Haeundae LCT The Sharp

Haeundae LCT The Sharp
해운대 엘시티 더샵
Haeundae LCT The Sharp in 2020
Map
General information
StatusCompleted
Type1 hotel/residential tower and 2 residential towers
LocationJung-dong, Haeundae District, Busan, South Korea
Address1058-2 Jung-1(il)dong, Haeundae-gu, Busan
Coordinates35°09′37.10″N 129°10′08.40″E / 35.1603056°N 129.1690000°E / 35.1603056; 129.1690000
Construction startedOctober 28, 2013
CompletedNovember 30, 2019
OwnerSouth Korea LCT
Height
Architectural
  • Landmark Tower: 411.6 m (1,350 ft)[1]
  • Residential Tower A: 339.1 m (1,113 ft)[2]
  • Residential Tower B: 333 m (1,093 ft)[3]
ObservatoryBUSAN X the SKY
Technical details
Floor count
  • Landmark Tower: 101[1]
  • Residential Tower A: 85[2]
  • Residential Tower B: 83[3]
  • Basement: B5
Floor area660,077 m2 (7,105,010 sq ft) (Development)
Lifts/elevators43
Design and construction
Architect(s)Skidmore Owings & Merrill; Samoo Architects & Engineers
Structural engineerSouth Korea POSCO Engineering & Construction
References
[4]

Haeundae LCT The Sharp (Korean: 해운대 엘시티 더샵) is a major urban development project in Jung-dong, Haeundae District, Busan, South Korea. Located in front of Haeundae Beach, it consists of a 411.6 m (1,350 ft), 101-floor supertall landmark tower used as a hotel, and two 85-floor residential skyscrapers. It has an urban entertainment complex at the base housing a shopping mall, a hot spring spa and a water park. The landmark tower houses luxury and residential hotels with a convention center and an observatory on the 100th floor.

The towers are Busan's 2nd-4th supertall skyscrapers after Haeundae Doosan We've the Zenith, 301 m (988 ft) tall. LCT tower is the second-tallest tower[5] in South Korea after the 555 m (1,821 ft) Lotte World Tower in Seoul and is one of the world's top 10 most expensive skyscrapers.[6]

Haeundae LCT The Sharp was completed and opened on November 30, 2019.[7] In 2022, Haeundae LCT The Sharp hosted an exhibition for Proof, the anthology album of the South Korean group BTS, documenting the act's nine-year career. The exhibition was planned by the band's entertainment agency, HYBE which invited fans to immerse themselves in a visual trail of BTS' history.[8]

On February 20, 2024, Busan police began an investigation in search of two jumpers who leaped with parachutes from the top of the 99th floor observation deck of the Haeundae LCT.[9]

  1. ^ a b "LCT the Sharp Landmark Tower - the Skyscraper Center".
  2. ^ a b "LCT the Sharp Residential Tower A - the Skyscraper Center".
  3. ^ a b "LCT the Sharp Residential Tower B - the Skyscraper Center".
  4. ^ "LCT The Sharp Landmark Tower - The Skyscraper Center". www.skyscrapercenter.com. Retrieved 24 October 2019.
  5. ^ "LCT The Sharp Landmark Tower Busan". Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat. 9 May 2024. Archived from the original on 9 May 2024. Retrieved 9 May 2024. #38 Tallest in the World #25 Tallest in Asia #2 Tallest in South Korea #1 Tallest in Busan
  6. ^ "The world's most expensive skyscrapers". Design Build Network. 4 December 2020. Retrieved 13 December 2022.
  7. ^ 마이다스아이티. "Bay Life, Bay City LCT". en.lct.kr. Archived from the original on 7 May 2018. Retrieved 18 December 2016.
  8. ^ Ji-won, Choi (5 October 2022). "'BTS Exhibition: Proof' chronicles group's 9-year career". The Korea Herald. Retrieved 13 December 2022.
  9. ^ Seung-hyun, Song (20 February 2024). "Busan police on hunt for unidentified Haeundae skyscraper jumpers". The Korea Herald. Retrieved 13 March 2024.