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Facts
Official Name Canton Tower
Former / Other Name Guangzhou TV Tower
Type tower
Status Completed
Country China
City Guangzhou
Street Address / Map Yiyuan Road
Building Function telecommunications / panoramatower
Structural Material composite
Proposed 2004
Start of Construction 2005
Completion 2010
Global Ranking #3 tallest in the World
Regional Ranking #1 tallest in Asia (excluding the Middle East)
National Ranking #1 tallest in China
City Ranking #1 tallest in Guangzhou
Official Website Canton Tower
Figures
Height: Architectural 600.0 meter / 1969 feet
Height: Occupied 448.8 meter / 1472 feet
Height: To Tip 600.0 meter / 1969 feet
Height: Observatory 488.0 meter / 1601 feet
Floors Above Ground 37
Floors Below Ground 2
# of Elevators 6
Top Elevator Speed 10 m/s
Tower GFA 114,054 m² / 1,227,667 ft²
Companies Involved
Owner Guangzhou New TV Tower Co., Ltd.
Developer Guangzhou New TV Tower Co., Ltd.
Design Architect Information Based Architecture
Structural Engineer Arup
MEP Engineer Arup
Main Contractors Guangzhou Municipal Construction Group JV;
Shanghai Construction
Other Consultants Otis Elevator Company
Technical Papers
Hybrid Mass Dampers for Canton Tower
P. Tan (Guangzhou University), Y. Liu (Guangzhou University), CTBUH Journal

Other CTBUH Links
A New Leader for Telecom Towers
CTBUH Report, 2012

News Articles
The Glittering Skyscrapers of China's More Anonymous Cities
Curbed, 2011-10
China unveils world's highest Ferris wheel on 450m tall skyscraper
Metro, 2011-08
Canton Tower in Guangzhou
DETAIL, 2010-12
China Finds a New Supermodel
World Architecture News, 2010-10
Guangzhou's Newest Architectural Marvel Unveiled
philSTAR.com, 2009-12
Guangzhou Going Live
World Architecture News, 2008-08