China is really Booming! Unfortunately this doesn’t seem to be the
case in Beijing, not if you count height at least. For the Olympics
2008 Sports complex is popping up all over the place, one more extravagant
then the other but we skyscraper addicts get to cope with this tower,
the China World Trade Center. Tower III to be specific. No Shanghai
height, but kind a sleak and somehow remind me of Two International
Finance Centre in Hong Kong although different architects. ( Two International
Finance Centre is designed by Cesar Pelli & Associates Architects ).

Fast Facts:

China World Trade Center Tower III
Status: UC
Expected completion: 2007
Height: 330 m (1083 ft)
Floors: 80
Architects: SOM(Skidmore Owings & Merrill LLP)

Go Tianjin Go! the Tianjin International Trade Centre Tower is already under construction and will be new tallest when completed in 2008!

Do you feel the Singaporean, Gotham -like design to it folks?
Photo courtesy to Martin & Huang.

Fast Facts:

Tianjin International Trade Centre Tower 4
Status: Under Constructioooooon!
Expected Completion: 2008(!)
Height: 300 m(884 ft)
Floors: 80
Architects: Tianjin O’Kawa Building Co., Ltd., Martin & Huang International, Inc.

How could they? Not for a thousand years I would have belived China occupying Canada. Jiehh, I was wrong, just check out the picture, CN tower has been conquered and made into a Shanghai-like office-tower…

Photo courtesy to Wanguo Group.

For years immigration in Canada let the Chinese in, onbly to establish their base camps “China town Vancouver” China town Toronto” -Could it be more obvious?

However here it is, the Wanguo Building proposal in Tianjin, China. Sorry:

Wanguo Building
Status: Proposed
Height: 324 m(1063 ft)
Floors: 88
Architects: Wanguo Group

People just seem to love makeovers and I’m no different, just check this one out:

Before:

After:

In extreme times like ours even the name could change, in this case from the somewhat wimpy “Nina Tower I” to a powerful “Vision City Office Tower”, Masculine! Graagghh! And best of all it’s now under construction! At 319 m (1046 ft) will it become Hong Kong’s fifth tallest skyscraper when completed in 2008, way to go king kong!

Fast Facts:
Vision city office tower
Status: Under Construction
Height: 319 m(1046 ft)
Floors: 80
Architects: Belt Collins Hong Kong Ltd., Chevalier Group, Ove Arup & Partners Hong Kong Ltd., Rowan Williams Davies & Irwin Inc., Potain SAS, Toshiba Elevator and Building Systems Corporation (TELC)

London Bridge tower on crack?

And is that the Sidney Opera house down on the left? Beautiful!
Thanks a lot: Shenyang Finance & Trade Development Zone

Fortunately the Northeast International Trade Center in the city of Shenyang, China, is put on hold. No offence, but what’s up with this type of projects:

Proposed World Centre for Vedic Learning in India. 2222 ft (677 m).
Anyways, here is the facts:

Northeast International Trade Center
Status: On-Hold (There is a god!)
Height: 300 m(984 ft)
Floors: 84
Architects: Shenyang Finance & Trade Development Zone

It’s amazing how these gigantic projects(to us Westerners at least) can circle around as noothing but loose rumours for years and then all the sudden start construction. Can’t imagine that where I come from, Sweden: the media would be all over them, perhaps that’s why nothing ever get built…(?)

The Tianjin tower is what I have in mind this time. 337 m, 1106 ft tall, proposed but not a single picture around and no architect but it woulden’t surprise me if the foundation is laid already. I keep investigating. In the meantime a Tianjin pic and the facts we got so far.

The Tianjin Tower
Status: Proposed
Height: 337 m (1,106 ft)
Floors: 76
Architects: Unknown

Start counting the dotts!

Not bad, Tianjin Tv tower is dominating the skyline(cities tallest if u count towers)

Another Tower in Tianjin: the Port Tower, looks like shit but it’s a tower alright.

Bye bye! (Ps. weee hosst some ammmazing olympiccc game sport, u like sporrrrt? I like porn. Sorry. Welcome to my tea shop , great offer!)

Let’s play! Locate the non existing skyscrapers in the picture, the reward is a skyscraper-enlightened-state-of-mind.

Non-existing skyscrapers in the picture include the new tallest Shanghai World Financial Center butthe skyscrapers I’m looking for is the two in front of the future tallest: the Shanghai International Finance Center I & II.Photo courtesy to Cesar Pelli & Associates Architects and Sun Hung Kai Properties Ltd.

 
Classy design + Classy height + Shanghai = Approved!
(No Nimby bullshit in Shanghai!)And once again, Photo courtesy to Cesar Pelli & Associates Architects and Sun Hung Kai Properties Ltd.

In 2011 the towers is supposed to reach it’s final height of stunning 320 m(1050 ft) a piece (640 m, 2100 ft if stacked on top of each other). In my opinion the best looking in Shanghai at the time, this pic just make me wanna go nuts:

Jihaa! God bless Pilli Pelli and Suuuuan Huaaaang Kaii!!!
Faaaaaaaast Facts:

Shanghai International Finance Center I & II
Status: Approved
Expected Completion: 2011
Height: 320 m(1050 ft)
Floors: 70
Architects: Cesar Pelli & Associates Architects and Sun Hung Kai Properties Ltd (Look it up yourself!!!!!)

History is the shit! And Tianjin is full of it, trust me. People seem to love history cause Tianjin is on the top twenty list “Most crowded places”: history don’t come for free. As China’s third biggest city it also come with some skyscrapers, a couple of hundred to be specific but not really any super talls. The Tianjin Tv-tower surrounded by…what?

Thanks god the Chinese know how to lit things up…

But just as in Gorkij park and Pimp my ride “Thing’s is about to change” but saying it this time is sir Atkins Walters Webster at the appropriately named Atkins Walters Webster -Design Group.

The saviour of Tianjin, the proposed TEDA Landmark Towers 1 & 2.
Photo Courtesy to: Atkins Walters Webster

TEDA Landmark Towers 1 & 2
Status: Proposed
Height: 356 m(1168 ft)
Floors: 80
Architects: Atkins Walters Webster

Expect more skyscraper news from Tianjin very soon!

Another twisting skyscraper in the footsteps of the Turning Torso in
Malmö, Sweden but this must be one of the better in it’s class,
I mean -what a beast! And what luck they switched design…

New Design. Photo courtesy to John Portman & Associates International, Inc

Cause 30-St-Mary-Axe -like designs like that is only good enough for
smaller cities like London. (I realise I pretty much have sentenced
myself to death know…)

Old Design. Photo courtesy to: Not a single soul.

However it’s only proposed but perhaps you wou like to know it’s name
anyway:

Fast Facts:

North Bund International Cruise Terminal
Status: Proposed
Height: 321 m(1053 ft)
Architects: John Portman & Associates International, Inc.

This picture is a bit old and I know some minor changes has made it
into the final design but most importantly - North Bound Tower 2 is
still under construction, there has been a lack of info around this
project, to say the least.

Personal opinion: Looks like crap. Photo courtesy to Giallo.

Known info:

North Bund Tower 2
Status: Under Construction
Expected Completion: Not known. 
Height: 388 m(1273 ft)
Floors: 72
Architects: Shimao Group