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

[giallo]

Sept 21

A sort of homage to those old 1930s pictures of New York under construction


http://www.inclearimage.com/giallo/sept21swfc.jpg

[some_stupid_nut]

Thats a great picture! ^^^

[dubai 1]

http://www.inclearimage.com/giallo/sept21swfc.jpg
how big is the elevator shaft in sqft,i have to say that's a big core for a building like that.how many elevator's will the building have?

[Slugbelch]

Back a bit (Sep. 13th), but postworthy:
http://img243.imageshack.us/img243/827/swfc913062axa7.jpghttp://img146.imageshack.us/img146/1035/swfc91306agk9.jpg

Original size for the desktop or screensaver:
http://img146.imageshack.us/img146/527/swfc913062qe0.th.jpg (http://img146.imageshack.us/my.php?image=swfc913062qe0.jpg) http://img243.imageshack.us/img243/2676/swfc91306gc6.th.jpg (http://img243.imageshack.us/my.php?image=swfc91306gc6.jpg)
xipemike

[Slugbelch]

21st:
http://img243.imageshack.us/img243/2226/swfc92106kc1.jpgoriginal:http://img91.imageshack.us/img91/1021/swfc921061un8.th.jpg (http://img91.imageshack.us/my.php?image=swfc921061un8.jpg)
theslaad

22nd:
http://img243.imageshack.us/img243/7325/swfc92206cj4.jpghttp://img91.imageshack.us/img91/9131/swfc922061cs3.jpg
cmac

[giallo]

Sept 25


http://www.inclearimage.com/giallo/sept25swfc.jpg




http://www.inclearimage.com/giallo/sept25swfc2.jpg




http://www.inclearimage.com/giallo/sept25swfc3.jpg

[Fabb]

Great photos !
Thanks again.

[xiahoudun]

Giallo, nice pics. The picture taken from the bridge is very good.

[staff]

Sept. 27th.
http://img80.imageshack.us/img80/3407/nackrosfokusky2.jpg

[Urban Zombie]

^That turned out great, Staff.

[Fabb]

Great !
I like the way Jin Mao is glowing near the top.

[Slugbelch]

Sept. 12, but just got posted and was kinda cool, so, what the heck:
http://img91.imageshack.us/img91/8291/swfc91206fz3.jpg
Nick 280

[The Chemist]

Sept. 27th.
http://img80.imageshack.us/img80/3407/nackrosfokusky2.jpg

Fantastic, Staff! :cheers:

I don't know why, but I love the Bund Center. :shrug:

[Slugbelch]

Today (28th):
http://img20.imageshack.us/img20/4451/swfc92806as0.jpg
http://img20.imageshack.us/img20/7915/253853410a018ca4e4eoie0.jpg http://img153.imageshack.us/img153/9374/shanghaimeloncs8.jpg
JohndeFrog/cheffshanghai/robert

[Thskyscraper]

Oh man this tower is looking great! LOL, like that giant watermelon.

[Boris2k7]

Not as nice as many of the pictures in here, but my dad just got back from a 2-week business trip to China and I found this picture he took...

http://img148.imageshack.us/img148/9600/swfctu1.jpg

If it weren't for the smog... oh well, at least it wasn't as horrific as displayed in his Beijing pics... :P

I can't wait to see this tower finished!!!

[Slugbelch]

28th:
http://img71.imageshack.us/img71/3145/swfc92806oq1.png
mmonk

29th:
http://img166.imageshack.us/img166/7726/swfc92906nb8.png
jeroeno20

[Slugbelch]

9-26:
http://img82.imageshack.us/img82/2930/swfc92606dontthinkjustshootsz5.jpg
dontjustthinkjustshoot

[Slugbelch]

Today (10-3):
http://img221.imageshack.us/img221/4903/swfc100306tu8.jpg
http://img243.imageshack.us/img243/705/swfc1003062wm1.th.jpg (http://img243.imageshack.us/my.php?image=swfc1003062wm1.jpg) http://img243.imageshack.us/img243/2831/swfc1003063ep5.th.jpg (http://img243.imageshack.us/my.php?image=swfc1003063ep5.jpg) http://img351.imageshack.us/img351/3525/swfc100306gs1.th.jpg (http://img351.imageshack.us/my.php?image=swfc100306gs1.jpg) http://img243.imageshack.us/img243/1885/swfc1003064pe1.th.jpg (http://img243.imageshack.us/my.php?image=swfc1003064pe1.jpg)
http://img142.imageshack.us/img142/7227/1zn9.jpg
RogerSpear

[Thskyscraper]

Wow, great pics, this is looking great!

