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Tencent Seafront Towers
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Height: Occupied
231.4 m / 759 ft   Height: To Tip
245.8 m / 806 ft
Height: Architectural
245.8 m / 806 ft  
Tencent Seafront Tower 1 Outline
Tallest Building:
Tencent Seafront Tower 1
Floors Above Ground
50
Floors Below Ground
4
# of Elevators
77
Top Elevator Speed
6 m/s
# of Parking Spaces
925

Facts & Figures

Official Name Tencent Seafront Towers
Status Completed
Country China
City Shenzhen
Complex Function office
# of Parking Spaces 1,855

Map of Buildings in Complex

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Buildings in Complex

  Completed   Architecturally Topped Out   Structurally Topped Out   Under Construction   On Hold   Never Completed   Proposed   Vision   Demolished
ID #   Status Building Name City Height (m) Height (ft) Floors Completion Material Use
13860 1   COM Tencent Seafront Tower 1 Shenzhen (CN) 245.8 806 50 2017 composite office
13861 2   COM Tencent Seafront Tower 2 Shenzhen (CN) 194.8 639 39 2017 composite office

CTBUH Initiatives

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22 Aug 2018 – CTBUH Research

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Linked-Up Thinking Drives the Design of a Tech Company’s Headquarters
31 May 2018 – Jiang Ling, Tencent Technology; Jonathan Ward, NBBJ

CTBUH Video Interview – Jonathan Ward
18 Oct 2016 – Jonathan Ward, NBBJ

The Impact of Tech Companies in Rethinking the High-Rise Workplace
18 Oct 2016 – Chao (Ivan) Wan, Tencent Holdings Limited; Jonathan Ward, NBBJ

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The Tencent Seafront Towers were constructed in a special zone of Shenzhen, the Software Industry Base. The project represents a new vision of the workplace, one that is…
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Research Papers

The Future of Workplace in Vertical Cities: Hanging Gardens, Roof Terraces and Vertical Plazas
Mar 2020 – International Journal of High-Rise Buildings Volume 9 Number 1

Taking the Corporate Campus Vertical
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