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China Diamond Exchange Center
Lujiazui Diamond Tower
Building
Completed, 2009
200122
office
composite
76.7 m / 251 ft
15
2
228
6
49,750 m² / 535,505 ft²
Proposed
Construction Start
Completed
Usually involved in the front end design, with a "typical" condition being that of a leadership role through either Schematic Design or Design Development, and then a monitoring role through the CD and CA phases.
The main contractor is the supervisory contractor of all construction work on a project, management of sub-contractors and vendors, etc. May be referred to as "Construction Manager," however, for consistency CTBUH uses the term "Main Contractor" exclusively.
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Usually involved in the front end design, with a "typical" condition being that of a leadership role through either Schematic Design or Design Development, and then a monitoring role through the CD and CA phases.
Usually takes on the balance of the architectural effort not executed by the "Design Architect," typically responsible for the construction documents, conforming to local codes, etc. May often be referred to as "Executive," "Associate," or "Local" Architect, however, for consistency CTBUH uses the term "Architect of Record" exclusively.
The Design Engineer is usually involved in the front end design, typically taking the leadership role in the Schematic Design and Design Development, and then a monitoring role through the CD and CA phases.
The Design Engineer is usually involved in the front end design, typically taking the leadership role in the Schematic Design and Design Development, and then a monitoring role through the CD and CA phases.
The main contractor is the supervisory contractor of all construction work on a project, management of sub-contractors and vendors, etc. May be referred to as "Construction Manager," however, for consistency CTBUH uses the term "Main Contractor" exclusively.
Providing space for members of the China Diamond Exchange, as well as other related and speculative tenants on the upper floors, the building also includes retail on the ground floor and a second floor that features the elevator lobby, exhibition space and a restaurant. The major tenants’ core business inspired the design, with diamond-shaped elements featured throughout. References are seen most prominently in the atrium’s glass skylight, the structural geometry of the entry canopy, and the main lobby floor.
The building is conceived as two rectangular office slabs connected by a sky-lit atrium, with a large, 20m x 70 m (66ft x 230ft) cable-supported net wall at each end. One tower is fully dedicated to the Diamond Exchange members and designed to provide them with secure transport from their below-grade parking spaces to their offices above. The adjacent tower serves the other tenants, with access through an open elevator tower in the center of the atrium. The elevator tower defines the focal point of the building, with three cabs traversing the atrium to sky bridges on each level that connect the two office blocks.
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