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Height
1
To Tip:
Height is measured from the level of the lowest, significant, open-air, pedestrian entrance to the highest point of the building, irrespective of material or function of the highest element (i.e., including antennae, flagpoles, signage and other functional-technical equipment).
245.8 m
/ 806 ft
2
Architectural:
Height is measured from the level of the lowest, significant, open-air, pedestrian entrance to the architectural top of the building, including spires, but not including antennae, signage, flag poles or other functional-technical equipment. This measurement is the most widely utilized and is employed to define the Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat (CTBUH) rankings of the "World's Tallest Buildings."
245.8 m
/ 806 ft
3
Occupied:
Height is measured from the level of the lowest, significant, open-air, pedestrian entrance to the highest occupied floor within the building.
231.4 m
/ 759 ft
Floors
Above Ground
The number of floors above ground should include the ground floor level and be the number of main floors above ground, including any significant mezzanine floors and major mechanical plant floors. Mechanical mezzanines should not be included if they have a significantly smaller floor area than the major floors below. Similarly, mechanical penthouses or plant rooms protruding above the general roof area should not be counted. Note: CTBUH floor counts may differ from published accounts, as it is common in some regions of the world for certain floor levels not to be included (e.g., the level 4, 14, 24, etc. in Hong Kong).
50
Below Ground
The number of floors below ground should include all major floors located below the ground floor level.
4
1
2
3
Official Name
The current legal building name.
Tencent Seafront Towers
Type
Complex
Status
Completed
Architecturally Topped Out
Structurally Topped Out
Under Construction
Proposed
On Hold
Never Completed
Vision
Competition Entry
Canceled
Proposed Renovation
Under Renovation
Renovated
Under Demolition
Demolished
Completed
Country
City
Function
office
# of Parking Spaces
1,855
Map of Buildings in Complex
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List of Buildings in Complex
|
Rank
|
Building Name
|
Status
Completed
Architecturally Topped Out
Structurally Topped Out
Under Construction
Proposed
On Hold
Never Completed
Vision
Competition Entry
Canceled
Proposed Renovation
Under Renovation
Renovated
Under Demolition
Demolished
|
Completion
|
Height
|
Floors
|
Material
|
Use
|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tencent Seafront Tower 1 | 2017 | 245.8 m / 806 ft | 50 | Concrete-Steel Composite | Office | |
| 2 | Tencent Seafront Tower 2 | 2017 | 194.8 m / 639 ft | 39 | Concrete-Steel Composite | Office |
CTBUH Awards & Distinctions
Best Tall Building, by Region, Asia & Australasia 2018 Award of Excellence
2018 CTBUH Awards
CTBUH Initiatives
CTBUH Study Examines Tallest Buildings with Dampers
22 August 2018 - CTBUH Research
CTBUH Releases Journal 2018 Issue II
26 April 2018 - CTBUH News
Videos
31 May 2018
Linked-Up Thinking Drives the Design of a Tech Company’s Headquarters
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,...
Research
01 March 2020
The Future of Workplace in Vertical Cities: Hanging Gardens, Roof Terraces and Vertical Plazas
Stephan C. Reinke, Stephan Reinke Architects
As the workplace evolves in our vertical cities, the need for “think spaces” and the public realm to meet, create and innovate will become integral...
Videos
31 May 2018
Linked-Up Thinking Drives the Design of a Tech Company’s Headquarters
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,...
18 October 2016
CTBUH Video Interview – Jonathan Ward
Jonathan Ward of NBBJ is interviewed by Chris Bentley during the 2016 CTBUH China Conference. Johnathan discusses the design process behind the Tencent Seafront Towers...
18 October 2016
The Impact of Tech Companies in Rethinking the High-Rise Workplace
While tech companies have traditionally located in suburbia due to lower property costs and the perceived security of intellectual property, they are now increasingly investing...
17 October 2016
CTBUH Video Interview – Chao (Ivan) Wan
Chao (Ivan) Wan of Tencent Holdings Limited is interviewed by Chris Bentley during the 2016 CTBUH China Conference. Ivan discusses the design process for Tencent...
16 October 2016
CTBUH Video Interview – Moira Moser
Moira Moser of M Moser Associates is interviewed by Chris Bentley during the 2016 CTBUH China Conference. Moira discusses the planning of modern work spaces...
26 October 2015
How New Generations, Industries and Workplace Paradigms Are Redefining the Commercial High-Rise
This presentation will provide a data-driven analysis of building performance from three eras: the early 1900s, mid-twentieth century, and today. This longitudinal analysis will illustrate...
20 September 2012
The Synergy Tower: A New Typology for a Sustainable Future
As the pressures of global urbanization and climate change continue to grow, dense high-rise development is increasingly viewed as a key tool for forging a...
Research
01 March 2020
The Future of Workplace in Vertical Cities: Hanging Gardens, Roof Terraces and Vertical Plazas
Stephan C. Reinke, Stephan Reinke Architects
As the workplace evolves in our vertical cities, the need for “think spaces” and the public realm to meet, create and innovate will become integral...
30 April 2018
Taking the Corporate Campus Vertical
Jonathan Ward, NBBJ; Jiemin Ding, TJAD; Tim Etherington, Gensler
The Tencent Seafront Towers bring a novel concept – the “vertical campus” – to Shenzhen. In housing the corporate headquarters of the fourth-largest internet company...
27 April 2018
Debating Tall: Landscrapers vs. Skyscrapers
Amy Webb, New York University; Julian Chen, Henning Larsen Architects
What does the office of the future look like? The leading tech industry giants all seem to agree the main goal is “connectivity” that forges...
01 March 2018
Designing the High-Rise Building from the Inside/Out
Timothy Johnson & Jonathan Ward, NBBJ
For over 100 years, the tall building has largely advanced in technological innovation; however very little has been done in the terms of understanding the...
17 October 2016
Cities to Megacities: Perspectives
CTBUH 2016 Conference Speakers
The CTBUH 2016 International Conference is being held in the three cities of the Pearl River Delta, the world’s largest “megacity,” projected to have 120...
17 October 2016
Tencent Seafront Tower – A Case Study on Façade Engineering as Functional Patterns
CK Dickson Wong, Hugh Brennand & Vincent Ng
A methodology that façade engineers commonly use to understand and detail a façade element is to break it down into “functional patterns” – principles that...
17 October 2016
Tencent Seafront Tower: Practice on Binding Buildings
Ping Sun, Shenzhen Tongji Architects
This paper compares the differences between a binding building and a link building, defining the concept of a “Binding Building.” It analyzes the architectural and...
17 October 2016
The Impact of Tech Companies in Rethinking the High-Rise Workplace
Jonathan Ward, NBBJ; Chao (Ivan) Wan, Tencent
Tencent, one of the world’s largest internet companies, is creating a high-rise headquarters in Shenzhen, China that overcomes the challenges of the traditional tall building....
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22 August 2018
CTBUH Study Examines Tallest Buildings with Dampers
CTBUH has released a Tall Buildings in Numbers (TBIN) interactive data study on the world's tallest buildings with dampers.
26 April 2018
CTBUH Releases Journal 2018 Issue II
In the latest CTBUH Journal, examine a case study of Tencent Seafront Towers, Shenzhen's "vertical campus", in addition to other great features