Type Residential Roof 263.7 m (865.2 ft) Floor count 73 Floors 73 Construction started 2001 | Completed 2004 Top floor 250 m (820.2 ft) Height 250 m, 264 m to tip Opened 2004 | |
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Location Gangnam-gu, Seoul, South Korea Architecture firm Skid, Owings & Merrill Similar Three International Finance, Chongqing World Trade Ce, 21st Century Tower, Post & Telecommunication Hub, Northeast Asia Trade Tower | ||
Tower Palace Three, Tower G is a 73-floor luxury residential skyscraper in Seoul, South Korea. The structure was originally designed to be 93 stories high, but was later scaled down due to zoning rights imposed by city regulations. A notable feature of this structure is the implementation of the Y-shaped tripartite floor geometry which maximizes views and floor space. This innovation pioneered the way for the development of the buttressed core, which is used in the floor plan of the Burj Khalifa as a result of its potential application in megatall skyscrapers. It was the tallest building in the country in 2004 but surpassed in height by the Northeast Asia Trade Tower in Incheon when it was topped out in 2009. It was designed by United States-based architectural firm Skidmore, Owings and Merrill.
Map of Samsung Tower Palace 3 - Tower G, Dogok-dong, Seoul
The building is 263.7 m (865 ft) high. Its shape is formed by three oval lobes joined together. It is the eighth-tallest all-residential building in the world.