The Structural Systems oF Tall Buildings - Tall Buildings: Structural Systems and Aerodynamic Form - page 36

Belt

Transfer
beam

Composite
mega
column

Composite mega column
(2.5m diameter
at the ground floor)

Composite perimeter column
(varying in diameter
from 1.4 to 0.96m towards top)

Reinforced concrete
shear wall

Reinforced concrete
shear wall

S
r-~

< > s

r-
^f-

r~

-22m

47m 47m

Ground floor Typical floor

Figure 3.24 Cheung Kong Centre, Hong Kong, China, 1999
(photo courtesy of Niels Jakob Darger)