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HENN wins the first prize in the international competition to design the Haikou Tower in Haikou, China. The Masterplan for the central business district of Haikou marks a major milestone in a series of recent designs by HENN. The competition was realized by the Berlin-based design & research HENN StudioB in cooperation with IPPR International Engineering Corporation, Arup, Front and Lumen3.

The other participants of the competition for Haikou Tower were Wilkinson Eyre with Shenzhen Huasen Architecture Design Company, Broadway Malyan with Shanghai Architecture Design Institute, Zaha Hadid Architects with Guangdong Architecture Design Institute, RMJM/Alsop with Southern China University of Science and Technology, Zeidler with Beijing Institute of Architecture Design, Scott Wilson with Eastern China Architecture Design Institute, IBI with China Academy of Architecture Design Research.

Exterior View

• Architects: Henn StudioB
• Project: Haikou Tower
• Location: Haikou, China
• Client: Hainan Airline Group
• Program: Office, Hotel, Conference, Commercial
• Area: 320,000 sqm
• Status: Competition 1st prize
• Local Partner: IPPR International Engineering Corporation
• Consultants: Arup, Front, Lumen 3
• Design Team: Leander Adrian, Daniel da Rocha, Martin Henn, Kaowen Ho, Markus Jacobi, Agata Kycia, Paul Langley, Klaus Ransmayr, Max Schwitalla, Wei Sun, Xin Wang, Mu Xingyu

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