Wuhan
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, China. The tower was originally planned to be but It was redesigned mid-construction due to
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regulations so its height does not exceed above sea level. Another Chinese building, Ping An Finance Center, was also scaled down for similar reasons.
The building was designed by
Adrian Smith
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+ Gordon Gill Architects in conjunction with Thornton Tomasetti Engineers won the design competition to build the tower for Greenland Group, a real estate developer owned by the Shanghai city government. Construction started in 2012 and had been put on-hold numerous times following the redesign in mid-2017 ranging from financial problems, to the
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. The building finally
topped-out
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in late 2020 and was completed in 2022. The Wuhan Greenland Center is Central China's tallest building and cost 4.5 billion dollars, mostly due to the number of times it had been put on-hold.
Original design
The original plan for the building was to have it rise , surpassing the
Shanghai Tower
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by only and the
Tokyo Skytree
is a broadcasting and observation tower in Sumida, Tokyo. It became the tallest structure in Japan in 201014th tallest building in the world.
Floor directory (current design)
Timeline
*8 December 2010: Ceremony for construction held.
*1 July 2011: Overall construction started.
*28 June 2012: Started building underground reinforcement structure.
*12 September 2012: Started digging the base.
*26 June 2013: Base completed.
*4 January 2014: First steel beams installed.
*28 July 2014: Basement finished, above-ground construction started.
*30 December 2015: The building reached above ground.
*April 2016: The building reached above ground and cladding has become visible.
*June 2016: The building reached above ground.
*27 December 2016: The building reached above ground.
*Mid 2017: Construction stalled at 101 floors and the subsequent redesign of the building
*Late 2020: Wuhan Greenland Center tops out
*Mid 2022: Wuhan Greenland Center is completed
Construction gallery
Wuhan Greenland Center on Dec 27 2014 Panorama.jpg, Construction Site
Wuhan Greenland Center on Dec 27 2014.jpg, Main tower In 2014
List of tallest buildings in China
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