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

[avcellvs]

Rare view from the JinMao (54th floor, besides the business center)

http://www.worldisround.com/hosted/15/380/639_o.jpg

Zoom :

http://www.worldisround.com/hosted/15/412/554_o.jpg

[Jonovision]

Awesome pic! It shouldn't be too long before you won't have to look down to see the tower.

[try 2B funny]

IT IS A BIG MOFO!

[STR]

Can anything be seen from Jin Mao's observation deck?

[JACKinBeantown]

Nice recent pics, everyone.

[igzaklee]

great pic :)

[avcellvs]

Can anything be seen from Jin Mao's observation deck?

No U can't. Only from the 54th floor hotel lobby (free access) besides the business center.

[avcellvs]

Moyan 808 strikes back ! Nice night rendering from the Hongkou district.

http://www.worldisround.com/hosted/15/412/553.jpg

[-$i-]

It really annoys me that Jin Mao is never fully lit, which is due to the fact that there is a hotel up top. I fear it'll be the same problem for US7.

[avcellvs]

That is often the problem with "mixed use" towers.

[jacks]

Walked past this morning and you can see the building from the sidewalk over the wall! Looks like a lot of steel girders and a bit of framework. Didn't have my camera with me unfortunately but its definately (and finally) above ground level.

[avcellvs]

June 30th 2005. Cityrain's pix are back. :D

http://www.worldisround.com/hosted/15/542/45_o.jpg

http://www.worldisround.com/hosted/15/542/46_o.jpg

http://www.worldisround.com/hosted/15/542/47_o.jpg

http://www.worldisround.com/hosted/15/542/48_o.jpg

http://www.worldisround.com/hosted/15/542/112_o.jpg

http://www.worldisround.com/hosted/15/542/113_o.jpg

http://www.worldisround.com/hosted/15/542/114_o.jpg

http://www.worldisround.com/hosted/15/542/115_o.jpg

[vincent]

overground!!

[JACKinBeantown]

Wow, those are some gigantic beams.

[lakegz]

wow thats amazing progress, it looks like things are literally picking up, with speed now.

[High Pointer]

I'm not seeing the pics. Only the blue logo for the image hosting site.

[coth]

^
hotlinking are forbidded

copypast image link to address bar and press enter

[deejer8]

^before, I could see the pics, too. Now all I see are the blue boxes, too...

fix 'em! I wanna see the progress, too!!:help:

[mewonlottery]

I hope by the end of this year, I could see the building standing next to JinMao from the other side of the Huangpu river...it's exciting....

[High Pointer]

ok, nevermind, I can see them now ;)

[deejer8]

^I've refreshed over and over again but the blue boxes are still there! :hell: :hell:

[avcellvs]

Sorry for the technical problem and thanx for pointing it out. I can't fix it this morning, but I'll try later. Is this new one working ?

July 4th 2005 (by cityrain)

http://www.worldisround.com/hosted/16/12/242_o.jpg

[nezzybaby]

its become an exciting time to be a skyscraper fan

love watching these things grow

[avcellvs]

About the pix display problems, I have checked out their links : all of them are OK. You must have been experiencing server overloads from time to time.

[innov8]

These are great pictures, thanks for posting all the progress...
Keep it up, I can't wait to see all cranes rise above.:laugh:

[deejer8]

Now its working great! Thanks! Post more!:hug:

[Chad]

cant wait, cant wait cannot wait!!!!!!!!!

[avcellvs]

Yes, exciting times indeed ! :crazy:
This construction process will be very interesting to watch for every floor is unique. I can't wait for the times were it will be visible from the Bund too.
I wonder if the podium will be constructed right now or later ?

[avcellvs]

July 8th 2005. Pix by Cityrain

http://www3.worldisround.com/hosted/16/167/336_o.jpg

http://www3.worldisround.com/hosted/16/167/337_o.jpg

[deejer8]

:nuts: I am *SUCH* a fan of progress!:nuts:

[deejer8]

:nuts: I am *SUCH* a fan of progress!:nuts:

[avcellvs]

July 15th 2005. New pic by Cityrain.

http://www.worldisround.com/hosted/16/315/554_o.jpg


If you experience technical problems with my hosted pic, use the cameraunion forum pic link (no direct linking) :

http://image2.xitek.com/forum/200507/545/54574/54574_1121423354.jpg

[colemonkee]

That's a lot of progress in one week. This thing's gonna go up fast!

