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Haikou Tower by HENN
HENN have won a competition to design a 450-metre tower for Haikou on the Chinese island of Hainan.
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The tower forms part of a masterplan for the new business district that will include ten towers of between 150 and 450 metres.
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The competition was won by Henn StudioB, the Berlin design and research studio of Henn Architekten. The same studio won a competition to masterplan the new business district for Wenzhou in November 2010.
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See more stories about skyscrapers here, including proposals for the world's tallest building.
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Here are some more details from HENN:
HENN wins International Competition for 450m Tower in Haikou
HENN wins the first prize in the international competition to design the Haikou Tower in China.
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Among the participants were Wilkinson Eyre, Broadway Malyan, Zaha Hadid Architects and RMJM/Alsop.
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The Masterplan for the central business district of Haikou thus marks a major milestone in a series of recent designs by HENN.
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The competition was realized by the Berlin-based design & research studio HENN StudioB in cooperation with IPPR International Engineering Corporation, Arup, Front and Lumen3.
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Haikou Towers are projected to become the heart of the new Central Business District of Haikou, the capital city of Hainan, a tropical island in the South China Sea.
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The Masterplan comprises an ensemble of 10 Towers ranging from 150 to 450 meters height with an overall building area of 1.5 million square meters.
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Client: Hainan Airline Group
Location: Haikou, China
Program: Office, Hotel, Conference, Commercial
Area: 320,000 sqm
Status: Competition 1st prize
Design Team: HENN StudioB
Leander Adrian, Daniel da Rocha, Martin Henn, Kaowen Ho, Markus Jacobi, Agata Kycia, Paul Langley, Klaus Ransmayr, Max Schwitalla, Wei Sun, Xin Wang, Mu Xingyu
Local Partner: IPPR International Engineering Corporation, Beijing, Haikou
Consultants:
Arup, London, Shanghai
Front, New York
Lumen 3, Munich