Shenzhen Futuristic Sky Island Tower

The winning architectural design for the city’s New City Center Landmark competition has been awarded to Sou Fujimoto Architects for their floating water tower in Shenzhen’s Qianhaiwan area. The new skyscraper, which will rise in Qianhai Bay, will resemble a freestanding, cylindrical water fountain. Sou Fujimoto Arhcitects’ tower, which will reach a height of 268 meters, will be supported by 99 pillar-like support beams, or “islands,” that will bear the tower’s upper horizontal framework. Starting at the bay and progressing to the circular top deck, the new tower’s pillars progressively increase in breadth and height to close in on the design’s symbolic homage to “society’s future in the era of technology.”