Incheon Tower

Infobox Skyscraper
building Under Construction
building_name = Incheon Tower


location=Incheon, South Korea
antenna_spire=610 m (2,001 ft)
roof=610 m (2,001 ft)
floor_count=151
floor_area=600,000 m²
groundbreaking= June 2008
est_completion=2013 [Fackler, Martin. May 27, 2007. "South Korea Joins Rush to Build Ever Taller Buildings". "New York Times." [http://www.nytimes.com/2007/05/27/world/asia/27skyscraper.html?pagewanted=2&ei=5089&en=fa7fbd33c9f52b26&ex=1337918400&partner=rssyahoo&emc=rss] ]
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architect=John Portman
developer=Hyundai Construction Company & Samsung CorpThe Incheon Tower is a 151-floor, 610 m (2,001 ft) supertall tower in Incheon, South Korea currently under construction. It will cover over six square kilometers of land and will be about convert|20|mi|km|0 away from the nation's capital, Seoul.

Atlanta-based developer Portman Holdings, run by John Portman, has already signed an agreement with South Korean officials to build this tower, which would surpass the current 264 meter (865 ft) Samsung Tower Palace 3 - Tower G as the tallest building in South Korea. The building will be part of a residential, office, and hotel complex, covering 1,500 acres (6 km²) and costing $11 billion. This tower is estimated to be completed in 2012. The Incheon Tower will be tied with the Guangzhou TV & Sightseeing Tower as the fifth-tallest building when it is complete after the Burj Dubai (818 m (2,684 ft), Lanco Hills Signature Tower (640 m (2,099 ft)) Pentominium (618 m (2,028 ft)) and the Russia Tower (612 m (2,008.53 ft). An agreement was signed with the Portman Consortium on 27 August 2007 to start construction on the Incheon Free Economic Zone, which will include the Incheon Tower. The Landmark City with the 151-story Incheon Tower (with a gross floor area of 600,000 ㎡) and the artificial lake (730,000 ㎡) will be developed in phases by 2017.

References

External links

* [http://eng.ifez.go.kr/relation/multi_experience/tower.asp Incheon Tower page from IFEZ website]
* [http://money.cnn.com/2006/02/07/news/international/tallest_building/ CNN Money Article]
* [http://www.newswire.co.kr/read_sub.php?id=276542 Press Release from Korean newswire]
* [http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showthread.php?t=480186 Discussion on SkyscraperCity.com forums]
* [http://skyscraperpage.com/cities/?buildingID=46188 Entry on SkyscraperPage.com]
* [http://www.emporis.com/en/wm/bu/?id=257689 Entry on Emporis (Incheon Tower 1)]
* [http://www.emporis.com/en/wm/bu/?id=257861 Entry on Emporis (Incheon Tower 2)]