[Slugbelch]

10-2-06:
http://img228.imageshack.us/img228/1862/swfc100206gn2.jpghttp://img82.imageshack.us/img82/7387/26057211533cb709a17bhr6.jpg
originals:
http://img228.imageshack.us/img228/7296/swfc1002062mh6.th.jpg (http://img228.imageshack.us/my.php?image=swfc1002062mh6.jpg) http://img374.imageshack.us/img374/6648/swfc100206qd7.th.jpg (http://img374.imageshack.us/my.php?image=swfc100206qd7.jpg)
panoramic (nice quality!):
http://img374.imageshack.us/img374/9781/swfc1002063jt9.th.jpg (http://img374.imageshack.us/my.php?image=swfc1002063jt9.jpg)
http://img374.imageshack.us/img374/5695/swfc1002062ip6.jpg
3meg. version here (http://www.flickr.com/photo_zoom.gne?id=260516349&size=o&context=set-72157594312303357)
http://img228.imageshack.us/img228/9687/swfc1hh8.jpg
frigginawsomeimontv

[staff]

Oct. 3rd.

http://img171.imageshack.us/img171/9509/nyvinkelswfcpy6.jpg

Now, with cladding this extensive, you really can get an idea of what the finished building will look like.

http://img421.imageshack.us/img421/2622/mellangronll6.jpg

http://img429.imageshack.us/img429/1520/closeswfclyfthz0.jpg

[Slugbelch]

^ Cool shots

10-4:
http://img187.imageshack.us/img187/680/swfc100406vl1.jpg
njdarjer

[xiahoudun]

Did the construction of the core slow down, or are we expecting too much with updates almost every day?

Maybe it has to do with the national holiday this week?

[Fabb]

For the past weeks, the core seems to have progressed at the same pace as the floors.
I guess that it couldn't be far ahead forever.

[Slugbelch]

Oct. 3:
http://img89.imageshack.us/img89/2778/swfc1003062juengelzb1.jpg http://img91.imageshack.us/img91/4685/swfc100306mathampsondj2.jpg http://img228.imageshack.us/img228/4284/swfc1003062mathampsonwb5.jpg http://img519.imageshack.us/img519/5756/swfc1003061vt3.jpg http://img91.imageshack.us/img91/8217/swfc100306juengelwc5.jpg
http://img156.imageshack.us/img156/4340/swfc4rq8.jpghttp://img156.imageshack.us/img156/7638/swfc6ap9.jpghttp://img291.imageshack.us/img291/3634/swfc5vp7.jpg
juengel/mathamson

[Urban Zombie]

Oct. 6th

http://i.pbase.com/o5/45/599045/1/68112609.7cZlWhpM.IMG_4171copy.jpg

http://i.pbase.com/o5/45/599045/1/68112608.Bsl5ZpLa.IMG_4174.jpg

http://i.pbase.com/o5/45/599045/1/68112606.x0ueViRm.IMG_4161.jpg

[Slugbelch]

^ Haven't seen that angle before in that last shot. Nice lineup!

[staff]

I love how the facade is sparkling - and a unique angle as well.
You the man, Anton!

