IGG Tianmeng Tower Fuzhou Building
1 July 2026
Design: Woods Bagot
Location: crossroads of Fuguang Road and Fuxin Road Jin’an District, Fuzhou, Fujian, China
Woods Bagot Announces Design Unveiling of IGG Tianmeng Tower in Fuzhou China
Photos by AR — StudioSZ Photo | Justin Szeremeta; ID — Edward Shi
Inspired by the City’s Famed Banyan Tree IGG Tianmeng Tower is a Next Generation Workplace
June 30, 2026, New York, NY – Rising 89 metres in Fuzhou’s Jin’an District, the IGG Tianmeng Tower is a 50,000-square-metre landmark office building designed as a living symbol of growth, resilience, and innovation. Inspired by Fuzhou’s famed banyan tree, the tower integrates sustainability and digital culture to create a next-generation workplace that anchors the city’s emerging digital economy. Its organic silhouette, vertical atrium, and layered terraces embody the spirit of the banyan — rooted in nature, yet reaching towards the future. Located at the crossroads of Fuguang Road and Fuxin Road, the design harmonises with Fuzhou’s cultural identity as the “City of Banyan Trees” whilst catalysing development within a growing digital economic hub.
Merging sustainability and digital culture, the project creates a next-generation workplace where architecture and interiors work in concert: from the organic, cantilevered form that extends Fuzhou’s green canopy skyward, to immersive interior environments that translate game logic into spatial experience.
Architecture: The Banyan Tree Reimagined
Inspired by Fuzhou’s famed banyan tree, the tower’s organic silhouette, vertical atrium, and layered terraces embody the spirit of this local icon — rooted in nature, yet reaching towards the future. Layered terraces extend the green urban canopy, whilst public plazas and shaded walkways create an interface between the building and its neighbourhood.
The banyan’s anatomy is translated into architectural form: a central structural trunk organises vertical circulation, branch-like cantilevers create flexible office floors, and a spiralling atrium of aerial roots visually and socially connects the interior. Terraces and rooftop gardens offer restorative outdoor spaces, whilst the layered façade filters sunlight and evokes organic textures. From the “Gamers Heart” central hub to sky lounges and event spaces, the tower merges art, technology, and nature to cultivate innovation and engagement.
The tower’s environmental strategy integrates passive design, material efficiency, and ecological connectivity. Its breathable façade and external shading reduce mechanical cooling loads whilst maximising daylight and views.
Natural ventilation, rooftop gardens, and porous ground-level landscaping collectively enhance microclimate performance and urban biodiversity. Structurally, a minimised ground footprint and centralised core optimise both stability and airflow, ensuring efficiency in construction and operation. Together, these strategies transform the building into a “living system” — a sustainable prototype aligned with IGG’s corporate responsibility and Fuzhou’s green urban vision.
Interiors: From Reality to Surreality
Guided by IGG’s ethos “Innovators at Work, Gamers at Heart,” the interior is conceived as a continuously evolving spatial experience that integrates game culture, corporate identity, and everyday work. The design translates game logic into spatial experience — resulting in an environment that is imaginative, unexpected, and grounded in everyday use. Beyond representing a game company, the interiors embed IGG’s values of innovation, exploration, and adventure, supporting creativity across the organisation.
Interior Design photos by Edward Shi
The building is envisioned as an immersive game world — the Banyan Castle — where employees and visitors move through spaces that shift between reality and surreality. Natural references from Fujian, including banyan trees, caves, and organic growth patterns, ground the narrative in local context, allowing imagination and place to coexist.
The interior is organised around a clear narrative sequence. The Welcome Portal forms the public interface, integrating reception, brand display, interaction, and café functions. The ground-floor lobby introduces the narrative through the Rabbit Hole, creating a strong sense of arrival through sculptural forms, immersive circulation, and integrated brand storytelling.
The Heart of the Game anchors the workplace, supporting daily operations, collaboration, and creative exchange. The Sky Portal houses multipurpose, training, and leisure spaces, while the Earth Portal accommodates dining and staff amenities, grounding the workplace in everyday wellbeing. Together, these spaces operate as a sequence of experiences rather than static zones, guiding movement and interaction throughout the building.
Layered throughout are immersive public experiences: the Level 2 children’s centre supports learning through play with child-scale design; the Level 3 dining space reimagines a Modern Babylon Garden to encourage social interaction; and the Level 4 multimedia centre, conceived as a Digital Temple, combines controlled light and quiet spaces for gaming culture, training, and media production. The typical office floors (Levels 5–14) are defined by simplicity and coherence — structured layouts, soft colours, and flexible furniture support focus and collaboration, while subtle moments of play reinforce the gaming mindset. Upper-level wellness and multipurpose spaces integrate fitness, leisure, and future-oriented narratives, extending the experience beyond the workplace.
Impact and Outcomes
The IGG Tianmeng Tower delivers measurable value across multiple scales. For IGG, it strengthens corporate identity as a global innovator, providing employees with inspiring, wellness-oriented environments that foster creativity and connection.
For Fuzhou, the tower’s bold yet contextually grounded form enriches the skyline and exemplifies sustainable, human-centred design. By embedding IGG’s values of exploration, creativity, and adventure into both architectural form and interior experience, the project transcends its role as a workplace — standing as a catalyst for Fuzhou’s evolution into a world-class, future-ready metropolis.
IGG Tianmeng Tower Fuzhou, China – Building Information
Project Details
Project Name: Tianmeng Tower
Client: Tianping Digital
Location: Fuzhou, China
Person In Charge: Principal Carsten Lange
GFA: 50,000 sqm
Service: Architecture, Interior Design, Signage
Completion Date: 2024
Collaborators: Structural Engineers: WSP; MEP Engineers: WSP; Project Managers: DGP; Contractors: CSCEC; Lighting: LEOX; Façade: CIMA; Landscape: TJAD; Structural Concept: SBP
Photographer: AR — StudioSZ Photo | Justin Szeremeta; ID — Edward Shi
IGG Fuzhou Tianmeng Tower, Photography by Justin Szeremeta – StudioSZ Photo
IGG Fuzhou Tianmeng Tower, Photography: Architecture — StudioSZ Photo | Justin Szeremeta; Interior Design — Edward Shi
IGG Tianmeng Tower Fuzhou Building images / information received 010726 from Woods Bagot Architects
Location: Fuguang Road and Fuxin Road junction, Jin’an District, Fuzhou, Fujian, People’s Republic of China.
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