Current progress of under-construction famous skyscrapers around the world

Year 2010…many famous skyscrapers are under construction currently, which some of these will make it to the top 10 list of world tallest buildings. With the recent opening of Burj Khalifa as the world tallest building, many people started to have interest on skyscrapers around the world.

Many people have know the famous completed buildings, like Taipei 101, Burj Khalifa (Dubai), Petronas Twin Towers, Empire State Building, Shanghai World Financial Center, etc. However, not many are aware of the skyscrapers that are under construction currently or even skyscrapers that have topped out.

On this post, I will show the progress of these under-construction famous skyscrapers around the world. First picture of each skyscraper showing the final rendering of the building, and the second picture following is the current construction progress:

Shanghai Center/Tower, Shanghai, China – 632m, 128 floors, scheduled for completion in 2014.

One World Trade Center (Freedom Tower), New York, USA – 541m, 108 floors, scheduled for completion in 2013.

The Pentominium, Dubai, UAE – 516m, 120 floors, scheduled for completion in 2013.

Abraj al-bait Towers, Mecca, Saudi Arabia – 595m, 76 floors, scheduled for completion in 2011.

Kingkey Finance Center, Shenzhen, China – 439m, 97 floors, scheduled for completion in 2011.

Dubai Towers, Doha, Qatar – 437m, 88 floors, scheduled for completion in 2011.

Al-Hamra Tower, Kuwait City, Kuwait – 412m, 77 floors, scheduled for completion in 2010.

Busan Lotte Tower, Busan, South Korea – 510m, 107 floors, scheduled for completion in 2013.

China 117 Tower, Tianjin, China – 600m, 117 floors, scheduled for completion in 2012. (very slow progress, completion date expected to be delayed for another year probably)

Federation Tower, Moscow, Russia – 506m to top of spire (on – hold for the spire), both towers’ height (360m, 242m) , height of taller tower reduced, scheduled for completion in 2010.

International Commerce Centre, Hong Kong, China – 490m, 118 floors, scheduled for completion in 2010 (topped out)

Guangzhou West Tower, Guangzhou, China – 440m, 103 floors, scheduled for completion in 2010 (topped out)

Nanjing Greenland Financial Center, Nanjing, China – 450m, 89 floors, scheduled for completion in 2010 (topped out)

Ryugyong Hotel, Pyongyang, North Korea – reconstruction, 330m, 105 floors, scheduled for completion in 2012.

Now, it’s time for remarkable TV towers under construction:

Guangzhou TV Tower, Guangzhou, China – 618m, 37 floors, scheduled for completion in 2010 (topped out), completed to witness the Guangzhou Asian Games 2010 alongside with Guangzhou West Tower.

Tokyo Sky Tree, Tokyo, Japan – 611m, 32 floors, scheduled for completion in 2012.

Too bad, many skyscrapers projects are on-hold currently, especially those famous one like Chicago Spire, Burj al Alam, Moscow Tower, etc.

Chicago Spire, Chicago, USA – 610m, 150 floors, on-hold.

Burj Al Alam, Dubai, UAE – 510m, 108 floors, on-hold.

Moscow Tower, Moscow, Russia – 612m, 120 floors, on-hold.

Nevermind, we will definitely see more and more new projects on skyscrapers released to the media, began construction, topping out, completed, and finally open in near future…

And finally, in honouring the current world tallest building, and world tallest man made structure: This skyscraper is going to be the world tallest for at least a decade.

Burj Khalifa, Dubai, UAE – 828m, 168 floors.

Do you enjoy this post? Please comment…not all skyscrapers which are under-construction, on-hold, or proposed are mentioned here…these examples above are just the few famous ones…now you will know that there is actually a lot of constructions going out there…

But where is my country, Malaysia? seeing nothing on future development after completion of current world tallest twin buildings, Petronas Twin Towers back in 1998…haiz…anyway, I heard from news that there are three places chosen in Kuala Lumpur for iconic landmarks to be built on it (proposal in progress), and two of these are over 100 storeys skyscrapers. Wondering whether this is going to be built or not??>..

Places in Beijing, China to be visited during CNY

These are the places that I am going to visit during Chinese New Year holiday trip at Beijing, the capital city of China..the trip is 8 days and 7 nights long…Places included in the trip is Beijing, Chengde and Tianjin, China.

—-UPDATED—- (3/2/2009)

There are numerous changes to the schedules as well as addition of places for visit at Beijing …..there are also changes in hotels too…

1st day

– reaching Kuala Lumpur International Airport.

– flight to Beijing Capital International Airport (world biggest airport)

– Acrobatic Show. (duno the location yet)

2nd day

– Tian An Men Square (largest urban square in the world, consists of Great Hall of People, Museum of Chinese History and Revolution, Monument of the People’s Heroes and the Forbidden City in the north)

3rd day

– Beijing National Theatre (commonly known as Egg Shell, world largest indoor theater) [outdoor view only]

– Forbidden City (Imperial Palace – world biggest palace, now is the Palace Museum)

– Summer Palace (orginally known as QingYi Garden.

4th day

– Temple of Heaven. (built entirely of wood without the use of single nail, architectural wonder)

– Nanshan Ski Village (if weather permits, if not, then proceed to Royal Cruise along historical river – forgot the river’s name)

– Go to Chengde.

5th day

– At Chengde, proceed to Mountain Resort (Imperial Summer Villa – largest imperial garden in China)

– Putuo Zongcheng Temple (Little Potala Palace)

– Then, back to Beijing.

6th day

– Great Wall of China (one of the seven wonders of the world, biggest construction project on Earth)

– The Ming Tombs (Ding Ling tomb – one of all the tombs)

– Wangfujing Street (shopping area)

– Dong Hua Men Night Market.

– Night tour at Changan Street by bus.

7th day

– Beijing National Stadium (known as Bird Nest) [outdoor view only]

– Beijing National Aquatics Center (known as Water Cube) [outdoor scene only]

– Then, proceed to Tianjin.

– Ancient Cultural Street.

– Nanshi Food Street.

– Back to Beijing.

8th day

– Trishaw ride along the old Beijing Hutong Street (traditional cultural street)

– Zhengyangmen City Wall.

– Back to Beijing Capital International Airport.

– Return to Kuala Lumpur International Airport.

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Extra places for visit under additional fees;

– Beijing Zoo (commonly known as the Panda Zoo)

– Peking Man Site, Zhoukodian Village (original Peking man was found here based on fossil evidences)

The hotels we are going to stay are Holiday Inn Express MinZuYuan (Beijing) [ nearby the Olympic Green where Beijing National Stadium and Beijing National Aquatics Center stand ] and Qianyang Hotel (Chengde) if no changes occur.

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Need to prepare a lot of things before leaving to Beijing..the extremely cold and freezing weather there have to make us wear more than three winter clothes..going to make us look fat…haha

this trip is under the tour company of Future Travel and Tour Sdn. Bhd. the cost is quite expensive because it is during Chinese New Year…

had no more patience to wait for the day to come (25th January 2009) which will be the first day of our trip that will ends on 1st February 2009…

when i am back, i will surely find some time to write a post entirely on this trip..with pictures as well as videos (if possible)…this upcoming post will be similar to the previous post on the Chiangmai and Chiangrai, Thailand trip during Hari Raya holiday on October 2008.

this upcoming post will be much longer..and more informative..wait for it!

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