Wuhan Greenland Center is an topped-out skyscraper in Wuhan, China. Due to airspace regulations, it has been redesigned so its height does not exceed 500 m above sea level. Another Chinese building, Ping An International Finance Centre, was also scaled down for similar reasons.
In June 2011, Adrian Smith (architect) + Gordon Gill Architects in conjunction with Thornton Tomasetti Engineers won the design competition to build an energy-efficient tower for Greenland Group, a real estate developer owned by the Shanghai city government.
Original Design[]
The original plan for the building was to have it rise 636 m, surpassing the Shanghai Tower by only 14 ft and the Tokyo Skytree by 7 ft, making it the second tallest man-made structure in the world. It was first proposed in 2010 and construction commenced in 2012. When the Wuhan Greenland Center reached its 96th floor, construction was halted due to airspace restrictions which led to its subsequent redesign of a 476 m building instead of a 636 m building. If completed, the redesign of the Wuhan Greenland Center will be the List of future tallest buildings.
Floor directory (original design)[]
| 90-97 | mechanical layer, refuge area |
| 80–89 | Serviced hotel |
| 79 | service hotel, refuge area |
| 71–78 | Serviced hotel |
| 70 | service hotel sky lobby |
| 67–69 | mechanical layer, refuge area |
| 60–66 | Offices |
| 59 | refuge area |
| 51–58 | Offices |
| 49–50 | sky lobby |
| 48 | refuge area |
| 39–47 | Offices |
| 36–38 | mechanical layer |
| 35 | refuge area |
| 27–34 | Offices |
| 25–26 | sky lobby |
| 24 | refuge area |
| 15–23 | Offices |
| 14 | refuge area |
| 5–13 | Offices |
| 2–4 | mechanical layer |
| 1–1M | office lobby, serviced hotel lobby hotel lobby |
| B1M | bike storage |
| B1 | banquet hall, hotel services, unloading area |
| B5–B2 | parking, mechanical layer |
Timeline[]
- December 8, 2010: Ceremony for construction held.
- July 1, 2011: Overall construction started.
- June 28, 2012: Started building underground reinforcement structure.
- September 12, 2012: Started digging the base.
- June 26, 2013: Base completed.
- January 4, 2014: First steel beams installed.
- July 28, 2014: Basement finished, above-ground construction started.
- December 30, 2015: The building reached 200 m above ground.
- April 2016: The building reached 245 m above ground and cladding has become visible.
- June 2016: The building reached 300 m above ground.
- December 27, 2016: The building reached 400 m above ground.
See also[]
Wuhan Greenland Center (Tower 2) Wuhan Greenland Center (Tower 3)