[Slugbelch]

Oct. 4:
http://img228.imageshack.us/img228/4238/swfc100406danieldrvj5.jpg
http://img91.imageshack.us/img91/663/swfc1004062danieldrqa9.jpg
http://img89.imageshack.us/img89/7899/swfc100706cepetitecoeurwe6.jpghttp://img91.imageshack.us/img91/6656/swfc100706diolalababyad5.jpghttp://img91.imageshack.us/img91/9684/swfc1zn4.jpg
superhuge size:
http://img228.imageshack.us/img228/3448/swfc100406juengelbm0.th.jpg (http://img228.imageshack.us/my.php?image=swfc100406juengelbm0.jpg)
danieldr/juengel/diolalababy

[Lecom]

Staff, Slug, sick shots.

[Hoodrat]

Staff, Slug, sick shots.

agreed

[Jonovision]

I love it! Jin Moa looks so amazing, its like the new Chrysler building, which makes SWFC the new Empire State.

[Fabb]

Great updates & pictures !

[mczamalek]

About 3/4ths height of the Jin Mao now? Best 1/4 still yet to come!:D

I'll be there late January- will it be topped out?

[Slugbelch]

^ Hope you got your city tour to the top of the Jin :tup:

Oct. 5th:http://img89.imageshack.us/img89/432/swfc100506danieldrlu3.th.jpg (http://img89.imageshack.us/my.php?image=swfc100506danieldrlu3.jpg)
Oct. 6th:http://img91.imageshack.us/img91/5654/swfc100606bshizzleya7.jpg
Oct. 7th:http://img89.imageshack.us/img89/3140/swfc100706ebox30zi7.jpg
danieldr/bshizzle/ebox30

[Slugbelch]

Today (Oct. 9)
http://img89.imageshack.us/img89/7599/swfc100906xavidecoiniestauk4.jpg
xavidecoiniestau

[hoosier]

This tower has been climbing VERY slowly as of late. Perhaps this is due to the need to continually readjust the core shape?

[giallo]

^ Yeah, it'll rise a floor a week until the end of October. The adjustment to the core is long and complicated.

About a week old, but I may as well post it


http://www.inclearimage.com/giallo/oct3swfc.jpg

[giallo]

double dip

[Urban Zombie]

^Boy, you sucha crazy double post whore, it hoits!

Nice shot--hopefully we can expect it to rise at a frightenly fast pace again now that the core reconfiguration is coming (has come?) to an end.

[avcellvs]

From a SSC post, the core would feature four sets backs, this is just the first one.

http://derives.1.free.fr/SWFC_sec.jpg

[staff]

This building will look evil from some angles!

[Rise To The Top]

any updates?

[arkhagello]

Shanghai is still my favourite, WFC looks lovely!

[ontheroad]

Speed up! ;) Looking great, it will form an amazing cluster together with the Pearl and the Mao!

/Mats

[Rise To The Top]

the building reminds me of the WTC construction with the trusses, but instead of steel framing they are using concrete, maby because of what happend to the WTC

[STR]

Honestly, I'm finding this building fairly boring compared to Jin Mao

[staff]

^^
Have you seen it in real life?

[STR]

It's a basic glass slab (which I've seen basically every variation of already) right next to the most overarticulated facade in modern architecture. SWFC is all about massing, the details are (as they've always been) utterly lacking.

Just ask yourself, if the building topped out is it is, and the facade was finished up to the top. Would you really find this building interesting? I highly doubt it. Until it breaks 1,400 feet and has its hole, this building is blah.

[staff]

I agree about the facade of Jin Mao; you have to be close to it to appreciate the facade details - from a distance it looks a bit 'messed up'.

What about the tapering shape of SWFC? It's not just a tall building with a hole, in my opinion - even without the hole, it would still have it's unique shape.
My intentions are not to start a flame-war, or go off-topic, but you have the Sears Tower as avatar - would people, even in the US, have any idea what building it was if it weren't super tall?

