The Yanghe Global Headquarters Project is sited on an important Blvd. in Nanjing, China. Just steps from Alibaba Site, Financial Center, Youth Olympic Center (by Zaha Hadid) and the landmark, Nanjing eye. Our client, Yanghe (the third largest white wine company in China) no doubt chose this site for its prominent position on this prestigious boulevard. As such, the design team understood this new headquarters to be a unique branding opportunity for our client.

The 20 story office tower includes 18 floors of office, 2 hotel floors, a restaurant and food service level, as well as an impressive entrance and lobby. Offices, podium rooftop sports deck & landscape plaza. At the very top of the structure is the pinnacle “Sky Lounge” featuring 2 levels of lounge, restaurant and event space beneath a… canopy of dreams overlooking Nanjing city from above.  The formal composition is of a flagship vessel on the sea.

The theme of “blue”, is a hallmark of the Yanghe product lines: (Sky Blue, Sea Blue & Dream Blue Product Levels). As such the facets of the tower façade are composed of several different glass tints of blue to achieve the impression of the sun reflecting on waves in the water. At night, the angular points of the tower façade alight as if stars in the sky, and a canopy of dreams tops the rooftop sky lounge, creating a magical contrast with the night sky above. Furthermore, the edges of the tower and podium are rounded and smooth to facilitate the impression of fluidity on the sea.

*Associated with U+ Design Partners