Tall buildings Safe, comfortable and sustainable solutions for skyscrapers ©China Resources Shenzhen Bay Development Co., Ltd ©China Resources Tall building projects worldwide Drawing upon our diverse skillset, Arup has helped define the skylines of our cities and the quality of urban living and working environments. 20 2 6 13 9 1 7 8 16 5 11 19 3 15 10 17 4 12 18 14 2 No. Project name Location Height (m) 1 Raffles City Chongqing 350 ©Safdie Architect 2 Burj Al Alam Dubai 510 ©The Fortune Group/Nikken Sekkei 3 UOB Plaza Singapore 274 4 Kompleks Tan Abdul Razak Penang 232 5 Kerry Centre Tianjin 333 ©Skidmore Owings & Merrill 6 CRC Headquarters Shenzhen 525 ©China Resources Shenzhen Bay Development Co Ltd 7 Central Plaza Hong Kong 374 8 The Shard London 310 9 Two International Finance Centre Hong Kong 420 10 Shenzhen Stock Exchange Shenzhen 246 ©Marcel Lam Photography 11 Wheelock Square Shanghai 270 ©Kingkay Architectural Photography 12 Riviera TwinStar Square Shanghai 216 ©Kingkay Architectural Photography 13 China Zun (Z15) Beijing 528 ©Kohn Pederson Fox Associates PC 14 HSBC Main Building Hong Kong 180 ©Vanwork Photography 15 East Pacific Centre Shenzhen 300 ©Shenzhen East Pacific Real Estate Development Co Ltd 16 China World Tower Beijing 330 ©Skidmore, Owings & Merrill 17 Commerzbank Frankfurt 260 ©Ian Lambot 18 CCTV Headquarters Beijing 234 ©OMA/Ole Scheeren & Rem Koolhaas 19 Aspire Tower Doha 300 ©Midmac-Six Construct 20 Landmark Tower Yongsan 620 ©Renzo Piano Building Workshop 21 Northeast Asia Trade Tower New Songdo City 305 ©Kohn Pedersen Fox Associates PC 22 Guangzhou International Finance Centre Guangzhou 432 ©Wilkinson Eyre 23 Torre Reforma Mexico 244 ©L Benjamin Romano Architects 24 Chow Tai Fook Centre Guangzhou 530 ©Kohn Pederson Fox Associates PC 25 Forum 66 Shenyang 384 ©Kohn Pedersen Fox Associates PC 26 Canton Tower Guangzhou 600 ©Information Based Architecture 27 30 St. Mary Axe London 180 ©Foster+Partners 28 International Commerce Centre Hong Kong 484 ©Sun Hung Kai Properties Ltd 29 International Trade and Commerce Centre Chongqing 468 ©Kohn Pedersen Fox Associates PC 30 Shanghai Hong Kong New World Tower Shanghai 278 ©Martin Saunders Photography 31 Goldin Fanance 117 Tianjin 597 ©P & T Architects & Engineers 32 Gate of the East Suzhou 300 ©RMJM 33 Z6, Beijing CBD Core Area Beijing 405 ©Foster+Partners 34 MODE GAKUEN Cocoon Tower Tokyo 204 35 Marina Bay Sands® Integrated Resort Singapore 207 36 Kingkey 100 Shenzhen 442 ©TFP Farrells Ltd 37 St. Francis Shangri-la Place Manila 217 ©Mike Alquinto/AP Images 38 Kingdom Centre Riyadh 300 ©Ellerbe Becket Inc 39 Heron Tower London 230 ©Hufton+Crow 40 Ping An International Finance Centre Shenzhen 660 ©Kohn Pedersen Fox Associates PC 41 One Island East Hong Kong 308 ©Wong & Ouyang & Associates 26 31 40 24 28 22 29 36 25 33 21 41 38 32 30 23 34 35 37 39 27 3 Pushing the limits The explosive urban population and Our building designers engage with limited land available in cities are advanced analysis and research and continuously spurring the move towards continuously explore new tools building towers. Arup unites a global and approaches, such as building network of highly skilled building information modelling, to fulfil highly engineers and design specialists to deliver original and ambitious visions. skyscrapers that work best for people. Arup is a world leader in tall building We help architects realise their creative design and has a proven track record ideas while keeping occupants safe and worldwide. From International comfortable with advanced approaches to Commerce Centre in Hong Kong to structure, geotechnics, material use, fire, Canton Tower in Guangzhou, Arup wind and elevator systems design. has successfully delivered many of the tallest buildings locally, helping our Sustainability is at the core of our tall cities attain new heights. building design. We address energy and resource conservation as well as the social value and environmental consequences of the development, ensuring that our works leave a lasting legacy. China Central Television (CCTV) new headquarters, Beijing The gravity-defying building is formed of two towers – 234m and 194m tall – linked by a 15 storey cantilevered ‘overhand’ with a 10-storey podium. height 234m & 194m 4 234m & 194m 5 Goldin Finance 117, Tianjin To ensure safety and stability of this superstructure on Tianjin’s soft ground conditions, full instrumented trial piles tests were conducted to verify both the pile capacity and the constructability of the proposed long friction bored piles with 1m diameter and a construction length of 100m/120m. height 597m ©Goldin Properties Wherever difficult ground Geotechnics conditions, sensitive Arup leads the field in the design of foundations and deep basements around the