#079 l Bocom Financial Towers l SHANGHAI l 265m l 52fl

[RafflesCity]

Bocom Financial Towers
Shanghai, China

HEIGHT: 265m/869 feet
FLOORS: 52 floors
COMPLETION: 2002
ARCHITECT: ABB Architects

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v427/rotpics03/shanghai24.jpg

http://photo.starblvd.net/RateOurTalls/3-3-2-1079766520?m=1&pg=2&ro=2&co=1

On the right of this picture
http://skyscraperpage.com/gallery/data/570/1108577108-0881_img_s.jpg

[SteelCity32]

pretty good. whats with the slanted roof?

8/10

[Bobdreamz]

WOW...I really like the design of these towers!!...two triangular tops with a slim base on each... very interesting indeed.....8.5/10

what is the other tower on the right in the last pic?

[RafflesCity]

Originally posted by Bobdreamz
WOW...I really like the design of these towers!!...two triangular tops with a slim base on each... very interesting indeed.....8.5/10

what is the other tower on the right in the last pic?

It is the Pudong Intenational Finance Building, also in the top100 listed here.
:cool:

[AG]

Love the double triangular tower design, a bit like the Menera Maybank in KL.

9/10

[SUNNI]

nice building! 8.5
i like the one next to it more:D

[Muse]

All I can make of the slanted rooves on the taller and shorter of this quasi twin is to perhaps let sunlight access the green areas/park on either side.

So many other superior talls in Shanghai's Pudong district including the before-mentiond Pudong International Finance Building.

Bocom Financial Towers is/are interesting enough though.

Looks aalmost like a German structure, in a couple of the pics particularly in the 3rd pic.

8

[RafflesCity]

7/10

The facade is very boring and the only thing going for it is its unusual shape and spires.

[Caledon1981]

im getting sick of seeing these short ass buildings in the top 100 . . .what a cheap way to make a building taller. . . a spire. .

the tower is cool but the sonofabitchin spire ruins it for me. . . 6/10

[Liz L]

7/10 - The paired triangle shape is sleek and gives good height, but the facade is only fair, and the sections near the roofs that look like huge screen doors are simply **tacky**. Those sawed-off little structures at the base don't seem to blend in that well with the towers, and, Caledon1981, you're right - the spires are such an obvious way to gain height, and they're not even that impressive. A combination of bottom-line and no imagination, perhaps - I mean, when there was a height fight going on in NYC between the Bank of Manhattan, the Chrysler Building, and the Empire State, THOSE architects and developers did it with **CLASS**, not wimpy little antennas! :D

[Sunflower]

good shape but the cladding's not so great.

7.5/10

[Eddy]

I like the design of the building 8.5/10

[TYW]

8/10

i like it:guns1:

[Wu-Gambino]

Ugly 6

[Tony 175]

It looks like 2 towers have sex with eachother. I give it a 6. Me no like that much. I dont hate it either.

[SeeMacau]

I like it
9/10

[DrumCorpsAlum]

Beautiful. Very sleek design. 8.5/10.

[The Messiah]

Original design!:) 8.5/10

[hforhenry]

That building is good looking than Pudong Intenational Finance Building!!9/10

[Evergrey]

7 Once again, Liz took the words out of my mouth (or fingers, i suppose)

[airsickpenthousedweller]

Another nondescript tower for the mainland chinese......

[benscrape]

Another great building. I like its design. Two triangular tops on connected towers. The building has a simple look to it but it shows its not that simple.

[Mr. Detroit]

Why does it look like there is a damn farm next door? :?

[Chad]

Bocom is just the right...right place...right time...right height...right design.....Great! 9/10

[TropicalSQ744]

I dunno why but I just don't like this building, together with the neighbour next to it.. :rant: It looks dull I'll say..

7.5/10

[rj2uman]

9/10 MMMMM Slanty roofed goodness!

[New Jack City]

5/10...Don't like it. The roofs are too slanted, and they look funny as pairs. The facade and colors are boring as well.

[Labrador]

8/10 :)
I like the slanting roof, but apart from that it seems a bit ordinary.

[james2390]

these look awesome and sleek 8

[7 World Trade]

i like how the designers made this building (which actually comprises of 2 towers) look like one building. i also like how the German architests made this building look pretty high-techy.

9

[AtlanticaC5]

It's not so very good...and as Mr Detroit said, is it a farm or a park next to it??

6.5/10

[Kaneda]

Nice ! I love the idea of the two towers. :) 8/10

[renell]

it's cool 7/10 the slanted roof and the twin combo was a great mix:)

[Wisma]

7.5/10


Nice but not special.

