China
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Hong Kong
Shenzhen
Guangzhou
Shanghai
Wuhan
Chongqing
Chengdu
Hangzhou
Changsha
Shenyang
Nanning
Nanjing
Tianjin
Beijing
Dalian
Zhuhai
Suzhou
Hefei
Jinan
Guiyang
Facts
Population
1,353,821,000 (2012)
Area
9,706,961 km² • 3,747,858 mi²
Density
139.5 people per km²
361.2 people per mi²
GDP
$12.41 trillion (2012)
First 150m+ Building
Tallest Building
tallest-map.tallest-city
Rankings
by no. of 150m+ completed buildings
Tallest City in
the World
Tallest City in
Buildings
|
RANK
|
Name
|
Status
Completed Architecturally Topped Out Structurally Topped Out Under Construction On Hold Proposed Vision Never Completed Demolished Competition Entry Canceled Proposed Renovation Under Renovation Renovated Under Demolition |
Height
|
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Shanghai Tower | 632 m / 2,073 ft | |
| 2 | Ping An Finance Center | 599.1 m / 1,965 ft | |
| 3 | Tianjin 117 Building | 596.6 m / 1,957 ft | |
| 4 | Guangzhou CTF Finance Centre | 530 m / 1,739 ft | |
| 5 | Tianjin CTF Finance Centre | 530 m / 1,739 ft | |
| 6 | CITIC Tower | 527.7 m / 1,731 ft | |
| 7 | TAIPEI 101 | 508 m / 1,667 ft | |
| 8 | Greenland Jinmao International Financial Center | 499.8 m / 1,640 ft | |
| 9 | HeXi Yuzui Tower A | 498.8 m / 1,636 ft | |
| 10 | Shanghai World Financial Center | 492 m / 1,614 ft |
Building Completions Timeline
China CVU Members
|
Logo
|
Name
|
Level
|
# of 150m+ buildings
|
|
|---|---|---|---|---|
 |
AECOM |
Platinum
|
321 | LAND • STRC • URB • BACS • ENVP • ENVE • PMNG • CON • COST • ENGM • MEP • TRAN • VERC |
 |
Arup |
Platinum
|
471 | CIV • STRC • WIND • ENVE • PMNG • COST • FAC • FIRE • MEP • VERC |
 |
China State Construction Engineering Corporation |
Platinum
|
224 | ENGM |
 |
KONE Corporation |
Platinum
|
396 | MATR • VERC • VERS |
 |
Kohn Pedersen Fox Associates |
Platinum
|
245 | INTR • URB • ARCH • HIST • TRAN |
 |
RFR Asia Limited |
Platinum
|
32 | STRC • FAC |
 |
RWDI |
Platinum
|
534 | WIND • ENVE • ENGO |
 |
Schindler |
Platinum
|
233 | MATR • VERC • VERS |
 |
Shanghai Tower Construction & Development |
Platinum
|
2 | ARCH • DEV • FIN • CON • OWN • PROP |
 |
Skidmore, Owings & Merrill |
Platinum
|
368 | CIV • INTR • LAND • STRC • URB • ARCH • ENVE • MRKT • MEP • TRAN |
 |
Thornton Tomasetti, Inc. |
Platinum
|
233 | CIV • STRC • URB • ARCH • ENVE • PMNG • COMP • ENGM • ENGO • FAC • FACS • FIRE • GEO • HIST • INSU • MEP • SEC • SEIS • TRAN |
 |
Tongji University |
Platinum
|
1 | ACAD • RES |
 |
WSP |
Platinum
|
692 | CIV • INTR • STRC • URB • ENVP • PMNG • COMP • ENGO • FAC • FIRE • GEO • MEP • TRAN |
 |
Aedas |
Gold
|
131 | LAND • URB • ARCH |
 |
Brandston Partnership, Inc. |
Gold
|
103 | ARCH • ENGM • ENGO |
 |
Hongkong Land |
Gold
|
30 | DEV • OWN • PROP |
 |
gad |
Gold
|
31 | ARCH |
 |
10 Design (part of Egis Group) |
Silver
|
34 | URB |
 |
AET Flexible Space |
Silver
|
0 | MATR |
 |
Andrew Lee King Fun & Associates Architects Ltd. |
Silver
|
12 | ARCH |
 |
Architectural Design and Research Institute of South China Univ. of Technology |
Silver
|
22 | ARCH |
 |
Broad Sustainable Building Co., Ltd. |
Silver
|
3 | MATR |
 |
Büro Ole Scheeren |
Silver
|
12 | ARCH |
 |
C.Y. Lee & Partners Architects/Planners |
Silver
|
20 | ARCH |
 |
Cheng Chung Design |
Silver
|
28 | INTR |
 |
China Southwest Architectural Design and Research Institute Corp. LTD |
Silver
|
24 | ARCH |
 |
CityGroup Design Collective CO., LTD |
Silver
|
15 | URB • ARCH |
 |
Evergreen Consulting Engineering |
Silver
|
6 | CIV |
 |
FORCITIS Construction Technology Co., Ltd |
Silver
|
7 | FAC |
 |
Far East Facade (Hong Kong) Limited |
Silver
|
27 | STRC |
 |
GOA (Group of Architects) |
Silver
|
8 | ARCH |
 |
HDA |
Silver
|
0 | ARCH |
 |
Inhabit Group |
Silver
|
57 | FAC |
 |
J. Roger Preston Limited |
Silver
|
51 | ENGO |
 |
LWK + PARTNERS |
Silver
|
43 | ARCH |
 |
Lead8 |
Silver
|
11 | ARCH |
 |
Leigh & Orange Limited |
Silver
|
20 | ARCH |
 |
M Moser Associates |
Silver
|
0 | ARCH |
 |
MAD Architects |
Silver
|
7 | ARCH |
 |
MoA Design |
Silver
|
3 | ARCH |
 |
OMA |
Silver
|
19 | ARCH |
 |
Rocco Design Architects Associates Ltd |
Silver
|
25 | ARCH |
 |
Shui On Management Limited |
Silver
|
24 | DEV |
 |
Swire Properties Ltd |
Silver
|
40 | DEV |
 |
TIANHUA Architecture Planning & Engineering Co., Ltd. |
Silver
|
12 | ARCH |
 |
Tianjin North Glass Industrial Technical Co., Ltd. |
Silver
|
1 | MATR |
 |
WT Partnership |
Silver
|
64 | COST |
 |
ZEN Architects |
Silver
|
0 | ARCH |
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