Shanghai Tower
megatall skyscraper in Lujiazui, Shanghai, China / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Shanghai Tower (Chinese: 上海中心大厦; pinyin: Shànghǎi Zhōngxīn Dàshà; Shanghainese: Zånhe Tsonshin Dasa; literally: "Shanghai Center Tower") is a 632-metre (2,073 ft), 128-story megatall skyscraper in Shanghai.[8] As of 2015, it is the world's tallest building, by height to highest usable floor (Level 121: 561.25m).
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Shanghai Tower | |
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上海中心大厦 Shànghǎi Zhōngxīn Dàshà | |
Former names | Shanghai Center |
General information | |
Status | Complete |
Type | Mixed-use |
Location | 501 Yincheng Middle Rd, Lujiazui, Pudong, Shanghai, China |
Coordinates | 31.2355°N 121.501°E / 31.2355; 121.501 |
Construction started | 29 November 2008 |
Completed | 6 September 2014 |
Inaugurated | 18 February 2015 |
Cost | US$2.4 billion 元15.7 billion (yuan) |
Owner | Shanghai Tower Construction and Development |
Height | |
Architectural | 632 m (2,073 ft) |
Tip | 632 m (2,073 ft) |
Top floor | 587.4 m (1,927 ft) (Level 127)[1] |
Observatory | 561.25 m (1,841 ft) (Level 121) |
Technical details | |
Floor count | 128 above ground 5 below grade |
Floor area | 380,000 m2 (4,090,300 sq ft) above grade 170 m2 (1,800 sq ft) below grade |
Lifts/elevators | 106 |
Design and construction | |
Architect | Jun Xia (Gensler) TJAD |
Engineer | Thornton Tomasetti Cosentini Associates I.DEA Ecological Solutions |
Main contractor | Shanghai Construction Group |
References | |
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