Ningbo

China

Facts

Density

0 people per km²

0 people per mi²

# of 150m+ buildings

22 Completed • 12 Under Construction

First 150m+ Building

Tallest Building

Most Common Function*

Mixed-use (40%)

Most Common Material*

Composite (56%)

Rankings

by no. of 150m+ completed buildings

#

51

Tallest City in

the World
#

34

Tallest City in

Asia
#

23

Tallest City in

China

Buildings

Rank
Name
Status

Completed

Architecturally Topped Out

Structurally Topped Out

Under Construction

On Hold

Proposed

Vision

Never Completed

Demolished

Competition Entry

Canceled

Proposed Renovation

Under Renovation

Renovated

Under Demolition

Height

1

Ningbo Center Tower 1

409 m / 1,342 ft

2

Manhattan Tower

270 m / 886 ft

3

Ningbo Global Shipping Plaza

262.4 m / 861 ft

4

Ningbo New World Plaza 1

249.8 m / 820 ft

5

Ningbo Bank of China Headquarters

246.2 m / 808 ft

6

Greenland Center Tower 5

240 m / 787 ft

7

Ningbo International Trade Center

228 m / 748 ft

8

Ningbo Guohua Financial Tower

206.9 m / 679 ft

9

Ningbo Fortune Center

188 m / 617 ft

10

Evergrande Huafu

185 m / 607 ft

Research

17 October 2016

Climate-Responsive Exterior Enclosure Design

In this paper, three different solutions in three different regions of China illustrate best practices for the design and execution of optimized building enclosure systems....

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Research

17 October 2016

Megacities: Setting the Scene

The rise of the megacity presents unprecedented opportunities to understand the human urbanization phenomenon, and to observe the effects of multicore, polycentric cities growing together...

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Research

26 October 2015

Three-dimensional Exterior Bracing Systems for Tall Buildings

The use of outriggers with and without belt trusses has become an expedient of choice for harnessing the three dimensional potential of tall buildings to...

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