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Gate of the OrientDownload Project Factsheet
Facts
Official Name Gate of the Orient
Former / Other Name The Pants Building
Type building
Status Topped Out
Country China
City Suzhou
Street Address / Map Xinggang Street
Building Function residential / hotel / office
Structural Material composite
Start of Construction 2004
Completion 2014
Figures
Height: Architectural 301.8 meter / 990 feet
Height: To Tip 301.8 meter / 990 feet
Floors Above Ground 68
Tower GFA 430,000 m² / 4,628,481 ft²
Companies Involved
Design Architect RMJM
Associate Architect ECADI
Technical Papers
Finding Structural Solutions by Connecting Towers
Andrew Luong (Arup), Michael Kwok (Arup), CTBUH Journal

News Articles
CTBUH: BBC Series Spotlights Skyscrapers
BBC, 2012-12
RMJMs Grand Entrance
SkyscraperNews.com, 2008-09