Posted: Tue Nov 16, 2004 2:12 pm Post subject: China plans world's tallest tower
By Louisa Lim
BBC correspondent in Beijing
Chinese cities are becoming a playground for Western architects
The southern Chinese city of Guangzhou has announced plans to build the world's tallest tower.
Work on the tower, which will measure 580-600 metres (1,914-1,980 feet) above ground, is expected to begin soon.
It comes as China undergoes something of an architectural revolution, although some plans have been dogged by controversy and financial cutbacks.
If national pride is measured by tall buildings, then China is placing itself firmly in the running.
The Guangzhou TV tower will surpass the current record holder - the CN Tower in Toronto. It will be taller, too, than New York's new World Trade Centre, which will measure up at 541 metres to its spire.
Three foreign firms are competing for the project. It is just one of a number of ambitious designs to stud the skyline, as Chinese cities remodel themselves for the future.
But there has been opposition over the fact that the highest-profile projects have been awarded to foreign architects, and in Beijing, several big venues for the Olympics have been scaled back to save money.
But still, the sheer amount of construction under way in China today means it is becoming something of a playground for the world's top architects.
Yea , and the 3 gorges dam is something too, but I don't see it lasting to long, what with setting right on a fault zone and all that weight of water when full,,WOW thats gonna be something when that baby busts.
Should be quite a feat of engineering skill & of coarse national pride, Wish them all of the best of luck, As for the three gorges dam, Now that is one magnificiant feat of engineering skill, Although many cultural sites and villiages will be moved, In the long run if every thing goes as planned the saving of thousands of lives yearly due to flooding will be worth the effort, Not to mention the energy produced for a mushrooming population.
Can't rightly say, but a lot of research was done in preparation & consideration of the site whereas the foundation was down to bedrock & is my understanding the structure was to take in the account of possible faults, In any event if a failure were to happen perhaps millions would be decimated in the ensuing flood of gigantic proportions never before witnessed by man. Until then the good outweigh the negative.
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Should be quite a feat of engineering skill & of coarse national pride, Wish them all of the best of luck, As for the three gorges dam, Now that is one magnificiant feat of engineering skill, Although many cultural sites and villiages will be moved, In the long run if every thing goes as planned the saving of thousands of lives yearly due to flooding will be worth the effort, Not to mention the energy produced for a mushrooming population.
Can't rightly say, but a lot of research was done in preparation & consideration of the site whereas the foundation was down to bedrock & is my understanding the structure was to take in the account of possible faults, In any event if a failure were to happen perhaps millions would be decimated in the ensuing flood of gigantic proportions never before witnessed by man. Until then the good outweigh the negative. 