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10 April 2019
BIG Designs Pleated Skyscraper for Shenzhen Energy Company
The Shenzhen Energy HQ is based on an efficient and well-proven floor plan, enclosed in a skin specifically modified and optimized for the local subtropical...
09 April 2019
Integrating Outdoor Living into a Tall Building Complex
One Shenzhen Bay comprises eight towers and three levels of retail. Rather than stacking the towers upon a podium, the design pushes all the retail...
31 May 2018
The Axis Mundi of the Pearl River Delta Megacity
The Shenzhen Ping An Finance Center (PAFC) is a transit-integrated, 600-meter-tall building that occupies a major node in the increasingly connected megacity of Hong Kong-Shenzhen-Guangzhou....
31 May 2018
Linked-Up Thinking Drives the Design of a Tech Company’s Headquarters
The Tencent Seafront Towers were constructed in a special zone of Shenzhen, the Software Industry Base. The project represents a new vision of the workplace,...
31 May 2018
A Milestone in Supertall Construction
Ping An Finance Center (PAFC) is an extraordinary project, which responds to the challenges of constructing in dense urban environments. PAFC advanced nearly every dimension...
18 October 2016
Major Issues for the Implementation of an Effective Cost Management for Super High-Rise Buildings
Tuesday October 18, 2016. Shenzhen, China. Stephen Y.F. Lai of Rider Levett Bucknall presents at the 2016 China Conference Session 6c: Economic Considerations. Developers of...
18 October 2016
Urban Development and Tall Buildings in Shenzhen
Tuesday October 18, 2016. Shenzhen, China. Chongguang Xu of Shenzhen Municipal Government, presents at the 2016 China Conference Session 7b: Shenzhen Bay Development. This presentation...
18 October 2016
One Shenzhen Bay – Breakthroughs and Innovations in a Premier Urban Complex
Today’s super high-rise buildings not only present the height of buildings, but also play more important roles of integrating into the development of cities, coexisting...
18 October 2016
A World-Class City Calls for World-Class Architecture (One Shenzhen Bay)
Tuesday October 18, 2016. Shenzhen, China. Marianne Kwok of Kohn Pedersen Fox, presents at the 2016 China Conference Session 7b: Shenzhen Bay Development. Research and...
18 October 2016
The Impact of Tech Companies in Rethinking the High-Rise Workplace
While tech companies have traditionally located in suburbia due to lower property costs and the perceived security of intellectual property, they are now increasingly investing...
18 October 2016
CTBUH Video Interview – Yan Meng
Yan Meng of Urbanus is interviewed by Chris Bentley during the 2016 CTBUH China Conference. Yan discusses the design process of the Shum Yip Upperhills...
18 October 2016
Shenzhen Bay Development Q&A
Tuesday, October 18, 2016. Shenzhen, China. Kui Zhuang, CCDI Group; Chongguang Xu, Shenzhen Municipal Government; Hang Xu, Parkland Real Estate Development Co, Ltd, Maianne Kwok,...
18 October 2016
CTBUH Video Interview – Stefan Krummeck
Stefan Krummeck of Farrells is interviewed by Chris Bentley during the 2016 CTBUH China Conference. Stefan discusses the high density development patterns of Hong Kong...
18 October 2016
CTBUH Video Interview – James Parakh
James Parakh of the City of Toronto Planning Department is interviewed by Chris Bentley during the 2016 CTBUH China Conference. James discusses the design elements...
18 October 2016
CTBUH Video Interview – Jonathan Ward
Jonathan Ward of NBBJ is interviewed by Chris Bentley during the 2016 CTBUH China Conference. Johnathan discusses the design process behind the Tencent Seafront Towers...
18 October 2016
Jeddah Mall: The Connection Between Jeddah Tower and the Urban Environment
The Jeddah Economic City Mall and Exhibition Center is a multi-functional installation that rises up to the challenge of making the city walkable around the...
18 October 2016
CTBUH 2016 China Conference - Panel,"Tall Buildings and Context: How High Can We Go and Why Should We?"
Tuesday, October 18, 2016. Shenzhen, China. Ron Klemencic, Magnusson Klemencic Associates; Karl Almstead, Turner Construction Company; Andrew Nicholson, CBRE; Jon Pickard, Pickard Chilton; Ian Smith,...
17 October 2016
Do We Need 700 Meter High-Rise Buildings?
