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== History ==

The history of skyscrapers in Beijing began in 1959 with the completion of the [[Minzu Hotel]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://english.visitbeijing.com.cn/a1/a-X8RUIO2741BD4FC5E22798|title=Minzu Hotel Beijing|publisher=Beijing Tourism|access-date=2010-12-22}}</ref> Beijing's skyline gradually expanded upward at a modest rate for three decades. The completion of the [[World Trade Center (Beijing)|China World Trade Center Tower 1]] in 1989 marked the beginning of Beijing's first building boom that lasted ten years.<ref name="CWTC Emp"/> During this time period, four skyscrapers taller than {{Convert|150|m|ft|abbr=on|0}} were completed, including the {{Convert|208|m|ft|abbr=on|0}} [[Jing Guang Centre]], which stood as the tallest building in Beijing from 1990–2006.<ref name="JGC Emp">{{Cite web|title=Jing Guang Center|url=http://www.emporis.com/en/wm/bu/?id=jingguangcenter-beijing-china|accessarchive-dateurl=2008https://archive.today/20130409140826/http://www.emporis.com/en/wm/bu/?id=jingguangcenter-01beijing-05china|publisherurl-status=Emporis.com}}{{dead link|archive-date=SeptemberApril 20229, 2013|botaccess-date=medic}}{{cbignore2008-01-05|botpublisher=medicEmporis.com}}</ref> A second, much larger boom began in 2004 and continues into the present, where twelve skyscrapers taller than {{Convert|150|m|ft|abbr=on|0}} were finished. Many of the skyscrapers completed during both building booms are located in [[Chaoyang District, Beijing|Chaoyang District]],<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.emporis.com/en/wm/bo/?id=100916|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20040608020442/http://www.emporis.com/en/wm/bo/?id=100916|url-status=dead|archive-date=June 8, 2004|title=Chaoyang District|publisher=Emporis.com|access-date=2008-08-23}}</ref> including the Beijing TV Centre, Park Tower and Fortune Plaza Office Building 1, all of which served as the tallest building in the city for a time.<ref name="FP1"/><ref name="PT Emp"/><ref name="BTVC Emp"/> In December 2008, the number of completed highrise buildings were increased to 895 in Beijing.<ref name="EmpS">{{cite web|url=http://www.emporis.com/en/wm/ci/bu/sk/li/?id=100214&bt=2&ht=2&sro=1|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20040608040708/http://www.emporis.com/en/wm/ci/bu/sk/li/?id=100214&bt=2&ht=2&sro=1|url-status=dead|archive-date=June 8, 2004|title=High-rise Buildings of Beijing|publisher=Emporis.com|access-date=2008-08-23}}</ref>

Another famous project in the city is the {{Convert|234|m|ft|abbr=on|0}}, 51-storey [[CCTV Headquarters]] building, nicknamed "Big Shorts".<ref name="CCTV Emp"/><ref name="TNY">{{cite magazine|url=https://www.newyorker.com/arts/critics/skyline/2008/06/30/080630crsk_skyline_goldberger |title=Forbidden Cities: Beijing's great new architecture is a mixed blessing for the city. |access-date=2008-08-05 |magazine=The New Yorker |date=2008-06-30 }}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=http://edition.cnn.com/2008/TRAVEL/getaways/07/02/changing.beijing.ap/index.html |title=Building boom transforming Beijing cityscape |date=2008-07-02 |agency=[[Associated press]] |publisher=[[CNN]] |access-date=2008-08-23 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080720083917/http://edition.cnn.com/2008/TRAVEL/getaways/07/02/changing.beijing.ap/index.html |archive-date=2008-07-20 |url-status=dead }}</ref> The skyscraper is not a traditional tower, but a continuous loop of five horizontal and vertical sections, creating an irregular grid on the building’s [[facade]] with an open center. With {{Convert|389079|m2|sqft|-1}} of office space, the skyscraper is the largest office building in China and the second-largest in the world, after the [[The Pentagon|Pentagon]].<ref name="TNY"/><ref name="CCTV Sky"/> In December 2008, there were 45 projects under construction and proposed in Beijing.<ref name="EmpS"/>

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| This is the tallest building completed in Beijing before 2000; opened in December 1989.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://articleswww.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1989-12-27/business/-fi-927_1_office927-spacestory.html|title = Archives|website = [[Los Angeles Times]]}}</ref>

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| 2008

| <ref>{{Cite web|title=Pangu Plaza Office Building|url=http://www.emporis.com/en/wm/bu/?id=buildinga,panguplaza-beijing-china|accessarchive-dateurl=2008https://archive.today/20120911083648/http://www.emporis.com/en/wm/bu/?id=buildinga,panguplaza-08beijing-23china|publisherurl-status=Emporis.com}}{{dead link|archive-date=September 202211, 2012|botaccess-date=medic}}{{cbignore2008-08-23|botpublisher=medicEmporis.com}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=Pangu Plaza|url=http://skyscraperpage.com/cities/?buildingID=77692|access-date=2008-08-23|publisher=SkyscraperPage.com}}</ref>

