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Virtual Tour of Leeza SOHO available to view online

A virtual tour of Leeza SOHO with Zaha Hadid Architects, organised by The American Institute of Architects (AIA) UK chapter for the 2021 ‘Virtual Building Tour’ series is now available to view on AIA UK’s YouTube page.

Each month, AIA UK presents a behind the scenes tour of award winning architecture, providing an insight into the architects design process.

Leeza SOHO tower for SOHO China anchors the new Fengtai business district - a growing financial and transport hub between the city centre and the recently opened Beijing Daxing International Airport to the south.

Adjacent to the business district’s rail station at the intersection of five new lines currently under construction on Beijing’s Subway network, Leeza SOHO’s site is diagonally dissected by an underground subway service tunnel.

Straddling this tunnel, the tower’s design divides its volume into two halves enclosed by a single facade. The space between these two halves extends the full height of the tower, creating the world’s tallest atrium at 194m which rotates as the tower rises to realign the upper floors with Lize road to the north.

Leeza SOHO’s double-insulated, unitised glass curtain wall system steps the glazing units on each floor at an angle, providing narrow ventilating registers to draw outside air through operable cavities; creating extremely efficient environmental control for each floor.

Targeting LEED Gold certification, Leeza SOHO’s energy management system monitors real-time environmental control and energy efficiency. The tower includes an insulating green roof with photovoltaic array; 2,680 bicycle parking spaces, with lockers, shower facilities and dedicated charging spaces.

Virtual Tour of Leeza SOHO

Photograph by Hufton+Crow