Sunshine Insurance Tower, Hainan Architecture, Mixed-Use Development, Southern China Building, Images
Sunshine Insurance Tower in Hainan, China
Mixed-Use Development including Hotel and Offices – design by Woods Bagot
17 Mar 2018
Sunshine Insurance Tower
Architects: Woods Bagot
Location: South Sea Pearl, Hainan, China
Sunshine Insurance Tower

Inspired by a string of pearls, Sanya Bay rises to new heights with striking mixed-use tower surrounded by lush gardens

Sunshine Insurance Finance Plaza provides a soaring new addition to Sanya Bay?s rising skyline. Located at the southern tip of China?s Hainan Island, the mixed-use development features a 37-storey tower rising above a tiered retail podium and lush gardens. The tower comprises A-grade offices, a 4-star Park Hyatt Hotel, a private clubhouse and a rooftop pool.
Inspired by a strand of pearls, the landscaped gardens are dotted with low pavilions and cooling fountains. A grand allée lined with palm trees reflects the vertical axis of the site. Because this seaside resort is humid and windy, indigenous flora was planted at the office building’s entries to modulate the temperature and buffer the ocean winds. The effect is an urban oasis in the middle of what locals often refer to as “the Hawaii of China.”

Patrick Daly, the lead architect, said, ?We were honored to design this new HQ for China?s preeminent insurance company. Our goal was to design a complex that seamlessly transitions between a ...