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

[Slugbelch]

Updated 3-14-06:

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[giallo]

Mar 9

SWFC from across the river today

http://www.inclearimage.com/giallo/mar9swfc.jpg




http://www.inclearimage.com/giallo/mar9swfc2.jpg

[tuy]

^I can just imagine a shot from the same place a year from now.

[Spooky873]

zipperrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr

[Slugbelch]

Looks like it is time to raise a crane.

Nice shots. Would be a good place for a webcam;)

[The Chemist]

Hey cool, you can now see it from the Bund. For some reason I thought that it would be to the left of Jin Mao, not the right, when viewed from across the Huangpu.

[Fabb]

Mighty Jin Mao, your days at the pinnacle are numbered...

[xiahoudun]

A picture posted on the Cityrain thread. Probably taken yesterday.

http://belal.komterug.nl/docroot/img/fotos/belal_100306swfc.jpg

[Slugbelch]

^

http://img221.imageshack.us/img221/2193/belal100306swfc2ac.jpg

[giallo]

Mar 13


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http://www.inclearimage.com/giallo/mar13swfc4.jpg

[xiahoudun]

Giallo, these pics are great! Thanks for the regular update :D

[Slugbelch]

A little glimpse of when the first setback is to take place:

http://img124.imageshack.us/img124/7334/43hh.jpg

:shrug:

[JACKinBeantown]

Slowly but surely.

[giallo]

Mar 21


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http://www.inclearimage.com/giallo/mar21swfc4.jpg

[bobdreamz]

thanks for the update giallo...do you know what floor they are up to now?

[Slugbelch]

Some close ups from xitek:

http://img69.imageshack.us/img69/1684/29ub.jpg

http://img69.imageshack.us/img69/3244/32ke.jpg

[JACKinBeantown]

The floors are slowly catching up to the core. Nice progress.

[Slugbelch]

They are really closing up the bottom with concrete. Must be where the building will join it. Looks like 4 more floors should rise quickly before the next maintenance level. I was also expecting the first setback before the next floors, but I guess not yet.

They have to raise one crane again.

Interesting that they removed the core scaffolding at the top for the first time since it has risen. I wonder why? At least, we finally get to see how far they pour inside that green stuff.

Hmmm......

I'll try to update the top page today, but no promisses

[Fabb]

Great updates !
Did any one reckon how long it takes to complete one more floor ?

[mewonlottery]

It didn't grow much over the past month...

[Slugbelch]

Now that there's been a riot at the BD site, SWFC will have even more time to shine when it becomes worlds tallest.:tup:

[mewonlottery]

I just heard my friend he said the 3rd super tall is planned already. Any rending or detail? Anyone?

[giallo]

the site is being prepped. here is a pic

http://www.worldisround.com/hosted/22/583/246_o.jpg

[tuy]

Giallo, I don't think that is the site for the third supertall. The third should be on the other side of Jin Mao from the Pearl Tower. Closer to SWFC than Jin Mao, making a triangle with the three buildings. Maybe the site that is being cleared in the background of the pictures in post#901.

This site is between Jin Mao and the Pearl Tower. This site is also being cleared at present. I have seen it in several pictures as well as walking past it in January.

[Shanghai_Fan]

The third supertall will be placed in the plot currently occupied by a cricket yard or whatever is that. Between Jin Mao and Skyline Mansion:
http://img124.imageshack.us/img124/7334/43hh.jpg

[giallo]

My bad, guys. I get confused with all the potential developments in Lujiazui.

Bob, the SWFC has reached the 31th floor with the steel up to the 26th.

[xiahoudun]

Don't get confused, Giallo. You are doing great with all those updates! Anyways, did you get in trouble again, taking another picture of SWFC from the bankbuilding across the Park? Or do they let you in now?

[giallo]

Nope, no trouble. I haven't gone up to the Presidential Suite since the last time I got booted. I've taken the latest updated pictures from the 20th floor. No one bothers me there.

[Fabb]

the site is being prepped. here is a pic

http://www.worldisround.com/hosted/22/583/246_o.jpg

That's the nice design by Pelli. Is it still on ?

[giallo]

This is the site, Fabb. Looks like they are starting to put the foundations in etc. The are prepping the site for the shorter tower at the top.


http://www.inclearimage.com/giallo/mar13unknown2.jpg

[Fabb]

Good !
I wish the taller tower was planned first though.

[Slugbelch]

From xitek.com:

http://img93.imageshack.us/img93/1803/1113nt.jpg

[giallo]

Cool angle. Probably from the new condos south of SWFC. Lucky bastards.

[malec]

Huge!!

[giallo]

Mar 28



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This was the first time I started to feel dominated by the structure

http://www.inclearimage.com/giallo/mar28swfc4.jpg

[AJphx]

wow nice. this one is really making progress now.

[Slugbelch]

http://img20.imageshack.us/img20/3800/3301swfc3hw.jpg

[Fabb]

The core is not ahead of the floors by that much. IFC2 looked very different during its construction.

