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Canton Tower was constructed by Guangzhou New Television Tower Group. It was designed by the Dutch architects Mark Hemel and Barbara Kuit of Information Based Architecture, together with Arup, the international design, engineering and business consulting firm headquartered in London, United Kingdom. In 2004, Information Based Architecture and ...
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. It features observation decks ...
Canton Tower: 604 m (1,982 ft) 37 2010 Tallest structure in Guangzhou, also known as the Guangzhou TV Astronomical & Sight Seeing Tower. Briefly the world's tallest tower until completion of Tokyo Skytree in Tokyo. 2nd-tallest tower and 5th-tallest freestanding structure in the world. 1 Guangzhou CTF Finance Centre: 530 m (1,739 ft) 120 2016
Tallest structures in China in 2015 Shanghai World Financial Center, third tallest Oriental Pearl Tower, fifth tallest Canton Tower, second tallest at 600m (1,989ft) Guangzhou International Finance Center Zifeng Tower Jin Mao Tower
The Tokyo Skytree in Tokyo, Japan has been the tallest tower since 2012.. This list includes extant structures that fulfill the engineering definition of a tower: "a tall human structure, always taller than it is wide, for public or regular operational access by humans, but not for living in or office work, and which is self-supporting or free-standing, meaning no guy-wires for support."
However, after the station was opened, the Canton Tower, a new TV and sightseeing tower, was built directly above it. This iconic piece of architecture quickly became the city's new landmark, and the name of the station was often confused with Chigang station ( 赤岗站 ) of line 8 , so it was changed to Canton Tower Station in December 2013 ...
The following is a list of buildings that in the past held, or currently holds, the title of the tallest building in mainland China. This list includes high-rises and skyscrapers only, excluding pre-modern buildings such as the Liaodi Pagoda and TV or observation towers such as the Oriental Pearl Tower and the Canton Tower. [34]
Avon begins hiring ladies in Guangzhou. [25] Population: 6,299,943. [26] 1991 Guangzhou TV Tower erected. November: 1991 FIFA Women's World Cup held. 1992 – Guangzhou Free Trade Zone established. [27] 1996 – Guangzhou East railway station opens. 1997 Guangzhou Metro begins operating. CITIC Plaza and Humen Pearl River Bridge built.