{{Short description|Luxury development in Busan, South Korea}} {{Use dmy dates|date=March 2021}} {{Infobox building |name = Haeundae LCT The Sharp |native_name = 해운대 엘시티 더샵 |image = Haeundae LCT The Sharp 20200522.jpg |caption = Haeundae LCT The Sharp in 2020 |image_size = 250px |status = Complete |construction_start_date = October 28, 2013 |completion_date = November 30, 2019 |building_type = 1 hotel/residential tower and 2 residential towers |location = Jung-dong, Haeundae District, Busan, South Korea |coordinates = {{coord|35|09|37.10|N|129|10|08.40|E|region:KR|display=inline,title}} |address = 1058-2 Jung-1(il)dong, Haeundae-gu, Busan |cost = |architectural = {{unbulleted list |Landmark Tower: {{convert|411.6|m|abbr=on}}<ref name=skyscrapercenter1>{{Cite web|url=http://skyscrapercenter.com/busan/lct-landmark-tower/108/|title=LCT the Sharp Landmark Tower - the Skyscraper Center}}</ref> |Residential Tower A: {{convert|339.1|m|abbr=on}}<ref name=skyscrapercenter2>{{Cite web|url=http://skyscrapercenter.com/busan/lct-residential-tower-a/235/|title = LCT the Sharp Residential Tower A - the Skyscraper Center}}</ref> |Residential Tower B: {{convert|333|m|abbr=on}}<ref name=skyscrapercenter3>{{Cite web|url=http://skyscrapercenter.com/busan/lct-residential-tower-b/12160/|title = LCT the Sharp Residential Tower B - the Skyscraper Center}}</ref> }} |observatory = ''BUSAN X the SKY'' |floor_count = {{unbulleted list |Landmark Tower: 101<ref name=skyscrapercenter1 /> |Residential Tower A: 85<ref name=skyscrapercenter2 /> |Residential Tower B: 83<ref name=skyscrapercenter3 /> |Basement: B5 }} |floor_area = {{convert|660077|m2|abbr=on}} (Development) |elevator_count = 43 |architect = Skidmore Owings & Merrill; Samoo Architects & Engineers |structural_engineer = {{flagicon|South Korea}} POSCO Engineering & Construction |owner = {{flagicon|South Korea}} LCT |developer = |main_contractor = |references = <ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.skyscrapercenter.com/building/lct-the-sharp-landmark-tower/108|title=LCT The Sharp Landmark Tower - The Skyscraper Center|website=www.skyscrapercenter.com|access-date=2019-10-24}}</ref> }}
'''Haeundae LCT The Sharp''' ({{langx|ko|해운대 엘시티 더샵}}) is a major urban development project in Jung-dong, Haeundae District, Busan, South Korea. Located in front of Haeundae Beach, it consists of a {{convert|411.6|m|abbr=on}}, 101-floor supertall landmark tower used as a hotel, and two 85-floor residential skyscrapers. It has an urban entertainment complex at the base housing a shopping mall, a hot spring spa and a water park. The landmark tower houses luxury and residential hotels with a convention center and an observatory on the 100th floor.
The towers are Busan's 2nd-4th supertall skyscrapers after Haeundae Doosan We've the Zenith, {{cvt|301|m|abbr=on}} tall. LCT tower is the second-tallest tower<ref name="20240509_CTBUH">{{cite web | url = https://www.skyscrapercenter.com/building/lct-the-sharp-landmark-tower/108 | title = LCT The Sharp Landmark Tower Busan | publisher = Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat | date = 2024-05-09 | accessdate = 2024-05-09 | archiveurl = https://archive.today/20240509195435/https://www.skyscrapercenter.com/building/lct-the-sharp-landmark-tower/108 | archivedate = 2024-05-09 | url-status = live <!-- dead if not active --> | quote = #38 Tallest in the World #25 Tallest in Asia #2 Tallest in South Korea #1 Tallest in Busan }}</ref> in South Korea after the {{cvt|555|m|abbr=on}} Lotte World Tower in Seoul and is one of the world's top 10 most expensive skyscrapers.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2020-12-04 |title=The world's most expensive skyscrapers |url=https://www.designbuild-network.com/analysis/the-worlds-most-expensive-skyscrapers/ |access-date=2022-12-13 |website=Design Build Network |language=en-US}}</ref>
Haeundae LCT The Sharp was completed and opened on November 30, 2019.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://en.lct.kr/business/masterplan.asp|title=Bay Life, Bay City LCT|last=마이다스아이티|website=en.lct.kr|access-date=2016-12-18|archive-date=7 May 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180507010124/http://en.lct.kr/business/masterplan.asp|url-status=dead}}</ref> In 2022, Haeundae LCT The Sharp hosted an exhibition for ''Proof'', the anthology album of the South Korean group BTS, documenting the act's nine-year career. The exhibition was planned by the band's entertainment agency, HYBE, which invited fans to immerse themselves in a visual trail of BTS' history.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Ji-won |first=Choi |date=2022-10-05 |title='BTS Exhibition: Proof' chronicles group's 9-year career |url=https://www.koreaherald.com/view.php?ud=20221005000590 |access-date=2022-12-13 |website=The Korea Herald |language=en}}</ref>
On February 20, 2024, Busan police began an investigation in search of two jumpers who leaped with parachutes from the top of the 99th floor observation deck of the Haeundae LCT.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Seung-hyun |first=Song |date=2024-02-20 |title=Busan police on hunt for unidentified Haeundae skyscraper jumpers |url=https://www.koreaherald.com/view.php?ud=20240220050667 |access-date=2024-03-13 |website=The Korea Herald |language=en}}</ref> [[File:Haeundae Beach May 2024.jpg|thumb|center|500px|Haeundae Beach and LCT The Sharp in May 2024.]]
== Gallery == <gallery> File:Haeundae Beach 20170713.jpg|July 2017 File:LCT from Haeundae Beach 2018.02.24.jpg|February 2018 File:M702nPe L8E.jpg|November 2019 File:HaeundaeLCT atNight.jpg|Completed buildings seen from Haeundae Beach, August 2022. </gallery>
== See also == * List of tallest buildings in Busan * List of tallest buildings in South Korea
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