Gate to the East

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Name of Building

Gate to the East

Town or City, Country where the building was originally established

Suzhou, Jiangsu, China

Date the building was designed and/or first built

2004 - Construction began
2016 - Completed

Name of Architect, Builder, or Primary Patron Responsible

Robert Matthew Johnson-Marshall & Partners-Designed
Shanghai Construction Group - Construction
East China Architectural Design & Research Institute - Engineered

Culturally Specific Time Period

Contemprary/Modern era, China

Geo-Location

31.316423392201436, 120.67958262486007

Materials

Concrete
Steel

Size and/or Scale of Building

3,700,000 sq ft (340,000 square meters )

Architectural Type

Commercial

Formal Style

Postmodern architecture

Image source

Image 1: Own work, CC BY-SA 4.0
Image 2:Gate_of_the_Orient_DJI_0347_(2)
Image 3: Gate_of_the_Orient,_Suzhou_Jiangsu
Image 4: Gate_of_the_Orient1
Image 5: 东方之门3
Image 6: Gate_of_the_Orient_DJI_0386

Creative Commons or other copyright information

Image 1: Creative Commons
Image 2: Creative Commons
Image 3: Creative Commons
Image 4: Creative Commons

Student First and Last Name

Sultana Rahim

Bibliographic references for the item

https://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2015-04/07/content_20012084.htm#:~:text=It%20is%20located%20in%20the,check%20in%20August%20or%20September.%22
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gate_to_the_East
https://www.skyscrapercenter.com/suzhou/gate-to-the-east/499
https://aroundus.com/p/6449919-gate-to-the-east

Citation

Robert Matthew Johnson-Marshall & Partners-Designed, Shanghai Construction Group - Construction, and East China Architectural Design & Research Institute - Engineered, “Gate to the East,” World Architecture, accessed June 28, 2026, https://worldarchitecture.artinterp2.org/items/show/122.

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