Ping An Finance Center

The Ping An Finance Center by KPF, which will soon be Shenzhen's tallest tower at 660 meters, will serve as the city's new Central Business District's anchor. The skyscraper will connect to surrounding properties as well as the Shenzhen Line 1 Gou Wu Gong Yuan metro station, which is located at the southwest corner of Yi Tian Road and Fu Hua Road in the Futian District. After the jump, you'll find more information. The PAFC's spire, which rises 115 stories above ground level, is reminiscent of classic spired skyscrapers such as the Chrysler Building and the Empire State Building. The retail shops will form a terrace that gradually slopes away from the tower, forming a large amphitheater to serve as a catalyst for the developing CBD.

A complementing language of light-colored stone and glazing is used in the façade system. The vertical superstructure is encased in chevron-shaped stone panels, which highlight the perimeter columns' eight-story diagonal braces. The spire, where the superstructure combines into one visual aspect meeting the sky, is the culmination of the structural's subtle expression.

The tower is structurally designed with a composite concrete core and steel outriggers that anchor the eight super-columns. The exterior is made up of seven double-layer belt trusses positioned on the mechanical and refuge levels, as well as super diagonals in the corners of the tower. The podium's eleven stories are built using traditional steel frame technology. The performance-based structural design of the skyscraper was aided by structural engineers Thornton Thomasetti's nonlinear dynamic time-history seismic analysis.

Location: Shenzhen
Height: 1,965 ft (599 m)
Floors: 115
Architects: Kohn Pedersen Fox Associates (KPF)
Building Function: Office
Completion: 2017