Shanghai Tower

[Paul D]

Until the plans are trimmed down to something like Concourse House, or just rejected like the Brunswick Quay Tower.

I wouldn't be surprised.

[jayboy]

Any news on shanghai tower plans? planning permission was due in march. Does anyonelse think a toronto style steeple would look great on radio city tower, it could be made of wiremesh so the tower could still be used for original use as a chimney. I think it would enhance our ever improving skyline no end.

[Howie]

Twinning link coup for city
Jun 4 2008
by Alison Gow, Liverpool Daily Post

THE links between Liverpool and Shanghai are well documented. And today this prized relationship between these twinned cities – which share so many common factors – enters a new phase.

For Liverpool is the only UK city outside London to have won a highly-prized place to exhibit at the world’s biggest business fair, taking place in China in 2010 – the World Expo at Shanghai.

In the so-called Business Olympics, Liverpool can safely be said to have secured a gold medal; landing a place at this coveted fair ahead of 100 other cities around the world.

And the rewards promise to be very rich indeed. Held once every five years, this World Expo will be visited by an incredible 70m people – many of whom will be looking for potential new investment opportunities.

If one has to speculate to accumulate, then the £1.5m Liverpool is planning to spend on the event should be repaid tenfold; the aim is to bring billions of pounds of Chinese funding into the city.

In the race to secure a space at the World Expo, Liverpool’s long-standing twinned-status with Shanghai cannot have harmed its bid one iota.

Indeed, the chairman of Liverpool-Shanghai Partnership Drummond Bone, vice-chancellor of the University of Liverpool, says the decision illustrates neatly why it is important for cities to twin with one another.

He said Liverpool was encouraged to make this bid by Shanghai’s political leaders – and the outcome demonstrated how high China’s regard for the city really was.

It is a lesson in just how much political and commercial value these twinning partnerships really do offer. For when it came to agreeing which cities would be offered a coveted slot at the Shanghai event, one would have to conclude Liverpool has had a little extra help from its relatives. Nepotism, it is fair to say, has frequently played a role in business. In this case, the winner is Liverpool.

Source: Liverpool Daily Post

[Harry]

Absolutely.
I can't believe this wasn't done when Radio City took over and refurbed the tower.
Should have done as you said plus made the living quarters into a globe shape and cladded the entire structure instead of adding that ugly metal contraption at the top.
Does anyone know if this struture is necessary for radio transmissions or just something to bang advertising posters on which is what used to happen before they discovered that the wind at that height tended to rip them to shreds.

[Waterways]

Absolutely.
I can't believe this wasn't done when Radio City took over and refurbed the tower.
Should have done as you said plus made the living quarters into a globe shape and cladded the entire structure instead of adding that ugly metal contraption at the top.
Does anyone know if this struture is necessary for radio transmissions or just something to bang advertising posters on which is what used to happen before they discovered that the wind at that height tended to rip them to shreds.

Microwaves. Mobile phones and the likes.

[kenotoole123@msn.com]

The 'King Edward Tower' was due in March...The 'Shanghai Tower' is still on the drawing board....supposed to be a few designs to choose from...(Mind you we were supposed to see the choices...last Christmas..!!)

[Waterways]

Architects

" AFL were invited to enter a limited competition to design a
landmark, 60 + Storey, 1000,000 sq.ft mixed use tower on a
prominent and historic urban site in September 2007.
The proposal, to be located on an artificial dockside island within
a world heritage zone, was to create a sustainable and efficient
tower design which would act as an international icon and a
catalyst for regeneration.

Standing on an artificial island above submerged basement car
parking, the project provides hotel, office and residential
accommodation, together with sky gardens, restaurants, and
leisure facilities. The proposal is highly structurally and
environmentally engineered to create an iconic tower with
efficient column free floor plates and a low carbon footprint.
Weaving together the urban fabric and references from the city?s
historic past, the language of the building successfully developed
to create a unique form rooted in its historic context to create a
symbol of hope and a beacon for the future. "

[GNASHER]

Why? does the city need more empty office space ?

[pablo42]

Why? does the city need more empty office space ?

If investors believe they'll make a bob, it's gotta be good for the city. Inspires confidence, the bedrock of investment.

[Waterways]

The location has been moved to Clarence Dock. Well on the filled Trafalgar and Victoria Docks.

[pablo42]

The location has been moved to Clarence Dock.

Another filled in dock?

[Waterways]

If investors believe they'll make a bob, it's gotta be good for the city. Inspires confidence, the bedrock of investment.

Yep, it is also for the future. If it is there they will come when we are out of the worst financial crash in history. It is better than empty derelict spaces.

It is called planning for the future.

[pablo42]

Yep, it is also for the future. If it is there they will come when we are out of the worst financial crash in history. It is better than empty derelict spaces.

It is called planning for the future.

You bet, better than bomb sites and derelict buildings. If they can't fill them, they'll drop the price. Then they'll fill 'em.

[Waterways]

Another filled in dock?

It is already filled in. I would rather it be excavated, as it is historic - 1.5 million Irish went through that dock in the famine.

Report

A separate architectural contest to design a 60-storey tower named the Shanghai Tower is on hold, Ashworth said, until the wider planning application goes in. The Shanghai Tower was first proposed to sit in the water of the Princes Half Tide Dock north of Princes Dock. After objections from the council and watchdog CABE, its position has been moved on to land at the south of the Clarence Dock cluster.

[pablo42]

It is already filled in. I would rather it be excavated, as it is historic - 1.5 million Irish went through that dock in the famine.

Report

A separate architectural contest to design a 60-storey tower named the Shanghai Tower is on hold, Ashworth said, until the wider planning application goes in. The Shanghai Tower was first proposed to sit in the water of the Princes Half Tide Dock north of Princes Dock. After objections from the council and watchdog CABE, its position has been moved on to land at the south of the Clarence Dock cluster.

Sorry WW, that's what I meant.