Facts
Official Name: Wuhan Center
Complex Name: Wuhan Center
Type: building
Status: Under Construction
Country: China
City: Wuhan
Street Address: Hanxi Road (Map)
Building Function: hotel / residential / office
Structural Material: composite
Proposed: 2008
Start of Construction: 2011
Completion: 2015
Figures
Height: Architectural: 438.0 meter / 1437 feet
Height: To Tip: 438.0 meter / 1437 feet
Floors Above Ground: 88
Companies Involved
Developer: Wuhan CBD Investment Development Company
Architect: ECADI
Structural Engineers: ECADI; Thornton Tomasetti
Façade: ALT Cladding
A cluster of residential towers ranging in height from seven to 12 storeys was reduced to rubble last week in Wuhan following a spectacular controlled implosion, said to be the largest of its kind of China. The 19 towers were demolished in order to facilitate construction of a new business district, with a supertall at its epicentre expected to become the tallest building in the country.