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China World Trade Center

China World Trade Center

Robert Sobel, Emery Roth & Sons, Nikken Sekkei & Skidmore, Owings & Merrill

Photo: 維基小霸王 · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons

Location
Guomao, Chaoyang, Beijing, China
Client / Owner
Kuok Group
Year
Completed 1990
Access
Public
Typology
Commercial
Style
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The China World Trade Center is a complex in Beijing's central business district, owned and run by the Kuok Group. Robert Sobel and Emery Roth & Sons designed phases 1 and 2, with Nikken Sekkei. Skidmore, Owings & Merrill designed phase 3. The article names no style. Phase 1 officially opened on August 30, 1990, phase 2 finished in 1999, and phase 3A in August 2010.

Tower 3 rises 1,080 feet (330 m) with 79 floors. The complex has about 1,100,000 square meters of floor area and 14 components. It includes the China World Hotel, the Summit Wing hotel and the Traders Hotel, as well as an exhibition hall for trade shows.

The mall opened in May 2000. It has over 300 shops and an ice rink. The complex is nicknamed The Place Where China Meets The World.

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