[Slugbelch]

http://img192.imageshack.us/img192/2964/swfcei7ignf0.jpghttp://img148.imageshack.us/img148/2218/092606ehrenrl1.png

Oct. 3:
http://img214.imageshack.us/img214/3425/swfc100306karlqixbr3.jpg

Oct 7:http://img246.imageshack.us/img246/8986/swfc100706neloboixez0.jpghttp://img95.imageshack.us/img95/1620/swfc100306colleencurnuttemi1.jpg
http://img214.imageshack.us/img214/5143/swfc100806poagaoxoq3.jpg

Oct. 10:
http://img149.imageshack.us/img149/1705/swfc101006lazirayaa1.jpg
http://img99.imageshack.us/img99/7576/swfc1010062lazirayzx7.jpg

OCT 11:http://img246.imageshack.us/img246/3839/swfc101106bertvandijkrl8.th.jpg (http://img246.imageshack.us/my.php?image=swfc101106bertvandijkrl8.jpg)

Oct.13:
http://img99.imageshack.us/img99/6145/swfc101306lazirayhm8.jpg

Oct 14:
http://img148.imageshack.us/img148/4940/swfc1014062neloboixyg2.jpghttp://img246.imageshack.us/img246/6103/swfc1014063neloboixsh6.jpg
http://img192.imageshack.us/img192/5416/swfc101406fgiralkw0.jpghttp://img192.imageshack.us/img192/4177/swfc101406neloboixvw6.jpg
http://img192.imageshack.us/img192/9104/swfc101506qiaodayevs4.jpg
http://img192.imageshack.us/img192/2218/swfc101406kyyheba2.jpg

Oct 15:
http://img267.imageshack.us/img267/7536/swfc1015062kitcaufieldot5.jpg
http://img167.imageshack.us/img167/6141/swfc101506jixuscw6.jpg

Oct. 16:
http://img183.imageshack.us/img183/1374/swfc101606kitcaufieldxs7.jpg

Today (Oct. 18):
http://img246.imageshack.us/img246/2637/swfcnattymacmy7.jpg
http://img246.imageshack.us/img246/3094/swfc101806ollisteinmannxsi0.jpghttp://img192.imageshack.us/img192/369/swfc071506elizabethblanchetls3.jpg
http://img148.imageshack.us/img148/3525/swfc2db0.jpghttp://img192.imageshack.us/img192/2927/swfc2zy5.jpg
http://img246.imageshack.us/img246/4253/swfc3pb9.jpghttp://img243.imageshack.us/img243/1553/11qn1.jpg
ehren/neloboix/colleencurnutte/bertvandijk/neloboix/fgiral/qiaodaye/kyyhe/nattymac/ollisteinmannx/kitcaufield/elizabethblanchet/laziraya

[BINARY SYSTEM]

The boldness of this tower will make it very intimidating when completed, even more than the Burj Dubai in my opinion. To me this is what a supertall skyscraper should be.

[Fabb]

Today (Oct. 18):
http://img246.imageshack.us/img246/1903/swfc5bp4.jpg


^This is HK. (Possibly Wanchai from Hopewell Center)

[Slugbelch]

^ Thanks. Removed and replaced with Oct. 15 and 16 pics.
Oct 18:http://img145.imageshack.us/img145/8678/swfc101806jakobmontrasioxnn6.th.jpg (http://img145.imageshack.us/my.php?image=swfc101806jakobmontrasioxnn6.jpg)
jakobmontrasiox

[Patrick]

It's a basic glass slab (which I've seen basically every variation of already) right next to the most overarticulated facade in modern architecture. SWFC is all about massing, the details are (as they've always been) utterly lacking.

Just ask yourself, if the building topped out is it is, and the facade was finished up to the top. Would you really find this building interesting? I highly doubt it. Until it breaks 1,400 feet and has its hole, this building is blah.

I agree, its really not that impressive. If the cross-braceing actually appeared like the renderings, it would look way more intresting.

[Slugbelch]

Oct. 20:
http://img167.imageshack.us/img167/3857/swfc1019062neloboixhn0.jpghttp://img90.imageshack.us/img90/1058/swfc102006tracydavidfk7.jpg
http://img139.imageshack.us/img139/5075/swfc101906neloboixvg1.jpg
neloboi/tracydavid

[Slugbelch]

Added Oct. 10th and 13th on the top of the page

OCT. 19:
http://img99.imageshack.us/img99/9562/swfc101906taipeiphilze5.jpg

Yesterday (25th) with that 70's look:
http://img149.imageshack.us/img149/966/swfc102506lomolifeoferiqw3.jpg
taipeiphil/lomolifeoferiq

[Razqal]

ya they should've emphasized the cross bracings and outer frame instead of covering up the entire building with reflective glass. it looks like another boring box.