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| 2007

| This building is also known as Silvertie Center Tower 1.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Yintai Office Tower|url=http://www.emporis.com/en/wm/bu/?id=beijingyintaicentretower1-beijing-china|accessarchive-dateurl=2008https://archive.today/20120729163310/http://www.emporis.com/en/wm/bu/?id=beijingyintaicentretower1-01beijing-05china|publisherurl-status=Emporis.com}}{{dead link|archive-date=SeptemberJuly 202229, 2012|botaccess-date=medic}}{{cbignore2008-01-05|botpublisher=medicEmporis.com}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=Silvertie Center Tower 1|url=http://skyscraperpage.com/cities/?buildingID=20519|access-date=2008-01-05|publisher=SkyscraperPage.com}}</ref>

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| 2007

| This building is also known as the Park Hyatt Hotel at Silvertie Center.<ref>{{Cite web|title=PICC Office Tower|url=http://www.emporis.com/en/wm/bu/?id=beijingyintaicentretower3-beijing-china|accessarchive-dateurl=2008https://archive.today/20120729193057/http://www.emporis.com/en/wm/bu/?id=beijingyintaicentretower3-01beijing-05china|publisherurl-status=Emporis.com}}{{dead link|archive-date=SeptemberJuly 202229, 2012|botaccess-date=medic}}{{cbignore2008-01-05|botpublisher=medicEmporis.com}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=The Park Hyatt Hotel at Silvertie Center|url=http://skyscraperpage.com/cities/?buildingID=20903|access-date=2008-01-05|publisher=SkyscraperPage.com}}</ref>

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| 2006

| This building is also known as Huamao Center Tower 1.<ref>{{Cite web|title=China Central Place|url=http://www.emporis.com/en/wm/bu/?id=chinacentralplacetower1-beijing-china|accessarchive-dateurl=2008https://archive.today/20130409075028/http://www.emporis.com/en/wm/bu/?id=chinacentralplacetower1-01beijing-05china|publisherurl-status=Emporis.com}}{{dead link|archive-date=SeptemberApril 20229, 2013|botaccess-date=medic}}{{cbignore2008-01-05|botpublisher=medicEmporis.com}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=Huamao Center Tower 1|url=http://skyscraperpage.com/cities/?buildingID=28962|access-date=2008-01-05|publisher=SkyscraperPage.com}}</ref>

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| 2007

| This building is also known as Huamao Center Tower 2.<ref>{{Cite web|title=China Central Place Tower 2|url=http://www.emporis.com/en/wm/bu/?id=chinacentralplacetower2-beijing-china|accessarchive-dateurl=2008https://archive.today/20130220042843/http://www.emporis.com/en/wm/bu/?id=chinacentralplacetower2-01beijing-05china|publisherurl-status=Emporis.com}}{{dead link|archive-date=SeptemberFebruary 202220, 2013|botaccess-date=medic}}{{cbignore2008-01-05|botpublisher=medicEmporis.com}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=Huamao Center Tower 2|url=http://skyscraperpage.com/cities/?buildingID=28963|access-date=2008-01-05|publisher=SkyscraperPage.com}}</ref>

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| 2006

| <ref>{{Cite web|title=Zhongguancun Financial Center|url=http://www.emporis.com/en/wm/bu/?id=zhongguancunfinancialcenter-beijing-china|accessarchive-dateurl=2008https://archive.today/20130409032831/http://www.emporis.com/en/wm/bu/?id=zhongguancunfinancialcenter-01beijing-05china|publisherurl-status=Emporis.com}}{{dead link|archive-date=SeptemberApril 20229, 2013|botaccess-date=medic}}{{cbignore2008-01-05|botpublisher=medicEmporis.com}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=Zhongguancun Financial Center|url=http://skyscraperpage.com/cities/?buildingID=20623|access-date=2008-01-05|publisher=SkyscraperPage.com}}</ref>

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| 2004

| <ref>{{Cite web|title=Crown Tower A|url=http://www.emporis.com/en/wm/bu/?id=crowntowera-beijing-china|accessarchive-dateurl=2008https://archive.today/20130409022133/http://www.emporis.com/en/wm/bu/?id=crowntowera-01beijing-05china|publisherurl-status=Emporis.com}}{{dead link|archive-date=SeptemberApril 20229, 2013|botaccess-date=medic}}{{cbignore2008-01-05|botpublisher=medicEmporis.com}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=Crown Tower|url=http://skyscraperpage.com/cities/?buildingID=21021|access-date=2008-01-05|publisher=SkyscraperPage.com}}</ref>

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| 2007

| This building is also known as Huamao Center Tower 3.<ref>{{Cite web|title=China Central Place Tower 3|url=http://www.emporis.com/en/wm/bu/?id=chinacentralplacetower3-beijing-china|accessarchive-dateurl=2008https://archive.today/20130208045311/http://www.emporis.com/en/wm/bu/?id=chinacentralplacetower3-01beijing-05china|publisherurl-status=Emporis.com}}{{dead link|archive-date=SeptemberFebruary 20228, 2013|botaccess-date=medic}}{{cbignore2008-01-05|botpublisher=medicEmporis.com}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=Huamao Center Tower 3|url=http://skyscraperpage.com/cities/?buildingID=28964|access-date=2008-01-05|publisher=SkyscraperPage.com}}</ref>

