Carlton Centre vs Tianjin World Financial Center

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The Carlton Centre is a 50 story skyscraper and shopping centre situated in downtown Johannesburg, South Africa. In 223 metres (732 feet ), it is the second tallest building in Africa following The Leonardo and the tallest office building. The foundations of both buildings in the complex are 5 m (16 feet ) in diameter and extend 15 m (49 feet ) down to the bedrock, 35 m (115 feet ) below street level.

The building houses both offices and shops, and has over 46 percent of the floor area below ground level. The Carlton Centre is linked to the Carlton Hotel by a below-ground shopping centre with over 180 shops.

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The Tianjin Tower, or Jin Tower (Chinese: ??; pinyin: J?nt?), or Tianjin World Financial Center (Chinese: ????????; pinyin: Ti?nj?n Huánqiú J?nróng Zh?ngx?n) is a Contemporary supertall skyscraper located in the Heping District of Tianjin, China, on the banks of the Hai River.

The mixed-use tower is 336.9 meters (1,105 ft) tall and contains 74 floors above ground and 4 below, with an observation deck in 305.2 meters (1,001 ft). The region of the glass unitized curtain wall, manufactured by Jangho Group, is 215,000m². It's notable as the first office building in Tianjin to be equipped with double decker elevators.The skyscraper was topped-out on January 14, 2010 and opened in 2011. The building is owned by Financial Street Holding, with JLL (company) as joint sales and leasing agents.

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