb4MfbRpDpCOCq24U7qWQ8uoFCVmcC-GBIs7WJA/8d1306bcjw1efs6tr6a8rj20xc18g1bm.jpg?psid=1

https://public.dm1.livefilestore.com/y2pRYSQKLcDtPtAXduT265serGB1QAlo3rZbidGTE9XxjJqayJz8o3jxa93WmqQsRH-YCH1BYHwxS-HspqPI9lOSoeDxAsTK-671hFKv0kMxhA/8d1306bcjw1efs6tcbbd3j20xc18gaq6.jpg
http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showpost.php?p=113493699&postcount=545

[MolsonExport]

what a monster bathtub foundation!

[Design-mind]

Wow I have never seen so much concrete pump lines in one pour! They must have massive pumps to move the concrete such distances.

[scalziand]

http://i.imgur.com/XAXJtsv.jpg (http://imgur.com/XAXJtsv)
Cho oyo (http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showpost.php?p=113637042&postcount=559)

[scalziand]

Jeez, they only waited 3 weeks to start putting steel in.

http://media.snimka.bg/s1/3482/033207514.jpg?r=0

http://media.snimka.bg/s1/3482/033207515.jpg?r=0

http://media.snimka.bg/s1/3482/033207516.jpg?r=0
feipeng8865 (http://www.gaoloumi.com/viewthread.php?tid=48745&extra=page%3D1&page=59)

[WestCoast]

the scale. lord, the sheer size and scope of that foundation.

:eeekk:

[scalziand]

http://i1364.photobucket.com/albums/r737/Demivw/02_zps7786e230.jpg~original
DvW (http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showpost.php?p=114145060&postcount=584)

[Surrealplaces]

Those update shots of the big pour were awesome!

[scalziand]

http://media.snimka.bg/s1/3502/033248634-big.jpg?r=0
121121121121 (http://www.gaoloumi.com/viewthread.php?tid=48745&extra=page%3D1&page=63)

[Surrealplaces]

Quite the massive construction site!

[scalziand]

http://i.imgur.com/h88JFXb.jpg
via cho oyo (http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showpost.php?p=114665716&postcount=595)

[scalziand]

http://i.imgur.com/JjJMXB0.jpg (http://imgur.com/JjJMXB0)
via digory (http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showpost.php?p=114946767&postcount=604)

[scalziand]

http://i.imgur.com/ePfswoz.jpg (http://imgur.com/ePfswoz)

[scalziand]

http://i.imgur.com/0LwYDE6.jpg
121121121121 (http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showpost.php?p=116058419&postcount=625)

[Perklol]

Hypothalamus was right. This building looks similar to 101 Tribeca.

Very sleek buildings.

[scalziand]

http://media.snimka.bg/s1/3772/033787418-big.jpg?r=0
chyty (http://www.gaoloumi.com/viewthread.php?tid=705848&extra=page%3D1&page=137)

[scalziand]

http://i.imgur.com/n2lhoqh.jpg
(http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showpost.php?p=116934901&postcount=635)

[photoLith]

I believe I will be moving to Beijing around January, cant wait to see this baby rise.

[N830MH]

I believe I will be moving to Beijing around January, cant wait to see this baby rise.

Good for you! Hope you enjoy your new life.

[scalziand]

http://i.imgur.com/zVuPprQ.jpg
http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showpost.php?p=117626738&postcount=646

[Ivan Bilic]

http://picload.org/image/dapwpdr/8.jpg

This is pretty big construction site. This building is going to be huge. Is this construction site just for one supertall, or there is going to be other buildings on this site as well...?

[Thefigman]

This is pretty big construction site. This building is going to be huge. Is this construction site just for one supertall, or there is going to be other buildings on this site as well...?

The Z15 Tower location, from my recollection of seeing the site, are the cranes on the far side of the complex, closest to the CCTV building.

[globeman]

China Zun Tower site as of June 2015

https://farm1.staticflickr.com/264/19104855212_2ab8189c67_c.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/v7enRo)China Zun Tower Construction, Beijing (https://flic.kr/p/v7enRo) by globetrekimages (https://www.flickr.com/photos/globetrekimages/), on Flickr

[FrancoRey]

Looks like it's slowly moving along...

If only the sky was that blue in Beijing EVERY day.

[photoLith]

This ones taking a while. But it sure will be beautiful.

[toxteth o'grady]

It's taking a "slow boat to China"?:runaway:

[scalziand]

It's making it's way up.

http://i.imgur.com/8SIXbmq.jpg
娜娜 (http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showpost.php?p=128655598&postcount=853)

[Spocket]

Looks like it's slowly moving along...

If only the sky was that blue in Beijing EVERY day.

If only we could see the sky in Beijing every day. Or any day for that matter.

[Guiltyspark]

If only we could see the sky in Beijing every day. Or any day for that matter.

Yeah, from all the pictures I see it basically looks like Mordor but with a more oppressive government.

[scalziand]

Have a pic with some blue sky.

http://media.snimka.bg/s1/5061/036365866-big.jpg?r=0
Starry Universe (http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showpost.php?p=129266921&postcount=863)

[excel]

Crazy

[mountainrain]

By me, 12/12/2015
http://oi67.tinypic.com/1hcswm.jpg

[mountainrain]

By me, 23 Jan. 2016
http://oi66.tinypic.com/6o39ud.jpg

[mountainrain]

By me, 24 Jan. 2016
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http://oi68.tinypic.com/10omzgy.jpg
2
http://oi65.tinypic.com/e6blmw.jpg

[blacktrojan3921]

Obviously these pictures are photoshopped, due to the lack of smog in the pictures.

