Canton International Finance Centre / 廣州國際金融中心 / 廣州西塔


Guangzhou International Finance Centre
General information
Type Mixed use
Location Guangzhou, China
Coordinates 23°7′13.25″N 113°19′5.07″E / 23.1203472°N 113.318075°ECoordinates: 23°7′13.25″N 113°19′5.07″E / 23.1203472°N 113.318075°E
Construction started December 2005
Completed 2010
Opening 2010
Height
Antenna spire 440.2 m (1,444 ft)
Roof 437.5 m (1,435 ft)
Top floor 432.0 m (1,417.3 ft)
Technical details
Floor count 103 (4 basement floors)
Floor area 285,000 m2 (3,068,000 sq ft)
Design and construction
Architect Wilkinson Eyre
Guangzhou International Finance Centre (simplified Chinese: 广州国际金融中心; traditional Chinese: 廣州國際金融中心; pinyin: Guǎngzhōu Guójì Jīnróng Zhōngxīn) or Guangzhou West Tower (simplified Chinese: 广州西塔; traditional Chinese: 廣州西塔; pinyin: Guǎngzhōu Xītǎ) is a 103 story, 440.2 m (1,444 ft) tall skyscraper at Zhujiang Avenue West in Tianhe District at Guangzhou, China.[1] The building was topped out at the end of 2008.[citation needed]

Construction of the building, designed by Wilkinson Eyre, broke ground in December 2005. When complete, the building will be used as a conference centre, hotel and office building. Floors 1 to 66 are used as office, floors 67 to 68 are mechanical equipment, floors 69 to 98 as a Four Seasons Hotel and in floors 99 and 100 is an observation deck. The hotel lobby is located on the 70th floor. The building was completed in 2010.

The building was previously known as Guangzhou West Tower and had a related project, the proposed Guangzhou East Tower which, at 475 m (1,558 ft), would have been even taller,[2] though that project has been awarded to a different design by Kohn Pedersen Fox, the 530 m (1,740 ft) tall Chow Tai Fook Centre.[3]

[edit] See also

Chow Tai Fook Centre
List of tallest buildings in Guangzhou
List of buildings with 100 floors or more
[edit] References

^ "Guangzhou International Finance Centre : Projects : WilkinsonEyre.Architects". Wilkinson Eyre. http://www.wilkinsoneyre.com/projects/g ... ory=office. Retrieved 15 June 2010.
^ "Guangzhou East Tower : Projects : WilkinsonEyre.Architects". Wilkinson Eyre. http://www.wilkinsoneyre.com/projects/g ... ory=office. Retrieved 15 June 2010.
^ "SkyscraperPage: Chow Tai Fook Centre, Guangzhou". SkyscraperPage.com. http://skyscraperpage.com/cities/?buildingID=39970. Retrieved 19 June 2010.

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