Through analysis of dense urban high-rise building complexes as well as research on the relationship of those structures to a city's social organization, this presentation...
17 October 2016
The Largest Megacity in the World: Assessing the Urbanization of the Pearl River Delta
With the world’s urban population expected to increase by roughly 2.5 billion people by 2050, developing an understanding of megalopolises is critical to understanding and...
17 October 2016
Intelligent Advances in Ping An Tower
This presentation discussed client requirements on both functional and aesthetic aspects for four mega-scale gates on the Ping An Financial Centre (PAFC) north tower. The...
17 October 2016
X Information Modeling: Data-Driven Decision Making in the Design of Tall Buildings
This presentation outlined X-Information Modeling or XIM, a method of data-driven decision-making for the design of tall buildings. Developed over its application on more than...
17 October 2016
The Roots of Tall Buildings: Connecting the City
This presentation investigated the integration of tall tower, mixed-use developments and how they connect with the city and the public when they meet the ground....
17 October 2016
Panel Discussion: Shenzhen Re-centralization – Post Evaluation and Revitalization Strategy: Futian District
Monday, October 17, 2016. Shenzhen, China. Zhizhe Yu of Kohn Pedersen Fox Associates; Yixin Chen of Shenzhen Urban Planning Bureau; Weiwen Huang of Shenzhen Public...
17 October 2016
Mega Size Mixed-Use Projects: Redefining Vertical Urbanism
Monday October 17, 2016. Shenzhen, China. Dennis Poon of Thornton Tomasetti, presents at the 2016 China Conference Session 4c: Structural & Geotechnic Engineering. As the...
17 October 2016
Structural Design Challenges of Minmetals Capital Tower, Shenzhen
Steel braced frames combined with a concrete services core are widely used in tall building design. To meet the special architectural design challenges in the...
17 October 2016
CTBUH Video Interview – Hang Xu
Hang Xu of Parkland Real Estate Development Company is interviewed by Chris Bentley during the 2016 CTBUH China Conference. Hang discusses the design process of...
17 October 2016
CTBUH 2016 China Conference - Session 3a: Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat Q&A
Monday, October 17, 2016. Shenzhen, China. Richard Witt, Quadrangle Architects; James von Klamperer Kohn Pedersen Fox Associates; Keith Griffiths, Aedas; Peter Brannan, Arquitectonica answer questions...
17 October 2016
CTBUH Video Interview – Jovi Chu
Jovi Chu of Shum Yip Land Company Limited is interviewed by Chris Bentley during the 2016 CTBUH China Conference. Jovi discusses the design process of...
17 October 2016
CTBUH Video Interview – Mun Summ Wong
Mun Summ Wong of WOHA Architects is interviewed by Chris Bentley during the 2016 CTBUH China Conference. Mun Summ discusses the garden city concept with...
17 October 2016
CTBUH Video Interview – SawTeen See
SawTeen See of Leslie E. Robinson Associates is interviewed by Chris Bentley during the 2016 CTBUH China Conference. SawTeen discusses the design process of structural...
17 October 2016
Megacities - Setting the Scene Q&A
Monday, October 17, 2016. Shenzhen, China. Daniel Safarik, CTBUH; Peter Kindel, Skidmore Owings & Merrill; Travis Soberg, Goettsch Partners, answer questions at the end of...
17 October 2016
Panel Discussion: Future Cities: What are the Biggest Threats and Opportunities?
Monday, October 17, 2016. Shenzhen, China. A panel discussing the challenges of growing urban populations throughout the globe.
17 October 2016
CTBUH Video Interview – Peter Kindel
Peter Kindel of Skidmore, Owings & Merill is interviewed by Chris Bentley during the 2016 CTBUH China Conference. Peter discusses the urbanization of the Pearl...
17 October 2016
CTBUH Video Interview – Chao (Ivan) Wan
Chao (Ivan) Wan of Tencent Holdings Limited is interviewed by Chris Bentley during the 2016 CTBUH China Conference. Ivan discusses the design process for Tencent...
17 October 2016
Welcome - Conference Opening
Monday, October 17, 2016. Shenzhen, China. Jingtang He, Architectural Design and Research Institute of South China University of Technology gave the welcome speech during the...
16 October 2016
CTBUH Video Interview – Tim Neal
Tim Neal of Arcadis is interviewed by Chris Bentley during the 2016 CTBUH China Conference. Tim discusses the benefits of locating mixed-use projects near transportation...