[coth]

very interesting, but why the core is empty?

[Razqal]

the building looks pretty narrow.

[The Chemist]

the building looks pretty narrow.

It's not. I've been by the site, and this thing is going to be at least as big around as the neighbouring Jin Mao tower, which is most certainly not narrow. It's a really large construction site - when I was there I didn't see a lot of activity (probably because it was lunch time ;) ), but I'm amazed to see how fast this building is progressing. It's going to make a nice companion for the absolutely stunning Jin Mao Building :)

[JACKinBeantown]

Is one scaffold floor equal to one building floor?

[buildup]

I don't think buildings this size can be very narrow. But it might look narrow since it is so tall.

[nezzybaby]

THIS DOES NOT LOOK NARROW, ITS FUCKING WIDE, YET IN SOME PICTURES FAR AWAY.

its bigger than jin mao which is right next to it, not thin, and of a similar overall height

[avcellvs]

July 18th 2005, from the ground (by the JinMao)

http://www.worldisround.com/hosted/16/404/631_o.jpg

Always some technical problems with my hosted pix which can only be displayed several days after uploading. Meanwhile, here is the cameraunion forum pic link :

http://image.xitek.com/forum/200507/1849/184976/184976_1121701001.jpg

[colemonkee]

Those steal columns are massive! Thanks for the ground shot. It helps put this into better perspective.

[JACKinBeantown]

Is one scaffold floor equal to one building floor?
Is one scaffold floor equal to one building floor?

[Fabb]

How many floors are there behind on scaffold floor ?

[Jaroslaw]

-I believe each scaffolding floor is only eight feet high or so.

[Fabb]

Thanks Jaroslaw.
See JACK, it pays to rephrase one's question... ;)

[avcellvs]

July 21th 2005.

http://www.worldisround.com/hosted/16/480/258_o.jpg

Or : http://image2.xitek.com/forum/200507/545/54574/54574_1121922994.jpg

http://www.worldisround.com/hosted/16/480/259_o.jpg

Or : http://image2.xitek.com/forum/200507/545/54574/54574_1121923103.jpg

http://www.worldisround.com/hosted/16/480/260_o.jpg

Or : http://image2.xitek.com/forum/200507/545/54574/54574_1121923359.jpg

[Fabb]

Good !
That's the real thing this time. Probably ahead of US7 and BD.

[xiahoudun]

wow, it's going up real fast now. Thanks for the pics, avcellvs.

[mewonlottery]

it's rising....good good!!

[JACKinBeantown]

Thank you Jaroslaw and Fabb.

[xiahoudun]

Good news, fellow forumers. I just booked tickets to Shanghai for my wife and me. I'll be there beginning next year (2006), and will take lost of pics, especially of SWFC progress. I'll see if I can capture it for you guys from the Oriental Pearl and from Jin Mao.

If I can't post them myself then, I will send the pics to Avcellvs to post them here... if that's ok with you Avcellvs?

[avcellvs]

Great news ! :D
When I was there, it was almost impossible to see the plot itself from the JinMao (only partially from the 54th floor) but at this date, the building should be quite advanced so you can see it from the observation deck. From the Oriental Pearl, I advice you to go the open air deck, if your camera has an orientable screen and if our arm is long enough to pass the security wire netting you will take clearer pix there (no dirty window glass).

And don't forget to have a meal at "Lulu's" (great shanghaiese food), second floor of the China Merchants Building :crazy:

[avcellvs]

July 29th 2005, by cityrain.

http://www.worldisround.com/hosted/17/82/481_o.jpg

or : http://image.xitek.com/forum/200507/545/54574/54574_1122629095.jpg


July 2005 interesting angle, from the JinMao (1 or 2 weeks ago), by steelforest.

http://www.worldisround.com/hosted/17/82/480.jpg

or : http://image2.xitek.com/forum/200507/1004/100469/100469_1122624796.jpg

[Fabb]

It seems like they're working on the fourth floor.