[Slugbelch]

Oct. 24:
http://img140.imageshack.us/img140/3469/swfc102106triinak6.jpghttp://img93.imageshack.us/img93/9521/swfc102406serpentinozd3.jpg
triin/serpentino

[Urban Zombie]

Oct. 27th, back to ye olde spot:

http://ct.pbase.com/o5/45/599045/1/69231942.lLyNqowz.X86.jpg

http://ct.pbase.com/o5/45/599045/1/69231943.RUwi1WYC.X88.jpg

http://ct.pbase.com/o5/45/599045/1/69231944.GLmUhaD1.X91.jpg

[tuy]

http://www.shanghaidaily.com/art/2006/10/26/295333/World_tallest_skyscraper_ready_in_2008.htm

Here is an article from the Shanghai Daily:

World tallest skyscraper ready in 2008

Winny Wang

2006-10-26

SHANGHAI World Financial Center will be completed on March 23, 2008 to become the world's tallest skyscraper in terms of its roof height and the floor that people can reach, local media reported today.

The 101-story 492-meter building, which can hold 40,000 people, is expected to stand at a height of 398.93 meters by the end of this year, with construction of 91 floors already complete, the reports said.

More than 120 elevators will be installed in the building, and the fastest one can reach 10 meters per second.

Tony Chi, the designer of a five-star hotel from the 79th floor to the 93rd floor in the building, said the 100-plus rooms all have different styles, which can fit the needs of customers' preferences.

The building's parking lot can hold about 1,100 vehicles. It will also have the world's highest sightseeing area between the 94th and 100th floors.

The center, which resumed construction last year after a seven-year delay because of a cash crunch and a sharp decline in the demand for office space amid the Asian financial crisis, will be built into into a mixed-use tower comprising office, hotel, business, conference and sightseeing facilities.

The developer, Mori Building Co, also changed its initial design – a void carved out of the top of the building – from a cylinder shape into a trapezoid.

[Fabb]

SHANGHAI World Financial Center will be completed on March 23, 2008 (...)
The 101-story 492-meter building (...) is expected to stand at a height of 398.93 meters by the end of this year, with construction of 91 floors already complete, the reports said.

Fine !
But it's hard to believe. About 30 floors in just over two months would mean a rate of more than three floors per week.

I'm skeptical.

[tuy]

The paper could be using an earlier time-line, that has since slipped.

[Slugbelch]

Oct. 27th, back to ye olde spot:That is a great spot as you can see all 4 diagonal braces for a nice 3d effect!

[Urban Zombie]

^Thanks, that would be from my window :D

[Slugbelch]

yesterday (Oct. 27):

http://img125.imageshack.us/img125/3407/swfc102706uh3.jpg http://img236.imageshack.us/img236/9213/swfcna2.jpg

http://img239.imageshack.us/img239/1609/swfc102706qiaodayexpd8.jpg

http://img125.imageshack.us/img125/4592/swfc102006charlee08xrm6.jpg
http://img127.imageshack.us/img127/3028/2603254114c2e1b52aeozj3.jpg http://img127.imageshack.us/img127/1299/swfc2gu9.png
qiaodaye/charlee08

[Fabb]

^Awesome shots !

[starvinggryphon]

How will this be the world's tallest building? Isn't Burj Dubai taller already?

[PDXPaul]

I don't think Burj will be done by then.

[hoosier]

Slugbelch, you are AMAZING!:worship:

[Slugbelch]

I don't think Burj will be done by then.Same here. I would like to see it hold the title for a little while.

Yesterday (Oct. 27):
http://img81.imageshack.us/img81/3488/swfc1027062hansolo77qs1.jpg

http://img81.imageshack.us/img81/9747/swfc102706hansolo77li4.jpg
HanSolo77

[Fabb]

Good !
Jin Mao is a whole different building at night.