16 October 2016
CTBUH Video Interview – Moira Moser
Moira Moser of M Moser Associates is interviewed by Chris Bentley during the 2016 CTBUH China Conference. Moira discusses the planning of modern work spaces...
27 October 2015
Ping An: Insurance and Tall Buildings
The Ping An Finance Center is located at the commercial center of the Futian District in Shenzhen, on the southwest intersection of Fuhua Road and...
10 June 2015
Ping An Finance Center
The Shenzhen Ping An Financial Centre Construction and Development Co. Ltd. examines Ping An Finance Center and it's construction progress.
18 September 2014
High-Performance Sustainable Ultra High-Rise: Case Study of Ping An Finance Center
The Ping An Finance Center that has adopted a low energy, high-performance sustainable building model. With a focus on effective elevator systems, an efficient façade,...
18 September 2014
Engineering Contractor Management
Designing and planning for the construction of the Ping An Finance Center required a number of innovative engineering solutions regarding vertical shipping, labor allocation, large...
18 September 2014
Power, Elevators & Customer Oriented Sustainability Strategies: PAFC
This presentation outlines the engineering design solutions that were used for the Ping An Finance Center in order to provide a reliable power supply, expedient...
18 September 2014
Structural Design Challenges of Zhongnan Center
This presentation will give an overview of the following solutions used to address the structural challenges of the Zhongnan Center: a foundation to support the...
18 September 2014
Foundation Pit Support Design and Environment Protection Measure of Suzhou Zhongnan Center
The Suzhou Zhongnan Center excavation site is very large, very deep, and has complex surrounding environmental conditions. Hydrogeological conditions and other unfavorable factors have brought...
18 September 2014
Analysis of Pile Foundations and Loading Test of Suzhou Zhongnan Center
The Zhongnan Center is located on soft soil deposits in Suzhou, China and is currently under construction. This presentation describes the pile design and the...
17 September 2014
Brief on the Shenzhen Ping An Finance Center Project Development
Targeted for completion in 2016, the Shenzhen Ping An Finance Center is a project that represents a significant triumph for the Ping An Group, who...
17 September 2014
Designing China’s Tallest: DNA of the Ping An Finance Center
Rather than attempting to radically redefine how contemporary skyscrapers are designed, KPF architects prefer to adopt an approach of continuous refinement; drawing from successful high-rise...
17 September 2014
Cost Planning and Control of Tall Buildings: The Case of Ping An Finance Center
For tall buildings to be financially viable, effective cost planning and control of construction costs is essential in determining project feasibility. As demonstrated in the...
17 September 2014
2014 Shanghai International Conference - Ping An Tower Room, Session 1 - Q & A
2014 Shanghai International Conference Ping An Tower Room, Session 1 Questions & Answers session with speakers Wai Ming (Thomas) Tsang, Shenzhen Ping An Finance Center...
17 September 2014
Ping An IFC: Economical & Efficient Solutions
With the completion of the 500m+ Ping An Finance Center, our era presents the question of whether traditional structural systems and design approaches are still...
17 September 2014
Key Technologies for the Structure Construction in the Shenzhen Ping An Finance Center
This presentation will introduce the key technologies used for the structural construction of the 660-metertall Ping An Finance Center: the deep foundation pit, large diameter...
17 September 2014
The Structural Health Monitoring System for Ping An Finance Center
The Ping An Finance Center contains breakthrough structural health monitoring systems that make the building an important test platform for: the verification of various damage...
17 September 2014
2014 Shanghai International Conference - Ping An Tower Room, Session 2 - Q & A
2014 Shanghai International Conference Ping An Tower Room, Session 2 Questions & Answers session with speakers Dennis Poon, Thornton Tomasetti, Yuqi Zhou, CSCEC1B, and Yinghou...
17 September 2014
Project Management Outline and Difficulties of Ping An Finance Center
The project management requirements for supertall (300-meter) and megatall (600-meter) projects are vastly different – often requiring additional considerations in terms of construction costs, construction...
17 September 2014
Some Aspects of Construction Management in Ping An Finance Center
There are several valuable construction management experiences from the Ping An Finance Center that are worth sharing. This presentation will discuss several studies performed for...
17 September 2014
The Application and Management of BIM in Ping An Finance Center
BIM (Building Information Management) is an emerging technology that gives engineers a new way of expressing complex spatial representations in high-rise buildings. The Ping An...
