广州塔
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 20xx and became operational on September 29, 20xx for the 20xx Asian Games
The Canton Tower, in Chinese called Guǎngzhōu tǎ (also called Guangzhou TV & Sightseeing Tower) is the second tallest structure in the world after Burj Dubai in Dubai, UAE. 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. 20xx 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 20xx open to the public.
For a long time the city-government of Guangzhou wavered to decide on the Guangzhou TV & Sightseeing Tower's name. On 29 September 20xx finally came the decision. On this day it was officially announced that it was simply going to be called Canton Tower, after the city's former name.
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广州塔(又称广州电视观光塔附近的赤岗塔、海珠区、广州、广东、中国塔。它是在20xx，并于20xx年9月29日开始运作的20xx届亚运会
广州塔，在中国被称为广州塔(又称广州电视观光塔)是第二世界上最高的建筑物在迪拜的迪拜塔，UAE。广州塔是由荷兰建筑师马克·海默尔和基础架构与信息工程师阿勒普Barbara Kuit设计的，国际的设计、工程和商业咨询的公司，总部设在伦敦，英国。20xx信息基础架构和阿勒普赢得国际竞争，在全球许多大型建筑公司参与。同年，阿勒普的团队在阿姆斯特丹开发了IBA的塔的概念设计。在以后的阶段IBA主要阿勒普的乡土中国办事处和当地设计院合作。该塔虽然尚未完全竣工，但自十月1日起向公众开放20xx。
很长一段时间以来，广州市政府一直在犹豫决定“广州电视观光塔”的名字。29九月20xx终于决定了。在这一天，官方宣布，它将被称为广州塔后，城市的原名。