China Academy of Building Research

CTBUH Silver Member

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About

Member Since: 2009

Member Offices: Beijing

Founded in 1953, China Academy of Building Research (CABR) is the largest and most diverse research institution in building industry in China.

As the largest comprehensive research and development institute in the building industry in China, CABR carries out its mission in catering to the needs of building and construction industries nationwide, putting forward solutions for the key technical problems met in engineering based on applied research and development, providing technical development and consulting services, and undertaking building design and construction activities.

It carries out common, basic and public technical researches required in this industry. CABR is responsible for the development and management of the major engineering construction and product standards of China.

Fields of Expertise

Research Institute

Buildings

Please note that all heights shown in italics/red are estimated heights. These have been calculated based on known floor counts for the building, then extrapolated through analyzing typically hundreds of buildings of the same function on this database that do have confirmed heights. The user should be aware that non-standard building features, such as significant spires or raised entrances / podiums, may affect the accuracy of these estimations.

Rank	Name	Height
1	Shanghai Tower	632 m / 2,073 ft
2	Ping An Finance Center	599.1 m / 1,965 ft
3	CITIC Tower	527.7 m / 1,731 ft
4	Dalian International Trade Center	370.2 m / 1,214 ft
5	Shanghai SK Group Tower	275 m / 902 ft
6	Anhui New Broadcasting & TV Center	245 m / 804 ft
7	Z14 Plot Tower 2	238 m / 781 ft
8	Dawangjing 618 Tower 1	227 m / 745 ft
9	Dawangjing 626 Tower 1	220 m / 722 ft
10	Dawangjing 626 Tower 2	216 m / 709 ft

Awards

Award of Excellence: Bailang Bridge Ferris Wheel

Best Tall Non-building 2022

Ctbuh Leaders

Ziguo Xu

CTBUH Expert Chinese Translation Committee, 2014 – Present

Beijing

Rank	Name	City	Completion	Height
1	Suzhou Zhongnan Center	Suzhou	-	729 m / 2,392 ft
2	Ping An Finance Center	Shenzhen	-	660 m / 2,165 ft
3	Shanghai Tower	Shanghai	2015	632 m / 2,073 ft
4	Ping An Finance Center	Shenzhen	2017	599 m / 1,965 ft
5	Global Financial Center Tower 1	Shenyang	-	568 m / 1,864 ft
6	CITIC Tower	Beijing	2018	528 m / 1,731 ft
7	Dalian International Trade Center	Dalian	2019	370 m / 1,214 ft
8	Global Financial Center Tower 1	Shenyang	-	366 m / 1,201 ft
9	Xiamen Cross Strait Financial Centre	Xiamen	2025	344 m / 1,128 ft
10	Mandarin Oriental Hotel Tower A	Chengdu	-	333 m / 1,093 ft
11	Shanghai SK Group Tower	Shanghai	2019	275 m / 902 ft
12	Anhui New Broadcasting & TV Center	Hefei	2013	245 m / 804 ft
13	Z14 Plot Tower 2	Beijing	2018	238 m / 781 ft
14	Dawangjing 618 Tower 1	Beijing	2018	227 m / 745 ft
15	Mandarin Oriental Hotel Tower B	Chengdu	-	224 m / 733 ft
16	Dawangjing 626 Tower 1	Beijing	2018	220 m / 722 ft
17	Dawangjing 626 Tower 2	Beijing	2018	216 m / 709 ft
18	New City International	Hefei	2016	210 m / 689 ft
19	Leeza SOHO	Beijing	2019	207 m / 679 ft
20	Wangjing SOHO T3	Beijing	2014	200 m / 656 ft
21	Beijing Capital Land Lize Financial Center Tower 3	Beijing	-	200 m / 656 ft
22	China Overseas Center (Wuhan)	Wuhan	2021	194 m / 637 ft
23	COFCO Tianjin Joy City Office Tower	Tianjin	2015	186 m / 609 ft
24	Dawangjing 618 Tower 3	Beijing	2018	170 m / 557 ft
25	Dawangjing 618 Tower 2	Beijing	2018	154 m / 504 ft
26	Sinopec Free Trade Building	Haikou	-	150 m / 492 ft
27	Beijing Capital Land Lize Financial Center Hotel	Beijing	-	150 m / 492 ft
27	Beijing Capital Land Lize Financial Center Tower 1	Beijing	-	150 m / 492 ft
29	Bailang Bridge Ferris Wheel	Weifang	2017	140 m / 459 ft
30	Wangjing SOHO T2	Beijing	2014	127 m / 417 ft
31	Raffles City Chengdu Office Block 1	Chengdu	2012	123 m / 404 ft
31	Raffles City Chengdu Office Block 2	Chengdu	2012	123 m / 404 ft
33	Beijing Capital Land Lize Financial Center Tower 2	Beijing	-	120 m / 394 ft
34	Raffles City Chengdu Hotel Block	Chengdu	2012	119 m / 389 ft
35	Wangjing SOHO T1	Beijing	2014	118 m / 387 ft
36	Raffles City Chengdu Office Block 3	Chengdu	2012	112 m / 369 ft
36	Raffles City Chengdu Serviced Apartment Block	Chengdu	2012	112 m / 369 ft
38	Shanghai New Hualian Mansion	Shanghai	1997	109 m / 358 ft
39	Shenye TaiRan Building	Shenzhen	2012	106 m / 348 ft
40	Shenzhen Kerry Hotel Jen	Shenzhen	2021	96 m / 315 ft
41	Asia Financial Center & AIIB Headquarters	Beijing	2019	82 m / 269 ft
42	Linked Hybrid T2	Beijing	2009	66 m / 217 ft
42	Linked Hybrid T3	Beijing	2009	66 m / 217 ft
42	Linked Hybrid T5	Beijing	2009	66 m / 217 ft
42	Linked Hybrid T6	Beijing	2009	66 m / 217 ft
42	Linked Hybrid T9	Beijing	2009	66 m / 217 ft
47	Jingdong Southwest Regional Hedquarters	Chengdu	2022	60 m / 197 ft
48	Linked Hybrid T8	Beijing	2009	60 m / 197 ft
49	Linked Hybrid T7	Beijing	2009	45 m / 146 ft
50	China Energy Conservation and Environmental Protection Group Headquarters	Shanghai	2024	- m / - ft

CTBUH Initiatives Involving China Academy of Building Research

Skybridges: Bringing the Horizontal into the Vertical Realm

02 July 2020

This symposium gathered many successful practitioners sharing their experiences and discussing the recreation of the urban realm in the sky through connections between buildings at height.

Ping An Finance Center Now Fourth Tallest Building in the World

27 March 2017

CTBUH has certified the completion of Ping An Finance Center. At 599 meters it is the tallest building in Shenzhen, second tallest in China, and fourth tallest worldwide.

Composite Megacolumns Report Now Available

12 January 2017

The summary of the research project on composite megacolumns, sponsorsed by ArcelorMittal, and is now available on the CTBUH Shop.

Top Company Rankings: The World’s 100 Tallest Buildings

13 October 2016

The Council is pleased to announce the Top Company Rankings for numerous disciplines as derived from the list of projects appearing in 100 of the World’s Tallest Buildings.

Interesting Results from Second Round of Megacolumn Tests

27–29 July 2015

CTBUH research division members attended the second round of tests in Beijing related to the Megacolumn Research project, sponsored by ArcelorMittal.

First Composite Megacolumns Test a Big Success

05 February 2015

The large research team working on the composite megacolumns research project gathered in Beijing to start the test campaign on the first megacolumn samples.

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