Construction of 'world's tallest building' begins in China

[FlyingJesus]

"Into that space, the developers will pack apartments, schools, shopping malls, theatres, cinemas, over 90 lifts and even a hospital. Sky City is also expected to boast a giant "vertical farm" that can provide food for the building's 30,000-plus residents."

If that's true then it could either be a fantastic new style of metropolitan living or (as is sadly more likely) a glorified city-sized workhouse

[Ardemax]

"Into that space, the developers will pack apartments, schools, shopping malls, theatres, cinemas, over 90 lifts and even a hospital. Sky City is also expected to boast a giant "vertical farm" that can provide food for the building's 30,000-plus residents."

If that's true then it could either be a fantastic new style of metropolitan living or (as is sadly more likely) a glorified city-sized workhouse

What the Chinese government is really thinking is that there will be a lot of space for making iPads.

[-:Undertaker:-]

What's wrong with the Shard...

Today I visited Speke Hall and was amazed by the detail, character and vision that was put into both the building itself and it's content. Beautiful pattern ceilings, beams, fireplaces - everything from Tudor fixtures to Victorian Gothic bedsets - a building that took somebody a great deal of vision and care to think about and plan over time. The same applies to Westminster Palace which is probably my favourite Gothic building of all time - so detailed and beautiful.

The Shard? what exactly is nice about it? it's simply plain glass and steel like every other building that can be found around the world. The only 'imagination' that went into it was deciding what shape it would be - a job any of us could undertake. But you know, my point is made on modern buildings by this very simple fact - ever noticed how modern buildings often have photographs of them taken at night? that's because they are hideously ugly and plain looking by day and thus their only selling feature is that they have pretty lights in them lit up at night time. That's it.

Look at pictures of 'the Shard' in daytime or the usual dull British weather and you'll see what I mean.

[karter]

BEIJING: Work on a Chinese skyscraper aiming to be the world's tallest building has been ordered to stop just days after breaking ground, local media reported on Thursday.
"Relevant authorities" had ordered a halt to work on the Sky City tower in Changsha, in the central province of Hunan, "because it did not complete the required procedures for seeking approval to start construction", the Xiaoxiang Morning Post newspaper said.



At 838 metres (2,749 feet), the tower would surpass the world's current tallest skyscraper, the Burj Khalifa in Dubai, by 10 metres.
Ground was broken on the project at the weekend, the company behind it, Broad Group, said earlier this week, adding that construction would take just four months once the foundations were laid.
The construction schedule has added to concerns over safety, with worries over whether the land surrounding the site could support the structure's tremendous weight.
Certain approvals were needed to assess the project's safety and environmental impact, the Xiaoxiang Morning Post said, citing unnamed authorities.
But a Broad Group spokeswoman said it had all the required permits.
The company — whose founder Zhang Yue made a fortune from air conditioners — attracted global attention last year for building a 30-storey tower in just 15 days, using prefabricated units stacked on top of one another.
It had planned to use the same technique to assemble Sky City by the end of last year, but construction work was delayed multiple times amid concerns that the plans were overambitious.
The People's Daily, the official paper of China's ruling Communist Party, has criticised the project, calling it "blind worship for ultrahigh skyscrapers" on Sina Weibo, a Chinese Twitter-like service.

well.

[lucaskf390]

Fantastic... Records were made to be broke... Amazing engeneering.

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