17 September 2014
2014 Shanghai International Conference - Ping An Tower Room, S3 - Q & A
2014 Shanghai International Conference Ping An Tower Room, S3 Questions & Answers session with speakers Wing Kan (Ken) Wong, Shenzhen Ping An Finance Center Construction...
17 September 2014
Multi-Constrained Outrigger Optimization for Super Tall Buildings
Recently, the outrigger system has been widely employed as an efficient structural lateral load resisting system in super tall buildings. The optimization of the outrigger...
17 September 2014
High Performance Design of Floor System for Super Tall Buildings
The floor system is an important part of tall building structures. It not only supports the vertical load, but also connects the lateral load resisting...
17 September 2014
2014 Shanghai International Conference - Opening Plenary - Q & A
2014 Shanghai International Conference Opening Plenary Questions & Answers session with speakers Antony Wood, CTBUH Executive Director / IIT / Tongji University, Jianping Gu, Shanghai...
21 September 2012
Interview: Hong Kong's Role in the History of the Chinese Skyscraper
Christine Bruckner of AIA Hong Kong is interviewed by Jeff Herzer during the 2012 CTBUH Shanghai Congress at the Jin Mao, Shanghai. Christine talks about...
20 September 2012
Interview: China's Future Tallest
David Malott of Kohn Pedersen Fox Associates is interviewed by Jeff Herzer during the 2012 CTBUH Shanghai Congress at the Jin Mao, Shanghai. David discusses...
20 September 2012
Ping An Finance Center: Pioneering China’s Tallest – Efficiencies of Form and Structures
Upon completion in 2015, the Ping An Finance Center will join an elite group of megatall buildings. This presentation discusses using the Ping An Finance...
11 October 2011
The Challenges for Supertall Building Structural Design and Sustainability Issues
Upon completion in 2014, the Ping An Tower will be the tallest tower in China, and the centerpiece of the growing Shenzhen skyline located just...
03 February 2010
Symbiosis: Supertalls and Future Cities
KPF has designed some of the most iconic tall buildings around the world, including the Shanghai World Financial Centre which won the CTBUH 2008 Best...
10 April 2019
BIG Designs Pleated Skyscraper for Shenzhen Energy Company
The Shenzhen Energy HQ is based on an efficient and well-proven floor plan, enclosed in a skin specifically modified and optimized for the local subtropical...
09 April 2019
Integrating Outdoor Living into a Tall Building Complex
One Shenzhen Bay comprises eight towers and three levels of retail. Rather than stacking the towers upon a podium, the design pushes all the retail...
31 May 2018
The Axis Mundi of the Pearl River Delta Megacity
The Shenzhen Ping An Finance Center (PAFC) is a transit-integrated, 600-meter-tall building that occupies a major node in the increasingly connected megacity of Hong Kong-Shenzhen-Guangzhou....
31 May 2018
Linked-Up Thinking Drives the Design of a Tech Company’s Headquarters
The Tencent Seafront Towers were constructed in a special zone of Shenzhen, the Software Industry Base. The project represents a new vision of the workplace,...
31 May 2018
A Milestone in Supertall Construction
Ping An Finance Center (PAFC) is an extraordinary project, which responds to the challenges of constructing in dense urban environments. PAFC advanced nearly every dimension...
18 October 2016
Major Issues for the Implementation of an Effective Cost Management for Super High-Rise Buildings
Tuesday October 18, 2016. Shenzhen, China. Stephen Y.F. Lai of Rider Levett Bucknall presents at the 2016 China Conference Session 6c: Economic Considerations. Developers of...
18 October 2016
Urban Development and Tall Buildings in Shenzhen
Tuesday October 18, 2016. Shenzhen, China. Chongguang Xu of Shenzhen Municipal Government, presents at the 2016 China Conference Session 7b: Shenzhen Bay Development. This presentation...
18 October 2016
One Shenzhen Bay – Breakthroughs and Innovations in a Premier Urban Complex
Today’s super high-rise buildings not only present the height of buildings, but also play more important roles of integrating into the development of cities, coexisting...
18 October 2016
A World-Class City Calls for World-Class Architecture (One Shenzhen Bay)
Tuesday October 18, 2016. Shenzhen, China. Marianne Kwok of Kohn Pedersen Fox, presents at the 2016 China Conference Session 7b: Shenzhen Bay Development. Research and...
