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Guangzhou International Finance Center
Guangzhou International Finance Centre or Guangzhou West Tower, is a 103-storey, 438.6 m (1,439 ft) skyscraper at Zhujiang Avenue West in the Tianhe District of Guangzhou, Guangdong, China.[6][7] One half of the Guangzhou Twin Towers, it is the 15th tallest building in the world, completed in 2010. As of March 2018, it is the world's tallest building with a roof-top helipad, at 439 m (1,439 feet) high.[8] The world's second-tallest building with a roof-top helipad was also completed in 2010: Beijing's China World Trade Center Tower III, whose roof-top helipad is 330 m (1,083 feet) 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 only 310.3 m (1,018 feet) high.
Guangzhou International Finance Centre广州国际金融中心
Guangzhou International Finance Centre
General informationStatusCompleteTypeHotel
Commercial officesLocation5 Zhujiang Avenue West
Guangzhou, Guangdong, ChinaCoordinates23°7′13.25″N113°19′5.07″EConstruction startedDecember 2005Completed2010Opening2010CostGB£280 million [1]HeightArchitectural438.6 m (1,439 ft)Roof437.5 m (1,435 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 constructionArchitectWilkinsonEyreStructural 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 CentreTraditional Chinese廣州國際金融中心Simplified Chinese广州国际金融中心TranscriptionsStandard MandarinHanyu PinyinGuǎngzhōu Guójì Jīnróng ZhōngxīnYue: CantoneseJyutpinggwong2 zau1 gwok3 zai3 gam1 jung4 zung1 sam1Guangzhou West TowerTraditional Chinese廣州西塔Simplified Chinese广州西塔TranscriptionsStandard MandarinHanyu PinyinGuǎngzhōu XītǎYue: CantoneseJyutpinggwong2 zau1 sai1 taap3
Construction of the building, designed by WilkinsonEyre, broke ground in December 2005, and was completed in 2010. The building is used as a conference centre, 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) Chow Tai Fook Centre.[11]
The building was the winner of the RIBA 2012 Lubetkin Prize.[12]
