Leatop Plaza / Murphy Jahn

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Guangzhou, China
  • Architects: Murphy/Jahn
  • Area Area of this architecture project Area:  161000
  • Year Completion year of this architecture project Year:  2012
  • Photographs
    Photographs:Murphy/Jahn
  • Manufacturers Brands with products used in this architecture project
    Manufacturers:  Kuraray

Text description provided by the architects. The Leatop Plaza development represents a key project for the completion of the "Gateway" at the North End of the central city axis of the Zhujiang New Town. The prominent location calls for an Emblematic Tower. The result is a simple, bold, clear and elegant shape, with a crisp geometry crowned by a sharply sloped roof. The glass layers of the façade create a sculptural image, as if cut from a block of ice.

Leatop Plaza / Murphy Jahn - Cityscape, Windows
Courtesy of Murphy/Jahn

The buildings strong presence derives from the simplicity of its form, the clarity of its structural systems and the expressive values of the shingled façade; transparent, translucent, opaque, reflective and luminous.

Leatop Plaza / Murphy Jahn - Facade, Cityscape
Courtesy of Murphy/Jahn

The Leatop Plaza Tower is light, transparent and energy efficient. It maximizes views and strengthens the urban connections and relationships of this challenging context. With very subtle moves, the tower redefines the conventional way we look at tall buildings. The efficient, multi-story diagonal braces on all four faces of the tower provide a tube-like primary bracing structure, stiffening the tower and minimizing the central concrete core.

Leatop Plaza / Murphy Jahn - Cityscape
Courtesy of Murphy/Jahn

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Address:Guangzhou, Guangdong, China

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Cite: "Leatop Plaza / Murphy Jahn" 17 May 2012. ArchDaily. Accessed . <https://www.archdaily.com/231557/leatop-plaza-murphyjahn> ISSN 0719-8884

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