[avcellvs]

July 31th 2005, from the ground. A cameraunion forum post.

http://www.worldisround.com/hosted/17/139/30_o.jpg

or : http://image.xitek.com/forum/200507/1915/191592/191592_1122793719.jpg



http://www.worldisround.com/hosted/17/139/31_o.jpg

or : http://image.xitek.com/forum/200507/1915/191592/191592_1122793867.jpg

[JACKinBeantown]

Hey avcellvs, is your camera in the exact same position for every photo? In other words, can you make a time lapse video after it's done?

[avcellvs]

Well, let's get it clear, I am mostly just reposting pix shot by "cityrain", from the cameraunion chinese forum (I wish I could write chinese to thank him for giving us the opportunity to follow the construction progress, if somebody can deliver the message...).

I think the angle and zoom are only roughly the same. Creating and animated gif or a picture by picture animation movie must be possible with "some" pretreatments in Photoshop (perspective, zoom, light and colours corrections for every pic). Hmm... Quite a work... Sorry, but one hour a day pix hunting and forum posting is just how much Shanghigh I'll get ! (control : addiction under . ) Soon I'll quit ! Right now, I quit ! I QUIT ! I SWEAR ! :nuts: + :help: < :uhh: + :no:

[some_stupid_nut]

Wow that is really quick! Almst catching up to US7 already!

Did they change the podium? Whats the four buldges on the corners?

[MikeK]

That is one massive base....

[JACKinBeantown]

Well, let's get it clear, I am mostly just reposting pix shot by "cityrain", from the cameraunion chinese forum (I wish I could write chinese to thank him for giving us the opportunity to follow the construction progress, if somebody can deliver the message...).

I think the angle and zoom are only roughly the same. Creating and animated gif or a picture by picture animation movie must be possible with "some" pretreatments in Photoshop (perspective, zoom, light and colours corrections for every pic). Hmm... Quite a work... Sorry, but one hour a day pix hunting and forum posting is just how much Shanghigh I'll get ! (control : addiction under . ) Soon I'll quit ! Right now, I quit ! I QUIT ! I SWEAR ! :nuts: + :help: < :uhh: + :no:

Don't quit. I'm a skyscraper nerd too.

[Jaroslaw]

Before you quit, educate us on how to replace you! :) That's the Chinese way, master! (Oui, je connais bien que vous etez francais...)

[James Bond Agent 007]

Cool man, great to see they're finally starting this thing up!

[Stephenapolis]

Wow! That is coming out of the ground fast!

[Fabb]

Wow that is really quick! Almst catching up to US7 already!

I think it's progressing faster than US7. It might even be ahead of it.

[coth]

It is faster and it is steel, instead of concrete of USP 7. So WFC will finish faster then USP7.

I think we will see somewhere about 30-35 storeys to the end of year.

[avcellvs]

August 3rd 2005, by cityrain. Is it a new crane been assembled ?

Sorry, the worldisround server technical problem with newly uploaded pictures displaying has not yet been solved.

http://www.worldisround.com/hosted/17/243/143_o.jpg

Or : http://image2.xitek.com/forum/200508/545/54574/54574_1123031017.jpg


http://www.worldisround.com/hosted/17/243/144_o.jpg

Or : http://image2.xitek.com/forum/200508/545/54574/54574_1123030985.jpg


http://www.worldisround.com/hosted/17/243/146_o.jpg

Or : http://image2.xitek.com/forum/200508/545/54574/54574_1123030985.jpg


http://www.worldisround.com/hosted/17/243/148_o.jpg

Or : http://image2.xitek.com/forum/200508/545/54574/54574_1123031105.jpg


http://www.worldisround.com/hosted/17/243/198_o.jpg

Or : http://image2.xitek.com/forum/200508/545/54574/54574_1123031119.jpg


http://www.worldisround.com/hosted/17/243/199_o.jpg

Or : http://image2.xitek.com/forum/200508/545/54574/54574_1123031139.jpg


http://www.worldisround.com/hosted/17/243/200_o.jpg

Or : http://image2.xitek.com/forum/200508/545/54574/54574_1123031159.jpg

[avcellvs]

Thanks to dchen, I had an indirect contact with cityrain the guy regularily providing us with the WFC construction pix among others. He has visited the Skyscraperpage forum, it's now my turn to pass his message :

it's really insteresting to read so many comments from foreign skycraper fans. keep on going with your works there and i will carry on with my job to provide you guys more pix about the building here. please also say hello to those english speaking friends there. i hope we can wittness the growth of swfc together. :D

August 7th 2005.

http://www.worldisround.com/hosted/17/355/333_o.jpg

Or : http://image2.xitek.com/forum/200508/545/54574/54574_1123414637.jpg

[Chad]

I'm a FAN! !

