Night scene of Guanghzou city over the Zhujiang River
Night scene of Guangzhou tower of Guanghzou city over the Zhujiang River. The Guangzhou Tower is a tower near Chigang Pagoda, Haizhu District, Guangzhou, Guangdong, China. It was topped-out in 2009 and became operational on September 29, 2010 for the 2010 Asian is the second tallest structure in the world after Burj Dubai in Dubai, UAE. The Guangzhou Tower is designed by the Dutch architects Mark Hemel and Barbara Kuit of Information Based Architecture together with engineers Arup, the international design, engineering and business consulting firm headquartered in London, UK. 2004 Information Based Architecture and Arup won the international competition, in which many of the world's larger architectural offices participated. The same year the IBA - Arup team in Amsterdam developed the tower's concept design. In later stages IBA cooperated mainly with the local Chinese offices of Arup and a Local Design Institute.
Size: 4256px × 2832px
Location: Guangzhou city, Guangdong province, China
Photo credit: © GZRayStockPhoto / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
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