The Pearl River Tower (in simplified Chinese) is a neo-futurist style skyscraper designed to be an energy efficient building, located at the intersection of Jinsui Street and West Zhujiang Avenue, in Tianhe District, Guangzhou, China. The design and structure have been developed by the American architectural firm, Skidmore, Owings and Merrill, with Adrian D. Smith") and Gordon Gill") as architects. Construction of the tower began on September 8, 2006 and was completed in 2013.

Contenido

El diseño de la Pearl River Tower pretende asentarse como un nuevo estándar para los futuros rascacielos: Es una estructura diseñada en armonía con su entorno que extrae energía de las fuerzas naturales y fuerzas pasivas que rodean al edificio.[1]​ Uno de los mayores logros radica en la integración de forma y funcionalidades tanto naturales como artificiales en un acercamiento al diseño holístico de ingeniería y arquitectura.[2]​.

Sustainability

The building was designed with the idea of ​​reducing energy consumption and being partially self-sufficient, including wind generators and solar collectors, photovoltaic panels, ventilation through raised floors, and a radiant roof heating and cooling system. It is one of the most environmentally friendly buildings in the world.[3]​.

The tower's sustainability features include, relative to other similar buildings, being:.

• - The largest building with radiant ceiling air conditioning in the world.[3]​.

• - The most efficient skyscraper in the world.

• - The tower is an example of the objective of reducing the amount of carbon dioxide emissions per unit of GDP for the year 2020 of between 40% and 45% compared to 2005 levels.[4]​.

Progress

• - 2005: Completion of the design.

• - September 8, 2006: Groundbreaking ceremony.

• - November 2006: Land conditioning works begin.

• - July 18, 2007: Public acquisition auction.[5]​.

• - January 2008: Construction of the main building began at (-26.2 m).

• - August 2008: The concrete "Core (architecture)") core of the building reached ground level (0 m).

• - April 2009: 15th floor (80.6 m).

• - November 2009: Installation of the exterior glass enclosures begins.

• - December 2009: The building reached the height of the upper wind turbine.

• - March 28, 2010: Maximum height.[6]​.

• - China skyscrapers.

• - Wikimedia Commons hosts a multimedia category on Pearl River Tower.

• - SOM's Pearl River Tower page (In English).

• - AS+GG Pearl River Tower page (In English).

• - Consulting Services (In English).