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Canton Tower
(also known as Guangzhou TV & Sightseeing Tower]) is a tower near Chigang Pagoda, Haizhu District, Guangzhou, Guangdong, China. It was topped-out in 2009 and became operational on September 29, 2010 for the 2010 Asian Games.
The Canton Tower (also called Guangzhou TV & Sightseeing Tower) is the seventh tallest structure in the world. The Canton Tower is designed by the Dutch architects Mark Hemel and Barbara Kuit of Information Based Architecture together with engineers Arup, the international design, engineering and business consulting firm headquartered in London, UK. 2004 Information Based Architecture and Arup won the international competition, in which many of the world's larger architectural offices participated. The same year the IBA - Arup team in Amsterdam developed the tower's concept design. In later stages IBA cooperated mainly with the local Chinese offices of Arup and a Local Design Institute. The tower although not fully completed yet is since 1 October 2010 open to the public.
