Shun Hing Square (), also known as "Di Wang Tower" () is a -tall
skyscraper
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in
Shenzhen
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,
Guangdong
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province,
China
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. Upon its completion in 1996, it became
the tallest building in China, until being surpassed by
CITIC Plaza
China International Trust and Investment (CITIC) Plaza () is an 80-storey, office skyscraper in the Tianhe District of Guangzhou, Guangdong, People's Republic of China. Its structural height includes two antenna-like spires on the top. Complete ...
next year.
Background
The 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 m
2 to 4900 m
2. On the top floor (69th floor) is the "Meridian View Center," an observation deck.
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
Currently, the building is
* The
fifth tallest in Shenzhen
*
20th tallest building in mainland China
*
44th 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
China International Trust and Investment (CITIC) Plaza () is an 80-storey, office skyscraper in the Tianhe District of Guangzhou, Guangdong, People's Republic of China. Its structural height includes two antenna-like spires on the top. Complete ...
in
Guangzhou
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in 1997.
* 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).
* The first in China to reach .
* Tallest building constructed in Shenzhen in the 1990s.
* Tallest building in Shenzhen from 1996 to September 2011 until surpassed by the nearby
Kingkey 100
The KK100 (), formerly known as Kingkey 100 and Kingkey Finance Tower, is a supertall skyscraper in Shenzhen, Guangdong.
Location
It is located on Shennan East Road and within Caiwuwei, an area often described as the 'financial district' of ...
.
Image gallery
File:Shun Hing Square.jpg, Shun Hing Square with the annex shown in front
File:FREESKY观光层上所见的深圳之景.jpg, Shun Hing Square as shown from the Ping An Finance Center
The Ping An Finance Center () is a 115- story, supertall skyscraper in Shenzhen, Guangdong, China. The building was commissioned by Ping An Insurance and designed by the American architectural firm Kohn Pedersen Fox Associates. It was complet ...
File:从地王大厦上俯瞰鹏城.jpg, Seeing from the top of Shun Hing Square
See also
*
List of tallest buildings in Shenzhen
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List of tallest structures in China
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List of tallest buildings in the world
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References
External links
Shun Hing Squareon
CTBUH
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Skyscraper Center
Meridian View Center observation deck video*
Skyscraper office buildings in Shenzhen
Buildings and structures completed in 1996
Retail buildings in China
Skyscrapers in Shenzhen
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