| Northeast Asia Trade Tower | |
|---|---|
| 동북아무역타워 | |
 NEATT in Songdo | |
| General information | |
| Status | Complete |
| Type | class A office, luxury hotel, serviced residences, retail stores [1] |
| Location | Songdo IBD, Songdo International City, Incheon Free Economic Zone, Incheon South Korea |
| Coordinates | 37°23′21.00″N126°38′38.00″E / 37.3891667°N 126.6438889°E Coordinates: 37°23′21.00″N126°38′38.00″E / 37.3891667°N 126.6438889°E |
| Construction started | July 2006 [2] |
| Completed | March 2011 [2] |
| Height | |
| Architectural | 305 m (1,001 ft) [3] |
| Top floor | 276.7 m (908 ft) [3] |
| Observatory | 276.7 m (908 ft) [3] |
| Technical details | |
| Floor count | 68 [3] |
| Floor area | 140,000 square metres (1,506,947 sq ft) [3] |
| Lifts/elevators | 22 [3] |
| Design and construction | |
| Architect | Kohn Pedersen Fox/Heerim Architects & Engineers [1] |
| Developer | Gale International/Daewoo E&C/POSCO E&C [1] |
| References | |
| [3] | |
The Northeast Asia Trade Tower or NEATT (Korean: 동북아무역타워) is a skyscraper in Songdo International City, the world's most expensive private real estate project in the Incheon Free Economic Zone, South Korea. [2] The 305-metre (1,001 ft) building is currently South Korea's fourth tallest, and has 68 floors. [4] It surpassed the previous record-holder, Samsung Tower Palace 3 – Tower G in Seoul, when it topped-out in 2009. Although finished in 2011, the completion of its interior had been delayed due to financial complications during a recession. [5]
The Korean language is an East Asian language spoken by about 77 million people. It is a member of the Koreanic language family and is the official and national language of both Koreas: North Korea and South Korea, with different standardized official forms used in each country. It is also one of the two official languages in the Yanbian Korean Autonomous Prefecture and Changbai Korean Autonomous County of Jilin province, China. It is also spoken in parts of Sakhalin, Ukraine and Central Asia.
A skyscraper is a continuously habitable high-rise building that has over 40 floors and is taller than approximately 150 m (492 ft). Historically, the term first referred to buildings with 10 to 20 floors in the 1880s. The definition shifted with advancing construction technology during the 20th century. Skyscrapers may host commercial offices or residential space, or both. For buildings above a height of 300 m (984 ft), the term "supertall" can be used, while skyscrapers reaching beyond 600 m (1,969 ft) are classified as "megatall".
Real estate is "property consisting of land and the buildings on it, along with its natural resources such as crops, minerals or water; immovable property of this nature; an interest vested in this (also) an item of real property, buildings or housing in general. Also: the business of real estate; the profession of buying, selling, or renting land, buildings, or housing." It is a legal term used in jurisdictions whose legal system is derived from English common law, such as India, England, Wales, Northern Ireland, United States, Canada, Pakistan, Australia, and New Zealand.
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The building was intended to be a landmark of the Songdo International Business District which was constructed on unused land along the waterfront near Incheon. [5] It features 19 floors of class A office space, South Korea's tallest observatory on the 65th-floor, a luxury hotel, serviced residences, and retail stores. The column-free floors include an office lobby at ground level with French limestone floors and Vermont slate stone walls.
An observatory is a location used for observing terrestrial or celestial events. Astronomy, climatology/meteorology, geophysical, oceanography and volcanology are examples of disciplines for which observatories have been constructed. Historically, observatories were as simple as containing an astronomical sextant or Stonehenge.
A hotel is an establishment that provides paid lodging on a short-term basis. Facilities provided may range from a modest-quality mattress in a small room to large suites with bigger, higher-quality beds, a dresser, a refrigerator and other kitchen facilities, upholstered chairs, a flat screen television, and en-suite bathrooms. Small, lower-priced hotels may offer only the most basic guest services and facilities. Larger, higher-priced hotels may provide additional guest facilities such as a swimming pool, business centre, childcare, conference and event facilities, tennis or basketball courts, gymnasium, restaurants, day spa, and social function services. Hotel rooms are usually numbered to allow guests to identify their room. Some boutique, high-end hotels have custom decorated rooms. Some hotels offer meals as part of a room and board arrangement. In the United Kingdom, a hotel is required by law to serve food and drinks to all guests within certain stated hours. In Japan, capsule hotels provide a tiny room suitable only for sleeping and shared bathroom facilities.
A serviced apartment is a fully furnished apartment available for short-term or long-term stay, providing hotel-like amenities such as room service, house keeping, a fitness center, a laundry room, and a rec room. Most of them are equipped with full kitchens, Wi-Fi and in-apartment washers and dryers.