[SFtoBoise]

6.5/10

[Patrick]

9.5 much better than its neighbor PudongCenter

[Fabio]

8/10


nice one.

[MCC]

7.5/10

[Trances]

Sharp Spire and Point
Low reflective glass is the way to go with the metal around
get many point from me
I want to see it

[alex3000]

7/10

[manx_bkk]

8/10
Interesting design, looks good at the base.
Different angles give a different look to the tower.

[baqthier]

It'll be better when more glassy. But I love the designed and how they are paired. 8/10

[Aquarius]

The forms are original, but it is not very modern 7,5/10

[Schroedinger's Cat]

7.5/10

[yoyo22]

6.5/10

Above average. While the GErman designers made this one look "german", it has a high tech feel. Its angular and slightly unusual shape help it work with its sister tower quite nicely, and that can be hard to do. Thats a good combo, different enough that they balance each other. Still, the facade is boring, at best, and the slanted roof and the spire are not my ideal ways to cap off a building.

[DamienK]

Futuristic looking. 8/10.

[Stratosphere 2020]

6.5 nothing special.

[DRAKKO]

el edificio en forma de cubo se ve espectacular el otro de al lado le da mala facha le dare un 9 :)

[Dubai-Lover]

this one looks a bit like dubai's emirates towers! a cheap replica! 4

[Zuelas]

6.5

Modern w/a nice color scheme but not very interesting. Prime location.... what happened to the prime bldg?

[Monkey]

7/10

Nice geometry, but the colour and facade is rather dull, and the antenna should be taller.

[Chibcha2k]

9.5...my favourite in China

[andysimo123]

7/10

[ENDOPHINS]

Love it !! 9.5/10
deduce 0.5 because of its ugly company logo "sticker??" ...

[www.sercan.de]

It'll be better when more glassy. But I love the designed and how they are paired. 8/10
yes..more glas wolud be IMO better..but so it is also ok....7,5/10

[SkyHawk]

7.5/10

[MattSal]

Great little twin tower set for Shanghai. I give it an 8/10. :okay:

[Imperfect Ending]

8/10

Kinda cool

[empersouf]

8.5 They look amzing, I like them very much.

[Wssps]

Don't like it, but the building on the left is nice ('Bank of China Tower')

[Wssps]

UHUH, don't like the right one ('BOCOM financial tower') :weirdo:

[Medo]

lovely, 8

[B@dGuYoM]

6.5/10

[Q-TIP]

8 very good in its 'green corridor' location

[Djoez]

Nice sloping roof, i like it 8/10

[get13]

Loofs like a random mish mash of shapes, unfortunatly it doesn't do it for me.
4/10

[Pengui]

The shape is cool, the cladding is ok, they are two-in-one, and the glass kind-of-atrium is just great ^^
I like it a lot.
9.

[Latoso]

8.5/10

[Jules]

Awful. 4.

[Phobos]

7/10

The facade seems a bit old.

[Reflex]

Nice one. 7.5/10.

[beiklopa]

Cheaper and uglier copy of Emirates Towers hugging, or having sex
http://files.bighosting.net/yz45707.jpg
http://files.bighosting.net/wr45713.jpg
http://files.bighosting.net/md45714.jpg

[SoboleuS]

The shape is good but the facade is quite boring. 7,5/10

[geminiguy7]

Nice design 8.5/10

[ENDOPHINS]

Nice :D

but the cladding is a bit bland

[Fern]

7.5/10

[CborG]

7/10, looks a bit ordinary

[Principes]

NICE .8

[ROYAL BLUE]

10/10

[Zarkon]

7.5

[EarlyBird]

Pretty nice design, but let down by the grey and upstaged by it's neighbour. 7/10.

[El_Greco]

8/10

[Accura4Matalan]

9/10. Very futuristic.

[clarky]

nice tower 8/10

[jimm]

6/10

[FJP]

not bad, 8/10

[mtb_nz]

nice design, but i like the tower next to it more 7.5/10

[Dancer]

Now that is a nice design 8.5

[Gerard]

very good. 9/10

[Oriolus]

8/10. The facade is not very impressive but with such great form that doesn't matter - love the slanted twin towers look, particular with the sloping roof - they relate very well to each other.