[avcellvs]

August 12th 2005, by cityrain.

http://www.worldisround.com/hosted/17/515/110_o.jpg

Or : http://image2.xitek.com/forum/200508/545/54574/54574_1123809937.jpg

http://www.worldisround.com/hosted/17/515/111_o.jpg

Or : http://image2.xitek.com/forum/200508/545/54574/54574_1123809882.jpg

[xiahoudun]

It seems like the third picture is older than the first two. Maybe it was taken a couple of days ago.

Much progress. :D

[avcellvs]

You're right. It was an error.

[coth]

wow, it seems 1/10 of building already erected!

[nezzybaby]

this has been ahead of US7 for at least two months now, that thing is hardly being worked on at the moment. this is probably already four or five times as high. I think it is also quite a bit higher than burj dubai, and definately rising faster. Is great to watch a steel scraper being constructed

[Fabb]

It's definitely ahead of US7, but I'm not sure it's higher than Burj Dubai.
The fact that its footprint is much smaller might give a false impression.

[coth]

definitely it's taller than BD

and BD footprint is not larger than SWFC at all

[Fabb]

definitely it's taller than BD

and BD footprint is not larger than SWFC at all

Really ?
I don't just mean the core, but the whole footprint.

[Beyond 1000]

I think SWFC will hit it's full height before BD catches upto it.

[coth]

definitely it's taller than BD

and BD footprint is not larger than SWFC at all

Really ?
I don't just mean the core, but the whole footprint.

See, the diagrams on ssp made very good proportional.
http://skyscraperpage.com/cities/?buildingID=7787&drawingID=32704 http://skyscraperpage.com/cities/?buildingID=7609&drawingID=33319


BD may be just few meters wider than SWFC, but SWFC is a box at bottom that makes it much more massive in view...

[nezzybaby]

^that diagram makes the burj look about 100m taller than SWFC, its gonna be waaaaaaaaaaaaay taller than that, so probably wider at the bottom too

[STR]

It may be taller, but it won't be wider. It was already proven that what has been built already will pretty much be the entire footprint.

http://img315.imageshack.us/img315/5669/colums2jn.jpg

[nezzybaby]

Dont be stupid... it has been proven that what is built isnt the entire footprint... look at the walls on a more recent picture, they are sheer concrete... without windows, now i dont know about you but id imagine that there will be windows in the outer most wall. also factor in the reports released saying the floors will start to rise in a month or so, and the fact that that diagram proves precisely fuck all. those two walls you point out could just as likely be two further in on the diagram. Also that diagram was from a schematic which is known to be out of date, and illustrates a higher floor after a few of the setbacks have been removed

[STR]

Stop calling people stupid when they disagree with you. Especially when you make an ass out of yourself in the same post. If you actually took the time to examine the diagram (as opposed to flaming people) and how it relates to the tower, you'd see that the perimeter colums are clearly visible. Meaning, that the tower isn't getting any wider and the remaining length that will be added to the wings will likely be cantilevered out from the portion shown above.

Furthermore, while the relation of floors may be out of date, there is no proof that the structural combination of central core, wing cores and perimeter colums have been altered in any way since the creation of the schematic.

[avcellvs]

August 15th 2005, by cityrain. :D

http://www.worldisround.com/hosted/17/617/40_o.jpg

Or : http://image2.xitek.com/forum/200508/545/54574/54574_1124101951.jpg

[coth]

11 floors now

[Jonovision]

Here comes the monster crance!!!

[Fabb]

It looks like the core is hollow. I'm perplexed.

[avcellvs]

August 20th 2005, by cityrain. I wonder when we will see the crane from the Bund.

http://www.worldisround.com/hosted/18/140/496_o.jpg

[Pandemonious]

The design of this building is killer, and I cannot wait to watch it grow taller :) Thanks for the updates.