environments or ambitious world. The effective use of substructure space lies unseen but has been developed structures present by engineers and design leaders within Arup to meet the challenging requirements geotechnical challenges, and the typically congested areas where tall buildings are constructed drives the design process. Arup provides robust and advanced solutions. Arup has the knowledge and expertise to provide innovative and practical solutions in a holistic approach to design foundations and deep basements with due consideration of the superstructure requirements in respect to difficult geological conditions, site constraints as well as enabling a fast-track construction programme. Arup has developed and led the field in the implementation of shaft-grouting technique in friction barrettes, friction mini-piles, friction pre-bored H-piles as well as friction large diameters bored piles to enhance the pile capacity in Hong Kong and overseas. In close liaison with the government, Arup has also been working towards the adoption and acceptance of revised friction and end-bearing load capacities for foundations rested onto bedrock for structures encompassed by the local building regulations. 6 Marina Bay Sands, Singapore This 15.5ha waterfront resort complex features the world’s longest public cantilever at 200m above ground sitting atop three 55-storey hotel towers. height 207m ©Darren Soh ©Darren Structural engineering Arup structural engineers are at the forefront of realising We are proficient in connecting a diverse range of disciplines to optimise structural efficiency and achieve commercial and environmental sustainability. Working closely ambitious high-rise buildings with in-house specialists in the fields of wind engineering, mechanical and electrical and have contributed to engineering, seismic design, façade, sustainability and vertical transportation, Arup industry standards, guidance structural engineers produce holistic solutions for cost-effective buildings that attract premium tenants whilst keeping the architect’s design intent. and codes of practice internationally. We are at the cutting-edge of construction-led design. The use of Building Environment Modelling (BEM) is now commonplace and through 4D interfaces, enables virtual models of buildings to be constructed that facilitate evaluation of erection strategy, sequence and timings. Sustainability is intrinsic to our approach to every tall building project. In close collaboration with architects and other engineering professionals, our structural engineers establish optimal building forms that result in better building performance. The economics of tall buildings varies around the world and the international presence of Arup structural engineers enables us to understand the local market conditions and tailor tall building design to best suit the local context. 7 Seismic engineering Arup has unrivalled experience in designing tall buildings that The seismic design of tall buildings poses specific challenges related both to the complex response of tall are both earthquake-tolerant and buildings to ground movement and also the interaction economically feasible. between wind and seismic design requirements. Prescriptive building codes are based on rules for low- to medium-rise buildings that are not directly applicable to tall buildings. Arup has taken a performance-based design approach for decades and has completed projects in many places associated with earthquakes including mainland China, Japan, New Zealand, Taiwan, Indonesia, Turkey, California and Italy. We continue to work on innovative solutions for tall buildings in seismic zones. These include the 217m St Francis Shangri-La Place in Manila which incorporates damped outriggers to control both wind and seismic response. We are now designing towers upwards of 500m in earthquake zones such as the Chow Tai Fook Centre, Guangzhou soaring over 500m. We also take a leading role in the development of design guidance such as the seismic design recommendations by the 2008 Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat (CTBUH). Chow Tai Fook Centre, Guangzhou The outrigger design was a first for China and a first in a seismic zone. height 530m ©Kohn Pedersen Fox Associates Pc China World Tower, Beijing We introduced a tube-in-tube system and a composite shear wall system which embeds steel plates into normal reinforced concrete core walls at lower levels, reducing wall thickness and improving seismic performance. height 330m ©Frank P Palmer 8 Wind engineering By combining 35 years of experience with state- Wind can significantly influence the design and cost of high-rise buildings, particularly in typhoon prone areas. Wind studies should be fully integrated of-the-art tools, our wind with all