NANJING | Nanjing Olympic Suning Tower | 400 M / 1,312 FT | 88 FLOORS | ON HOLD

[phillyskyline]

Originally Posted by PA Pride

That shit is crazy son.

For REALZ!!

[maxin]

doesn't it look like a man(black) and a woman(white)and the woman wears a full length skirt.

[Hypothalamus]

Now U/C:

NANJING | Nanjing Olympic Suning Tower | 400 M / 1312 FT | 88 FLOORS

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Facts
Official Name: Nanjing Olympic Suning Tower
Former / Other Name: Nanjing Tower
Type: building
Status: Under Construction
Country: China
City: Nanjing
Street Address: Yanshan Road (Map)
Building Function: residential / hotel / office
Structural Material: steel / concrete
Proposed: 2009
Start of Construction: 2011
Completion: 2017

Figures
Height: Architectural: 400.0 meter / 1312 feet
Height: Occupied: 382.0 meter / 1253 feet
Height: To Tip: 400.0 meter / 1312 feet
Height: Observatory: 382.0 meter / 1253 feet
Floors Above Ground: 88
Floors Below Ground: 5
# of Elevators: 46
Tower GFA: 226,000 m² / 2,432,644 ft²
Development GFA: 317,000 m² / 3,412,160 ft²
# of Parking Spaces: 1828

Companies Involved
Owner/Developer Suning Real Estate Group
Architects
• Design: JAHN
• Architect of Record: Shanghai Institute of Architectural Design & Research
Structural Engineer: Werner Sobek Group
MEP Engineer: WSP Flack + Kurtz
Other Consultants
• Fire Rolf Jensen & Associates
• Landscape: Schmidt Landschaftsarchitekten
• Lighting: AIK-Atelier de Yann Kersale; L-PLAN LIGHTING DESIGN
• Vertical Transportation: H.H. Angus & Associates Limited

Rendering:


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Posted May 9th, 2014...
Photo Credit: summertim via kanye on SSC


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[KevinFromTexas]

^Edited the title. For reference, the old heights were:

NANJING | Suning Plaza | 1476 FT / 460M | 118 FLOORS

[mt_climber13]

Wow, this is so beautiful. This is what high rise architecture should look like.

[toxteth o'grady]

Well, they appear to have backed away from the original design, which was way cool but probably impractical. Smaller and more conventional.

[mt_climber13]

Yeah, I realize that now. I take back my last comment

[Pete8680]

Doesn't the IOC haves a hissy fit & sends out its army of lawyers if some group names any thing Olympic or Olympics???????