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| Lotte World Tower 롯데월드타워 | |
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 The tower in 2022 | |
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| Former names |
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| Alternative names | Lotte Jamsil Super Tower |
| Record height | |
| Tallest in the OECD countries since 2017[I] | |
| Preceded by | One World Trade Center |
| General information | |
| Status | Completed |
| Type | Observation, office, hotel, residential, retail |
| Location | (Sincheon-dong) 300 Olympic-ro, Songpa-gu, Seoul, South Korea |
| Country | South Korea |
| Coordinates | 37°30′45″N 127°06′10″E / 37.51250°N 127.10278°E |
| Groundbreaking | May 2009[1] |
| Construction started | January 22, 2010 |
| Completed | December 22, 2016 |
| Opening | April 3, 2017 |
| Height | |
| Architectural | 555 m (1,821 ft) |
| Top floor | 486 m (1,594 ft) |
| Technical details | |
| Floor count | 123 and 6 below ground |
| Floor area | 304,081 m2 (3,273,100 sq ft) |
| Lifts/elevators | 61 |
| Design and construction | |
| Architect(s) | Kohn Pedersen Fox |
| Developer | Lotte Engineering & Construction |
| Engineer | Syska Hennessy Group (MEP)[2] |
| Structural engineer | Leslie E. Robertson Associates[3] |
| Other information | |
| Public transit access | Jamsil Station:  Line 2,  Line 8 |
| Website | |
| www | |
Lotte World Tower (Korean: 롯데월드타워), is a 123-story, 555 m (1,821 ft) supertall skyscraper, located in Sincheon-dong, Songpa-gu, Seoul, South Korea. It is the sixth-tallest building in the world, the tallest in OECD countries, and also the first in South Korea to be over 100 stories tall.
It was the fourth-tallest in the world when completed in 2016.[citation needed] The tower opened to the public on April 3, 2017.[4] Haeundae LCT The Sharp in Busan is the second-tallest building in the country.[5]
A "Sky Bridge Tour" is located on the roof of Lotte World Tower at 541 m (1,775 ft),[6] which is the total height of One World Trade Center in New York City, the tallest building in the United States.
- ^ "Lotte World Tower". CTBUH Skyscraper Center. Retrieved August 4, 2017.
- ^ "Lotte World Tower – the Skyscraper Center".
- ^ Editors. (April 20, 2016), "Korea's Tallest Tower Embodies Industrial Malaise" The Chosun Ilbo
- ^ Jung, Wooyoung (March 17, 2016). "롯데월드타워 555m 달성". Yonhap News (in Korean). Retrieved March 20, 2016.
- ^ "LCT The Sharp Landmark Tower Busan". Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat. May 9, 2024. Archived from the original on May 9, 2024. Retrieved May 9, 2024.
#38 Tallest in the World #25 Tallest in Asia #2 Tallest in South Korea #1 Tallest in Busan
- ^ "Sky Bridge Tour : Facilities Guide : Seoul Sky".