[Sky-Admin]

:cheers: nice 9/10

[zero007]

of course 10

[Skylandman]

6/10

[۩SkyScraper۩]

love the design of all the Aisan buildings

[Blue_Sky]

nice building! 8.5

[ChiLooper]

8/10

[DRAKKO]

more pics please :)

[Sinjin P.]

hmm, nice indeed! 9.5/10

[FREKI]

8.5/10 - Needs more glass

[Mosaic]

I like it design. It's tall, modern and elegant. 9/10

[Cabman]

Not a stunner 4 for me.

[Han17]

It look okay and tall too. 9/10

[forvine]

7.5/10

[Petr]

Currently one of the best in Shanghai.
9/10

[flashlight]

7/10
its ok :)

[Effer]

9/10. I like it. :)

[london-b]

8/10

[mr_storms]

good design but terrible facade. 6.5/10

[warnings]

7/10

[Scruffy88]

Doesn't work for me.
But its not the worst
6.5/10

[FROM LOS ANGELES]

I've always liked this building just didn't know the name. 8/10

[Henk]

Nice tower. 8/10.

[depressio]

Oh man! I really like the boxy tower, but the round tower looks horrible! I'm giving it a 7, but without the roundy it'd be a 9.5. Slanted Roof+Antennae=Awexome.

[chinatown]

not gud
5.0

[sharpie20]

8/10 It's a weird design but i still like it, pudong wouldn't be the same with out it

[marpa]

6,5/10

[anakin]

7/10

[dżimi pejdż]

7.5/10

[Skyman]

7/10

[London_guy]

7/10

[flygon]

8/10 At first I thought that it's not very impressive, but after watching Mission Impossible 3 I recognized that it's lit up very well.

[LAYZIEDOGG]

nice but not fantastic 7.5/10

[Woko]

not bad 8/10

[ZZ-II]

the facade is boring but the design is great:7.5/10

[mtt16]

8/10 nice

[virarch]

8.5/10

an excellent example of "modern" architecture.

[gutooo]

8/10

[mannix_10]

8/10

[Pelha]

5/10

[Dreamlıneя]

8/10

[(((myx)))]

8.5 nice.

[artech21]

9 / 10

Very nice wafer structure with a charming facade.

[FloridaFuture]

very average if you ask me
6.5/10

[Eric Offereins]

7/10

[vincent young]

Very handsome. Wish it were taller.

9 / 10

[david thomas]

One of the few better designs in the city but it looks like the Chinese substituted low quality construction materials for the ones prescribed by the architects.

[hans gruber]

8 /10

[jodie mitchell]

8.5 / 10

[SkyLerm]

Needs something IMO...

[W!CKED]

7.5/10

[MelboyPete]

6/10. Would have given it 7 if the facade was more interesting.

[shctaw]

7/10

I think the designer is trying to hard to impress.

[kurakura]

yacks2/10

[ElCrioyo]

i DOnt find it so amazing...truly i dont really like Asian Skyscrapers that much...i dont find nothing attractive to this one or to Tapei 101

[Ralphkke]

Nice. 7/10

[Kelsen]

9/10.

[SouthernEuropean]

i quite like them so it's 7/10

[Aliya]

7.5/10

[VaastuShastra]

9 - nice.

[cong san muon nam]

Pretty nice tower. 8.5/10

[Miso]

:omg: sees like the emirates towers....7.5/10

[Slodi]

decent tower 8/10

[LMCA1990]

8/10

[big-dog]

Is this the building where the MI3 (Shanghai part) was filmed? 9/10

[Astralis]

8/10

[MasonicStage™]

9/10

[sequoias]

I voted 8/10, because it's not the best looking tower but it's nice though.

[Skyman]

7/10

[newyorkrunaway1]

5/10

[RON-E]

5/10

[DragonAnime]

meh. 5/10

[kon133]

5,5/10

[pau-chin]

http://img256.imageshack.us/img256/6750/shgqj3.jpg

[Man1ek]

nice 7,5/10

[Nikkodemo]

Interesting design and shape.

8.5/10

[mbuildings]

very nice building

[krzewi]

5/10

[incognito_rn]

good shape but the cladding not so great.

[Racingfreak]

I like the shape, but the colour is ugly 7,5/10

[Union.SLO]

nice! 8/10

[Halabalooza]

7. not wow not bad ..

[WAuzzie]

8/10

[Fundador]

this is freakin' fantastic! love it! 9/10

[Mateus_]

8.5/10

[xever_7]

8.5/10

[Infrarojo]

7/10

[Miguel_Prat]

6/10

[UNDECEIVED]

8/10

[Kawasaki_Kragujevac]

7.5/10

[cmoonflyer]

9/10

[stasiua]

8/10

[Rutger1991]

7/10