[Slugbelch]

^Yep. I worked ahead a bit.:tup:

There is a lot going on in this tower. You could actually take pics every 3 days and notice significant changes.

Updated 4-10-06?
http://img65.imageshack.us/img65/5792/swfcpost6xm.jpg

:shrug: :cheers:

[Jonovision]

Does anyone know why they have these large diaganol braces?

In my architecture class today we talked about fires in buildings and my professor said in modern towers they use large diaganol beams to allow the top part of a building to fall off in the event of a collapse insead of pancake down to around the core.

[Spooky873]

zipper buildings lookin good

[Urban Zombie]

I'm wondering how long until they start with the siding--I really hope they don't top it off first and then begin...I'd hate to see a 500m skeleton. However sometimes, that's how they do it here. Sometimes it isn't.

[giallo]

Apr 3


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http://www.inclearimage.com/giallo/apr3swfc2.jpg

[Slugbelch]

^Great! Amazing how clean construction site is.

[The Chemist]

I'm wondering how long until they start with the siding--I really hope they don't top it off first and then begin...I'd hate to see a 500m skeleton. However sometimes, that's how they do it here. Sometimes it isn't.

Did they do that with the Jin Mao Tower, or was the cladding put on as the building was built?

[JACKinBeantown]

Is it me or has the core not risen in a while?

[STR]

I'm wondering how long until they start with the siding--I really hope they don't top it off first and then begin...I'd hate to see a 500m skeleton. However sometimes, that's how they do it here. Sometimes it isn't.

Actually, that sounds REALLY cool. At least something like the JHC pic below would be awesome.

http://my.fit.edu/~rosiene/1965som.jpg

[High Pointer]

Holy frick, that is sweet.

...And not just because of the Playboy :whip::D

[giallo]

Rough day for updates...

Apr 11


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Here is an article about the SWFC from the April edition of That's Shanghai magazine

http://www.inclearimage.com/giallo/apr11swfc4.jpg

[mewonlottery]

Now I wonder about the 3rd supertall. SWFC doesn't get me excited anymore.

[xiahoudun]

Yes, I would also like to know more about this 3rd supertall. When I was in Shanghai last Februari I didn't see any renderings or any hints about it. The site was still a this baseballfield. And I didn't hear or read anything about it. Did anyone dig anything new up about that project?

[giallo]

^ It's actually a golf course, and as far as I know nothing has been approved. The site is still designated for a super tall though. I believe the allowed height is around 450m.


Apr 20


I apologize for the shitty quality of this picture, but they had the blinds pulled in ol' Jinny. It made it very hard to get a decent shot. It was taken from the 56th floor lobby, so you can see how high it's getting. The cranes were at eye level.

http://www.inclearimage.com/giallo/apr20swfc.jpg




http://www.inclearimage.com/giallo/apr20swfc2.jpg

[JACKinBeantown]

Is it just me or is this building taking a long time?

[giallo]

500ft built in under six months. Doesn't seem like a long time to me.



Nov 1 2005

http://www.inclearimage.com/giallo/swfc1.jpg



Apr 11 2006

http://www.inclearimage.com/giallo/apr11swfc.jpg

[STR]

Is it just me or is this building taking a long time?

Most supertalls take 3 years to top off and enclose.

[HomeInMyShoes]

I agree with JackInNYC that it seems like a long time, but that's because the reference points in the ground pictures make it difficult to judge the scale of what is going on. Nice shot Giallo from the other tower because it gives a better feeling for how monstrous the structure is. In the April 11th picture I'm left thinking, meh, it's not that tall. :)

[Slugbelch]

^ Yep. the tower shots are the best views. You can see what's going on at the very top.

Good pics as per usual.

[giallo]

Apr 24

It really looks like a skyscraper now.


http://www.inclearimage.com/giallo/apr24swfc.jpg




Glass!

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More glass on the other side

http://www.inclearimage.com/giallo/apr24swfc4.jpg




http://www.inclearimage.com/giallo/apr24swfc5.jpg

[xiahoudun]

Wow, it's gigantic. Thanks for the update, Giallo.

Anyways, what are they doing to one of the corners? Are they already covering the exterior?

[Lecom]

Wow, it grows really fast. There's glass already. Damn. Great updates giallo.

[Dylan Leblanc]

wow nice, thanks giallo!

what's it been, nearly 10 years!

[giallo]

Apr 29


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Worker up top

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More glass along the base

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http://www.inclearimage.com/giallo/apr29swfc5.jpg

[ltsmotorsport]

Love the context of the last shot.

It's really amazing also how much of the footprint the core takes up.

[Lecom]

http://www.inclearimage.com/giallo/apr29swfc.jpg
So it's that hollow on the inside? Should've expected that, but it's still a surprise.

[Fabb]

So it's a tube-within-a-tube structure.
I wonder if 2IFC is similar.

[Scruffy]

http://www.inclearimage.com/giallo/apr20swfc.jpg


The inner core is just so massive, from this photo it seems to leave really really little rentable office space per floor.

