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	China Overseas Suzhou Supertall Project	460 m / 1,509 ft
5	Dalian International Trade Center	370.2 m / 1,214 ft
6	Shanghai SK Group Tower	275 m / 902 ft
7	Anhui New Broadcasting & TV Center	245 m / 804 ft
8	Z14 Plot Tower 2	238 m / 781 ft
9	Dawangjing 618 Tower 1	227 m / 745 ft
10	Dawangjing 626 Tower 1	220 m / 722 ft

Awards

Award of Excellence: China Overseas Suzhou Supertall Project

Future Project Award 2023

Ctbuh Leaders

Ziguo Xu

CTBUH Expert Chinese Translation Committee, 2014 – Present

Beijing

RANK	Name	City	Completion	Height	Floors	Function
1	Suzhou Zhongnan Center	Suzhou	-	729 m / 2,392 ft	137	Hotel / Residential / Office
2	Ping An Finance Center	Shenzhen	-	660 m / 2,165 ft	115	Office
3	Shanghai Tower	Shanghai	2015	632 m / 2,073 ft	128	Hotel / Office
4	Ping An Finance Center	Shenzhen	2017	599.1 m / 1,965 ft	115	Office
5	Global Financial Center Tower 1	Shenyang	-	568 m / 1,864 ft	114	Office
6	CITIC Tower	Beijing	2018	527.7 m / 1,731 ft	109	Office
7	China Overseas Suzhou Supertall Project	Suzhou	2027	460 m / 1,509 ft	100	Residential / Office
8	Dalian International Trade Center	Dalian	2019	370.2 m / 1,214 ft	86	Residential / Office
9	Global Financial Center Tower 1	Shenyang	-	366 m / 1,201 ft	75	Office
10	Xiamen Cross Strait Financial Centre	Xiamen	2025	343.9 m / 1,128 ft	68	Office
11	Mandarin Oriental Hotel Tower A	Chengdu	-	333.1 m / 1,093 ft	73	Hotel / Residential
12	Shanghai SK Group Tower	Shanghai	2019	275 m / 902 ft	59	Office
13	Anhui New Broadcasting & TV Center	Hefei	2013	245 m / 804 ft	46	Office
14	Z14 Plot Tower 2	Beijing	2018	238 m / 781 ft	48	Office
15	Dawangjing 618 Tower 1	Beijing	2018	227 m / 745 ft	53	Residential
16	Mandarin Oriental Hotel Tower B	Chengdu	-	223.5 m / 733 ft	69	Residential
17	Dawangjing 626 Tower 1	Beijing	2018	220 m / 722 ft	44	Office
18	Dawangjing 626 Tower 2	Beijing	2018	216 m / 709 ft	40	Office
19	New City International	Hefei	2016	210 m / 689 ft	47	Office
20	Leeza SOHO	Beijing	2019	207 m / 679 ft	46	Office
21	Wangjing SOHO T3	Beijing	2014	200 m / 656 ft	45	Office
22	Beijing Capital Land Lize Financial Center Tower 3	Beijing	-	200 m / 656 ft	N/A	Office
23	HEDA Group Headquarters	Qingdao	-	197.7 m / 648 ft	44	Office
24	China Overseas Center (Wuhan)	Wuhan	2021	194.1 m / 637 ft	39	Other
25	COFCO Tianjin Joy City Office Tower	Tianjin	2015	185.6 m / 609 ft	35	Office
26	Dawangjing 618 Tower 3	Beijing	2018	169.7 m / 557 ft	37	Office
27	Yangtze River International Conference Center	Nanjing	2021	156.5 m / 513 ft	32	Hotel / Exhibition
28	Dawangjing 618 Tower 2	Beijing	2018	153.6 m / 504 ft	37	Office
29	Sinopec Free Trade Building	Haikou	-	150 m / 492 ft	34	Office
30	Beijing Capital Land Lize Financial Center Hotel	Beijing	-	150 m / 492 ft	N/A	Office
30	Beijing Capital Land Lize Financial Center Tower 1	Beijing	-	150 m / 492 ft	N/A	Office
32	Bailang Bridge Ferris Wheel	Weifang	2017	140 m / 459 ft	N/A	Observation
33	Wangjing SOHO T2	Beijing	2014	127 m / 417 ft	26	Office
34	Raffles City Chengdu Office Block 1	Chengdu	2012	123 m / 404 ft	29	Office / Retail
34	Raffles City Chengdu Office Block 2	Chengdu	2012	123 m / 404 ft	29	Office / Retail
36	Beijing Capital Land Lize Financial Center Tower 2	Beijing	-	120 m / 394 ft	N/A	Office
37	Raffles City Chengdu Hotel Block	Chengdu	2012	118.6 m / 389 ft	34	Hotel
38	Wangjing SOHO T1	Beijing	2014	118 m / 387 ft	25	Office
39	Raffles City Chengdu Office Block 3	Chengdu	2012	112.4 m / 369 ft	33	Serviced Apartments / Retail
39	Raffles City Chengdu Serviced Apartment Block	Chengdu	2012	112.4 m / 369 ft	33	Serviced Apartments / Retail
41	Shanghai New Hualian Mansion	Shanghai	1997	m / ft Please note that this height is estimated, based on a floor count of 25 floors. The estimation has been arrived at by analyzing 6,869 other buildings of the same Office function on this database that do have confirmed heights. The user should be aware that non-standard features, such as significant spires or raised entrances / podiums, may affect the accuracy of this estimation.	25	Office
42	China Overseas Headquarters	Shenzhen	2023	108.5 m / 356 ft	21	Office
43	Shenye TaiRan Building	Shenzhen	2012	106 m / 348 ft	25	Office
44	éclat Club and Resort, Huizhou Tower A	Huizhou	2021	105.2 m / 345 ft	26	Serviced Apartments
45	Jing'an International Center 1	Shanghai	2020	99.9 m / 328 ft	19	Office
45	Jing'an International Center 2	Shanghai	2020	99.9 m / 328 ft	19	Office
47	Shenzhen Kerry Hotel Jen	Shenzhen	2021	96.1 m / 315 ft	23	Hotel
48	éclat Club and Resort, Huizhou Tower H	Huizhou	2021	91.4 m / 300 ft	22	Serviced Apartments
49	Asia Financial Center & AIIB Headquarters	Beijing	2019	81.9 m / 269 ft	16	Office
50	Jing'an International Center 4	Shanghai	2020	68.3 m / 224 ft	13	Office
51	Linked Hybrid T2	Beijing	2009	66 m / 217 ft	21	Residential
51	Linked Hybrid T3	Beijing	2009	66 m / 217 ft	21	Residential
51	Linked Hybrid T5	Beijing	2009	66 m / 217 ft	21	Residential
51	Linked Hybrid T6	Beijing	2009	66 m / 217 ft	21	Residential
51	Linked Hybrid T9	Beijing	2009	66 m / 217 ft	21	Residential
56	Linked Hybrid T8	Beijing	2009	59.9 m / 197 ft	19	Residential
57	Jing'an International Center 3	Shanghai	2020	59.3 m / 194 ft	11	Office
58	Jingdong Southwest Regional Headquarters	Chengdu	2022	59 m / 194 ft	11	Office
59	Linked Hybrid T7	Beijing	2009	44.7 m / 146 ft	14	Residential
60	China Energy Conservation and Environmental Protection Group Headquarters	Shanghai	2024	-	N/A	Office

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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