Canton Tower
| Canton Tower | |
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广州塔 | |
The Canton Tower in June 2022 | |
| Former names | Guangzhou TV Astronomical and Sightseeing Tower |
| Record height | |
| Tallest in the world from August 2009 to March 2011[I] | |
| Preceded by | CN Tower |
| Surpassed by | Tokyo Skytree |
| General information | |
| Type | Mixed use: Restaurant, Observation, Telecommunications |
| Architectural style | Structural expressionism |
| Address | Yuejiang Road West/Yiyuan Road, Haizhu District, Guangzhou, Guangdong |
| Coordinates | 23°6′32″N 113°19′8″E / 23.10889°N 113.31889°E |
| Groundbreaking | c. 2005 |
| Construction started | November 2005 |
| Topped-out | August 2009 |
| Completed | 2010 |
| Opening | 30 September 2010 |
| Cost | CNY ¥ 2,803,635,000.00 (US$450,000,000.00) |
| Height | |
| Tip | 602 m (1,975 ft) |
| Roof | 462.2 m (1,516 ft) |
| Top floor | 488 m (1,601 ft) |
| Observatory | 449 m (1,473 ft) |
| Technical details | |
| Floor count | 112 2 basement floors |
| Floor area | 114,054 m2 (1,227,700 sq ft) |
| Lifts/elevators | 9 |
| Design and construction | |
| Architect(s) | IBA: Mark Hemel & Barbara Kuit |
| Structural engineer | Arup |
| Website | |
| www | |
| References | |
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| Simplified Chinese | 广州塔 | ||||||||||||||||
| Traditional Chinese | 廣州塔 | ||||||||||||||||
| Cantonese Yale | Gwóngjāu Taap | ||||||||||||||||
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| Guangzhou TV Astronomical and Sightseeing Tower | |||||||||||||||||
| Simplified Chinese | 广州电视台天文及观光塔 | ||||||||||||||||
| Traditional Chinese | 廣州電視台天文及觀光塔 | ||||||||||||||||
| Cantonese Yale | Gwóngjāu Dihnsihtòih Tīnmán Kahp Gūn'gwōng Taap | ||||||||||||||||
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The Canton Tower (Chinese: 广州塔), formally Guangzhou TV Astronomical and Sightseeing Tower (Chinese: 广州电视台天文及观光塔), is a 600-meter (1,969 ft)-tall multipurpose observation tower in the Haizhu District of Guangzhou (alternatively romanized as Canton). The tower was topped out in 2009 and it became operational on 29 September 2010 in time for the 2010 Asian Games. The tower briefly held the title of tallest tower in the world, replacing the CN Tower, before being surpassed by the Tokyo Skytree. It was the tallest structure in China prior to the topping out of the Shanghai Tower on 3 August 2013, and is now the second-tallest tower and the fifth-tallest freestanding structure in the world.