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The Canton Tower's main body stands at 450 m (1,476 ft). Combined with the tower's 150-meter-long (492 ft) antenna, the Canton Tower has a total height of 604 m (1,982 ft), making it the second tallest tower in the world, second tallest in Asia, and the tallest in the People's Republic of China. The tower has a total of 112 floors. [1] [6]
The tallest building in Guangzhou is currently Guangzhou CTF Finance Centre, which stands 530 m (1,740 ft) tall. It is also the third-tallest building in China and the seventh-tallest in the world. Though generally not considered as a building, standing 600 m (2,000 ft) tall, Canton Tower is tallest structure in Guangzhou.
Canton Tower: 604 m (1,982 ft) 2010: Steel & concrete China: Guangzhou: Was briefly the tallest tower in the world in 2010. Second tallest tower in the world. 3: CN Tower: 553.3 m (1,815 ft) 1976: Concrete Canada: Toronto: Tallest freestanding structure in the world 1975–2007, and the world's tallest tower until 2009; tallest in the western ...
The height is measured from the level of the lowest, significant, open-air, pedestrian entrance. At the time, the Willis Tower held first place in the second and third categories, the Petronas Towers held the first category, and the original WTC North Tower held the fourth (height to tip) category with its antenna. [19]
This list is organized by absolute height. See List of tallest buildings and structures, ... Canton Tower: 600 m (1,969 ft) 2009: Concrete tower:
This list does not include nonbuilding structures, such as the 604 m (1,982 ft) Canton Tower in Guangzhou, which despite being the second tallest structure in China, is actually an observation tower. Of the 106 buildings in this list, 21 are in Shenzhen, 13 are in Guangzhou, 9 are in Shanghai, 7 are in Hong Kong and 2 are in Beijing.
Guangzhou TV Tower is a 217 m (712 ft) lattice telecommunication tower in the southern Chinese city of Guangzhou with an observation deck, erected in 1991. A newer 618 m (2,028 ft) tower was completed in Guangzhou in October 2010, named Canton Tower that initially bore the name Guangzhou TV and Sightseeing Tower.
The CN Tower was surpassed in 2009 by the Canton Tower in Guangzhou, China, which stands at 604 m (1,982 ft) tall, as the world's tallest tower; which in turn was surpassed by the Tokyo Skytree in 2011, which currently is the tallest tower at 634.0 m (2,080.1 ft) in height.