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530 metres tall, Guangzhou CTF Finance Centre is a mixed-use skyscraper in Guangzhou, China. It ranks number 8 among the world's tallest completed buildings by architectural height. [2]
| Architectural height | 530 m1,739 ft |
| Height to tip | Not confirmed |
| Highest occupied floor | Not confirmed |
| Observation deck | Not confirmed |
| Floors above ground | 111 |
| Floors below ground | 4 |
| Completed | 2016 |
Also known as the East Tower, this building combines offices, apartments and hotel accommodation. See source ↗
Design, structure and construction.
Technical sources reviewed 9 September 2026.
Structural planning shaped by offices, residences and a hotel in one tower.
The developer’s 2014 technical paper describes a 32-metre square core and eight concrete-filled steel-tube mega-columns on mat and pad foundations bearing on rock. Four outrigger levels and six double-layer belt-truss sets link the structure at mechanical and refuge floors. C80 concrete reduced required wall thickness.
Read the technical source ↗KPF organised four main transition points as the programme moves upward from offices to residences, hotel and sky lobby. The changes in volume correspond to different occupancy needs. The tower also connects to transport below ground and neighbouring buildings by pedestrian bridges.
Read the technical source ↗The construction sequence delayed final outrigger connections to the mega-columns. This allowed for differential shortening between the columns and core, limiting locked-in stresses. The developer’s paper also records wind-tunnel studies and a 1:40-scale shaking-table test used to assess the proposed seismic behaviour.
Read the technical source ↗The terracotta piers shade the glazed facade while preserving views. KPF also identifies high-efficiency chillers and heat recovery as part of the environmental strategy. At this scale, shading, cooling loads and space allocation for plant are interdependent architectural and engineering choices.
Read the technical source ↗Design architects, engineers and construction firms have different responsibilities. Credits identify the published role on this project.
Explore architects & builders ↗Height bars use the same scale. They do not represent building shape. Measurement source ↗
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Guangzhou CTF Finance Centre reaches 530 metres (1,739 feet) by architectural height.
It was completed in 2016.
Guangzhou CTF Finance Centre stands in Guangzhou, China.
It has 111 above-ground floors and 4 below ground.