Canton Tower
Canton television and tourism tower
The Canton Tower, or Guangzhou Tower (simplified Chinese: 广州塔; traditional Chinese: 廣州塔), officially the Guangzhou TV Astronomical and Sightseeing Tower (Chinese: 广州电视台天文及观光塔), is a 595.7-meter (1,954 ft)-tall multi-purpose observation tower in the Haizhu District of Guangzhou, Guangdong, China.[4][12][13] The tower was finished in 2009 and it was first turned on 29 September 2010 for the 2010 Asian Games.[14]
| Canton Tower | |
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广州塔 | |
 The Canton Tower by night in November 2013 | |
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| Former names | Guangzhou TV Astronomical and Sightseeing Tower |
| Record height | |
| Tallest in the world from August 2009 to 2010[I] | |
| Preceded by | CN Tower |
| Surpassed by | Burj Khalifa |
| General information | |
| Status | Complete |
| Type | Mixed use: Restaurant, Observation, Telecommunications |
| Address | Yuejiang Road West/Yiyuan Road, Haizhu District, Guangzhou, Guangdong, China |
| Groundbreaking | c. 2005 |
| Construction started | November 2005 |
| Topped-out | August 2009 |
| Completed | 2010 |
| Opening | 30 September 2010 |
| Cost | CNY ¥ 2,803,635,000.00 (US$ 450,000,000.00)[1] |
| Height | |
| Tip | 595.1 m (1,952 ft) |
| Roof | 462.1 m (1,516 ft) |
| Technical details | |
| Floor count | 37 2 basement floors |
| Floor area | 114,054 m2 (1,227,700 sq ft) |
| Lifts/elevators | 9 |
| Design and construction | |
| Architect | IBA: Mark Hemel & Barbara Kuit |
| Structural engineer | Arup |
| Website | |
| www | |
| References | |
| [2][3][4][5][6][7][8][9][10][1][11] | |
| Canton Tower | |||||||||||
| Simplified Chinese | 广州塔 | ||||||||||
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| Traditional Chinese | 廣州塔 | ||||||||||
| Jyutping | Gwong2 zau1 taap3 | ||||||||||
| Hanyu Pinyin | Guǎngzhōu tǎ | ||||||||||
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The tower held the title of tallest tower in the world.[15] It was the tallest structure in China before the Shanghai Tower was completed on 3 August 2013. It is now the second tallest tower in China and the fifth-tallest freestanding structure in the world.
References
change- ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Facts and visitor information on the Canton Tower in China >> The World Federation of Great Towers". Great-towers.com. Archived from the original on 2016-01-28. Retrieved 2013-01-04.
- ↑ "Canton Tower". CTBUH Skyscraper Center.
- ↑ Canton Tower at Emporis
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 "Canton Tower". SkyscraperPage.
- ↑ Andrew Rosenberg (19 November 2010). "Canton Tower / Information Based Architecture". ArchDaily. Retrieved 27 July 2011.
- ↑ "Canton Tower | Arup". Arup.com. Archived from the original on 2016-01-27. Retrieved 2012-12-31.
- ↑ "IBA – Information Based Architecture Mark Hemel + Barbara Kuit". Hemel.dircon.co.uk. Archived from the original on 2020-12-01. Retrieved 2012-12-31.
- ↑ "Canton Tower 广州塔 – Guangzhou TV Tower". Gztvtower.info. Retrieved 2013-01-01.
- ↑ "Canton Tower official website". Cantontower.com. Archived from the original on 2013-01-31. Retrieved 2013-01-01.
- ↑ "Guangzhou Tower, Guangzhou New TV Tower, Tower official website of Guangzhou :: GuangzhouTower.cc". Guangzhoutower.cc. Archived from the original on 2012-12-16. Retrieved 2013-01-01.
- ↑ "揭秘广州塔 小蛮腰你知多少". Guangzhou daily. Retrieved 2016-01-11.[permanent dead link]
- ↑ "Guangzhou's new television tower named Canton Tower". The People's Government of Guangzhou Municipality. 30 September 2010. Archived from the original on 23 July 2011. Retrieved 27 July 2011.
- ↑ "The Canton Tower". Canton Tower. 2010. Retrieved 27 July 2011.
- ↑ "600-metre-high Canton Tower begins operations". Guangzhou Asian Games Organising Committee. 2 October 2010. Archived from the original on 23 July 2011. Retrieved 27 July 2011.
- ↑ "List of tallest towers in the world". Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat (CTBUH). 2011. Archived from the original on 25 December 2015. Retrieved 27 July 2011.