Pearl River Tower

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Pearl River Tower is a skyscraper that is under construction at the junction of Jinsui Road/Zhujiang Avenue West, Tianhe District, Guangzhou, China. It will be 303 metres tall with 69 floors and a total floor area of 212,165 m².[1]

Designed by Skidmore, Owings and Merrill, construction started in 2006 and completion is planned for autumn 2009. It is intended for office use and will be occupied by the China National Tobacco Corporation.[2]

The building is being designed with energy conservation in mind, including wind turbines and solar, humidity and rainwater collectors and arguably will be one of the most environmentally friendly buildings in the world.[3] Indeed, it is intended that the systems will generate more energy than operation of the building will use.[4]

[edit] References

  1. ^ "Pearl River Tower", SkyscraperPage.com
  2. ^ "The winds of change", World Architecture News
  3. ^ "Pearl River Tower", Global Architecture Encyclopedia
  4. ^ "Super Tall and Ultra Green", Jude Stewart, July 17, 2006, MetropolisMag.com


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