Status Complete Antenna spire 600 m (1,969 ft) Top floor 555.1 m (1,821 ft) Construction started 2010 Cost 678 million USD Architecture firm Kohn Pedersen Fox | Type Office & retail Roof 555.1 m (1,821 ft) Height 555 m Province Guangdong Province Owner Ping An Insurance | |
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Location Shenzhen, Guangdong, China Address Yitian Rd, FuTian CBD, Futian Qu, Shenzhen Shi, Guangdong Sheng, China, 518000 Similar Goldin Finance 117, CTF Finance Centre, Wuhan Greenland Center, KK100, Shanghai Tower | ||
Exthetics shenzhen ping an finance centre
Ping An International Finance Centre (also known as the Ping An IFC) (Chinese:平安国际金融中心) is a 115-storey megatall skyscraper in Shenzhen, Guangdong province, China. The building was commissioned by Ping An Insurance and designed by the American architectural firm Kohn Pedersen Fox Associates. It is expected to be completed in 2016, thus becoming the 4th tallest building in the world.
Contents
- Exthetics shenzhen ping an finance centre
- Shenzhen rooftopping ping an finance centre 550m
- Progress
- Features
- Elevators
- Climbing attempts
- Phase 2
- Construction Gallery
- References
Shenzhen rooftopping ping an finance centre 550m
Progress
The building is located within the Central Business District of Shenzhen in Futian. Its 18,931 square metre lot was purchased by Ping An Group via auction at a price of 1.6568 billion RMB on November 6, 2007. Its foundation stone was laid on August 29, 2009 and construction started in November the same year.
On March 15, 2013, the construction process was temporarily halted, due to the suspected use of concrete made with unprocessed sea sand, which could corrode the steel structure. Construction resumed on the building after sample testing.
On the morning of July 15, 2014, upon a 10-metre long steel column being lifted to place, the skyscraper exceeded 443.8 metres in height, surpassing the KK100 tower to become the tallest building in Shenzhen.
The building topped out on April 30, 2015 and became the second tallest skyscraper in China at a height of 600 metres. The original plan was to add a 60-metre antenna atop the building to surpass the Shanghai Tower and become the tallest building in China. However, in February 2015, it was decided that the antenna would not top the tower due to the possibility that it might obstruct flight paths.
Features
Upon completion, the building will contain office, hotel and retail spaces, featuring a conference centre and a high-end shopping mall. The two uppermost stories will feature an observation deck. As its name suggests, it will also become the headquarters of Ping An Insurance. The building will have a total gross floor area of 378,600 square metres plus a basement area of 90,000 square metres.
Elevators
The Ping An International Finance Centre will be equipped with 33 Double Deck elevators with its Destination Control going at speeds of up to 10 m/s.
Climbing attempts
In January 2015, daredevil Malaysian photographer Keow Wee Loong climbed the incomplete building and released video footage and a photo taken from a crane at the tower's top.
The structure was subsequently climbed during Chinese New Year on February 19, 2015 by two Russian and Ukrainian urban explorers, Vadim Makhorov and Vitaly Raskalov from Ontheroofs, who further climbed out to a crane above the under-construction tower and documented their ascent with video and photos.
On October 30, 2016 at 1 AM it was climbed by Vennphang, Fishstoryer and Sander Kole, to the diamond top
Phase 2
A second building of the project, a 290-metre, 47-storey skyscraper known as the south tower, is in its foundation stage. Construction started in April 2014 and is expected to be completed by 2018. The complex will include a planned retail bridge connecting the two skyscrapers from levels 3 through 6.