Bitexco Financial Tower
| Bitexco Financial Tower | |
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Tòa nhà Bitexco Financial, Tháp Tài chính Bitexco | |
Interactive map of the Bitexco Financial Tower area | |
| Record height | |
| Tallest in Vietnam from 2010 to 2011[I] | |
| Preceded by | Saigon Trade Center |
| Surpassed by | Landmark 72 |
| General information | |
| Status | Completed |
| Type | Office (primary) Shopping mall Restaurant |
| Architectural style | Neo-futurism |
| Location | No.2 Hải Triều Street, Saigon, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam |
| Coordinates | 10°46′18″N 106°42′16″E / 10.77167°N 106.70444°E |
| Groundbreaking | September 2005 |
| Construction started | June 2007 |
| Topped-out | 2010 |
| Opening | 31 October 2010 |
| Owner | Bitexco Group |
| Management | Turner International, DLS |
| Height | |
| Roof | 262.5 meters (861 ft) |
| Top floor | 258.5 meters (848 ft) |
| Observatory | 178 meters (584 ft) at Level 49 |
| Technical details | |
| Floor count | 68 (and 3 basement floors) |
| Floor area | 114,000 square metres (1,230,000 sq ft) |
| Lifts/elevators | 16 |
| Design and construction | |
| Architects | Carlos Zapata Studio, Jean-Marie Duthilleul and Etienne Tricaud |
| Architecture firm | AREP |
| Developer | Bitexco Group |
| Engineer | DSA Engineering (M&E) |
| Structural engineer | Leslie E. Robertson Associates RLLP and VNCC |
| Main contractor | Hyundai Engineering and Construction |
| Other information | |
| Parking | 2 basements (B1 + B2): 13,000 square metres (140,000 sq ft), around 600 cars and 1,300 motorbikes |
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| Website | |
| Bitexco Financial Tower | |
| References | |
Bitexco Financial Tower (Vietnamese: Tháp Tài chính Bitexco) is a skyscraper in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam. At its completion in 2010, it became the tallest building in Vietnam and kept this status until January 2011, when it was surpassed by Keangnam Hanoi Landmark Tower. With 68 floors above ground and three basements, the building has a height of 262.5 metres (861 ft), making it the second tallest building in the city, fourth tallest in Vietnam, and the 412th tallest in the world, as of May 2022.
The tower is owned by Bitexco Group, a Vietnamese multi-industry corporation, with a focus on real estate development. The building also houses the Ho Chi Minh City representative office of Bitexco Group, while its headquarters are in Hanoi.
The tower was designed by Carlos Zapata, Design Principal and Founder of Carlos Zapata Studio, with French company AREP as architect of record. Designer Zapata, who was born in Venezuela but based in New York City, drew inspiration for this skyscraper's unique shape from Vietnam's national flower, the Lotus.
The tower was officially inaugurated on 31 October 2010. In 2013, CNN named the Bitexco Financial Tower one of the 25 Great Skyscraper Icons of Construction. In 2015, Thrillist named the Bitexco Financial Tower the #2 Coolest Skyscraper in the World.