[Lecom]

Oct. 27th, back to ye olde spot:

http://ct.pbase.com/o5/45/599045/1/69231942.lLyNqowz.X86.jpg

http://ct.pbase.com/o5/45/599045/1/69231943.RUwi1WYC.X88.jpg

http://ct.pbase.com/o5/45/599045/1/69231944.GLmUhaD1.X91.jpg
I love how this pic shows the cross-bracing on all sides.

[Bergenser]

Maybe it can hold the tallest roof-height title for a while, but sadly never the official height! :(

[JACKinBeantown]

Fine !
But it's hard to believe. About 30 floors in just over two months would mean a rate of more than three floors per week.

I'm skeptical.

Maybe it's possible considering how narrow the upper floors will be.

[Slugbelch]

Oct. 24:

http://img242.imageshack.us/img242/6914/swfc102406lindsayjade17ir0.jpghttp://img242.imageshack.us/img242/6573/swfc1024062lindsayjade1ov3.jpg

Today (Oct. 29):

http://img238.imageshack.us/img238/3411/swfc102906martinkimeq6.jpghttp://img238.imageshack.us/img238/8692/swfc103006blutsschwesteti8.jpg
http://img242.imageshack.us/img242/7910/swfc102806propjmxin0.jpghttp://img238.imageshack.us/img238/8505/swfc102706tehrenataib0.jpg
martinkim/propjm/tehrenata/blutsschweste/lindsayjade

[Slugbelch]

Today (Oct. 30):

http://img242.imageshack.us/img242/2725/swfc10280619gregoiregje5.jpg http://img238.imageshack.us/img238/7456/swfc10280615gregoiregoo3.jpg

http://img242.imageshack.us/img242/3171/swfc10280613gregoiregkf6.jpg http://img238.imageshack.us/img238/6092/swfc102806gregoiregwq8.jpg

http://img81.imageshack.us/img81/9730/swfc10280616gregoiregnp6.jpg http://img242.imageshack.us/img242/5566/swfc10280612gregoiregus1.jpg

http://img242.imageshack.us/img242/6678/swfc1028063gregoiregwa3.jpg http://img238.imageshack.us/img238/3752/swfc1028062gregoiregll6.jpg http://img81.imageshack.us/img81/1078/swfc1028064gregoiregie8.jpg

http://img242.imageshack.us/img242/4295/swfc1028066gregoiregpd2.jpg http://img81.imageshack.us/img81/5162/swfc1028065gregoireger4.jpg http://img242.imageshack.us/img242/6276/swfc1028067gregoiregng8.jpg

http://img238.imageshack.us/img238/5636/swfc1028068gregoiregef5.jpg http://img81.imageshack.us/img81/121/swfc1028069gregoiregzk3.jpg http://img81.imageshack.us/img81/8292/swfc10280611gregoiregpw2.jpg

http://img81.imageshack.us/img81/7752/swfc10280610gregoiregqr9.jpg http://img238.imageshack.us/img238/9580/swfc10280617gregoiregkz8.jpg http://img81.imageshack.us/img81/8987/swfc10280618gregoiregyd1.jpg
http://img242.imageshack.us/img242/9946/swfc6ze2.jpghttp://img238.imageshack.us/img238/3374/swfc6pe6.jpghttp://img242.imageshack.us/img242/4341/swfc4yf8.jpg
gregoirey

[Fabb]

Unusual update.
Thanks !

[HomeInMyShoes]

Cool update Slugbelch. I love this building.

[Fabb]

Maybe it's possible considering how narrow the upper floors will be.

That's what I thought at first. But no. I just hope the hole will be reached some time next spring.

[cur_sed]

dude, how'd you manage to smuggle yourself + camera up there? great work!

[giallo]

Just got my interent back up, so how about some updates?


