Guangzhou International Finance Center

Guangzhou International Finance Center or Guangzhou West Tower, is a 103-story, (438.6 m (1,439 ft)) skyscraper at Zhujiang Avenue West in the Tianhe District of Guangzhou, Guangdong.[6][7] One half of the Guangzhou Twin Towers, it is the 24th tallest building in the world, completed in 2010. As of 2023, it is the world's tallest building with a roof-top helipad, at (438 m high).[8] The world's second-tallest building with a roof-top helipad was also completed in 2010: Beijing's China World Trade Center Tower III, whose roof-top helipad is 330 m high.[9] Both buildings are taller than the U.S. Bank Tower, the previous record-holder from 1989 to 2010, whose roof-top helipad is 310.3 m (1,018 ft) high.

Guangzhou International Finance Center
广州国际金融中心
Guangzhou International Finance Center in December 2016
General information
Status	Completed
Type	Hotel Commercial offices
Architectural style	Modern
Location	5 Zhujiang Avenue West Zhujiang New Town, Tianhe District, Guangzhou, Guangdong, China
Coordinates	23°7′13.25″N 113°19′5.07″E
Construction started	December 26, 2005
Completed	April 28, 2010 - October 31, 2010
Opening	February 28, 2010
Cost	GB£280 million or US$ 365 million [1]
Height
Architectural	438.6 m (1,439 ft)
Roof	438.6 m (1,439 ft)
Top floor	415.1 m (1,362 ft)
Observatory	415.1 m (1,362 ft)
Technical details
Floor count	103 +4 below ground
Floor area	250,095 m2 (2,692,000 sq ft)
Lifts/elevators	71
Design and construction
Architect(s)	WilkinsonEyre
Structural engineer	Arup Architecture Design Institute of South China University of Technology
Main contractor	China State Construction Guangzhou Municipal Construction Group JV
Other information
Number of rooms	374
References
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Construction of the building, designed by WilkinsonEyre, broke ground in December 2005, and was completed in 2010. The building is used as a conference center, hotel and office building. Floors 1 through 66 are used as offices, floors 67 and 68 are for mechanical equipment, floors 69 to 98 have a Four Seasons Hotel with the lobby being on the 70th floor, and floors 99 and 100 are used as an observation deck.

The building was previously known as Guangzhou West Tower and had a related project, the proposed Guangzhou East Tower, which, at 475 m (1,558 ft), would have been even taller,[10] though that project has been awarded to a different design by Kohn Pedersen Fox, the 530 m (1,740 ft) Guangzhou CTF Finance Center.[11]

The building was the winner of the RIBA 2012 Lubetkin Prize.[12]

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  Lobby
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  Four Seasons Hotel Lobby
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  Office Lobby
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  Basement Arcade