Guangzhou International Finance Center

23°7′13.25″N 113°19′5.07″E / 23.1203472°N 113.3180750°E / 23.1203472; 113.3180750Construction started26 December 2005Completed28 April 2010 – 31 October 2010Opening28 February 2010CostGB£280 million or US$ 365 million^[1]HeightArchitectural438.6 m (1,439 ft)Roof438.6 m (1,439 ft)Top floor415.1 m (1,362 ft)Observatory415.1 m (1,362 ft)Technical detailsFloor count103
+4 below groundFloor area250,095 m² (2,692,000 sq ft)Lifts/elevators71Design and constructionArchitect(s)WilkinsonEyreStructural engineerArup
Architecture Design Institute of South China University of TechnologyMain contractorChina State Construction
Guangzhou Municipal Construction Group JVOther informationNumber of rooms374References^[2][3][4][5]

Guangzhou International Finance Center
Traditional Chinese	廣州國際金融中心
Simplified Chinese	广州国际金融中心
Transcriptions Standard Mandarin Hanyu Pinyin Guǎngzhōu Guójì Jīnróng Zhōngxīn Yue: Cantonese Jyutping gwong2 zau1 gwok3 zai3 gam1 jung4 zung1 sam1
Guangzhou West Tower
Traditional Chinese	廣州西塔
Simplified Chinese	广州西塔
Transcriptions Standard Mandarin Hanyu Pinyin Guǎngzhōu Xītǎ Yue: Cantonese Jyutping gwong2zau1 sai1taap3

Guangzhou International Finance Center or Guangzhou West Tower, is a 103-story, (438.6 m (1,439 ft)) skyscraper at Zhujiang Avenue West in the Tianhe District of Guangzhou, Guangdong.^[6][7] One half of the Guangzhou Twin Towers, it is the 24th tallest building in the world, completed in 2010. As of 2023, it is the world's tallest building with a rooftop helipad, at (438 m high).^[8] The world's second-tallest building with a rooftop helipad was also completed in 2010: Beijing's China World Trade Center Tower III, whose roof-top helipad is 330 m high.^[9] Both buildings are taller than the U.S. Bank Tower, the previous record-holder from 1989 to 2010, whose roof-top helipad is 310.3 m (1,018 ft) high.

Construction of the building, designed by WilkinsonEyre, broke ground in December 2005, and was completed in 2010. The building is used as a conference center, hotel and office building. Floors 1 through 66 are used as offices, floors 67 and 68 are for mechanical equipment, floors 69 to 98 have a Four Seasons Hotel with the lobby being on the 70th floor, and floors 99 and 100 are used as an observation deck.

The building was previously known as Guangzhou West Tower and had a related project, the proposed Guangzhou East Tower, which, at 475 m (1,558 ft), would have been even taller,^[10] though that project has been awarded to a different design by Kohn Pedersen Fox, the 530 m (1,740 ft) Guangzhou CTF Finance Center.^[11]

The building was the winner of the RIBA 2012 Lubetkin Prize.^[12]

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  Lobby
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  Four Seasons Hotel Lobby
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  Office Lobby
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  Basement Arcade

See also

• Diagrid
• List of tallest buildings in Guangzhou
• List of buildings with 100 floors or more

References

External links

• Official website
• Four Seasons Guangzhou official website
• Geographic data related to Guangzhou International Finance Center at OpenStreetMap