SHANGHAI | World Financial Center | 1,614 FT / 492 M | 101 FLOORS - Page 107

chex · #**2121** Posted **Dec 27, 2007, 11:22 PM**

wow! that close up to the top is awesome!

CGII · #**2122** Posted **Dec 27, 2007, 11:30 PM**

Still wish the hole could've been circular, like the original design, but it's still a very attractive structure.

Aleks · #**2123** Posted **Dec 28, 2007, 1:05 AM**

After the Freedom Tower, isn't this supposed to be the safest building in the world? They have crossbeams behind the facade and they also have crossbeams in the core.

chex · #**2124** Posted **Dec 28, 2007, 9:28 PM**

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Originally Posted by CGII

Still wish the hole could've been circular, like the original design, but it's still a very attractive structure.

exactly! i do liked more the circular hole instead... its a beauty anyway...

Rise To The Top · #**2125** Posted **Dec 28, 2007, 10:50 PM**

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Originally Posted by Aleks0o01

After the Freedom Tower, isn't this supposed to be the safest building in the world? They have crossbeams behind the facade and they also have crossbeams in the core.

Yup, you forgot to add in that there are panic levels every 15 something floors, notable by the spacing in the glass.

M.K. · #**2126** Posted **Dec 29, 2007, 11:55 AM**

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Originally Posted by chex

exactly! i do liked more the circular hole instead... its a beauty anyway...

It is exactly that I wrote in beginning. I still also prefer the round hole one of first designs instead the squared built.

It would be more harmonic. But ok, here we are with sharp angles.

Bergenser · #**2127** Posted **Dec 29, 2007, 4:10 PM**

This is how a supertall is suposed to look.
Congrats to Shanghai and all the forumers in the city
for one of the absolute best designs in skyscraper history.

giallo · #**2128** Posted **Dec 30, 2007, 2:50 AM**

^Hehe. It certainly is spectacular. I'll be there opening day with views from the top.

HomeInMyShoes · #**2129** Posted **Dec 30, 2007, 3:00 AM**

I also wish for the circle, but it's still my absolute favourite +1000ft building under construction right now.

I can't wait for the views giallo.

Aleks · #**2130** Posted **Dec 30, 2007, 3:24 AM**

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Originally Posted by giallo

^Hehe. It certainly is spectacular. I'll be there opening day with views from the top.

Yeah, get us some pics! You're so lucky.

Personally I like the square hole better since it looks better (IMO). The round hole looked way too out-of-place (again IMO). With the square hole there's also a hanging observation deck which is sooo cool!

Just wish more days in Shanghai were perfectly clear with a few puffy clouds; that would make this tower the best photogenic skyscraper over 1,000 feet ever. I'd rather see daily updates on this building than on the Burj Dubai.

M II A II R II K · #**2131** Posted **Dec 30, 2007, 3:26 AM**

Yea I think the current hole looks better. Runs parallel to the roof.

And yes this is a kick ass design, even though it's the world's largest bottle opener!

kenratboy · #**2132** Posted **Dec 30, 2007, 7:40 AM**

I cannot even fathom what this city will look like in 20 years.

Personally, I like the hole that they built over the round one.

M.K. · #**2133** Posted **Dec 30, 2007, 11:33 AM**

^^^ Actually this design seems more a hanging ear jewel for women than a bottle opener

. It is sure the square hole is more in consonance with the bldg lines as it is a closed hole with paralel lines of the huge glassy volume. Which makes the design kick ass is the surface cutting the edges from bottom to top making the torsional hole possibility perpendicular to the diagonal edges. This is the most wonderful and unique in this bldg in my opinion. The hole itself is just a comma design detail more.

Rise To The Top · #**2134** Posted **Dec 30, 2007, 4:42 PM**

I likethe square hole much more than the circular. Not only does it flow with the building but it removes the Japanese trash inspiration from this beaut.