Oct 27th

A 180 degree perspective of the building.
It's now just reached the 300m/1000ft mark.


http://www.inclearimage.com/giallo/oct27swfc.jpg




http://www.inclearimage.com/giallo/oct27swfc2.jpg




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




http://www.inclearimage.com/giallo/oct27swfc3.jpg




http://www.inclearimage.com/giallo/oct27swfc4.jpg




http://www.inclearimage.com/giallo/oct27swfc5.jpg




Oct 30

http://www.inclearimage.com/giallo/oct30swfc.jpg

[Bokimon]

Great pictures!
Is that by any chance the habitation (protection) floor with all the workers and the rebars for the floor slab? The huge braces of steel at the edge is hinting at just that.
I heard that this tower will have a couple of safe floors in the event of a fire spread apart at intervals of 12 floors.

I been looking at this thing since it first started to rise and I am truly impressed with the pace of construction. Shanghai is truly a cosmopolitan city driving towards the future! Despite the 7 years delay or so, its looking very nice.

[Fabb]

A 180 degree perspective of the building.
It's now just reached the 300m/1000ft mark.

Really ?
It doesn't look that tall.
Probably because of super-tall Jin Mao next door.
And also the fact that the cladding gives no indication of the number of floors, which reduces the impression of height.

[M II A II R II K]

Excellent, although I would have preferred they kept the round hole at the top.

Plus it would be cool to have an office just above the hole .

[gixer]

Wow, that building is really growing up. And the construstion should even get faster becouse the tower is getting thinner and thinner all the time, shouldn't it?? It is still nice to hear that it is already that high... :tup:

[Slugbelch]

Going back a bit, but they were just too good to pass up:

Oct. 17:
http://img112.imageshack.us/img112/3425/swfc101706finchenxb4.jpg

Oct. 20:
http://img55.imageshack.us/img55/2918/swfc110206monadflaccidijv7.jpg

Yesterday (Oct. 31):
http://img130.imageshack.us/img130/6126/swfc1031061tisebso4.jpg http://img112.imageshack.us/img112/479/swfc103106tisebee2.jpg
finchen/monadflaccidi/tiseb

[M II A II R II K]

Ever thought that it would be better for the skyline if this were built further away, unless more supertalls go up.

[staff]

gixer,
There are more core configurations to be made, so expect more (month-long?) halts to the construction phase. The tower has risen very fast the past weeks, and actually caugh up and passed the Burj Dubai in height, since the last core configuration though. The ICC in Hong Kong is rising in an even more exceptional speed though - maybe it will pass the SWFC next year.
SWFC is now officially a supertall...

MARK,
The Shanghai Center (the tower designated for the Z3-2 plot), 600m+, is going to rise pretty much in the same block as Jin Mao and SWFC.

[Slugbelch]

http://img238.imageshack.us/img238/3107/swfc101406monadflaccidipt7.jpg
monadflaccidi

[Bergenser]

I am beginning to think a bit... :hmmm:
which skyline will look best in the future, I thought it definetly would be Dubai, but now I am not that shure: The Shanghai Center (the tower designated for the Z3-2 plot), 600m+, is going to rise pretty much in the same block as Jin Mao and SWFC.

this building and Shanghai center wil BOOST the skyline very much, maybe even more than Dubai.

[BINARY SYSTEM]

http://www.chinapictures.org/images/shanghai/1/shanghai-40406174708967.jpg

http://ritzcarltonhotel.com/resources/pudong-skyline_pt_th.jpg

I LOVE THESE PHOTOS, IT SHOWS PUDONGS SKYLINE (CAPITALIST SKYSCRAPERS) CONTRASTED WITH THE OLDER COLONIAL SHANGHAI (EUROPEAN ARCHITECTURE). IF I SHOWED MY FRIENDS THESE PICTURES, THEY WOULD NOT KNOW THIS WAS CHINA (IN TERMS OF ARCHITECTURE....THERE'S NO WAY OF TELLING... THATS HOW RAPID CHINA IS CHANGING.

