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Canton Tower

Canton Tower promises an awe-inspiring adventure at every level from tourism facilities, radio and television signal transmission to entertainment. Canton Tower, as a new landmark, located in the new CBD and the Pearl River landscape axis, lying in the geometric center of Guangzhou city. Canton Tower plans a total net area of 114,054 square meters. Building height is 600 meters and consists of the 450 meters high body tower and a 150 meters high mast antenna.

City name: Guangzhou

Architect(s): Mark Hemel, Barbara Kuit

Cables quantity used for construction:

Capacity of restaurant(s): 80 / 120 / 150 / 380

City name: Guangzhou

Concrete quality used for construction: 150,000 m3

Deflection at this speed (in m): 1.813 m

Depth of Tower below ground: 10 m

Gross ground floor area of building (in m2): 175,458

Height observatory(ies): 433.2 m

Height of restaurant(s):

How many windows: 8,922

How many years for construction: 6

Inauguration date: 30. 09. 2010

Lift(s) capacity(ies) (persons): 150

Lift(s) capacity(ies) per hour (persons): 1,800

Lift(s) speed (km/h): 6m/s & 5 m/s

Max. people working on tower at any one time during construction:

Maximum design wind speed (k/h): 400 k/h

Maximum diameter of shaft: 60 m

Minimum diameter of shaft: 30 m

Name of elevator manufacter: Otis

Net useable area of building (in m2): 114,054

Number of broadcasting facilities: 2

Number of lifts: 6

Number of steps up to the top: 2837

Steel quantity used for construction: 40,000 metric tonnes

Sway of antenna(es) from core: 2.11 m

Time of full restaurant revolution (in minutes):

Total construction cost (in USD): $450 million

Total height of Tower from base including antenna: 600 m

Total lenght of antenna(es): 150 m

Total weight of tower (metric tones): 100,000

Unique features of observatory(ies):

1. Fully glazed triangular boxes 2. The highest post office in the world 3. The highest ferry wheels in the world

Visibility to horizont from Observatory(ies): 80 km

Water tank capacity (m3 or liters): 540 m3

Weight of antenna(es): 1,550 metric tonnes

Weight of the metal structure: 50,000 metric tonnes

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