A prestigious landmark with a majestic view of the city, the Yintai Centre was the tallest building in Beijing at the time of construction with a central tower reaching 820 feet (250 meters) flanked by two symmetrical 610-ftt (186-meter) tall office towers. Elegant, unique, and vivid, the towers terminate in a stone-clad steel lantern symbolic of Chinese history and culture. An iconic example of architecture in the central business district, the towers stand among the very few tall, ductile steel buildings designed since the 1994 Northridge Earthquake.