Beijing Olympic Tower

Beijing Olympic Tower
Beijing Olympic Tower
北京奥林匹克塔
	Tower in January 2020
General information
Type	Observation tower
Address	Kehui South Road, Olympic Green, Chaoyang District
Town or city	Beijing
Country	People's Republic of China
Coordinates	40°00′23″N 116°23′16″E / 40.00651°N 116.38784°E
Construction started	2011
Completed	2014
Opened	August 8, 2015
Owner	Beijing Municipality
Height
Architectural	258 metres (846 ft)
Top floor	248 metres (814 ft)
Observatory	222 metres (728 ft),; 228 metres (748 ft)
Technical details
Material	Steel, concrete
Lifts/elevators	2
Grounds	7.5 hectares (19 acres)
Design and construction
Architect(s)	Cui Kai, Li Cundong and Zhao Wenbin
Architecture firm	China Architecture Design & Research Group

The Beijing Olympic Tower (Chinese: 北京奥林匹克塔; pinyin: Běijīng Àolínpǐkè Tǎ) is located on Kehui South Road, part of the Olympic Green in the Chaoyang District of Beijing, China. Construction began in 2011, three years after the 2008 Summer Olympics; it was completed in 2014, and opened on August 8, 2015. It is used strictly for observation; there is no provision for offices or apartments.^[2] The design was by a Chinese firm, China Architecture Design & Research Group;^[5] a Shenzhen architect alleged that the architects at the firm had plagiarized an award-winning earlier design of his.^[6]

At 258 metres (846 ft) in height it is the second tallest tower in the city after the Central Radio & TV Tower, and the fourth-tallest structure in the city. Its design, with four smaller circular floors at different heights and positions below a larger top floor, is meant to echo the Olympic rings. The overall design was inspired by blades of grass; however it has also been likened to "huge nails".^[1]^[3]

^ ^a ^b "北京奥林匹克公园新瞭望塔被指像5根钉子" [New tower in Beijing Olympic Park, compared to 5 nails]. QQ.com (in Chinese). October 19, 2012. Retrieved December 4, 2014.
^ ^a ^b "Olympic Park Observation Tower". skyscraperpage.com. 2014. Retrieved December 4, 2014.
^ ^a ^b "Beijing Tower of Olympic Forest Park to open". ecns.cn. August 19, 2014. Retrieved December 3, 2014.
^ ^a ^b ^c "ThyssenKrupp Elevator continues its success in introducing TWIN to elevator market in China" (Press release). Thyssen Krupp. 2014. Archived from the original on January 9, 2013. Retrieved December 4, 2014.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d "Design of landscape for Lookout Tower of Olympic Park". China Architecture Research & Design Group. March 31, 2008. Archived from the original on July 17, 2020. Retrieved December 4, 2014.
^ Chen Shi (November 2, 2012). "北京新地标奥林匹克公园瞭望塔被指抄袭深圳建筑师" [Shenzhen architect accuses Beijing Olympic Park Observation Tower of plagiarism]. Southern Metropolis Daily (in Chinese). Retrieved December 4, 2014.

[QQ.com_article-1] "北京奥林匹克公园新瞭望塔被指像5根钉子" [New tower in Beijing Olympic Park, compared to 5 nails]. QQ.com (in Chinese). October 19, 2012. Retrieved December 4, 2014.

[Skyscraper.com_page-2] "Olympic Park Observation Tower". skyscraperpage.com. 2014. Retrieved December 4, 2014.

[ECNS_page-3] "Beijing Tower of Olympic Forest Park to open". ecns.cn. August 19, 2014. Retrieved December 3, 2014.

[Thyssen_Krupp_page-4] "ThyssenKrupp Elevator continues its success in introducing TWIN to elevator market in China" (Press release). Thyssen Krupp. 2014. Archived from the original on January 9, 2013. Retrieved December 4, 2014.

[CARDEG_page-5] "Design of landscape for Lookout Tower of Olympic Park". China Architecture Research & Design Group. March 31, 2008. Archived from the original on July 17, 2020. Retrieved December 4, 2014.

[Plagiarism_claim-6] Chen Shi (November 2, 2012). "北京新地标奥林匹克公园瞭望塔被指抄袭深圳建筑师" [Shenzhen architect accuses Beijing Olympic Park Observation Tower of plagiarism]. Southern Metropolis Daily (in Chinese). Retrieved December 4, 2014.

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