Zifeng Tower is a 450-meter skyscraper in Nanjing, China completed in 2010. It has 89 stories containing office space, a 500-room hotel, retail space, and underground parking. The top features restaurants and an observatory with landscaped glass atria throughout and a rooftop pool and garden. At night the tower glows as a landmark on the Nanjing skyline. It was influenced by local history including the Yangtze River, green gardens, and dragons, shown through its curved glass exterior resembling dragon scales separating like the river.

1. ZIFENG TOWER
NANJING, CHINA

2. Zifeng tower (A.K.A. Greenland center-zifeng tower or
greenland square zifeng tower, formerly nanjing
greenland financial center) is a 450-metre (1,480 ft)
skyscraper completed in 2010 in Nanjing, Gulous
district, China. The 89-story building comprised of office
space, a 500-room intercontinental hotel, retail space
and below grade parking.

3. The top of the tower houses several
restaurants and a public observatory.
Landscaped clear-glass atria are found
throughout the building, and an outdoor
swimming pool and garden are located
on the roof of the tower’s podium. At
night, the spire and tower atria is lit and
glows as a beacon in the nanjing skyline,
making the tower a radiant new
landmark for the city.

4. HISTORY
Zifeng Tower was influenced from
three central elements of the rich
history of Nanjing: the Yangtze River
which flows through the city, the
lush, green garden landscape and
the dragon.
The central core of the tower is
hugged by two interlocking forms
that recall the image of China’s

5. The tower’s exterior wall features
angled panes of glass in
staggered modules that suggest
scales. Vertical and horizontal
seams separate the textured
glass surfaces, metaphorically
relating to the clear water of the
Yangtze River separating the
great dragon forms.

6. TECHNICAL
DATA
Height = 450.00 m
Height (roof) = 381.25 m
Height (main roof) = 339.25 m
Height (top floor) = 316.60 m
Height (observation deck) = 271.00 m
Construction start = 2005
Construction end = Jan 2010
Elevators = 54

7. Parking places = 1,200
Facade material = Glass
Facad system = Curtain wall
Global Ranking = 8 tallest in the world
Regional Ranking = 6 tallest in Asia
National Ranking = 3 tallest in China
City Ranking = 1 tallest in Nanjing
Awards = 2012 - Structural
Engineers Association
of Illinois, Best
International Project Over $150
Million

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