Its A Tall As The Eiffel Tower & Being Built In London...

[im]

sleep envy said:

im said:

What other 'noteworthy' ones are you alluding to SE?

when you say 'noteworthy' nothing as largescale as this

anything which will be affected by the games or be visited by the tourists the games attracts is being pushed for an april/may 2012 completion date

Cheers...I thought I'd missed another big bit of eye-candy being hurried along for completion.

[Dr Imran T]

Mattt said:

sleep envy said:

strudel said:

What's the estimated completion date?

may 2012, although it could be subject to delay

"could"

regardless, it will be complete from the outside at least by May 2012 sorting out the fittings inside etc may perhaps take a bit longer than expected...

Is the Shard supposed to have a top level restaurant or is that another building - can't remember whether it is the Shard or the Helter Skelter or something like that...

[im]

I don't know if I've said this before but apart from being the tallest building in Europe for a short while this is also Europes 1st Supertall building (300m+).

Thats a pretty big feather in London's cap!

[Shay HTFC]

im said:

I don't know if I've said this before but apart from being the tallest building in Europe for a short while this is also Europes 1st Supertall building (300m+).

Thats a pretty big feather in London's cap!

What's the tallest building coming up that you eluded to?

[im]

Shay HTFC said:

im said:

I don't know if I've said this before but apart from being the tallest building in Europe for a short while this is also Europes 1st Supertall building (300m+).

Thats a pretty big feather in London's cap!

What's the tallest building coming up that you eluded to?

The Mercury tower in Moscow will be 380m tall, 70m taller than the Shard. Its in construction now but is some way behind the Shard.


Here's the finished look:



...and here's where they are on 12th September 2010:

[im]

That was quite a long flight to Moscow to bring you that you know...

[Jonny671]

That looks very cool!

Not much going on though

[im]

The Okhta center in St Petersburg, Russia has also been given final clearance to proceed with construction and is 403m tall.





There are quite a few others in the pipeline as well from various parts of Europe (but mainly Russia) that are also taller than the Shard. There's one in Paris but I believe its bedeviled by financial problems so isn't happening for at least another year.

It seems the whole of Europe is getting "tall building envy"...

[sleep envy]

im said:

The Mercury tower in Moscow will be 380m tall, 70m taller than the Shard. Its in construction now but is some way behind the Shard.

did you find any info regarding their seasonal programme?

[im]

Jonny671 said:

That looks very cool!

Not much going on though

Actually whilst a 'true' photo its not a 'fair' photo as just around the other side of the building it looks like this...

[im]

sleep envy said:

im said:

The Mercury tower in Moscow will be 380m tall, 70m taller than the Shard. Its in construction now but is some way behind the Shard.

did you find any info regarding their seasonal programme?

...please expand...?

[sleep envy]

AFAIK concrete can't be poured below a certain temp, they're still constructing the insitu frame so unless they're doing external works it looks like their programme of works will temporarily halt

[Mattt]

Just get heated mixes - expensive though.

[sleep envy]

ave low temp is -10 though, would that cure in time before it lost its heat?

also, would they get it pumped up in time?

Edited by sleep envy on Wednesday 13th October 18:13

[hornet]

im said:

There are quite a few others in the pipeline as well from various parts of Europe (but mainly Russia) that are also taller than the Shard. There's one in Paris but I believe its bedeviled by financial problems so isn't happening for at least another year.

It seems the whole of Europe is getting "tall building envy"...

I was there a few months ago and the Tour First refurb looks pretty impressive. Think that'll be taller than the Total tower, although not has high on the sky line, as it "starts" lower down, if that makes sense? There does seem to be a rush of big stuff going up all of a sudden.

[susanq]

Markytop said:

im said:

Here, have another...

Not sure if it is the beer I've had this evening, but to me that pic looks like a giant dalek is attacking the city

Bridgewater Place, Leeds. Now, that looks like a Dalek.

[dxg]

im said:

The Okhta center in St Petersburg, Russia has also been given final clearance to proceed with construction and is 403m tall.





There are quite a few others in the pipeline as well from various parts of Europe (but mainly Russia) that are also taller than the Shard. There's one in Paris but I believe its bedeviled by financial problems so isn't happening for at least another year.

It seems the whole of Europe is getting "tall building envy"...

Think of the size of the lemon you'd need!

[mrmarcus]

im said:

sleep envy said:

im said:

What other 'noteworthy' ones are you alluding to SE?

when you say 'noteworthy' nothing as largescale as this

anything which will be affected by the games or be visited by the tourists the games attracts is being pushed for an april/may 2012 completion date

Cheers...I thought I'd missed another big bit of eye-candy being hurried along for completion.

Shard will be ready in time, trust me I know. Its the 44 floor tower at 150 high St Stratford that the pressure will be on seeing as it hasnt started to rise yet!

Edited by mrmarcus on Wednesday 13th October 23:50

[im]

mrmarcus said:

Its the 44 floor tower at 150 high St Stratford that the pressure will be on seeing as it hasnt started to rise yet!

This thing?:

[AV12]

We are "ashamed" of new developments/big construction unless it has a green element to it. It seems they don't want to publicise for fear of criticism by luddites.

Edited by AV12 on Thursday 14th October 11:59