CITIC Plaza / 中信廣場

Status Complete
Type Office, retail
Location Guangzhou, People's Republic of China
Coordinates 23°08′40″N 113°19′10″E / 23.14444°N 113.31944°ECoordinates: 23°08′40″N 113°19′10″E / 23.14444°N 113.31944°E
Construction started 1993
Completed 1996
Height
Antenna spire 391.1 m (1,283 ft)
Roof 321.9 m (1,056 ft)
Top floor 297.0 m (974.4 ft)
Technical details
Floor count 80
Floor area 205,239 m²
Elevator count 36
Design and construction
Architect Dennis Lau & Ng Chun Man Architects & Engineers (HK) Ltd.
Developer CITIC
CITIC Plaza (simplified Chinese: 中信广场; traditional Chinese: 中信廣場; pinyin: Zhōngxìn Guǎngchǎng) is a skyscraper built in Tianhe District, Guangzhou, People's Republic of China. Its structural height is 391 m (1,283 ft) 80 stories including two tall antenna-like spires on the top. Completed in 1997, it is the tallest concrete building in the world. Currently, it ranks as the fourth tallest building in China, seventh in Asia, and 13th worldwide.

Located in the growing and expanding Tianhe District, it is part of a complex of the same name which also consists of two 38-story residential buildings. Its proximity includes a new train station which serves the extremely busy Guangzhou-Shenzhen and Guangzhou-Hong Kong railways. A new metro station, and the Tianhe Sports Center, where the 6th National Games was held and parts of the upcoming Asian Games 2010 will be held. It is on the same Axis as two new building developments in Guangzhou, the first being the East and West Towers in Zhujiang New City and the Pearl Observation tower. It is surrounded by other tall buildings and is a symbol of Guangzhou's growing wealth and importance.

[edit] See also

List of skyscrapers
List of tallest freestanding structures in the world
CITIC Group
[edit] External links

Official Website
CITIC Plaza Property Management Office
Information, at Emporis.com
Informations on the tower on architect site

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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CITIC_Plaza