Incheon

South Korea

Facts

Density

0 people per km²

0 people per mi²

# of 150m+ buildings

40 Completed • 0 Under Construction

First 150m+ Building

The First World Tower 1 (2009)

Tallest Building

Northeast Asia Trade Tower (305 m)

Most Common Function*

Residential (83%)

Most Common Material*

Concrete (93%)

Rankings

by no. of 150m+ completed buildings

34

Tallest City in

the World

25

Tallest City in

Asia

3

Tallest City in

South Korea

Buildings

Rank	Name	Height
1	Northeast Asia Trade Tower	305 m / 1,001 ft
2	Artwin I	247.8 m / 813 ft
3	Artwin II	247.8 m / 813 ft
4	The First World Tower 1	236.6 m / 776 ft
5	The First World Tower 2	236.6 m / 776 ft
6	The First World Tower 3	236.6 m / 776 ft
7	The First World Tower 4	236.6 m / 776 ft
8	Songdo Campus Town 101	207 m / 679 ft
9	Cheongna Posco The Lake Park 2801	190 m / 623 ft
10	Songdo Posco Centroad Tower 1	190 m / 623 ft

Building Completions Timeline

CTBUH People & Events

Incheon Post-Conference Tour Report

13 October 2011

The Incheon Free Economic Zone is one of three new…

Hyundai Asan Tower Technical Tour Report

11 October 2011

Delegates gathered for a technical tour of the…

Videos

12 October 2011

Optimizing the Structural and Foundation Systems of the 151 Story Incheon Tower

Presentation includes the structural system of Incheon 151 tower focusing on the overall optimization works. It provides the structural engineering techniques utilized to optimize the...

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Research

01 September 2017

Application of Post-Tension Technology on Tall Buildings

It’s been a decade since post-tension system began to be applied in earnest to buildings in Korea. In the meantime, posttension system has been used...

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Research

17 October 2016

Megacities: Setting the Scene

The rise of the megacity presents unprecedented opportunities to understand the human urbanization phenomenon, and to observe the effects of multicore, polycentric cities growing together...

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