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Guangzhou International Finance Center
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Guangzhou International Finance Center in December 2016
General information
Status	Completed
Type	Hotel Commercial offices
Architectural style	Modern
Location	5 Zhujiang Avenue West Zhujiang New Town, Tianhe District, Guangzhou, Guangdong, China
Construction started	26 December 2005
Completed	28 April 2010 – 31 October 2010
Opening	28 February 2010
Cost	GB£280 million or US$ 365 million
Height
Architectural	438.6 m (1,439 ft)
Roof	438.6 m (1,439 ft)
Top floor	415.1 m (1,362 ft)
Observatory	415.1 m (1,362 ft)
Technical details
Floor count	103 +4 below ground
Floor area	250,095 m (2,692,000 sq ft)
Lifts/elevators	71
Design and construction
Architect(s)	WilkinsonEyre
Structural engineer	Arup Architecture Design Institute of South China University of Technology
Main contractor	China State Construction Guangzhou Municipal Construction Group JV
Other information
Number of rooms	374
References

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. 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). 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. 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, though that project has been awarded to a different design by Kohn Pedersen Fox, the 530 m (1,740 ft) Guangzhou CTF Finance Center.

The building was the winner of the RIBA 2012 Lubetkin Prize.

• Lobby
• Four Seasons Hotel Lobby
• Office Lobby
• Basement Arcade

See also

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

References

1. "Guangzhou Four Seasons Hotel". Wilkinson Eyre. Archived from the original on 16 May 2013. Retrieved 6 May 2013.
2. "Guangzhou International Finance Center". CTBUH Skyscraper Center.
3. "Emporis building ID 243077". Emporis. Archived from the original on 19 November 2015.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
4. "Guangzhou International Finance Center". SkyscraperPage.
5. Guangzhou International Finance Center at Structurae
6. "Guangzhou International Finance Center : Projects : WilkinsonEyre.Architects". Wilkinson Eyre. Retrieved 15 June 2010.
7. "Guangzhou International Finance Center". Wilkinson Eyre. Archived from the original on 11 October 2012. Retrieved 6 May 2013.
8. "Tall Buildings in Numbers: Tallest Helipads". CTBUH Journal, 2014 Issue II, page 48. The Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat. Retrieved 28 March 2018.
9. pinnacleadmin (21 October 2015). "The World's Highest Helipads". ThorTech.com. Retrieved 28 March 2018.
10. "Guangzhou East Tower : Projects". Wilkinson Eyre. Archived from the original on 18 July 2011. Retrieved 15 June 2010.
11. "Chow Tai Fook Center, Guangzhou". SkyscraperPage. Retrieved 19 June 2010.
12. "Guangzhou International Finance Center in China wins 2012 RIBA Lubetkin Prize". Architecture. Retrieved 6 November 2012.

External links

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

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List of tallest buildings in Guangzhou
Built	>500 m Canton Tower (604 m) Guangzhou Twin Towers (Guangzhou CTF Finance Centre) (530 m) 300-500 m Guangzhou Twin Towers (Guangzhou International Finance Center) (438 m) CITIC Plaza (390 m) The Pinnacle (360 m) Huijin Center 1 (320.6 m) Global City Square (318.9 m) Poly Pazhou C2 (311 m) Fortune Center (309.4 m) Pearl River Tower (309.4 m) Guangfa Securities Headquarters (308 m) Leatop Plaza (302 m) 250-300m R&F Yingkai Square (296.2 m) China International Center (269.5 m) Dapeng International Plaza (269 m) Bank of Guangzhou Tower (267.8 m) Post & Telecommunication Hub (260 m) 200-250m R&F Centre (243 m) Victory Plaza A (222 m) Huijin Center 2 (220 m) Guangzhou TV Tower (218 m) Guangdong International Building (200 m) <200m Metro Plaza 1 (198.8 m) Poly Pazhou C1 (198 m) Teem Plaza (195 m) Victory Plaza B (161.1 m) Tallest timeline Nanfang Building (1922–1937) Oi Kwan Hotel (1937–1968) Guangzhou Hotel (1968–1976) Baiyun Hotel (1976–1990) Guangdong International Building (1990–1996) CITIC Plaza (1996–2010) Guangzhou International Finance Center (2010–2016) Guangzhou CTF Finance Centre (2016–present)	Guangzhou skyline in 2021.
Buildings listed in order of height Building data source: Skyscraper Center See also: Category:Skyscrapers in Guangzhou

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