The Posco Tower-Songdo or Northeast Asia Trade Tower ( Korean: 포스코타워-송도) is a

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Songdo International City Songdo International Business District (Songdo IBD) is a smart city or "ubiquitous city" & " Private town " built from scratch on of reclaimed land along Incheon's waterfront, southwest of Seoul, South Korea and connected to Incheon Internat ...

, the world's most expensive private

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project in the Incheon Free Economic Zone,

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. The building is currently South Korea's fourth tallest, and has 68 floors. It surpassed the previous record-holder, Samsung Tower Palace 3 – Tower G in

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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 Lotte World Tower. 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 class A office space, an

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on the 65th-floor, a luxury

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, serviced residences, and retail stores. The column-free floors include an office lobby at ground level with

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floors and

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stone walls.

Design

Like the One World Trade Center, 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 Riverstone shopping center, and the

Sheraton Incheon Hotel Sheraton Grand Incheon Hotel is the first hotel to open in Songdo IBD. Hotel is adjacent to the Northeast Asia Trade Tower, Songdo Convensia, and Songdo Central Park. It is a five-star rated hotel managed by Marriott International, and it is a ...

. 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 Daewoo 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.

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