From what I read about the building, it has a twin structural system. The structural system of this building was designed as a double tube system. This involves a perimeter tube formed of slender steel reinforced perimeter columns with a second concrete tube around the core. For added lateral resistance, the two tubes are tied together every 15 levels. The foundation of the Shanghai World Financial Center consists of a 4 meter thick mat foundation poured over friction piles that extend up to 70 meters below grade.

Things may have changed, but this was described as the original revised version of the tower.

[Pandemonious]

^that diagram makes the burj look about 100m taller than SWFC, its gonna be waaaaaaaaaaaaay taller than that, so probably wider at the bottom too

Proof? I am sick of hearing this pure unsubstantiated boosterism. I really just don't care anymore.. it is under construction.. it seems unlikely that they can just pick whatever height they want at this point.

[Fabb]

The foundation of the Shanghai World Financial Center consists of a 4 meter thick mat foundation poured over friction piles that extend up to 70 meters below grade.

No wonder it took forever.

[malec]

^that diagram makes the burj look about 100m taller than SWFC, its gonna be waaaaaaaaaaaaay taller than that, so probably wider at the bottom too

Proof? I am sick of hearing this pure unsubstantiated boosterism. I really just don't care anymore.. it is under construction.. it seems unlikely that they can just pick whatever height they want at this point.

Well actually that diagram shows burj about 200m higher than SWFC which seems to be right. That diagram shows the 705m version.

Anyways, this doesn't look 11 floors high. That's just the scaffolding. Judging by the height of the workers it's about 7 floors high.

[avcellvs]

August 22th 2005, by cityrain.

http://www.worldisround.com/hosted/18/233/193_o.jpg

or : http://image2.xitek.com/forum/200508/545/54574/54574_1124720031.jpg

http://www.worldisround.com/hosted/18/233/194_o.jpg

or : http://image2.xitek.com/forum/200508/545/54574/54574_1124719993.jpg

http://www.worldisround.com/hosted/18/233/195_o.jpg

or : http://image2.xitek.com/forum/200508/545/54574/54574_1124720288.jpg

[giallo]

^Nice.

I'm so friggin' excited. This thread is only going to get better and better from now on.

[avcellvs]

August 25th 2005, by the recently renamed raincity.

With the JinMao besides, we can see the building must be 5 floors high at the most :

http://www.worldisround.com/hosted/18/316/637_o.jpg

http://www.worldisround.com/hosted/18/317/5_o.jpg

Activities around the tower core. Preparing the podium construction ?

http://www.worldisround.com/hosted/18/316/638_o.jpg

http://www.worldisround.com/hosted/18/317/1_o.jpg

http://www.worldisround.com/hosted/18/317/2_o.jpg

http://www.worldisround.com/hosted/18/317/3_o.jpg

http://www.worldisround.com/hosted/18/317/4_o.jpg

[Fabb]

If they start building the podium, the construction of the tower might slow down.
I hope I'm wrong.

[STR]

It needs some more work on the base (I know it won't be all-glass) and the cut-out, but here's a model.

http://img306.imageshack.us/img306/3208/swfcren4mz.jpg

[tuy]

They will most likely have a different group working on the podium, than on the core. As the project expands you will see more and more workers from the different trades. You now have two cranes, so construction speed will possibly pick up.

[Taxidermista]

It needs some more work on the base (I know it won't be all-glass) and the cut-out, but here's a model.

http://img306.imageshack.us/img306/3208/swfcren4mz.jpg

This is the side view???? I didn't think about it before, it's really strange.

[mewonlottery]

damn...it's growing so fast...faster than I expected...

[avcellvs]

August 2005 (1 or 2 weeks ago), from the JinMao.

http://www.worldisround.com/hosted/18/345/85_o.jpg

Taxidermista if you have never seen the side view, these ones have been posted earlier :

http://www3.worldisround.com/hosted/11/256/578.jpg

Full resolution : http://www3.worldisround.com/hosted/11/256/578_o.jpg

http://www3.worldisround.com/hosted/11/256/577.jpg

Full resolution : http://www3.worldisround.com/hosted/11/256/577_o.jpg


I can't wait for the times when construction will reach the begining of the curves.