• There were four steps in the approach to the Pearl River Tower's high-performance design: reduction, absorption, reclamation, and generation.
  • The Pearl River Tower's design enables it to funnel wind through four large wind turbines to generate up to 15 times more energy than regular freestanding turbines.
  • Awarded the project through a design competition, SOM’s team set out to create one of the world’s most energy-efficient skyscrapers. Pearl River Tower © Tim Griffith.
  • The Pearl River Tower is one of many tall buildings that have recently sprouted in Guangzhou's new business district.
  • China's Pearl River Tower in Guangzhou is the world's first super tall smart building. With its revolutionary aerodynamic shape, the Pearl River Tower sets t...
  • At the time it was the tallest building in the world and stands as a land mark across the road of Pearl River Tower, the destination of our engineers this time.
  • Skidmore Owings & Merrill LLP (SOM)’s design for the 71-story Pearl River Tower in Guangzhou, China, was selected in a 2005 competition.
  • SUSTAINABILITY FEATURES Pearl River Tower is designed to be one of the world’s highest-performing super-tall buildings.
  • No.222, Yuejiang West Road, Zhuhai District, Guangzhou, by the Pearl River Bank, at the northeast of Canton Tower.
  • The design of the Pearl River Tower is intended to minimise harm to the environment and it will extract energy from the natural and passive forces surrounding the...