Wuhan Greenland Center is a supertall Skyscraper in Wuhan, China. It is the ninth-tallest building in China and the fourteenth-tallest building in the world. The tower was originally planned to be , but was redesigned mid-construction due to airspace regulations so its height does not exceed above ground level.
The building was designed by Adrian Smith + Gordon Gill Architecture in conjunction with Thornton Tomasetti Engineers won the design competition to build the tower for Greenland Group, a real estate developer owned by the Shanghai city government. Construction started in 2012 and had been put on-hold numerous times following the redesign in mid-2017 ranging from financial problems, to the COVID-19 pandemic. The building was structurally topped-out in 28 January 2019 and completed in 2022. The Wuhan Greenland Center is Central China's tallest building with a cost of US$4.5 billion, mostly due to the number of times it had been put on-hold.
Original design
The original plan for the building was to have it rise , surpassing the Shanghai Tower by only and the Tokyo Skytree by , making it the second tallest man-made structure in the world. The tower was also supposed to have 126 floors, the second most of any building in the world, as well. When the Wuhan Greenland Center reached its 96th floor, construction was halted due to airspace restrictions which led to its subsequent redesign to a building instead of a building. The Wuhan Greenland Center is currently the 14th tallest building in the world.
Floor directory (current design) 97-101 Hotel rooms 90-96 Mechanical layer, Refuge area 80–89 Serviced hotel 79 Service hotel, Refuge area 71–78 Serviced hotel 70 Service hotel, Sky lobby 67–69 Mechanical layer, Refuge area 60–66 Offices 59 Refuge area 51–58 Offices 49–50 Sky lobby 48 Refuge area 39–47 Offices 36–38 Mechanical layer 35 Refuge area 27–34 Offices 25–26 Sky lobby 24 Refuge area 15–23 Offices 14 Refuge area 5–13 Offices 2–4 Mechanical layer 1–1M Office lobby, Serviced hotel lobby, Hotel lobby B1M Bike storage B1 Banquet hall, Hotel services, Unloading area B5–B2 Parking, Mechanical layer
Timeline 8 December 2010: Ceremony for construction held. 1 July 2011: Overall construction started. 28 June 2012: Started building underground reinforcement structure. 12 September 2012: Started digging the base. 26 June 2013: Base completed. 4 January 2014: First steel beams installed. 28 July 2014: Basement finished, above-ground construction started. 30 December 2015: The building reached above ground. April 2016: The building reached above ground and cladding has become visible. June 2016: The building reached above ground. 27 December 2016: The building reached above ground. Mid 2017: Construction stalled at 101 floors and the subsequent redesign of the building 28 January 2019: Wuhan Greenland Center was structurally topped out. 16 November 2019: Wuhan Greenland Colorful City, also known as Wuhan Greenland Shopping Mall, was officially opened. It occupies the podium portion of the tower. Mid 2022: Wuhan Greenland Center is completed
Construction gallery
See also Goldin Finance 117 Baoneng Shenyang Global Financial Center List of tallest buildings in Wuhan List of tallest buildings in China
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