Longxi International Hotel, Supertall skyscraper in Wuxi, China
Longxi International Hotel is a 328 meter tall skyscraper in Wuxi with 74 floors above ground and a distinctive glass sphere crowning its top. The tower houses a hotel, office spaces, and retail areas within its single structure.
Construction began in 2008 according to the English Wikipedia, while the Chinese Wikipedia gives 2007; the tower was completed in 2011 and opened on 12 October 2011. It rises 328 m with 74 stories in Huashi Town, Jiangyin, Wuxi, Jiangsu.
The tower's name, Hanging Village of Huaxi (Kongzhong Huaxi Cun), refers to Huaxi New Village in Huashi town, Jiangyin, the settlement it rises from. Its glass sphere holds a revolving restaurant run by the hotel, so diners eat while the view of the surrounding Jiangsu plain turns around them.
The tower's lift system is split by function: shuttle lifts in the central core serve the sky corridor and observation deck, while separate banks run to the revolving restaurant on floors 69-72 and to the presidential suites. Guest-room lifts rise in three side towers, and one lift in each is fitted for wheelchair access.
The glass sphere at the top houses a revolving restaurant, reached by two dedicated food-service elevators (L7–L8) that run only between floors 69 and 72. The tower's official name, Hanging Village of Huaxi, refers to Huaxi New Village in Huashi Town, Jiangyin, where it stands.
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