Today in China

Guangzhou (Canton) (??) former TV Tower was finished in 1991 with its 217 meters. The new one will be the tallest tower in the world. The construction started last week on the 26th of August and is schedules to be finished in late 2007 or early 2008, just before the Olympic Games.

The roof of the tower is a 450. With its antenna of 160 meters, it makes the wall tower 610 meters for 12 floors. The tower has been designed as a climatic showcase. Here is a brief description of each floor from Sky Scraper Page:

• +610m: antenna height
• +450m: finally arrives at North Pole Square, an open space of a small city square size
• +437m–+441m–+445m: the floor of channel and exit
• +427m–+432m: 2 technological floors
• +390m–+395m: tundra luxurious dining room
• +350m: temperate zone area distinguished guest hotel
• +345m: temperate zone area, has the independent Kara OK room
• +290m–310m: tropics quick dining room
• +195m: prairie garden
• +95m: 3D movie theater of the desert
• +4m–+8m: the exhibition hall and the distinguished guest floor can lead to the flat roof of the river scenery
• +0m: city construction exhibition hall

Links
Google Map of Guangzhou (No, the TV Tower is not yet there…)
SkyScraperPage.com description of the Tower
Descriptions of all the proposals