Guangzhou CTF Finance Center

Guangzhou CTF Finance Centre is a 530m, 112-story super-tall structure with a podium that includes a hotel, serviced hotel, office, and retail mall. The project is integrated into the city and area due to its proximity to a large central park and a subterranean retail concourse with transportation interchanges.

The design of the Guangzhou CTF Finance Centre is centered on the efficient synthesis of its various activities. The four main transition stages are office to residential, residential to hotel, hotel to crown, and crown to sky. Rather than tapering to accommodate the smaller floor plates required for separate projects, the tower steps back at four-angled parapets. These four setbacks allow for the lush sky terraces and magnificent skylights.

The building employs a variety of energy-saving strategies to reduce its environmental impact. The building's sustainability is aided by the use of high-efficiency chillers and heat recovery from the water-cooled chiller condensers, as well as the building's excellent multi-level connections to public transportation.

In terms of energy efficiency, water usage, and indoor comfort, the project is more environmentally friendly than structures that do not have this certification incentive since it corresponds to LEED certification and China Green Building Label criteria. In China's market, it is deserving of higher lease-up rates than classic constructions. It also gives the Project's residents with a healthy, safe, high-quality indoor environment that is thermally comfortable.

LEED Gold certification was granted to serviced apartments and hotels in 2019, while office and retail were granted in 2018.

Location: Guangzhou
Height: 1,740 ft (530 m)
Floors: 111
Architects: Kohn Pedersen Fox Associates (KPF)
Building Function: Hotel, Residential, Office
Completion: 2016