Canton television and tourism tower From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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 | |
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 | |
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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.
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