Guangzhou IFC serves as a favourite icon in China's third largest city. It surprisingly does not bare a spire unlike buildings of a similar height. This just shows that it is its sheer height and design that makes it one of the tallest buildings of the world.
1. The skyscraper was originally named Guangzhou West Tower and was related to Guangzhou East Tower. As time went on, West Tower came to become Guangzhou IFC. Whereas East Tower grew to become renamed Chow Tai Fook Centre, also known as Guangzhou CTF which is due to be completed early next year and will rival against IFC and the Canton Tower.
2. It is the tallest diagram structure in the world. A diagrid structure is a structure made of interlocking steel bars that are strong, make a cool pattern, are flexible and can withstand internal explosions. A bit like the famous 'Gherkin'.
3. Weirdly its widest point is one third of the way up the building yet it is this ingenious design that allows Guangzhou IFC to have its triangular facade, front face of the building and give it a triangular, irregular and almost alien-looking shape.
4. The building, like most others nowadays are massively eco-friendly. An example of this would be barely any lights are used in the atrium (main room) on the top floor, as it is supplied by a natural source of sunlight from the glass roof.
5. The building is a multi-use building and consists of a: hotel on the top floors, office space in the middle, lobby at the bottom and right at the top there is an observation deck which boasts views of all around the city and of cause the awesome Canton Tower.
1. The skyscraper was originally named Guangzhou West Tower and was related to Guangzhou East Tower. As time went on, West Tower came to become Guangzhou IFC. Whereas East Tower grew to become renamed Chow Tai Fook Centre, also known as Guangzhou CTF which is due to be completed early next year and will rival against IFC and the Canton Tower.
2. It is the tallest diagram structure in the world. A diagrid structure is a structure made of interlocking steel bars that are strong, make a cool pattern, are flexible and can withstand internal explosions. A bit like the famous 'Gherkin'.
3. Weirdly its widest point is one third of the way up the building yet it is this ingenious design that allows Guangzhou IFC to have its triangular facade, front face of the building and give it a triangular, irregular and almost alien-looking shape.
4. The building, like most others nowadays are massively eco-friendly. An example of this would be barely any lights are used in the atrium (main room) on the top floor, as it is supplied by a natural source of sunlight from the glass roof.
5. The building is a multi-use building and consists of a: hotel on the top floors, office space in the middle, lobby at the bottom and right at the top there is an observation deck which boasts views of all around the city and of cause the awesome Canton Tower.
Stat Attack:
Guangzhou CTF
Official name: Guangzhou International Finance Centre
Alternative names: Guangzhou IFC, West Tower
Country: People's Republic of China
Street Address: 5 Zhuijang Avenue West
Construction Started: 2006
Completed: 2010
Global Ranking: #12
Continental Ranking: #8
National Ranking: #6
City Ranking: #1
Height: 439m (1,439ft)
Architect: WilkinsonEyre
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