18 October 2016
The Impact of Tech Companies in Rethinking the High-Rise Workplace
While tech companies have traditionally located in suburbia due to lower property costs and the perceived security of intellectual property, they are now increasingly investing...
18 October 2016
CTBUH Video Interview – Yan Meng
Yan Meng of Urbanus is interviewed by Chris Bentley during the 2016 CTBUH China Conference. Yan discusses the design process of the Shum Yip Upperhills...
18 October 2016
Shenzhen Bay Development Q&A
Tuesday, October 18, 2016. Shenzhen, China. Kui Zhuang, CCDI Group; Chongguang Xu, Shenzhen Municipal Government; Hang Xu, Parkland Real Estate Development Co, Ltd, Maianne Kwok,...
18 October 2016
CTBUH Video Interview – Stefan Krummeck
Stefan Krummeck of Farrells is interviewed by Chris Bentley during the 2016 CTBUH China Conference. Stefan discusses the high density development patterns of Hong Kong...
18 October 2016
CTBUH Video Interview – James Parakh
James Parakh of the City of Toronto Planning Department is interviewed by Chris Bentley during the 2016 CTBUH China Conference. James discusses the design elements...
18 October 2016
CTBUH Video Interview – Jonathan Ward
Jonathan Ward of NBBJ is interviewed by Chris Bentley during the 2016 CTBUH China Conference. Johnathan discusses the design process behind the Tencent Seafront Towers...
18 October 2016
Jeddah Mall: The Connection Between Jeddah Tower and the Urban Environment
The Jeddah Economic City Mall and Exhibition Center is a multi-functional installation that rises up to the challenge of making the city walkable around the...
18 October 2016
CTBUH 2016 China Conference - Panel,"Tall Buildings and Context: How High Can We Go and Why Should We?"
Tuesday, October 18, 2016. Shenzhen, China. Ron Klemencic, Magnusson Klemencic Associates; Karl Almstead, Turner Construction Company; Andrew Nicholson, CBRE; Jon Pickard, Pickard Chilton; Ian Smith,...
17 October 2016
Do We Need 700 Meter High-Rise Buildings?
Through analysis of dense urban high-rise building complexes as well as research on the relationship of those structures to a city's social organization, this presentation...
17 October 2016
The Largest Megacity in the World: Assessing the Urbanization of the Pearl River Delta
With the world’s urban population expected to increase by roughly 2.5 billion people by 2050, developing an understanding of megalopolises is critical to understanding and...
17 October 2016
Intelligent Advances in Ping An Tower
This presentation discussed client requirements on both functional and aesthetic aspects for four mega-scale gates on the Ping An Financial Centre (PAFC) north tower. The...
17 October 2016
X Information Modeling: Data-Driven Decision Making in the Design of Tall Buildings
This presentation outlined X-Information Modeling or XIM, a method of data-driven decision-making for the design of tall buildings. Developed over its application on more than...
17 October 2016
The Roots of Tall Buildings: Connecting the City
This presentation investigated the integration of tall tower, mixed-use developments and how they connect with the city and the public when they meet the ground....
17 October 2016
Panel Discussion: Shenzhen Re-centralization – Post Evaluation and Revitalization Strategy: Futian District
Monday, October 17, 2016. Shenzhen, China. Zhizhe Yu of Kohn Pedersen Fox Associates; Yixin Chen of Shenzhen Urban Planning Bureau; Weiwen Huang of Shenzhen Public...
17 October 2016
Mega Size Mixed-Use Projects: Redefining Vertical Urbanism
Monday October 17, 2016. Shenzhen, China. Dennis Poon of Thornton Tomasetti, presents at the 2016 China Conference Session 4c: Structural & Geotechnic Engineering. As the...
17 October 2016
Structural Design Challenges of Minmetals Capital Tower, Shenzhen
Steel braced frames combined with a concrete services core are widely used in tall building design. To meet the special architectural design challenges in the...
17 October 2016
CTBUH Video Interview – Hang Xu
Hang Xu of Parkland Real Estate Development Company is interviewed by Chris Bentley during the 2016 CTBUH China Conference. Hang discusses the design process of...
17 October 2016
CTBUH 2016 China Conference - Session 3a: Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat Q&A
Monday, October 17, 2016. Shenzhen, China. Richard Witt, Quadrangle Architects; James von Klamperer Kohn Pedersen Fox Associates; Keith Griffiths, Aedas; Peter Brannan, Arquitectonica answer questions...