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| 1999

| <ref>{{Cite web|title=Anzhen Building|url=http://www.emporis.com/en/wm/bu/?id=anzhenbuilding-beijing-china|accessarchive-dateurl=2008https://archive.today/20120730165154/http://www.emporis.com/en/wm/bu/?id=anzhenbuilding-01beijing-05china|publisherurl-status=Emporis.com}}{{dead link|archive-date=SeptemberJuly 202230, 2012|botaccess-date=medic}}{{cbignore2008-01-05|botpublisher=medicEmporis.com}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=Anzhen Building|url=http://skyscraperpage.com/cities/?buildingID=34545|access-date=2008-01-05|publisher=SkyscraperPage.com}}</ref>

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| 1998

| <ref>{{Cite web|title=Beijing World Financial Center|url=http://www.emporis.com/en/wm/bu/?id=beijingworldfinancialcenter-beijing-china|accessarchive-dateurl=2008https://archive.today/20120729053033/http://www.emporis.com/en/wm/bu/?id=beijingworldfinancialcenter-01beijing-05china|publisherurl-status=Emporis.com}}{{dead link|archive-date=SeptemberJuly 202229, 2012|botaccess-date=medic}}{{cbignore2008-01-05|botpublisher=medicEmporis.com}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=Beijing World Financial Center|url=http://skyscraperpage.com/cities/?buildingID=21046|access-date=2008-01-05|publisher=SkyscraperPage.com}}</ref>

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| 2001

| <ref>{{Cite web|title=Cyber Tower A|url=http://www.emporis.com/en/wm/bu/?id=cybertowera-beijing-china|accessarchive-dateurl=2008https://archive.today/20120729073414/http://www.emporis.com/en/wm/bu/?id=cybertowera-01beijing-05china|publisherurl-status=Emporis.com}}{{dead link|archive-date=SeptemberJuly 202229, 2012|botaccess-date=medic}}{{cbignore2008-01-05|botpublisher=medicEmporis.com}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=Cyber Tower A|url=http://skyscraperpage.com/cities/?buildingID=20853|access-date=2008-01-05|publisher=SkyscraperPage.com}}</ref>

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| 1998

| <ref>{{Cite web|title=Kerry Centre North Tower|url=http://www.emporis.com/en/wm/bu/?id=kerrycentrenorthtower-beijing-china|accessarchive-dateurl=2008https://archive.today/20120730192835/http://www.emporis.com/en/wm/bu/?id=kerrycentrenorthtower-01beijing-05china|publisherurl-status=Emporis.com}}{{dead link|archive-date=SeptemberJuly 202230, 2012|botaccess-date=medic}}{{cbignore2008-01-05|botpublisher=medicEmporis.com}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=Kerry Centre North Tower|url=http://skyscraperpage.com/cities/?buildingID=30266|access-date=2008-01-05|publisher=SkyscraperPage.com}}</ref>

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| 1998

| <ref>{{Cite web|title=Kerry Centre South Tower|url=http://www.emporis.com/en/wm/bu/?id=kerrycentresouthtower-beijing-china|accessarchive-dateurl=2008https://archive.today/20120728200958/http://www.emporis.com/en/wm/bu/?id=kerrycentresouthtower-01beijing-05china|publisherurl-status=Emporis.com}}{{dead link|archive-date=SeptemberJuly 202228, 2012|botaccess-date=medic}}{{cbignore2008-01-05|botpublisher=medicEmporis.com}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=Kerry Centre South Tower|url=http://skyscraperpage.com/cities/?buildingID=30320|access-date=2008-01-05|publisher=SkyscraperPage.com}}</ref>

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| 2000

| <ref>{{Cite web|title=Beijing Tengda Building|url=http://www.emporis.com/en/wm/bu/?id=beijingtengdabuilding-beijing-china|accessarchive-dateurl=2008https://archive.today/20120730212625/http://www.emporis.com/en/wm/bu/?id=beijingtengdabuilding-01beijing-05china|publisherurl-status=Emporis.com}}{{dead link|archive-date=SeptemberJuly 202230, 2012|botaccess-date=medic}}{{cbignore2008-01-05|botpublisher=medicEmporis.com}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=Beijing Tengda Building|url=http://skyscraperpage.com/cities/?buildingID=20691|access-date=2008-01-05|publisher=SkyscraperPage.com}}</ref>

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| 1995

| <ref>{{Cite web|title=Jinggang City Plaza|url=http://www.emporis.com/en/wm/bu/?id=jinggangcityplaza-beijing-china|accessarchive-dateurl=2008https://archive.today/20120905213328/http://www.emporis.com/en/wm/bu/?id=jinggangcityplaza-01beijing-05china|publisherurl-status=Emporis.com}}{{dead link|archive-date=September 20225, 2012|botaccess-date=medic}}{{cbignore2008-01-05|botpublisher=medicEmporis.com}}</ref>

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