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Guangzhou International Finance Centre, Guangzhou, China

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Medium: conference paper
Language(s): English
Conference: 35th Annual Symposium of IABSE / 52nd Annual Symposium of IASS / 6th International Conference on Space Structures: Taller, Longer, Lighter - Meeting growing demand with limited resources, London, United Kingdom, September 2011
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Year: 2011
Abstract:

The paper discusses the planning and design of the Guangzhou International Finance Centre [GIFC] in Southern China, a ‘supertall’ multi-use building substantially completed in 2010.

The 103 storey, three-sided tower comprises 69 levels of office accommodation beneath a 34 level hotel. The building is structured with an externally braced perimeter tube using concrete filled tubes in a diagrid arrangement enclosed within a fully glazed building envelope. At a height of around 200m the central core is fragmented and replaced by an inner tubular frame, allowing a 115m high central void to penetrate the full height of the hotel to the roof.

Keywords:
high-rise buildings atrium Diagrid Guangzhou International Finance Centre [GIFC] externally braced tube concrete filled tube [CFT]

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