17 October 2016
CTBUH Video Interview – Jovi Chu
Jovi Chu of Shum Yip Land Company Limited is interviewed by Chris Bentley during the 2016 CTBUH China Conference. Jovi discusses the design process of...
17 October 2016
CTBUH Video Interview – Mun Summ Wong
Mun Summ Wong of WOHA Architects is interviewed by Chris Bentley during the 2016 CTBUH China Conference. Mun Summ discusses the garden city concept with...
17 October 2016
CTBUH Video Interview – SawTeen See
SawTeen See of Leslie E. Robinson Associates is interviewed by Chris Bentley during the 2016 CTBUH China Conference. SawTeen discusses the design process of structural...
17 October 2016
Megacities - Setting the Scene Q&A
Monday, October 17, 2016. Shenzhen, China. Daniel Safarik, CTBUH; Peter Kindel, Skidmore Owings & Merrill; Travis Soberg, Goettsch Partners, answer questions at the end of...
17 October 2016
Panel Discussion: Future Cities: What are the Biggest Threats and Opportunities?
Monday, October 17, 2016. Shenzhen, China. A panel discussing the challenges of growing urban populations throughout the globe.
17 October 2016
CTBUH Video Interview – Peter Kindel
Peter Kindel of Skidmore, Owings & Merill is interviewed by Chris Bentley during the 2016 CTBUH China Conference. Peter discusses the urbanization of the Pearl...
17 October 2016
CTBUH Video Interview – Chao (Ivan) Wan
Chao (Ivan) Wan of Tencent Holdings Limited is interviewed by Chris Bentley during the 2016 CTBUH China Conference. Ivan discusses the design process for Tencent...
17 October 2016
Welcome - Conference Opening
Monday, October 17, 2016. Shenzhen, China. Jingtang He, Architectural Design and Research Institute of South China University of Technology gave the welcome speech during the...
16 October 2016
CTBUH Video Interview – Tim Neal
Tim Neal of Arcadis is interviewed by Chris Bentley during the 2016 CTBUH China Conference. Tim discusses the benefits of locating mixed-use projects near transportation...
16 October 2016
CTBUH Video Interview – Moira Moser
Moira Moser of M Moser Associates is interviewed by Chris Bentley during the 2016 CTBUH China Conference. Moira discusses the planning of modern work spaces...
27 October 2015
Ping An: Insurance and Tall Buildings
The Ping An Finance Center is located at the commercial center of the Futian District in Shenzhen, on the southwest intersection of Fuhua Road and...
10 June 2015
Ping An Finance Center
The Shenzhen Ping An Financial Centre Construction and Development Co. Ltd. examines Ping An Finance Center and it's construction progress.
18 September 2014
High-Performance Sustainable Ultra High-Rise: Case Study of Ping An Finance Center
The Ping An Finance Center that has adopted a low energy, high-performance sustainable building model. With a focus on effective elevator systems, an efficient façade,...
18 September 2014
Engineering Contractor Management
Designing and planning for the construction of the Ping An Finance Center required a number of innovative engineering solutions regarding vertical shipping, labor allocation, large...
18 September 2014
Power, Elevators & Customer Oriented Sustainability Strategies: PAFC
This presentation outlines the engineering design solutions that were used for the Ping An Finance Center in order to provide a reliable power supply, expedient...
18 September 2014
Structural Design Challenges of Zhongnan Center
This presentation will give an overview of the following solutions used to address the structural challenges of the Zhongnan Center: a foundation to support the...
18 September 2014
Foundation Pit Support Design and Environment Protection Measure of Suzhou Zhongnan Center
The Suzhou Zhongnan Center excavation site is very large, very deep, and has complex surrounding environmental conditions. Hydrogeological conditions and other unfavorable factors have brought...
18 September 2014
Analysis of Pile Foundations and Loading Test of Suzhou Zhongnan Center
The Zhongnan Center is located on soft soil deposits in Suzhou, China and is currently under construction. This presentation describes the pile design and the...
17 September 2014
Brief on the Shenzhen Ping An Finance Center Project Development
Targeted for completion in 2016, the Shenzhen Ping An Finance Center is a project that represents a significant triumph for the Ping An Group, who...
