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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

Other CTBUH Links
Guangzhou International Finance Center, Guangzhou
CTBUH Featured Tall Building, 2012
Current Tallest 20 Buildings in the World
CTBUH Poster, 2011
Tallest Buildings Completed in 2010
CTBUH Poster, 2011
Tallest Buildings Completed in 2010
CTBUH Report, 2011

News Articles
Real Estate Trust Plans to Buy Guangzhou IFC
CTBUH Global News, 2012-10
World's Tenth Tallest Building Sold
Reuters, 2012-05
The Glittering Skyscrapers of China's More Anonymous Cities
Curbed, 2011-10
Woods Bagot: Guangzhou International Finance Center
Design Boom, 2010-01
Tallest in South China Ranks Among World's Top 10
People's Daily Online, 2009-01