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Suzhou IFS Fact Sheet This fact sheet was downloaded on Thursday September 30, 2021 from The Skyscraper Center. Please visit the CTBUH website for more on tall buildings. view building webpage Images Facts Official Name Suzhou IFS Former / Other Name Suzhou Supertower / The Wharf IFS, The Wharf Suzhou, Suzhou No image to display International Finance Square Type building Status completed Country City Suzhou Street Address Cuiyan Road Building Function hotel / office / serviced apartments Structural Material composite Proposed 2010 Start of Construction 2012 Completion 2019 Global Ranking #18 tallest building in the world Regional Ranking #14 tallest building in Asia (excluding the Middle East) National Ranking #10 tallest building in City Ranking #1 tallest building in Suzhou Companies Owner • Current Wharf China Estates Limited Developer Suzhou Gao Long Property Development Co., Ltd. Architects • Design Kohn Pedersen Fox Associates • Architect of Record East China Architectural Design & Research Institute; Wong Tung & Partners Structural Engineer East China Architectural Design & Research Institute MEP Engineers • Design Parsons Brinckerhoff Consultants Private Limited • Engineer of Record East China Architectural Design & Research Institute Project Manager Suzhou Gao Long Property Development Co., Ltd. Main Contractor China State Construction Engineering Corporation Other Consultants • Damping RWDI • Façade ALT Limited; Permasteelisa Group • Façade MaintenanceLerch Bates • Lighting Brandston Partnership, Inc. • Quantity Surveyor Langdon & Seah • Wind RWDI Material Suppliers • Ceiling Armstrong World Industries • Cladding PEC Group Suzhou IFS Fact Sheet This fact sheet was downloaded on Thursday September 30, 2021 from The Skyscraper Center. Please visit the CTBUH website for more on tall buildings. view building webpage • Paint/Coating Jotun • Steel China Construction Steel Structure Corporation Figures Height: Architectural 450.00 meter / 1476.38 feet Height: Occupied 399.10 meter / 1309.38 feet Height: To Tip 455.56 meter / 1494.62 feet Floors Above Ground 95 Floors Below Ground 5 # of Elevators 62 Top Elevator Speed 10 m/s Tower GFA 310,000 m sq. / 3,336,812 ft sq. Devlopment GFA 393,200 m sq. / 4,232,370 ft sq. # of Apartments 470 # of Hotel Rooms 224 # of Parking Spaces 1300.

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