[Spocket]

Obviously these pictures are photoshopped, due to the lack of smog in the pictures.

Ha. Actually Beijing isn't quite as bad as that. It's not terrible every day but it depends on the time of year and the wind direction. When it's bad, it's bad.

It's too bad actually because Beijing is actually a very beautiful city. If not for the pollution it would be a hot international tourist destination, I'm sure.

[Kamuix]

Ha. Actually Beijing isn't quite as bad as that. It's not terrible every day but it depends on the time of year and the wind direction. When it's bad, it's bad.

It's too bad actually because Beijing is actually a very beautiful city. If not for the pollution it would be a hot international tourist destination, I'm sure.

How oppressive do you consider your government to be? i'm just curious it's not really that oppressive Is it?

[Nightsky]

Nice development of the new tower! I would like to visit Beijing, but I got enough of smog in Shenzhen and Guangzhou. Hope the pollution will decrease in the future so we can visit China with smog free skies and admire the skyscrapers.

[Spocket]

How oppressive do you consider your government to be? i'm just curious it's not really that oppressive Is it?

It's not my government but otherwise, it's not really oppressive at all.
I would say that in many ways you're more free in China than in a Western country. The difference is (and this is kind of a big deal) that you can't say anything bad about the government. And it's a government that deserves to have a lot of bad things said about it.

[tateyb]

Cladding Installation Begins on Supertall China Zun Tower (http://skyrisecities.com/news/2016/03/cladding-installation-begins-supertall-china-zun-tower)

Installation of the triple-glazed windows has begun on the lower section of the tower as evidenced in photos by Gaoloumi user Starry universe. The images show a highly textured panel of glass and enlarged metal mullions with phase 3B of the China World Trade Center under construction in the distance. They offer a glimpse of what a fully clad China Zun Tower will look like when construction finishes in 2018.
http://cdn.skyrisecities.com/sites/default/files/images/articles/2016/03/19998/19998-67996.jpg

[10023]

It's not my government but otherwise, it's not really oppressive at all.
I would say that in many ways you're more free in China than in a Western country. The difference is (and this is kind of a big deal) that you can't say anything bad about the government. And it's a government that deserves to have a lot of bad things said about it.

The censorship is a pretty big deal as well. Particularly if you're a Westerner trying to access Western media, and it feels like you're using a dial-up modem because the Great Firewall slows down your connection so much.

[Zapatan]

Dat glass!

[mountainrain]

By me, May 1, 2016
http://i66.tinypic.com/jafae1.jpg

By me, May 7, 2016
http://i64.tinypic.com/70i5ns.jpg

[mountainrain]

By me, from the heart of Beijing, May 2, 2016
http://i64.tinypic.com/2e4afcx.jpg

[mountainrain]

By me, May 8, 2016
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http://i67.tinypic.com/21djxhi.jpg
2
http://i68.tinypic.com/28j8gbd.jpg

[illegal]

by 繁星的宇宙
(http://www.gaoloumi.com/forum.php?mod=viewthread&tid=48745&extra=page%3D1&page=250) or The stars of the universe

http://media.snimka.bg/s1/5617/037479036-big.jpg?r=0

http://media.snimka.bg/s1/5617/037479035-big.jpg?r=0

http://media.snimka.bg/s1/5617/037479034-big.jpg?r=0

http://media.snimka.bg/s1/5617/037479033-big.jpg?r=0

[photoLith]

By me, from the heart of Beijing, May 2, 2016
http://i64.tinypic.com/2e4afcx.jpg

Wow, that view sure has changed since I lived there in 2007.

[sarasampras]

The design by TFP Farrells, BIAD, ARUP and MVA will be the tallest building in Beijing. The new ‘Z15’ Tower, located in the east of Beijing at the heart of the new CBD extension, will be over 120 storeys, and more than 500m high. As part of this 30-hectare masterplan at the core of this district, the design incorporates 2,000,000m2 of office space, six-star hotels, luxury service apartments and high-end retail that connects to the existing metro station and adjacent shopping mall. This 300,000m2 tower includes Grade-A office space over 60 floors; 20 floors of serviced apartments, and an approx. 300-key / 20-storey hotel, complete with state-of- the-art facilities. The tower’s smooth contemporary vertical curve gives the building an elegant expression that will assist in maximizing the floor area at the top and provide structural stability at the tower’s base. Z15 will utilize the latest sustainable technology, materials and engineering concepts. Situated close to the new CCTV Headquarters and China WTC 3, Z15 will become an international iconic landmark of China’s future.

http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_-9z9FA_Fqyc/TUGEvyYsmRI/AAAAAAAAAj8/b5fWpeF4wHY/s640/15735_1_TFP+Farrells+Z15+day.jpg

http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_-9z9FA_Fqyc/TUGExv7ehTI/AAAAAAAAAkA/oFcdTYV9WqI/s640/15735_2_TFP+Farrells+Z15+night.jpg

http://www.urbika.com/imgs/projects/large/4280_cbd-z15.jpg
Hi,

I am a student doing Architecture. I was studying on the Z 15 Tower also called as Heung Kong Tower.

Would you be knowing who is the contractor of this project??

Sara