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Facts
Official Name Pearl River Tower
Type building
Status Completed
Country China
City Guangzhou
Street Address / Map 128 Linhe Dong Road, Tianhe District
Building Function office
Structural Material composite
Proposed 2005
Start of Construction 2006
Completion 2012
Global Ranking #55 tallest in the World
Regional Ranking #27 tallest in Asia (excluding the Middle East)
National Ranking #21 tallest in China
City Ranking #4 tallest in Guangzhou
Figures
Height: Architectural 309.4 meter / 1015 feet
Height: Occupied 289.9 meter / 951 feet
Height: To Tip 309.4 meter / 1015 feet
Floors Above Ground 71
Floors Below Ground 5
# of Elevators 29
Top Elevator Speed 9 m/s
Tower GFA 214,100 m² / 2,304,553 ft²
Development GFA 214,100 m² / 2,304,553 ft²
# of Parking Spaces 852
Companies Involved
Owner The Guangzhou Pearl River Tower Properties
Developer The Guangzhou Pearl River Tower Properties
Design Architect Skidmore Owings & Merrill
Associate Architect Guangzhou Design Institute
Structural Engineer Skidmore Owings & Merrill
MEP Engineer Skidmore Owings & Merrill
Project Manager The Guangzhou Pearl River Tower Properties
Main Contractor Shanghai Construction
Other Consultants RWDI;
Dow Corning Corporation;
Otis Elevator Company;
Meinhardt
(Facade)
Videos
Sustainable Strategies for High-Rise Buildings
R.Gilchrist (SOM), CTBUH Mumbai Conference
Towards Zero Energy in China - Pearl River Tower
R.Gilchrist (SOM), CTBUH Chicago Conference
Pearl River Tower, Guangzhou: Fire Protection Strategie
F.Li (Rolf Jensen & Associates), J.Antell (Rolf Jensen & Associates), CTBUH Dubai Congress
Fire Engineering Super-Tall: A New Approach to Escape
M.Kealy (Schirmer Engineering), CTBUH Dubai Congress
Towards Zero Energy: A Case Study of the Pearl River Tower
R.Frechette (SOM), R.Gilchrist (SOM), CTBUH Dubai Congress

Technical Papers
Pearl River Tower: Fire Strategies for Efficient HighRise
F. Li (Rolf Jensen & Associates), J. Antell (Rolf Jensen & Associates), CTBUH Dubai Congress
Towards Zero Energy: A Case Study of the Pearl River Tower
R. Frechette (SOM), R. Gilchrist (SOM), CTBUH Dubai Congress

Other CTBUH Links
Eighty Iconic Asian Skyscrapers
CTBUH Shanghai Congress, 2012

News Articles
Gordon Gill Featured in Wall Street Journal
The Wall Street Journal, 2012-09
China home to highly sustainable skyscraper
The Telegraph, 2011-06
71-story Energy-Efficient Tower Topped in China
Structural Engineer, 2010-03