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Ping An Finance Centre
Supertall skyscraper in Shenzhen, Guangdong, China / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Ping An Finance Centre Chinese: 平安金融中心; pinyin: píng'ān jīnróng zhōngxīn | |||||||||||
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![]() The Ping An Finance Centre in December 2020 | |||||||||||
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General information | |||||||||||
Status | Completed | ||||||||||
Type | Dining, observation, offices, shopping mall | ||||||||||
Location | 5033 Yitian Road, Futian District, Shenzhen, Guangdong, China | ||||||||||
Groundbreaking | 29 August 2009 | ||||||||||
Construction started | 18 January 2010[1] | ||||||||||
Completed | 28 March 2017[1] | ||||||||||
Cost | $1.5 billion (USD, estimated)[2] | ||||||||||
Owner | Ping An Life Insurance Company of China[1] | ||||||||||
Height | |||||||||||
Architectural | 599.1 m (1,966 ft) | ||||||||||
Top floor | 555.1 m (1,821 ft)[1] | ||||||||||
Observatory | 562.1 m (1,844 ft) | ||||||||||
Technical details | |||||||||||
Floor count | 115 aboveground levels, plus 5 belowground basement levels[1] | ||||||||||
Floor area | 459,187 m2 (4,942,650 sq ft)[1] | ||||||||||
Lifts/elevators | 80 (mall included)[1][3] | ||||||||||
Design and construction | |||||||||||
Architect(s) | Kohn Pedersen Fox Associates[4] | ||||||||||
Developer | Ping An Life Insurance Company of China[1] | ||||||||||
Engineer | J. Roger Preston, Limited (MEP)[5] | ||||||||||
Structural engineer | Thornton Tomasetti[6] | ||||||||||
Main contractor | China Construction First Building Group[1] | ||||||||||
Chinese name | |||||||||||
Simplified Chinese | 平安金融中心 | ||||||||||
Traditional Chinese | 平安金融中心 | ||||||||||
Literal meaning | Ping An Finance Centre | ||||||||||
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The Ping An Finance Center (Chinese: 平安金融中心; pinyin: Píng'ān Jīnróng Zhōngxīn) is a 115-storey, 599.1 m (1,966 ft) supertall skyscraper in Shenzhen, Guangdong, China.[7] The building was commissioned by Ping An Insurance and designed by the American architectural firm Kohn Pedersen Fox Associates. It was completed in 2017,[1] and is the tallest building in Shenzhen, the 2nd tallest building in China and the 5th tallest building in the world.[8][2] It also broke the record of having the highest observation deck in a building at 562 m (1,844 ft).[9] It is the second largest skyscraper in the world by floor area after Azabudai Hills Main Tower in Tokyo, Japan.