KK100, formerly known as Kingkey 100 and Kingkey Finance Tower, is a 100-story,
supertall skyscraper in
Shenzhen
Shenzhen is a prefecture-level city in the province of Guangdong, China. A Special economic zones of China, special economic zone, it is located on the east bank of the Pearl River (China), Pearl River estuary on the central coast of Guangdong ...
,
Guangdong
) means "wide" or "vast", and has been associated with the region since the creation of Guang Prefecture in AD 226. The name "''Guang''" ultimately came from Guangxin ( zh, labels=no, first=t, t= , s=广信), an outpost established in Han dynasty ...
,
China
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.
Location
Located on
Shennan East Road and within Caiwuwei, an area often described as the 'financial district' of Shenzhen. It belongs to Shenzhen's
Luohu District and is situated east of Lizhi Park, approximately one kilometer north of the border between mainland China and
Hong Kong
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.
The mixed-use building rises and contains 98 floors for office space and a hotel.
Out of those 100 floors, 74 are used for of
Class A office space, 26 stories for a six-star business hotel and the top four floors of the skyscraper hold a garden and several restaurants.
Adjacent to KK100 is the KK Mall, which opened its doors November 26, 2010, and contains luxury brand stores, restaurants and a supermarket. The KK Mall also hosts Shenzhen's first
IMAX
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cinema.
The
St. Regis Hotel occupies floors 75 to 100 of the main tower, which opened in September 2011.
The lobby of the
St. Regis Hotel is on the 96th floor. There are 4 elevators between the 1st and 96th floor, with two elevators stopping at floors 1, 5 and 96 and another 2 that only service floors 1 & 96). These 4 elevators are made by
Mitsubishi
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Founded by Yatarō Iwasaki in 1870, the Mitsubishi Group traces its origins to the Mitsubishi zaibatsu, a unified company that existed from 1870 to 194 ...
and can reach speeds of 9 m/s (1800 FPM).
It is currently the second tallest building in Shenzhen, and the 14th tallest building in the world.
It is the tallest building ever designed by a British architect.
There is a water fountain in front of the building, and an observation deck near the top.
In December 2011, the
Emporis Skyscraper Award
The Emporis Skyscraper Award was an award for architectural excellence regarding the design of buildings and their functionality.
The award was presented annually by Emporis, a real estate data mining company with headquarters in Hamburg, Germany. ...
awarded the building a fourth place.
The building has a height-width ratio of 9.5:1, thus becoming one of China's slimmest buildings.
Image gallery
File:Kingkey Finance Oct 8 2009.jpg, Kingkey Finance Building (with the orange external structure) under construction, 8 October 2009.
File:Kingkey Tower Construction SZ.JPG, Kingkey Finance Center main tower (with the orange internal structure) under construction, 27 February 2010.
File:KingkeyFinanceTower-2009.jpeg, ''Kingkey Finance Tower'' under construction in 2009.
File:Kingkey-100-5.jpg, ''Kingkey 100'' under construction.
File:KingKey100AtNight.jpg, The ''KK100'' building at night, with the top visible through low clouds.
File:KK100.jpg, The ''KK100'' at the dawn, 4 June 2016.
See also
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List of tallest buildings in Shenzhen
Shenzhen, a major city and Special Economic Zone (China), Special Economic Zone in Guangdong, China, is home to over 443 completed skyscrapers taller than 150 m (492 ft), of which 184 are taller than , making it the largest concentration of sky ...
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List of tallest buildings in China
China has the largest number of skyscrapers in the world, surpassing that of the top eleven largest, the List of tallest buildings in the United States, United States (870+), List of tallest buildings in the United Arab Emirates, United Arab E ...
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List of tallest buildings in the world
This is a list of the tallest buildings. Tall buildings, such as skyscrapers, are intended here as enclosed structures with continuously occupiable floors and a height of at least . Such definition excludes non-building structures, such as tow ...
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List of buildings with 100 floors or more
References
External links
Kingkey 100on
CTBUH Skyscraper Center
Buildings and structures completed in 2011
Hotel buildings completed in 2011
Office buildings completed in 2011
Skyscraper office buildings in Shenzhen
2011 establishments in China
Terry Farrell buildings
Skyscraper hotels in Shenzhen
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