Megatalls - Existing, Planned/Proposed, Unbuilt, Vision, etc

Lol well considering their height, and the fact that zero currently exist I’d just say take your pick. Just due to height along they’d stand out on any skyline, even NYC’s (or Dubai’s).

I mean go back to that comparison you posted a while ago. Look at Jeddah Tower vs Shanghai Tower (#3) and Mecca Royal Clock Tower (#4).
It is far higher. The only one even close to it is the Burj and it’s still 200 meters shorter

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Ah okay. Then Oblisco Capitale it is :slightly_smiling_face:

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Truly is a beautiful design isn’t it? Would be the signature tower in any city, no matter what building it was built beside.

The design is classy, the materials seem to be of the highest quality, it’s so freaking big but it doesn’t get that much smaller at the top. The base is a masterpiece.

If built it would be my favorite be far. Would love to see it get built somewhere in midtown, though the base probably wouldn’t fit on any lot.
Though one thing I am noticing is there would be zero chance for an outdoor observation deck. But that’s fine, a minor issue.
Crazy to think this building could be cut by 2 thirds, and still would be a supertall. 333 M. Taller than the Brooklyn Tower

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I love this tower as well! And I think this tower would look great on the PABT site or where the Javis Center is

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I’m thinking of putting the Shanghai Tower on the site to the right of the Merdeka 118 Complex

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A different megatall design and concept is needed for New York than in China and Egypt. A concept with a spire that stands out in the skyline.

Possible locations in New York:

790 Seventh Ave.
60 West 57th Street
PABT redevelopment
Hudson Yards Phase Two?

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I wonder how a megatall/mile-high tower would look like if placed on the site of the Metlife building

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Yeah I thought about how the obslico would look there, then I remembered its base and that was a non starter

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Yeah the base is pretty large, which means if it were placed in Midtown, it would have to be in a PABT/Hudson Yards area.

And speaking of Hudson Yards, I’m curious how they’ll look like if their heights are amplified to actual supertalls/megatalls (for example, 30 Hudson Yards’s height being amplified 2x from 1270 ft) :slight_smile:

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https://www.esquireme.com/news/32396-dubai-reveals-new-550m-mega-project-near-burj-al-arab-in-jumeirah

I wonder if this will still get built ^

https://www.esquireme.com/news/45209-work-reportedly-halts-on-what-will-be-the-worlds-tallest-building-in-dubai-because-of-coronavirus

Also, as for Dubai Creek Tower, the article does have a point of telling people that the site is not suspended(despite being published 2 years ago). ^

To be honest, people can spread fake news by saying things like that out of jealousy or some other reason. However, I’m still uncertain if the site is on hold or if it’s progressing very slowly

Obslico compared

^ Compared to the tallest building currently being built in Egypt, keep in mind that one is almost 400 M tall still

This thing has to be over 10 million sqft

Also did I mention I hate the stupid new blurrying feature for diagrams?

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Geeeeez, 10 million sqft is a lot!! Also I agree, I wish they show the actual drawing for the Oblisco instead of blurring it out

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Dubai City Tower

I wonder how it’ll look like if placed in NYC :slight_smile: :sweat_smile:

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From Cadaeib on SSC:

"Dall E Mini is the limited version of Dall-E. Latest version Dall-E 2 can generate 8K pictures from text, it’s atually a powerful tool. You can even modify existing pictures by using words.
It’s probably the future of video games in few years, not only for background.

This is Dall E, I entered “futuristic city plenty of megatalls”. Couldn’t finish rendering because there was too much traffic."

@mcart

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Wish the Sky City China gets revived

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https://www.arabianbusiness.com/industries/construction/saudi-plans-world-record-2km-tall-tower-5bn-project-twice-as-high-as-burj-khalifa

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