November 26th, 2006 by
mago
Formerly known as New Zhengzhou Hotel, the Greenland Square skyscraper
is now under construction. Unfortunately were the height lowered from
astaggering 368 m (1207 ft) to a disappointing 280 m or 918 ft but considering
city with hardely any skyscraper traditions at all (three towers over
100 m, 325 ft)it’s more then good and to me the design is classy!

New tallest in Zhengzhou!
Photo courtesy to ECADI.
Fast Facts:
Greenland Square
Status: Under construction
Purpose: 5 Star hotel with revolving restaurant on top.
Part of new CBD, “Zhengdong New Town”
Expected completion: 2009
Height: 280 m(919 ft)
Architects: Kisho Kurokawa Architects & Associates
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November 18th, 2006 by
mago
| Fast Facts:
Nanjing Jinling Hotel Phase II
Status: Proposed
Expected completion: 2008
Height: 320 m(1119 ft)
Floors: 88
Architects: SOM(Skidmore Owings
& Merrill LLP) |

Photo courtesy to SOM.
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November 11th, 2006 by
mago

New York? No Chongqing! China’s third largest city with over twelve
million inhabitants(thirty two million if you count the whole municipality!)looks
like NYC:s younger brother, younger in terms of skyscrapers at least.
And stumbling across a building like this…

…almost make the NYC illusion complete (Empire State Building anyone?)
Anyhow, Chongqing is a real boom town, the city is scattered with skyscrapers
and it’s density is only beaten by Brasilian cities. For anyone interested
here is where it’s located at(don’t worry I will soon get to the skyscraper-kind-a-point):

So, what’s going down in Chongqing? Alot! Over thirty skyscrapers is
currently under construction(as of Feb 15 2007) and two of them qualifies
as 300 + buildings(985 ft). The Chuanjiang Fanying is almost climbing
the 400 level with it’s 398 m (1306 ft) and upon completion will it
take over the tallest title in Chongqing by surpassing current tallest
Chongqing World Trade Center by 115 m(377 ft). Unfortunately I can’t
find any images of this tower as the Chinese tend to be quite mysterious
about their projects but according to many good resources such as Emporis
has it already climbed 20 floors!
Fast Facts:
Chuanjiang Fanying
Status: UC
Height: 398 m (1,306 ft)
Floors: 98
Architects: Unknown
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