Shun Hing Square (Chinese: 信兴广场), also known as "Di Wang Tower"[3] (地王大厦) is a 384-meter (1,260 ft)-tall skyscraper in Shenzhen, Guangdong province, China. Upon its completion in 1996, it became the tallest building in China, until being surpassed by CITIC Plaza in the next year.
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信兴广场 | |
 Shun Hing Square in February 2021 | |
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| General information | |
| Status | Completed |
| Type | Office & retail |
| Location | 5002 Shennan East Road, Luohu District, Shenzhen, Guangdong, China |
| Coordinates | 22°32′43″N 114°06′21″E / 22.54528°N 114.10583°E |
| Construction started | April 21, 1993 |
| Completed | March 9, 1996 |
| Opening | June 27, 1996 |
| Owner | Kumagai Gumi Company[1] |
| Height | |
| Architectural | 384 m (1,260 ft)[1] |
| Roof | 325 m (1,066 ft) |
| Top floor | 298 m (978 ft)[1] |
| Observatory | 298 m (978 ft)[1] |
| Technical details | |
| Floor count | 69[1] (+3 basement floors) |
| Floor area | 280,000 m2 (3,000,000 sq ft)[1] |
| Lifts/elevators | 36[1] |
| Design and construction | |
| Architect(s) | K.Y. Cheung Design Associates[1] |
| Developer | Shun Hing Group |
| Structural engineer | Maunsell AECOM Group[1] |
| References | |
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| Simplified Chinese | 信兴广场 | ||||||||||
| Traditional Chinese | 信興廣場 | ||||||||||
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Background
editThe building was built at a pace of four floors in nine days. The main tower contains office space, a car park and a 5-story shopping arcade complex with four sets of escalators, five passenger lifts and two service lifts, and a floor area ranging from 3450 m2 to 4900 m2. On the top floor (69th floor) is the "Meridian View Center," an observation deck.[4][5] Its common nickname, "Diwang Building" derives from the auction price for the piece of land it stands being the most expensive in Shenzhen at the time. 24,500 tonnes of steel were used in construction.
Records held
editAs of April 2023, the building is
- The fifth tallest in Shenzhen
- 25th tallest building in mainland China
- 49th tallest in the world
- The tallest building in the world with fewer than 70 floors
- The tallest all-steel building in China.
- The tallest building in China from 1996 to the completion of CITIC Plaza in Guangzhou in 1997.[6]
- The first skyscraper in China to be one of the ten tallest in the world (Bank of China Tower and Central Plaza, of Hong Kong, were constructed and topped out while Hong Kong was still under British sovereignty).[4]
- The first in China to reach 1,150 ft (350 m).
- Tallest building constructed in Shenzhen in the 1990s.
- Tallest building in Shenzhen from 1996 to September 2011 until surpassed by the nearby 441.8-metre-tall (1,449 ft) Kingkey 100.
Image gallery
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Shun Hing Square with the annex shown in front -
Shun Hing Square as shown from the Ping An Finance Center -
Seeing from the top of Shun Hing Square
See also
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References
edit- ^ a b c d e f g h i j "Shun Hing Square - The Skyscraper Center". Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat.
- ^ "Shun Hing Square". Skyscraperpage.com. Retrieved 8 July 2008.
- ^ "Shun Hing Square (Shenzhen, 1996) - Structurae".
- ^ a b "Shun Hing Square". skyscraperpicture.com. Archived from the original on 25 July 2008. Retrieved 8 July 2008.
- ^ "Shun Hing Square". Emporis.com. Archived from the original on 15 April 2004. Retrieved 8 July 2008.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link) - ^ "Shun Hing Square (Diwang/Di Wang Commercial Center) - Landmark - Shenzhen, Shekou Entertainment, Food and Lodging". 4 August 2011.
External links
edit- Shun Hing Square on CTBUH Skyscraper Center
- Meridian View Center observation deck video
Geographic data related to Shun Hing Square at OpenStreetMap
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