Shenzhen Luohu Friendship Trading Centre, Guangdong skyscraper architecture, China building images

Shenzhen Luohu Friendship Trading Centre

Chinese Office Tower Development: New Skyscraper in Guangdong design by Aedas Architects

post updated 29 July 2025

Architect: Aedas

Location: Luohu, Shenzhen, Guangdong Province, southeastern China

Aedas designs an urban oasis with staggered green retail arcade in Shenzhen, China

9 Sep 2016

Shenzhen Luohu Friendship Trading Centre Building

Designed by Aedas, Shenzhen Luohu Friendship Trading Centre is a redevelopment of a current department store to be transfigured into a new skyscraper with a 7-storey retail podium at the heart of Luohu in Shenzhen, China. The design creates a vibrant and porous podium by staggering up various retail boxes in dynamic and organic forms in response to the bustling surroundings, delivering a new sustainable and iconic design for the city.

Architectural form drew inspiration from nature and imitates a beautiful Calla Lily. The curtain wall wraps around the tower and resembles the elegant petals as the translucent podium rooftop. The generous petal roof brings natural daylight deep into the open-air, multiple-plane retail arcade and induces air flow current for natural ventilation.
The architecture integrates well with abundant green spaces to provide a healthy ecological ground. It features landscaped public spaces and terraces in the podium with giant leaves to provide shadings for leisure and activities. Green balconies extend from the podium along one of the tower’s edges, creating a true urban oasis in heart of the city.