Shun Hing Square

Shun Hing Square (Chinese: 信兴广场), also known as "Di Wang Tower"[3] (Chinese: 地王大厦) is a 384-meter (1,260 ft)-tall skyscraper in Shenzhen, Guangdong province, China.

Shun Hing Square
Shun Hing Square in August 2012
General information
StatusComplete
TypeOffice, parking garage, retail
Location5002 Shennan Road East, Luohu District, Shenzhen, China
Coordinates22°32′43″N 114°06′21″E
Construction started1993
CompletedMarch 1996
OwnerKumagai Gumi Company[1]
Height
Architectural384 m (1,260 ft)[1]
Roof325 m (1,066 ft)
Top floor298.1 m (978 ft)[1]
Observatory298.1 m (978 ft)[1]
Technical details
Floor count69[1] (+3 basement floors)
Floor area280,000 m2 (3,000,000 sq ft)[1]
Lifts/elevators36[1]
Design and construction
ArchitectK.Y. Cheung Design Associates[1]
DeveloperShun Hing Group
Structural engineerMaunsell AECOM Group[1]
References
[1][2]
Shun Hing Square
Traditional Chinese信興廣場
Simplified Chinese信兴广场

Background

The building was built at a pace of four floors in nine days. The main tower is office space, car park and a 5-story shopping arcade complex with four sets of escalators, five passenger lifts and two service lifts, and a floor area ranging from 3450 m2 to 4900 m2. On the top floor (69th floor) is the "Meridian View Center," an observation deck.[4][5] Its common nickname, "Diwang Building" derives from the auction price for the piece of land it stands being the most expensive in Shenzhen at the time. 24,500 tonnes of steel were used in construction.

Records held

Currently, the building is

  • The fifth tallest in Shenzhen
  • 20th tallest building in mainland China
  • 44th tallest in the world
  • The tallest building in the world with fewer than 70 floors
  • The tallest all-steel building in China.
  • The tallest building in China from 1996 to the completion of CITIC Plaza in Guangzhou in 1997.[6]
  • The first skyscraper in China to be one of the ten tallest in the world (Bank of China Tower and Central Plaza, of Hong Kong, were constructed while Hong Kong was still under British sovereignty).[4]
  • Tallest building constructed in Shenzhen in the 1990s.
  • Tallest building in Shenzhen from 1996 to September 2011 until surpassed by the nearby 441.8-metre-tall (1,449 ft) Kingkey 100.
  • Shun Hing Square with the annex shown in front
  • Shun Hing Square as shown from the Ping An Finance Center
  • Seeing from the top of Shun Hing Square

See also

References
  1. "Shun Hing Square - The Skyscraper Center". Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat.
  2. "Shun Hing Square". Skyscraperpage.com. Retrieved 2008-07-08.
  3. "Shun Hing Square (Shenzhen, 1996) - Structurae".
  4. "Shun Hing Square". skyscraperpicture.com. Archived from the original on 2008-07-25. Retrieved 2008-07-08.
  5. "Shun Hing Square". Emporis.com. Retrieved 2008-07-08.
  6. "Shun Hing Square (Diwang/Di Wang Commercial Center) - Landmark - Shenzhen, Shekou Entertainment, Food and Lodging". 4 August 2011.


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