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[dakkumauji]

It will be a nice battle zone for the Dragons of Heaven and Dragons of Earth.

Hehe, great reference.

I do wonder if this will cause a shift in anime, in what tall building they'll destroy now.

 

[zoku88]

I'd rather they expand up than out.


It is pretty dumb to see one building completely dwarf everything else though. They could probably build three smaller buildings that accomplish the same goals and cost less.

I think you actually want radio towers to be pretty tall...

 

[X26]

If all those empty spaces in that steel webbing (don't know the proper name) had some kind of digital panel, that tower could make for some pretty awesome light shows

 

[Irish]

You mean this guy? His balls have more steel than the tower!

Man, I can't even imagine what it takes to do that. That was exhilarating.

 

[DopeyFish]

Suck it, Toronto

It sorta looks like a fatter CN tower too (at night, from the ground)

But now... We can't call ours anything but a tall tower oh well... We got a good 30 year run from it

 

[Kinyou]

But that's not a tree

 

[krypt0nian]

It is about time for a new Magic Knight Rayearth series.

 

[RiZ III]

Man.. that is ugggly. Looking straight up at it, it looks like a penis.

 

[beat]

Designed by award-winning Japanese architect Tadao Ando and sculptor Kiichi Sumikawa

Ando is one of my favourite architects ever. Probably the only Modernist architect I actually like.

But I kinda doubt this will end up in his top ten works.

 

[Trojita]

I fully expect them to build a Gundam on top so that it will be the tallest building.

 

[Meatfist]

It's just alright looking, not really what I would call hideous.

Dumb question, but how do they get the cranes up there?

 

[Branduil]

Incredibly ugly.

the Tokyo Metropolitan Government Building looks quite nice.

Now that's a building.

 

[Quadrangulum]

Ando is one of my favourite architects ever. Probably the only Modernist architect I actually like.

But I kinda doubt this will end up in his top ten works.

I don't know much about Ando but this assessment being correct wouldn't surprise me. My experience with his museum/hotel at Naoshima and from what I've seen in the picture books suggests that nature and/or the immediate surroundings are critically important to most of his works.

 

[Hato-kun]

Can't wait to see it in an anime. It might be the new Tokyo Tower!

Pretty sure it's already in one. Dragon Crisis, if I'm not mistaken. It could have looked similar, though.

 

[Deleted member 74300]

I don't think it's finished yet.

 

[bob page]

Wow, one of the ugliest buildings I've seen in quite some time. Looks like it belongs in character-less Dubai.

 

[Riposte]

How has there not be a manga yet about the tallest buildings in the world turning into mechas and competing for the grand title?

 

[Jeff Albertson]

It looks to clinical like a syringe or something. I really don't like it.

 

[Evening Musuko]

Seriously, whats the point of building a 2,000 ft tall antenna?

Japan's going to convert to DTV this year and the tower they use now, Tokyo Tower, isn't tall enough to reach all of the city.

 

[mrklaw]

how does it compare to Tokyo Tower?

 

[Monocle]

I was surprised I could even see it from where I live in Chiba prefecture (Matsudo).

Needs more pics:
http://eiji.net/blog/wp-content/uploads/2010/06/東京スカイツリー031.jpg
http://av.watch.impress.co.jp/docs/20080319/tower03.jpg
http://sanpoto.net/upload/2010/10/20101014-15.jpg
http://miraisozo.up.seesaa.net/image/20100301-00000555-san-bus_all-view-0005B15D.jpg

I really like it, it's going to be lit up in purple (miyabi, traditional japanese aesthetics) and light blue (traditional colour of Edo, the present Tokyo)

Looks badass.

 

[Community Forum]

Japan's six top broadcasters are building the tower. It is expected to bolster television and radio transmissions in the capital region.

Really? Just expected?

 

[Dali]

A coworker of mine told about its ranking being really high up there about a month ago. I was really surprised to hear how high it ranked, but after he told me it did sort of hit me that I was still able to see it fairly well even after having been on the train to Narita for 40 or 50 minutes.

The view from Asakusa (taken in December):

edit:

The view from Asakusa (in May):

 

[speculawyer]

Humanity is really over-compensating for something.

 

[Blablurn]

luckily my hotel was also right next to it. impressive building.

 

[Furoba]

Japan's going to convert to DTV this year and the tower they use now, Tokyo Tower, isn't tall enough to reach all of the city.

One of the main reasons is that the buildings around Tokyo Tower have become so big the signal has become weaker.

Earthquake safety is a factor too, a big earthquake might damage Tokyo Tower quite badly. The central pillar in Sky Tree is actually modeled on the earthquake resistance feature seen in centuries old 5 story pagoda's.

 

[Snake]

The top is obviously a massive laser, a la the Sister Ray.

Who did they think they were fooling!

 

[Vilam]

It's just alright looking, not really what I would call hideous.

Dumb question, but how do they get the cranes up there?

Unless I'm mistaken, they build the cranes while they're building the tower/building. Then they disassemble the cranes when they don't need them anymore and build them higher again.

 

[akachan ningen]

It doesn't look ugly or pretty, just like most modern japanese buildings.

 

[Veelk]

I read the title as "World's tallest tree" Now I'm curious as to what that is. Off to google then...

Edit:

http://www.monumentaltrees.com/en/trees/coastredwood/coastredwood/

There it is. Quite impressive. Nothing on the one in Avatar, but still.

 

[Natetan]

so for people saying it's ugly, how would you want a communications tower to look?

i think it looks great.

 

[Scrow]

I don't think it's finished yet.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Space_elevator

 

[panda21]

london sucks, we never get any cool shit like this

 

[Zwei]

How long until Godzilla tears it down?

 

[Takao]

CN Tower 4 lyfe.

 

[KidA Seven]

I read the title as "World's tallest tree" Now I'm curious as to what that is. Off to google then...

Edit:

http://www.monumentaltrees.com/en/trees/coastredwood/coastredwood/

There it is. Quite impressive. Nothing on the one in Avatar, but still.

Magic Mountain's tree is bigger and better...

 

[345triangle]

london sucks, we never get any cool shit like this

...you are aware that the shard is going to be the tallest building in the EU?

 

[Majine]

...you are aware that the shard is going to be the tallest building in the EU?

That's hardly a challenge, and that doesn't look very tall. Step yo game up, Europe.

/European.

 

[OttomanScribe]

Looks ugly. I liked it when the Petronas Twin Towers were the tallest.

 

[345triangle]

That's hardly a challenge, and that doesn't look very tall. Step yo game up, Europe.

/European.

well yes but it's somewhat limited by where it's being built, don't you think? it's next to the river, surrounded by a bunch of historical buildings, and most importantly london has a building height restriction of 1000ft - they've actually dug into the ground just so this comes under the limit.

it's as good as london could possibly get, put it that way!

 

[panda21]

...you are aware that the shard is going to be the tallest building in the EU?

the what now?

edit:
oh ok, still its not anywhere i will ever see it so meh. we need more!

 

[louis89]

the what now?

edit:
oh ok, still its not anywhere i will ever see it so meh. we need more!

2013

 

[SolidusDave]

still waiting for that pyramid mega-city /single structure (possibly up to 1 km or whatever)

 

[Calmness]

The Tokyo Sky Tree topped out on March 18.

 

[Snaku]

 

[narwhalSTAB]

I bet it's impressive in person.

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That's what she said.