Songdo Incheon Towers
The Songdo Incheon Twin Towers are a pair of supertall skyscrapers planned for completion in 2012. The $3 billion, 2,013 ft (614 m) tall twin towers will be the centerpiece of a 13,000 acre (53 km²) urban development, called New Songdo City, located in Incheon, South Korea. The towers will be connected by three sky bridges and house a hotel, a convention center, offices and a shopping mall. Incheon officials hope the towers will replace General MacArthur’s epic landing as a symbol for the city.
The preliminary vision for the project, located in District Six and Eight of Songdo, is a multi-use development with the centerpiece being the 151-story Incheon Tower. When completed, the planned structure will be the tallest building in Northeast Asia. The master planned development will include approximately 1,500-acres of re-claimed land from the Yellow Sea in Songdo, the Incheon Free Economic Zone (IFEZ), a new suburb on the eastern side of Incheon, which is located 30 km from Seoul. When completed, preliminary plans indicate that more than 2.9 million square meters of multi-use space will be developed at an estimated cost of more than $11 billion, on a phased basis.
Other Information
- Also known as: incheon Twin Towers
- Built: 2008-2014
- Cost: KRW17,000,000,000,000
- Designed by: John Portman & Associates
- Type: Skyscraper
- Stories: 151
- Maximum Height: 1,926 feet / 587 meters
- Location: Songdo International City, Incheon, South Korea
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