THE ICONIC TALLEST BUILDING IN BEIJING

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Today, Saturday the 9th of December, 2023, I visited the tallest building in Beijing. In my previous blog I had promised you that I was going to feature the most significant place in Beijing.

Located at the center of Beijing’s new 30-hectare central business district, CITIC Tower is the tallest building and a new icon of the capital. CITIC Tower anchors the northern end of the city’s CBD, forming an iconic backdrop to the park and a prominent new destination for visitors.

It is 528 meters tall with 109 floors. CITIC Tower is Northern China’s third-tallest building after Goldin Finance 117 and Chow Tai Fook Binhai Center in Tianjin.
The project began in 2012 and was completed in 2018.It is estimated China’s CITIC Group poured in about CNY24 billion (USD3. 4 billion) into the project.
Farrells produced the tower’s land bid concept design, with Kohn Pedersen Fox assuming the project and completing a 14-month-long concept design process after the client had won the bid.

In plan, the building is square with rounded corners; its width transforms vertically from its 78-meter-wide base to its 54-meter-wide “waist” to its 69-meter-wide top. Broader at its base than its crown, the tower combines its iconography with infrastructure that supports the building’s integrity in China’s greatest seismic zone. (kpf)
To me this shape is the dream of every woman body. Tiny waist, big base and average upper body.

The lobby’s distinct upward curve mirrors the tower’s fluted, outward drape in the opposite direction, providing a dramatic backdrop to the pedestrian experience. The interior canopy features bespoke aluminum ribbing that follows its curvature and echoes the tower’s elegant façade expression.

The tower also connects to a vast underground transportation network, linking together a pedestrian passageway system, a B2-level roadway, and four subway lines across three stations.

CITIC Tower project is a super building integrating office, sightseeing and commerce.
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All photos and videos used in this article were captured by Melody Zekey under Zekey Media.