Design 2007/9-2007/12

The Dancing Books Tower are situated in a densely populated downtown area near Hongshan Plaza of the historic district of Wuchang, with Yangtze River about two Kilometers to the south, Dong Hu Lake 1.5 km to the north, and the well known Huang-He Lou Watch Tower about 5 km to the west.

The project is comprised of two160-meter skyscrapers and twelve exclusively high-end courtyard houses at the foot of the towers. Of the two skyscrapers, one is a one unit per floor apartment, with a typical floor about 400 square meters each; and the other one, with each floor measures about 600 square meters, is a six unit per floor luxury service apartment-hotel. Due to their small floor plans and unusual height, the towers look exceptionally slim and elegant in their proportion.

Each floor of the two towers are slightly shifted, generating a sense of free horizontal movement while soaring into the sky, a status that makes people wonder how this could be reality. The “dancing of the plans” creates ever-changing combination of gestures, passing out an enchanting atmosphere to the urbanscapes of Wuhan City.

Official Project Name:  “The Peak” Towers, CRLand
Nick Name: “The Dancing Books” Tower
Project Location: Wuhan
Site Area:  13800 sqm
Total Area: 43000 sqm
Architect: standardarchitecture 标准营造
Chief Designer: Zhang Ke, Zhang Hong, Hou Zhenghua
Design Team: Zhao Yang, Sun Wei, Wan Wenli, Wang Feng, Yu Chunshui, Huang Di
Structural Consultant: China Academy of Building Research, Beijing
Local Design Institution: Central-South Architectural Design Institute, Wuhan
Design Date: 2007
Construction Time: 2008-2009
Structural System: Concrete & Steel double-tube structure

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