After new China (People’s Republic of China) was founded,Ī sixty-nine metre- tall landmark of the city centre- Bell Tower and Telecommunicationsīuilding was constructed (Kuzi 2017). Of Sichuan University) built in 1926, which is a thirty metres tall traditional Chinese styleīrick and wood structure. The former West China University of Medical Science (now West China Medical Center The very first modern high-rise building in Chengdu is the Bell Tower of
Public buildings (Figure 2.39) in Chengdu also experienced the similar process of Of public buildings in CBDs in most Chinese cities (Wu 2016). Process in Western cities, and the skyscrapers with multi-functions dominate the form The development of high-rise public buildings in China just followed that Slender shape with double-skin & triple glazing façade dominates the form of high-riseīuildings. In terms of buildings services and revolutions of façade material (Oldfield et al. Since the first generation high-rising building- the Home Insurance Building in Chicagoīuilt in 1885 (Turak 1985), there have been five generations of High-rise public buildings Those innovations and achievements are always firstly applied in public buildings. The appearance and development of high-rise typology have been impacted byĬhanges in regulatory policies, innovation of technology and materials (Oldfield et al.Ģ008), and land shortage and massive interest of developers (P. I) High-rise Commercial Estate in Chengdu: city complex and HOPSCA Modernity.’ …‘In particular, high-rise building is often seen as an icon of a developed (Western) society-especially that of the US which led the world in the construction of the first modern tall building and whose subsequent development became a model for 20th-century urban development.’ - (Yuen et al. Technical Specification for Concrete Structure of Tall Buildings (CAAS 2010) ‘High-rise Buildings: residential building structures with 10 stories and more than ten stories or more than 28 metres, and other civil building structures whose height is greater than 24 metres.’