NBBJ architects designed the headquarters of Tencent International Corporation in Shenzhen. Skyscrapers are designed to accommodate 10,000 office workers. The building has already been called the first vertical campus.

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The NBBJ project received the MIPIM Asia Gold Award, the Best Chinese Futura Mega Project. Two towers of metal and glass rise to 39 and 50 floors and are connected by three passages, finished with aluminum panels. Each transition contains a specific set of functions. For example, in one of them there is a medical center and a library.

Founded in 1943, NBBJ has offices in Beijing, Boston, Columbus, Hong Kong, London, Los Angeles, New York, Pune, San Francisco, Seattle and Shanghai. The company’s staff, in addition to architects, includes more than 700 researchers, marketers, anthropologists, and interior designers.