17 September 2014
Designing China’s Tallest: DNA of the Ping An Finance Center
Rather than attempting to radically redefine how contemporary skyscrapers are designed, KPF architects prefer to adopt an approach of continuous refinement; drawing from successful high-rise...
17 September 2014
Cost Planning and Control of Tall Buildings: The Case of Ping An Finance Center
For tall buildings to be financially viable, effective cost planning and control of construction costs is essential in determining project feasibility. As demonstrated in the...
17 September 2014
2014 Shanghai International Conference - Ping An Tower Room, Session 1 - Q & A
2014 Shanghai International Conference Ping An Tower Room, Session 1 Questions & Answers session with speakers Wai Ming (Thomas) Tsang, Shenzhen Ping An Finance Center...
17 September 2014
Ping An IFC: Economical & Efficient Solutions
With the completion of the 500m+ Ping An Finance Center, our era presents the question of whether traditional structural systems and design approaches are still...
17 September 2014
Key Technologies for the Structure Construction in the Shenzhen Ping An Finance Center
This presentation will introduce the key technologies used for the structural construction of the 660-metertall Ping An Finance Center: the deep foundation pit, large diameter...
17 September 2014
The Structural Health Monitoring System for Ping An Finance Center
The Ping An Finance Center contains breakthrough structural health monitoring systems that make the building an important test platform for: the verification of various damage...
17 September 2014
2014 Shanghai International Conference - Ping An Tower Room, Session 2 - Q & A
2014 Shanghai International Conference Ping An Tower Room, Session 2 Questions & Answers session with speakers Dennis Poon, Thornton Tomasetti, Yuqi Zhou, CSCEC1B, and Yinghou...
17 September 2014
Project Management Outline and Difficulties of Ping An Finance Center
The project management requirements for supertall (300-meter) and megatall (600-meter) projects are vastly different – often requiring additional considerations in terms of construction costs, construction...
17 September 2014
Some Aspects of Construction Management in Ping An Finance Center
There are several valuable construction management experiences from the Ping An Finance Center that are worth sharing. This presentation will discuss several studies performed for...
17 September 2014
The Application and Management of BIM in Ping An Finance Center
BIM (Building Information Management) is an emerging technology that gives engineers a new way of expressing complex spatial representations in high-rise buildings. The Ping An...
17 September 2014
2014 Shanghai International Conference - Ping An Tower Room, S3 - Q & A
2014 Shanghai International Conference Ping An Tower Room, S3 Questions & Answers session with speakers Wing Kan (Ken) Wong, Shenzhen Ping An Finance Center Construction...
17 September 2014
Multi-Constrained Outrigger Optimization for Super Tall Buildings
Recently, the outrigger system has been widely employed as an efficient structural lateral load resisting system in super tall buildings. The optimization of the outrigger...
17 September 2014
High Performance Design of Floor System for Super Tall Buildings
The floor system is an important part of tall building structures. It not only supports the vertical load, but also connects the lateral load resisting...
17 September 2014
2014 Shanghai International Conference - Opening Plenary - Q & A
2014 Shanghai International Conference Opening Plenary Questions & Answers session with speakers Antony Wood, CTBUH Executive Director / IIT / Tongji University, Jianping Gu, Shanghai...
21 September 2012
Interview: Hong Kong's Role in the History of the Chinese Skyscraper
Christine Bruckner of AIA Hong Kong is interviewed by Jeff Herzer during the 2012 CTBUH Shanghai Congress at the Jin Mao, Shanghai. Christine talks about...
20 September 2012
Interview: China's Future Tallest
David Malott of Kohn Pedersen Fox Associates is interviewed by Jeff Herzer during the 2012 CTBUH Shanghai Congress at the Jin Mao, Shanghai. David discusses...
20 September 2012
Ping An Finance Center: Pioneering China’s Tallest – Efficiencies of Form and Structures
Upon completion in 2015, the Ping An Finance Center will join an elite group of megatall buildings. This presentation discusses using the Ping An Finance...
11 October 2011
The Challenges for Supertall Building Structural Design and Sustainability Issues
Upon completion in 2014, the Ping An Tower will be the tallest tower in China, and the centerpiece of the growing Shenzhen skyline located just...
03 February 2010
Symbiosis: Supertalls and Future Cities
KPF has designed some of the most iconic tall buildings around the world, including the Shanghai World Financial Centre which won the CTBUH 2008 Best...
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