China Academy of Building Research

CTBUH Silver Member

Overview
Buildings
Initiatives

About

Member Since: 2009

Member Offices: Beijing

Founded in 1953, China Academy of Building Research (CABR) is the largest and most diverse research institution in building industry in China.

As the largest comprehensive research and development institute in the building industry in China, CABR carries out its mission in catering to the needs of building and construction industries nationwide, putting forward solutions for the key technical problems met in engineering based on applied research and development, providing technical development and consulting services, and undertaking building design and construction activities.

It carries out common, basic and public technical researches required in this industry. CABR is responsible for the development and management of the major engineering construction and product standards of China.

Fields of Expertise

Project Management; Research Institute

Membership details

Membership Level

Silver

Member Since

2009

Member Offices

Beijing

Buildings

Rank	Name	Height
1	Shanghai Tower	632 m / 2,073 ft
2	Ping An Finance Center	599.1 m / 1,965 ft
3	CITIC Tower	527.7 m / 1,731 ft
4	Dalian International Trade Center	370.2 m / 1,214 ft
5	Mandarin Oriental Hotel Tower A	333.1 m / 1,093 ft
6	Anhui New Broadcasting & TV Center	245 m / 804 ft
7	Z14 Plot Tower 2	238 m / 781 ft
8	Dawangjing 618 Tower 1	227 m / 745 ft
9	Mandarin Oriental Hotel Tower B	223.5 m / 733 ft
10	Dawangjing 626 Tower 1	220 m / 722 ft

Awards

Award of Excellence: Leeza SOHO

Best Tall Building 200-299 meters 2021

Ctbuh Leaders

Ziguo Xu

CTBUH Expert Chinese Translation Committee, 2014 – Present

Beijing

Rank	Name	City	Completion	Height
1	Suzhou Zhongnan Center	Suzhou	-	729 m / 2,392 ft
2	Ping An Finance Center	Shenzhen	-	660 m / 2,165 ft
3	Shanghai Tower	Shanghai	2015	632 m / 2,073 ft
4	Ping An Finance Center	Shenzhen	2017	599 m / 1,965 ft
5	Global Financial Center Tower 1	Shenyang	-	568 m / 1,864 ft
6	CITIC Tower	Beijing	2018	528 m / 1,731 ft
7	Dalian International Trade Center	Dalian	2019	370 m / 1,214 ft
8	Xiamen Cross Strait Financial Centre	Xiamen	-	344 m / 1,128 ft
9	Mandarin Oriental Hotel Tower A	Chengdu	-	333 m / 1,093 ft
10	Anhui New Broadcasting & TV Center	Hefei	2013	245 m / 804 ft
11	Z14 Plot Tower 2	Beijing	2018	238 m / 781 ft
12	Dawangjing 618 Tower 1	Beijing	2018	227 m / 745 ft
13	Mandarin Oriental Hotel Tower B	Chengdu	-	224 m / 733 ft
14	Dawangjing 626 Tower 1	Beijing	2018	220 m / 722 ft
15	Dawangjing 626 Tower 2	Beijing	2018	216 m / 709 ft
16	New City International	Hefei	2016	210 m / 689 ft
17	Leeza SOHO	Beijing	2019	207 m / 679 ft
18	Wangjing SOHO T3	Beijing	2014	200 m / 656 ft
19	Beijing Capital Land Lize Financial Center Tower 3	Beijing	-	200 m / 656 ft
20	COFCO Tianjin Joy City Office Tower	Tianjin	2015	186 m / 609 ft
21	Dawangjing 618 Tower 3	Beijing	2018	170 m / 557 ft
22	Dawangjing 618 Tower 2	Beijing	2018	154 m / 504 ft
23	Beijing Capital Land Lize Financial Center Hotel	Beijing	-	150 m / 492 ft
23	Beijing Capital Land Lize Financial Center Tower 1	Beijing	-	150 m / 492 ft
25	Wangjing SOHO T2	Beijing	2014	127 m / 417 ft
26	Raffles City Chengdu Office Block 1	Chengdu	2012	123 m / 404 ft
26	Raffles City Chengdu Office Block 2	Chengdu	2012	123 m / 404 ft
28	Beijing Capital Land Lize Financial Center Tower 2	Beijing	-	120 m / 394 ft
29	Raffles City Chengdu Hotel Block	Chengdu	2012	119 m / 389 ft
30	Wangjing SOHO T1	Beijing	2014	118 m / 387 ft
31	Raffles City Chengdu Office Block 3	Chengdu	2012	112 m / 369 ft
31	Raffles City Chengdu Serviced Apartment Block	Chengdu	2012	112 m / 369 ft
33	Shanghai New Hualian Mansion	Shanghai	1997	108 m / 354 ft
34	Shenye TaiRan Building	Shenzhen	2012	106 m / 348 ft
35	Linked Hybrid T2	Beijing	2009	66 m / 217 ft
35	Linked Hybrid T3	Beijing	2009	66 m / 217 ft
35	Linked Hybrid T5	Beijing	2009	66 m / 217 ft
35	Linked Hybrid T6	Beijing	2009	66 m / 217 ft
35	Linked Hybrid T9	Beijing	2009	66 m / 217 ft
40	Linked Hybrid T8	Beijing	2009	60 m / 197 ft
41	Linked Hybrid T7	Beijing	2009	45 m / 146 ft

CTBUH Initiatives Involving China Academy of Building Research

Skybridges: Bringing the Horizontal into the Vertical Realm

02 July 2020

This symposium gathered many successful practitioners sharing their experiences and discussing the recreation of the urban realm in the sky through connections between buildings at height.

Ping An Finance Center Now Fourth Tallest Building in the World

27 March 2017

CTBUH has certified the completion of Ping An Finance Center. At 599 meters it is the tallest building in Shenzhen, second tallest in China, and fourth tallest worldwide.

Composite Megacolumns Report Now Available

12 January 2017

The summary of the research project on composite megacolumns, sponsorsed by ArcelorMittal, and is now available on the CTBUH Shop.

Top Company Rankings: The World’s 100 Tallest Buildings

13 October 2016

The Council is pleased to announce the Top Company Rankings for numerous disciplines as derived from the list of projects appearing in 100 of the World’s Tallest Buildings.

Interesting Results from Second Round of Megacolumn Tests

27–29 July 2015

CTBUH research division members attended the second round of tests in Beijing related to the Megacolumn Research project, sponsored by ArcelorMittal.

First Composite Megacolumns Test a Big Success

05 February 2015

The large research team working on the composite megacolumns research project gathered in Beijing to start the test campaign on the first megacolumn samples.