BBG playing major role in 21st century China.Brennan Beer Gorman Architects (BBG BBG Brooklyn Botanic Garden BBG Broadcasting Board of Governors BBG Bloomberg (financial company) BBG Bundesbeamtengesetz (German Law) BBG Bergbau-Berufsgenossenschaft (Germany) ) has designed the latest addition to the new Shenzhen City Center in Shenzhen, China. A significant contribution to one of the most important cities for 21st century China, the Times Financial Center is a 28-story, 60,000 s/m office tower that includes offices for a major Chinese bank and other tenants, as well as retail space, a banking hall and three levels of below-grade parking. The first economic free trade zone in China and neighbor of Hong Kong Hong Kong (hŏng kŏng), Mandarin Xianggang, special administrative region of China, formerly a British crown colony (2005 est. pop. 6,899,000), land area 422 sq mi (1,092 sq km), adjacent to Guangdong prov. , Shenzhen has become an important business center in its own right. The master plan for Shenzhen City Center, a new commercial office district, includes 13 development parcels designed around two urban parks. The Times Financial Center building is located on the western side of the newly created East Park, bound by Yitian Road and three new roads to the north, south and west. "Shenzhen is a dynamic city, emerging as a business center of global significance," said Jack Guo Qing Fang, of the Times Financial Center Development Co., Ltd. "We selected BBG Architects because we believed that they could best translate that energy into a fresh, international design. In addition, the firm's wealth of experience in Asia and expertise in the design of large, complex office towers ensured that the project will be efficient and well-coordinated." The building has been designed as a landmark for the Shenzhen City Center and features a contemporary facade facade (fəsäd`), exterior face or wall of a building. The term implies ordered placement of its openings and other features and thus seems inapplicable to a wall without design. of stone, metal and glass. Granite columns balanced by glass vision and spandrel spandrel Roughly triangular area on either side of an arch, bounded by a line running horizontally through its apex, a line rising vertically from the springing of the arch, and the exterior curve of the arch. panels accentuate ac·cen·tu·ate tr.v. ac·cen·tu·at·ed, ac·cen·tu·at·ing, ac·cen·tu·ates 1. To stress or emphasize; intensify: the verticality of the design. Two architectural spires, identifying this as the main entry facade of the building top the north face of the tower. The western facade features a large terrace at the fifth floor setback setback In architecture, a steplike recession in the profile of a high-rise building. Usually dictated by building codes to allow sunlight to reach streets and lower floors, the building must take another step back from the street for every specified added height interval. , offering stunning views of the nearby park. The north and' west facades will feature dramatic double volume pedestrian entrances. BBG is currently designing a new Regent REGENT. 1. A ruler, a governor. The term is usually applied to one who governs a regency, or rules in the place of another. 2. In the canon law, it signifies a master or professor of a college. Dict. du Dr. Call. h.t. 3. Hotel in Ningbo, China. |
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