The Posco Tower-Songdo or Northeast Asia Trade Tower (

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: 포스코타워-송도) is a

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, the world's most expensive private

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project in the

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. The building is currently South Korea's fourth tallest, and has 68

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. It surpassed the previous record-holder,

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, when it topped-out in 2009. Although finished in 2011, the completion of its interior had been delayed due to financial complications during a recession. It was surpassed in height in 2017 by the current highest building in South Korea, the

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. The building was intended to be a landmark of the Songdo International Business District which was constructed on unused land along the waterfront near Incheon. It features 19 floors of

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, an

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on the 65th-floor, a luxury

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, serviced residences, and

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. The column-free floors include an office lobby at ground level with French

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floors and

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stone walls.

Design

Like the

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, the tower features a faceted glass facade that gently tapers from a square base but transitions to a triangular rooftop. The offices, apartments and a hotel each have their own entrance lobby. The facade is made of high-performance glazed glass with exterior shading devices which allows the structure to regulate internal temperatures. The tower also features low-flow plumbing fixtures allowing reduced water usage by more than 20 percent compared to the average consumption rate of a typical office building. In addition, a graywater collection system is used to flush wastewater while collected stormwater is stored and reused, reducing water consumption by more than 50 percent.

Amenities

The building is next to

Songdo Convensia The Songdo Convensia Convention Center is the first project completed in Songdo IBD and opened for business on October 7, 2008. Its innovative design by KPF and Baum elicits thoughts of the Sydney Opera House and is already a landmark structu ...

, the Riverstone shopping center, and the Sheraton Incheon Hotel. It has an extensive parking station next door, and will have pedestrian access to a future subway station. Floors 2 to 33 are occupied by several businesses, with

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occupying levels 9 to 21. The 36th and 37th floors are allocated for banquets, restaurants, meeting rooms and other formal activities, while floors 38 to 64 features a residence hotel with 423 guest rooms, including a penthouse on the upper floor. In February 2010, the 65th-floor observatory temporarily opened to the public for the

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meeting of finance ministers.

References

External links

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