Suzhou IFS


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Height: Occupied
399.1 m / 1,309 ft   Height: To Tip
450 m / 1,476 ft
Height: Architectural
450 m / 1,476 ft  
Suzhou IFS Outline
Floors Above Ground
95
Floors Below Ground
5
# of Elevators
62
Top Elevator Speed
10 m/s
Tower GFA
310,000 m² / 3,336,812 ft²
Development GFA
393,200 m² / 4,232,370 ft²
# of Apartments
470
# of Hotel Rooms
224
# of Parking Spaces
1,300

Facts

Official Name Suzhou IFS
Other Names The Wharf IFS, The Wharf Suzhou, Suzhou International Finance Square, Suzhou Supertower
Structure Type Building
Status Completed
Country China
City Suzhou
Street Address & Map Cuiyan Road
Postal Code 215021
Building Function hotel / office / serviced apartments
Structural Material composite
  • Core: Reinforced Concrete
  • Columns: Concrete Encased Steel
  • Floor Spanning: Steel
Proposed 2010
Construction Start 2012
Completion 2019
Rankings Click arrows to view the next taller/shorter buildings
Global Ranking #18 Tallest in the World
Regional Ranking #14 Tallest in Asia
National Ranking #10 Tallest in China
City Ranking #1 Tallest in Suzhou

Companies Involved

Owner Wharf China Development Limited
Developer Suzhou Gao Long Property Development Co., Ltd.
Architect
• Design Kohn Pedersen Fox Associates
• Architect of Record East China Architectural Design & Research Institute; Wong Tung & Partners
Structural Engineer
• Design East China Architectural Design & Research Institute
MEP Engineer
• Design Parsons Brinckerhoff Consultants Private Limited
• Engineer of Record East China Architectural Design & Research Institute
Project Manager Suzhou Gao Long Property Development Co., Ltd.
Main Contractor China State Construction Engineering Corporation
Other Consultant
• Damping RWDI
• Façade ALT Limited; Permasteelisa Group
• Façade Maintenance Lerch Bates
• Lighting Brandston Partnership, Inc.
• Quantity Surveyor Langdon & Seah
• Wind RWDI
Material Supplier
• Ceiling Armstrong Ceiling Solutions
• Cladding PEC Group
• Paint/Coating Jotun
• Steel China Construction Steel Structure Corporation

About Suzhou IFS

Suzhou IFS aims to be a landmark on the city’s skyline in both form and function, drawing upon modern design practices to belay the area’s historical repertoire. Conceived as a mixed-use high-rise, the tower will incorporate a number of disparate programs, embodying a modern 21st century presence that is symbolically tied to the city’s identity.

Suzhou has long been a center of trade in China, and the building’s design pays tribute to this achievement. The tower’s form is reminiscent of a fish, a symbol of prosperity and a nod to the role that water has played in the city’s history and identity—the city is surrounded by lakes and canals, causing it to become known as “Venice of the East.” As such, the tower is designed to interact with the surrounding bodies of water. The tower gestures towards Jinji Lake and opens out towards the water.

Soaring upwards, the curved “tail” of the fish subtly transitions from the scale of the lake and surrounding buildings to the top of the tower. More than an architectural embellishment, the flared base maximizes views of the water for the serviced apartments within and considerably lengthens its street frontage. At night, the tower cladding is articulated with glowing LEDs. These lights activate in a staggered timing that causes the building to shimmer in the evening skyline, much like the nearby lake.

The tower form and orientation, together with the articulation of the west façade, diminishes much of the heat and glare, while bringing more natural daylight to the internal spaces. The tower cladding is a high-performance glazing that significantly mitigates solar loading.

CTBUH Initiatives

CTBUH Study Examines Tallest Buildings with Dampers
22 Aug 2018 – CTBUH Research

CTBUH Signboard Unveiled at Suzhou IFS
20 Jun 2018 – Event Report

Top Company Rankings: The World’s 100 Tallest Buildings
13 Oct 2016 – CTBUH Research

Videos

Design Challenges of the 3 Tallest Buildings in North/ East/ South China
17 Sep 2014 – Kam Chuen (Vincent) Tse & Lung Wai (Herbert) Lam, Parsons Brinckerhoff

Research Papers

Tall + Urban Innovation 2020: Dominant Trends
Mar 2020 – CTBUH Journal 2020 Issue II

The Tallest 20 in 2020: Predictions vs. Reality
Mar 2020 – CTBUH Journal 2020 Issue II

The New Structural Design Process of Supertall Buildings in China
1 Sep 2015 – International Journal of High-Rise Buildings Volume 4 Number 3

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Papers Related to Suzhou IFS

Papers Related to Suzhou IFS

Tall + Urban Innovation 2020: Dominant Trends
Mar 2020 – CTBUH Journal 2020 Issue II; CTBUH Research
Providing a global overview of tall building development, design and construction, the CTBUH Awards Program and related Tall + Urban Innovation Conference annually survey…
The Tallest 20 in 2020: Predictions vs. Reality
Mar 2020 – CTBUH Journal 2020 Issue II; CTBUH Research
In the first edition of the 2012 Journal, CTBUH published a Tall Buildings in Numbers study titled Tallest 20 in 2020: Era of the Megatall—The Projected World’s Tallest…
The New Structural Design Process of Supertall Buildings in China
1 Sep 2015 – International Journal of High-Rise Buildings Volume 4 Number 3; Bao Lianjin, Chen Jianxing, Qian Peng, et al., ECADI
By the end of 2014, the number of completed and under-construction supertall buildings above 250 meters in China reached 90 and 129, respectively. China has become one of…
Design Challenges of the 3 Tallest Buildings in North/ East/ South China
16 Sep 2014 – CTBUH 2014 Shanghai Conference Proceedings; Kam Chuen (Vincent) Tse, Lung Wai (Herbert) Lam, Sheung Lai (Eddie) Leung & Leung Wing (Daniel) Ho, Parsons Brinckerhoff
This paper describes the MEP and VTS design challenges of the tallest buildings in three major cities in China; namely, Beijing, Suzhou and Guangzhou. The 530m Guangzhou…

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CTBUH Awards

Best Tall Building 400 meters and above 2020 Award of Excellence
CTBUH Awards 2020


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