Canton Tower | |
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广州塔 | |
![]() The Canton Tower in June 2022 | |
Former names | Guangzhou TV Astronomical and Sightseeing Tower |
Record height | |
Tallest in the world from August 2009 to March 2011[I] | |
Preceded by | CN Tower |
Surpassed by | Tokyo Skytree |
General information | |
Type | Mixed use: Restaurant, Observation, Telecommunications |
Architectural style | Structural expressionism |
Address | Yuejiang Road West/Yiyuan Road, Haizhu District, Guangzhou, Guangdong |
Coordinates | 23°6′32″N 113°19′8″E / 23.10889°N 113.31889°E |
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 | 604 m (1,982 ft)[2][3] |
Roof | 462.1 m (1,516 ft) |
Top floor | 488 m (1,601 ft) |
Observatory | 449 m (1,473 ft) |
Technical details | |
Floor count | 112 2 basement floors |
Floor area | 114,054 m2 (1,227,700 sq ft) |
Lifts/elevators | 9 |
Design and construction | |
Architect(s) | IBA: Mark Hemel & Barbara Kuit |
Structural engineer | Arup |
Website | |
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References | |
[4][5][6][7][8][9][10][11][12][1][13] |
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Simplified Chinese | 广州塔 | ||||||||||||
Traditional Chinese | 廣州塔 | ||||||||||||
Cantonese Yale | Gwóngjāu Taap | ||||||||||||
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Guangzhou TV Astronomical and Sightseeing Tower | |||||||||||||
Simplified Chinese | 广州电视台天文及观光塔 | ||||||||||||
Traditional Chinese | 廣州電視台天文及觀光塔 | ||||||||||||
Cantonese Yale | Gwóngjāu Dihnsihtòih Tīnmán Kahp Gūngwōng Taap | ||||||||||||
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The Canton Tower (Chinese: 广州塔), formally Guangzhou TV Astronomical and Sightseeing Tower (Chinese: 广州电视台天文及观光塔), is a 604-meter (1,982 ft)-tall multipurpose observation tower in the Haizhu District of Guangzhou (alternatively romanized as Canton).[6][14][15] The tower was topped out in 2009 and it became operational on 29 September 2010 for the 2010 Asian Games.[16] The tower briefly held the title of tallest tower in the world, replacing the CN Tower, before being surpassed by the Tokyo Skytree.[17] It was the tallest structure in China prior to the topping out of the Shanghai Tower on 3 August 2013, and is now the second-tallest tower and the fifth-tallest freestanding structure in the world.
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