[Slugbelch]

Saw MI3 yesterday and the building is in there and lit up very nicely. Unfortunately, you will miss it if you don't look very close.

[Jonas]

Thanks for the update, giallo. Looks great :tup:
Are they starting facade works yet? You can see panels of glass attached in some photos already.

[Fabb]

More glass along the base

http://www.inclearimage.com/giallo/apr29swfc3.jpg



The cladding won't let see the diagonal bracing.

[JACKinBeantown]

Will the diagonal bracing zig-zag all the way up the building?

Nice to see glass.

[Slugbelch]

Will the diagonal bracing zig-zag all the way up the building?

Yes:
http://img279.imageshack.us/img279/7443/renderswfc617041ssp2gw.jpg

[WonderlandPark]

^^ I know that is the old model, but the height is so seriously taller than Jin Mao. Wow, if that is the case.

[Fabb]

The structure is much too nice to be hidden behind reflective glass.
It's a shame, really.

[giallo]

The glass is REALLY reflective. It is a beautiful structure, but I'm digging the mirror images the SWFC is already projecting from other buildings around the area. Hopefully, the weather will be decent tomorrow so I can take some pictures.

[xiahoudun]

Yes Giallo, please do spoil us! :D I can't wait for the next pics.

[carfreak01]

The cladding won't let see the diagonal bracing.

Well, you'll see it at night.


By the way, giallo, nice pics, but that Aurora building ruines the skyline. It's terrible. Everything else is great.

[The Chemist]

^You don't like Aurora? It's one of my favourite Pudong buildings. The way they use the facade as a giant video screen at night is cool too.

[Jonas]

I have to secong The Chemist here, Aurora is a real beauty which brings in some colour into the skyline of Pudong.

[giallo]

It was a nice day..

May 11


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[Lover Fighter]

Thanks for the pics giallo!
Are they are already cladding the lower floors with glass, or is that just sort of 'test' they're conducting?

[xiahoudun]

Great pics Giallo. Wow, the building is rising fast now, and the cladding is very visible now. Interesting!

[Slugbelch]

That stuff is highly reflective.

[Fabb]

It's the first of the three big ones to receive its cladding. I bet that it'll top out first too.

[Chad]

Splendid!!!

[xiahoudun]

Giallo, any new pictures of the SWFC? How is the cladding progressing?

[Urban Zombie]

http://i.pbase.com/o4/45/599045/1/60930653.IMG_3553.jpg

[Lecom]

What an impact on the skyline already! What's taller now, this or Burj Dubai?

[tuy]

I will be in Shanghai for a quick trip in July. It will be interesting to see how much it has grown since January.

[avcellvs]

May 27th 2006, from the xitek forum

http://s04.picshome.com/c91/257039_1148796685.jpg

[Fabb]

Spectacular photo !

[yuli0819]

....SORRRY..................SOME PICTURES.....
http://www.dpark.cn/image.php?album=1836&owner=rainsaga&imgname=1149167019.jpg
http://www.dpark.cn/image.php?album=1836&owner=rainsaga&imgname=1149167061.jpg
http://www.dpark.cn/image.php?album=1836&owner=rainsaga&imgname=1149167093.jpg

[xiahoudun]

Thanks yuli0819, but they don't seem to show?! Could you check the link?

Anyways, here is a picture from today's Cityrain thread.

http://belal.komterug.nl/docroot/img/fotos/belal_swfc172.jpg

[xiahoudun]

The next nighttime picture is very nice, I think. It's from the xitek-forum/cityrain's thread.

http://belal.komterug.nl/docroot/img/fotos/belal_swfc173.jpg

[The Chemist]

The latest photos are excellent - I love the cladding, and I think this building will look fantastic when finished. Just a quick question, though - if the core is hollow as it appears to be, what will go in the centre of the core?

[HomeInMyShoes]

^Creamy filling?

I don't know, but I love the pictures.

Have they come to their senses yet and switched the top back to the circle opening instead of the rectangle?

[xiahoudun]

Here is a picture of today 07-06-06 from the xitek/cityrain thread.

http://belal.komterug.nl/docroot/img/fotos/belal_swfc177.jpg

Giallo, will there be any updates from you this week? Just curious :D

[Razqal]

The latest photos are excellent - I love the cladding, and I think this building will look fantastic when finished. Just a quick question, though - if the core is hollow as it appears to be, what will go in the centre of the core?

umm...like elevators and staircases?? that's a big-ass core too. takes up most of the floor space it seems.

[xiahoudun]

Another pic from cityrain's thread:

http://belal.komterug.nl/docroot/img/fotos/belal_swfc180.jpg

[STR]

The latest photos are excellent - I love the cladding, and I think this building will look fantastic when finished. Just a quick question, though - if the core is hollow as it appears to be, what will go in the centre of the core?

I'd imagine they'll install steel frames to provide bracing for the elevator shafts. Since they're not using concrete for the insides, I'd assume they're going to use a drywall enclosed shaft.

[giallo]

Sorry for the update delay. Computer problems.

Jun 10

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