Z8 Tower Beijing Central Business District building by ZHA

Z8 Tower Beijing Building Design by ZHA

28 July 2026

Design: Zaha Hadid Architects

Location: Central Business District, Beijing, China

Z8 Tower construction to begin in Beijing, China

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Located in the core of Beijing’s Central Business District (CBD) at the intersection of Jianguo Road and Jinhe East Road, the new Z8 Tower faces the CBD’s central park and is defined by the historic alignment and urbanism of the city’s Chang’an Avenue.

Z8 Tower’s design by ZHA creates an integrated mixed-use ‘vertical city’ of office floors together with shopping, dining, cultural and leisure facilities that are connected with the local subway and national rail network.

Combining open office floors with shared atrium spaces and civic amenities, the 140-metre-tall Z8 Tower creates a highly adaptable spatial framework to accommodate the diverse and evolving requirements of modern enterprises.

The western façade incorporates a series of verandas and atria that bring the adjacent central park into the tower’s core to define a gallery of planted terraces that extends through the full height of the building and connects with the sunken courtyard at the base of the tower.

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Integrating Z8’s architecture with the natural landscaping of the district’s central park, the design welcomes the city into the heart of the building and establishes an inviting new window into the dynamism of Beijing’s Central Business District.

Vertical external fins extend from the mullions supporting Z8’s unitised glazed system to provide effective solar shading during the summer months of Beijing’s continental climate. The optimized thermal enclosure of Z8’s design minimizes heat-loss during the city’s cold winter months when temperatures average below freezing. Extensive public galleries and atria throughout the design enhance natural daylight and ventilation to optimize the comfort of occupants and further improve the tower’s environmental performance.

Integrating its cohesive spatial logic and layered terraces within the surrounding urbanism and natural landscaping of the district’s central park, Z8’s design is defined by the dynamism of China’s capital and the city’s position as a global business, administrative and creative hub.

Chinese text:

ZHA建筑事务所设计的Z8地块项目即将开工

Z8地块项目位于北京CBD核心区，建国路辅路与金和东路的重要交汇处。作为北京长安街的新地标，项目充分考虑CBD中心绿地景观特点及长安街沿线建筑立面形象。在传承首都深厚的文脉底蕴的同时，充分利用轨道交通的便捷优势，创造高效互联的 “垂直都会” 。

Z8塔楼高140米，融合了商业、高端办公以及文化休闲等多元功能，致力于创造一个充满共享空间和具有影响力的未来办公空间和独特的创新环境。开放灵活的办公平面与共享中庭空间相结合，构建灵活生长的空间范式，满足多元企业场景需求。在空间运营层面，精心构建从地面商业到云端客厅的垂直聚落，持续为CBD核心区注入活力。

Z8 西侧紧邻CBD中心绿地，塔楼的西立面设有一系列错落有致的露台和内部中庭空间，将中心绿地开放空间引入建筑内核，向上延伸形成空中绿廊，向下渗透连接下沉广场，与城市公园展开动态对话，构建起自然与建筑有机结合的典范。从城市界面来看，以流线形设计语言融入竖向的秩序美学，建筑西南角抬高，营造CBD核心区朝向城市开放、欢迎的姿态，打造CBD核心区的城市视觉窗口。

Z8 塔楼主要采用了单元式玻璃幕墙系统，外侧设置了竖向飞翼，在北京炎热的夏季提供效遮挡日照。优化后的外围护系统在冬季平均气温低于零度时，最大限度地减少热量流失。此外，Z8塔楼内部设置的多个通高中庭，可充分引入自然光，在提升使用者舒适度的同时，也增强了建筑整体的绿色低碳属性。

Z8 凭借前沿的设计理念，巧妙地融合了建筑空间、城市活力与自然景观，流畅优雅的外形搭配层叠露台，塑造出独特的都市风景线。Z8作为集高端商务与休闲于一体的都市地标，重塑建筑、城市与自然的共生关系，彰显出国际都市的魅力与风采。

Z8 Tower Beijing Central Business District by ZHA – Building Information

Project Team:

Architect: ZHA
ZHA Principal: Patrik Schumacher
ZHA Project Directors: Satoshi Ohashi, Paulo Flores, Yang Jingwen
ZHA Project Associates: Xuexin Duan, Martin Pfleger
ZHA Project Architects: Lida Zhang, Bo Zhang
ZHA Project Team: Xuan Zhao, Xinyue Cao , Junxue Piao, Xiangfan Chen, Berkin Islam, Ding Kuai, Jiamin Lu, Junfei Chen, Junya Huang, Rui Zhao, Sven Torres, Weimeng Zhang, Wenbo Yao
ZHA Competition Project Directors: Satoshi Ohashi, Paulo Flores, Yang Jingwen
ZHA Competition Associate: Xuexin Duan
ZHA Competition Project Architect: Lida Zhang, Martin Gsandtner
ZHA Competition Project Lead: Bo Zhang
ZHA Competition Team: Berkin Islam, Ding Kuai, Hamze Machmouchi, Huiyuan Li, Junxue Piao, Junya Huang, Keyur Mistry, Liyuan Gao, Wenbo Yao, Xinyue Cao, Yuling Ma, Yushan Chen, Shang Li, Lianyuan Ye, Xu Zheng, Yuchao Zhang, Alex Nap, Veronica Chen, Ceren Tekin, Niran Buyukkoz, Karina Linnsen
ZHA Environmental & Sustainability Team: Carlos Bausa Martinez, Shibani Choudhury
ZHA+I: Uli Blum, Danial Haziq Hamdan

Consultants:

Local Architect: Beijing Institute of Architectural Design Co., Ltd.
Structural Engineers: China Academy of Building Research
Façade Engineering: Inhabit Engineering Consultancy (Beijing) Co., Ltd.
MEP Consultant: BON Engineering Consultants
Lighting Design: Light Design Inc. (Concept), Brandston Partnership Inc.
Green Building Consultant: Environmental Market Solutions Inc.
Traffic Consultant: Beijing Jingchuang Xingye Investment Consulting Co., Ltd

ZHA

Z8 Tower Beijing Central Business District building by ZHA images / information received 280726

Location: junction of Jianguo Road and Jinhe East Road, Central Business District, Beijing, China.