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Facts
Official Name Guangzhou International Finance Center
Former / Other Names Guangzhou IFC
West Tower
Type building
Status Completed
Country China
City Guangzhou
Street Address / Map 5 Zhujiang Avenue West
Building Function hotel / office
Structural Material composite
Proposed 2004
Start of Construction 2006
Completion 2010
Global Ranking #11 tallest in the World
Regional Ranking #8 tallest in Asia (excluding the Middle East)
National Ranking #5 tallest in China
City Ranking #1 tallest in Guangzhou
Official Website Guangzhou International Finance Center
Figures
Height: Architectural 438.6 meter / 1439 feet
Height: Occupied 415.1 meter / 1362 feet
Height: To Tip 438.6 meter / 1439 feet
Height: Observatory 415.1 meter / 1362 feet
Height: Helipad 437.6 meter / 1436 feet
Floors Above Ground 103
Floors Below Ground 4
# of Elevators 71
Top Elevator Speed 8 m/s
Tower GFA 250,095 m² / 2,692,000 ft²
# of Hotel Rooms 374
# of Parking Spaces 1740
Companies Involved
Design Architect Wilkinson Eyre
Associate Architect Architecture Design Institute of South China University of Technology
Structural Engineers Arup;
Architecture Design Institute of South China University of Technology
MEP Engineers Architecture Design Institute of South China University of Technology;
Arup
Project Manager Yue Xiu Group
Main Contractors China State Construction;
Guangzhou Municipal Construction Group JV
Other Consultants Otis Elevator Company;
Dow Corning Corporation
CTBUH Awards
2011 Best Tall Building Asia & Australaisa Winner
CTBUH 10th Annual Awards, (See the CTBUH Awards Book)

Videos
Guangzhou Finance Centre: an Elegant Simplicity of Form
CTBUH Shanghai Congress
Best Tall Building Asia & Australasia: Guangzhou IFC
2011 Awards Ceremony

Technical Papers
Guangzhou Finance Centre: An Elegant Simplicity of Form
Chris Wilkinson (Wilknson Eyre Architects), CTBUH Shanghai Congress