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Nanjing Greenland Financial Center
Nanjing Greenland Financial Center
General information
Location	Nanjing, China
Status	Built
Estimated completion	2009
Use	Mixed use
Height
Antenna or spire	450 m (1,480 ft)
Roof	381 m (1,250 ft)
Top floor	339 m (1,112 ft)
Technical details
Floor count	89
Companies involved
Architect(s)	Skidmore, Owings and Merrill
Structural engineer	Skidmore, Owings and Merrill

The Nanjing Greenland Financial Center (simplified Chinese: 南京紫峰大厦, also Greenland Square Zifeng Tower) is a 450-metre (1,480 ft) supertall skyscraper currently topped-out in Nanjing, China with completion expected in 2009. The 89-story building will feature office space and retail space in the lower section, and restaurants and a public observatory near the top, which will be topped off with a spire. The tower’s stepping is functional, helping separate these sections.^[1]

The mixed-use tower which overlooks Xuanwu Lake became the second tallest building in China and the 5th tallest building in the world when topped out in 2008. An observation deck on the 72nd floor, 287 m (942 ft) above ground, will provide an unobstructed, panoramic view of Nanjing and the nearby Yangtze River, two lakes and the Ningzheng Ridge mountains.

Marshall Strabala and Adrian Smith, who also worked together to design Burj Khalifa, designed the competition winning building for the Nanjing Greenland Financial Center.^[2] The design was taken over by Gordon Gill under the guidance of Adrian Smith throughout the post-competition design of the building complex.^[3] The complex was designed while all three of these architects worked at Skidmore, Owings and Merrill.^[4]

See also

• List of tallest buildings in the world
• List of tallest buildings and structures in the world
• List of architects of supertall buildings

References

External links

• SOM's project page of Nanjing Greenland Financial Center
• Adrian Smith designer's portfolio page of Nanjing Greenland Financial Center
• Emporis.com (General database of skyscrapers)
• Skyscraperpage.com (Diagrams of buildings and structures)

Coordinates: 32°03′44.9″N 118°46′41″E / 32.062472°N 118.77806°E / 32.062472; 118.77806