Bergenser I am beginning to think a bit...
which skyline will look best in the future, I thought it definetly would be Dubai, but now I am not that shure:

I DONT THINK SHANGHAI WILL COMPETE WITH DUBAI, LET ALONE HONG KONG OR NYC IN TERMS OF SKYSCRAPERS. THIS PHOTO IS BASICALLY ALL SHANGHAI HAS AS FOR A SKYLINE. NYC AND HONG KONG GO FOR MILES, I'LL TAKE DOWNTOWN MANHATTAN WHEN THE NWTC IS BUILT OVER THIS SORT OF TACKY MIAMISH LOOKING FINANCIAL CENTER OF SHANGHAI. IF YOUR JUST A HEIGHT FAN, FOSTERS TOWER WILL BE AS TALL AS THE JMT, AND THE FT WITH THE SPIRE WILL BE TALLER THAN WFC (I AGREE WFC IS BETTER THOUGH) AND THE NEW KING OF NYC-ROGER'S IS THE CROWNING OF NYC'S FINANCIAL DISTRICT.

[staff]

^^
Dude, do you have any idea of what you're talking about?
Shanghai is arguably the city with most skyscrapers in the world, and there are of course much more skyscrapers in Puxi than in Pudong.

Have you ever been to Shanghai? I suggest you learn a thing or two before shouting shit all over the forums.
Try again, and do it right.

[BINARY SYSTEM]

I Love Europeans Trying To Talk Like They Are From California…lol. Listen Dude In The Us (where Skyacrapers Where Born) We Don’t Consider Old Highrise Apartment Buildings Skyscarpers…and It Appears Either Does Skyscraperpage.com When They Report Shanghai Has 299 Skyscrapers Not Highrises. Nyc 1538, Toronto 1300 Etc...get Your Facts Straight Dude..,lol

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[JACKinBeantown]

And also the fact that the cladding gives no indication of the number of floors, which reduces the impression of height.

Bingo!

[staff]

I Love Europeans Trying To Talk Like They Are From California…lol. Listen Dude In The Us (where Skyacrapers Where Born) We Don’t Consider Old Highrise Apartment Buildings Skyscarpers…and It Appears Either Does Skyscraperpage.com When They Report Shanghai Has 299 Skyscrapers Not Highrises. Nyc 1538, Toronto 1300 Etc...get Your Facts Straight Dude..,lol

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California? What the fuck are you talking about?

Do you actually think that Shanghai has 299 skyscrapers? It wouldn't surprise me if Shanghai has more skyscrapers than New York and Chicago combined.

By the way - we built 150 meters tall towers in Europe before we founded your country.

So I suggest you get your facts straight, or get the fuck out of here.

[The Chemist]

I Love Europeans Trying To Talk Like They Are From California…lol. Listen Dude In The Us (where Skyacrapers Where Born) We Don’t Consider Old Highrise Apartment Buildings Skyscarpers…and It Appears Either Does Skyscraperpage.com When They Report Shanghai Has 299 Skyscrapers Not Highrises. Nyc 1538, Toronto 1300 Etc...get Your Facts Straight Dude..,lol

:order: SIMMER DOWN ....ITS A BLOG


You have obviously never been to Shanghai. I can assure you, there are FAR more than 299 skyscrapers in Shanghai - probably 10 times that number, at least. Certainly far more than Toronto. Stop arguing when it's pretty damn clear you have no idea what you're talking about.

[tuy]

Also, learn how to turn off your caps lock key.

Having been to Shanghai several times, I can attest that it has many more than 299 skyscrapers. They are also spread out from city edge to city edge, not only clustered in the center.

[BINARY SYSTEM]

Dont yell at me for the data, thats skyscraperpage.com's data. Anyway stop bickering, every site has various ways of evaluating skylines and buildings. Emporis.com ranks Shanghai at 834 buildings completed and HK at 7549...so I quess people trust them over your speculation...lol. Anyway get back on topic about this great building which in my opinion is better than the FT...as a New Yorker I can killed for saying that. I found this rendering online and don't believe WFC is at 300 meters yet..:<?
Originally Posted by giallo
A 180 degree perspective of the building.
It's now just reached the 300m/1000ft mark.

http://i2.tinypic.com/s664xy.jpg