| Guangzhou International Finance Center | |
| Native Name: | 广州国际金融中心 |
| Native Name Lang: | zh-hans |
| Location: | 5 Zhujiang Avenue West Zhujiang New Town, Tianhe District, Guangzhou, Guangdong, China |
| Start Date: | 26 December 2005 |
| Completion Date: | 28 April 2010 – 31 October 2010 |
| Opening: | 28 February 2010 |
| Building Type: | Hotel Commercial offices |
| Architectural Style: | Modern |
| Cost: | GB£280 million or US$ 365 million[1] |
| Architectural: | 438.6m (1,439feet) |
| Roof: | 438.6m (1,439feet) |
| Top Floor: | 415.1m (1,361.9feet) |
| Observatory: | 415.1m (1,361.9feet) |
| Floor Count: | 103 +4 below ground |
| Floor Area: | 250095-3NaN-3 |
| Elevator Count: | 71 |
| Room Count: | 374 |
| Architect: | WilkinsonEyre |
| Structural Engineer: | Arup Architecture Design Institute of South China University of Technology |
| Main Contractor: | China State Construction Guangzhou Municipal Construction Group JV |
| References: | [2] |
| Guangzhou International Finance Center | |
| T: | 廣州國際金融中心 |
| S: | 广州国际金融中心 |
| P: | Guǎngzhōu Guójì Jīnróng Zhōngxīn |
| J: | gwong2 zau1 gwok3 zai3 gam1 jung4 zung1 sam1 |
| Also Known As: | Guangzhou West Tower |
| T2: | 廣州西塔 |
| S2: | 广州西塔 |
| P2: | Guǎngzhōu Xītǎ |
| J2: | gwong2zau1 sai1taap3 |
Guangzhou International Finance Center or Guangzhou West Tower, is a 103-story, (438.60NaN0) skyscraper at Zhujiang Avenue West in the Tianhe District of Guangzhou, Guangdong.[3] [4] One half of the Guangzhou Twin Towers, it is the 24th tallest building in the world, completed in 2010. As of 2023, it is the world's tallest building with a rooftop helipad, at (438 m high).[5] The world's second-tallest building with a rooftop helipad was also completed in 2010: Beijing's China World Trade Center Tower III, whose roof-top helipad is 330 m high.[6] Both buildings are taller than the U.S. Bank Tower, the previous record-holder from 1989 to 2010, whose roof-top helipad is 310.3m (1,018feet) high.
Construction of the building, designed by WilkinsonEyre, broke ground in December 2005, and was completed in 2010. The building is used as a conference center, hotel and office building. Floors 1 through 66 are used as offices, floors 67 and 68 are for mechanical equipment, floors 69 to 98 have a Four Seasons Hotel with the lobby being on the 70th floor, and floors 99 and 100 are used as an observation deck.
The building was previously known as Guangzhou West Tower and had a related project, the proposed Guangzhou East Tower, which, at 475m (1,558feet), would have been even taller,[7] though that project has been awarded to a different design by Kohn Pedersen Fox, the 530m (1,740feet) Guangzhou CTF Finance Center.[8]
The building was the winner of the RIBA 2012 Lubetkin Prize.[9]