Wuhan is a city located at central area of China alongside the Yangzhi River, it's the major transportation and commercial hub in Central China.
Wuhan is often regarded as the Eastern version of Chicago, for it situated at the central place of China as Chicago situated at the similar point in United States and has considerable area of lakes and now, it is getting more and more skyscrapers, just very similar to Chicago. In terms of the number of supertall skyscrapers, it starts to surpass Chicago after these years of construction boom while Chicago has been quiet for a long time, though there's a 362m tall supertall being built, it still cannot catch up with Wuhan temporarily.
For supertall skyscrapers, Wuhan now has 3 built, and more than 10 being developed, and it is expected that within a year it will get the nation's tallest building, the 636m Greenland Center.
Completed:
Minsheng Bank Building
Standard height: 331 meters
Roof height: 295 meters
Floor count: 68
Built year: 2008
Uses: Office
Architects: Wuhan Architectural Institute
Minsheng Bank Building is the first supertall skyscraper built in Wuhan, Minsheng Bank is one of the country's largest private banks, and the building serves as its headquarters.
Yuexiu Fortune Center
Standard height: 330 meters
Floor count: 65
Top out year: 2016
Uses: Office
Architects: WilkinsonEyre
This Tower topped out in 2016, is now close to completion. It's the second supertall skyscraper built in Wuhan.
Under Construction:
Wuhan Greenland Center
Standard height: 636 meters
Roof height: 636 meters
Floor count: 125
Estimated top out year: 2017
Uses: Office, Hotel, Residential
Architects: Adrian Smith + Gordon Gill Architecture
The Tower set to become the tallest building of China, with a height of 636 meters, it's 4 meters taller than Shanghai Tower, which is current tallest building of China. They chose that height was only for the title of tallest, its former design height was only 606 meters, when developer was informed that Shanghai Tower is 632 meters, they increase their tower to 636 meters.
The building is based on a triangle shape footprint, a design inspired by Burj Khalifa, they are both designed by Adrian Smith, such design could effectively withhold the wind pressure at higher floors.
Wuhan Center Tower
Standard height: 438 meters
Roof height: 438 meters
Floor count: 88
Topped out year: 2015
Uses: Office, Hotel, Residential
Architects: ECADI
The first skyscraper surpasses 400m mark in Middle China. It's the first building built for a project for new twin supertall towers.
The building's shape is inspired by shipping vessel, it situated at a nice location that besides the Yangzhi river and a lake.
Wuhan World Trade Center
Standard height: 438 meters
Floor count: 86
Estimated top out year: 2019
Uses: Office, Hotel
Architects: ECADI
Wuhan World Trade Center Tower is second Wuhan Center, these two buildings will be built together to form twin towers, currently it's on site preparation while its brother Wuhan Center has almost completed.
It's a shame that this new twin towers is only 14 meters left to become the tallest twin towers of the world. However, their roofs is higher.
Riverview Plaza
Standard height: 436 meters
Roof height: 330 meters
Floor count: 73
Estimated top out year: 2018
Uses: Office, Hotel
Architect: Pelli Clarke Pelli
Developer: Shui On Land
The Tower also known as 1 Corporate Avenue and Wuhan Tiandi, its design is kind of similar to Zifeng Tower, which attaches a long spire atop the building, with the spire the height increased to above 400 meters. Riverview Plaza has a podium functions as a shopping mall and entertainment center, aims to become one of the city's main attractions.
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Heartland 66 Office Tower
Standard height: 339 meters Floor count: 60
Estimated top out year: 2018 Uses: Office
Architects: Aedas
Wuhan Yangtze River Shipping Center
Standard height: 330 meters Floor count: 65
Estimated top out year: 2018 Uses: Office, Hotel
Architects: Wuhan Architectural Institute
Proposed:
Wuhan Chow Tai Fook Center
Standard height: 648 meters
Floor count: 121
Estimated top out year: 2021
Uses: Office
Architects: Ronald Lu & Partners
Wuhan Chow Tai Fook Tower will be the third 500m plus building named after Chow Tai Fook Group.
Optical Valley New Center
Standard height: 400 meters Estimated top out year: 2021 Uses: Office
Architect: SOM
Hanzhen Jie East Area Redevelopment
Standard height: 400 meters Estimated top out year: 2020
Uses: Office, Hotel
Yuexiu Fortune Center 2
Standard height: 330 meters
Floor count: 65
Top out year: 2020
Uses: Office
Architects: Foster+partners
The tower has a same size with the current Yuexiu Fortune Center which topped out in 2016.
Hang Lung Plaza
Height: 320 meters Estimated top out year: 2019
Fanyue City
Standard height: 308 meters Floor count: 63
Estimated top out year: 2019
Uses: Office, Hotel
Genxing Plaza
Standard height: 300 meters Floor count: 64
Estimated top out year: 2020 Uses: Office
Huadian Tech Headquarters
Standard height: 300 meters Estimated top out year: unknown Uses: Office, Hotel
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