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Busan International Finance Center (BIFC) () is a skyscraper in
Busan International Finance Center (BIFC) () is a skyscraper in Busan
Busan (), officially Busan Metropolitan City, is South Korea's second list of cities in South Korea by population, most populous city after Seoul, with a population of over 3.3 million as of 2024. Formerly romanized as Pusan, it is the economi ...
, South Korea
South Korea, officially the Republic of Korea (ROK), is a country in East Asia. It constitutes the southern half of the Korea, Korean Peninsula and borders North Korea along the Korean Demilitarized Zone, with the Yellow Sea to the west and t ...
.
Overview
The building's construction started in 2011 and finished in 2014. It has 63floor
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s. The building was developed by Busan Metropolitan City Corporation. It was designed by HAUD and constructed by Hyundai Engineering & Construction
Hyundai Engineering and Construction Co., Ltd. (HDEC; ) is a major construction company in South Korea. The company was founded by Chung Ju-yung in 1947 as the Hyundai Civil Works Company and was a major component of the Hyundai Group. Hyundai ...
. Upon its completion, it became the third tallest building in Busan and the fourth tallest in South Korea.
The building was designed to withstand a 7.0 magnitude earthquake. Besides that, it was also projected as the catalyst for the city's economic growth.
See also
* List of tallest buildings in Busan *List of tallest buildings in South Korea
This list ranks skyscrapers in South Korea by height. The tallest building in South Korea is currently the 123-story Lotte World Tower, which rises and was completed on 22 December 2016. It is also the list of tallest buildings, world's sixth ta ...
References
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