Shanghai Tower

Not to be confused with Shanghai World Financial Center or Shanghai Tower (Liverpool).

31°14′7.8″N 121°30′3.6″E / 31.235500°N 121.501000°E / 31.235500; 121.501000

Shanghai Tower
上海中心大厦
Shànghǎi Zhōngxīn Dàshà
Shanghai Tower in 2016
Map
Former namesShanghai Center
General information
StatusCompleted
TypeMixed-use
Location501 Yincheng Middle Rd, Lujiazui, Pudong, Shanghai
CountryChina
Construction started1 November 2008
Completed31 August 2014; 10 years ago (2014)
Opened1 February 2015
CostCN¥15.9 billion
OwnerShanghai Tower Construction and Development
Height
Architectural632 m (2,073 ft)
Tip632 m (2,073 ft)
Top floor587.4 m (1,927 ft) (Level 127)[1]
Observatory562 m (1,844 ft) (Level 121)[9]
Technical details
Floor count128 above ground
5 below ground
Floor area380,000 m2 (4,090,300 sq ft) above grade
170 m2 (1,800 sq ft) below grade
Lifts/elevators97 (mall included)
Design and construction
Architect(s)Marshall Strabala & Jun Xia (Gensler)
TJAD
EngineerThornton Tomasetti
Cosentini Associates
I.DEA Ecological Solutions
Main contractorShanghai Construction Group
References
[2][3][4][5][6][7][8]

Shanghai Tower [a] is a 128-story, 632-meter-tall (2,073 ft) megatall skyscraper located in Lujiazui, Pudong, Shanghai.[10] It is the tallest building in China and the world's third-tallest building by height to architectural top. It is the tallest and largest LEED Platinum certified building in the world since 2015. It had the world's fastest elevators at a top speed of 20.5 meters per second (74 km/h; 46 mph) until 2017,[11][12] when it was surpassed by the Guangzhou CTF Finance Center, with its top speed of 21 meters per second (76 km/h; 47 mph).[13] Designed by the international design firm Gensler and owned by the Shanghai Municipal Government,[2] it is the tallest of the world's first triple-adjacent supertall buildings in Pudong, the other two being the Jin Mao Tower and the Shanghai World Financial Center. Its tiered construction, designed for high energy efficiency, provides nine separate zones divided between office, retail and leisure use.[5][7][14] The US-based Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat cites it as "one of the most sustainably advanced tall buildings in the world."[15]

Groundbreaking and construction work on the tower began on 29 November 2008 and topped out on 4 August 2013.[10][16] The exterior was completed in summer 2015,[8][14] and work was considered complete in September 2014. Although the building was originally scheduled to open to the public in November 2014, the actual public-use date was shifted to February 2015. The observation deck was opened to visitors in July 2016; the period from July through September 2018 was termed a "test run" or "commissioning" period.[17][18] Since April 26, 2017, the sightseeing decks on the 118th and 119th floors (546m and 547m high respectively) has been fully open to the public.[19] By 2020, the opening of a further deck, dubbed the "Top of Shanghai" on the 121st floor at 562m (1844 ft), made it the highest observation deck in the world, beating out the Burj Khalifa's observation deck at 555m (1823 ft).[20] The J Hotel Shanghai Tower, opened on the 120th floor in 2021, became the world's highest luxury hotel.[21][22]

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  3. ^ "Shanghai Tower – The Skyscraper Centre". Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat. 2015. Retrieved 7 September 2014.
  4. ^ "Shanghai defies slump with tallest building plan". Reuters. 27 November 2008. Retrieved 28 November 2008.
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  7. ^ a b "Is China's Shanghai Tower the world's greenest super skyscraper?". Financial Times. 22 November 2013. Retrieved 25 February 2015.
  8. ^ a b "Shanghai Tower nears completion". Los Angeles Times. 12 June 2015. Retrieved 15 July 2015.
  9. ^ ctbuh. "World's Highest Observation Decks". www.ctbuh.org. Archived from the original on 28 October 2018. Retrieved 28 October 2018.
  10. ^ a b "Shanghai Tower Breaks Ground" Archived 3 December 2008 at the Wayback Machine. Luxist.com. 29 November 2008. Retrieved 24 July 2013.
  11. ^ "The world's fastest elevator". 6 October 2016.
  12. ^ "CNN: China unveils world's fastest elevator". CNN.
  13. ^ "Hitachi reaches 1,260 m/min, the World's Fastest*1 Speed with Ultra-High-Speed Elevator".
  14. ^ a b "Tall towers: Signs in the sky". The Economist. 15 January 2014. Retrieved 9 February 2014.
  15. ^ "Shanghai Tower - The Skyscraper Center". www.skyscrapercenter.com. Retrieved 24 April 2024.
  16. ^ Fink, Billy (23 November 2015). "This Week in CRE History: Shanghai Tower Construction & Development". VTS. Retrieved 24 April 2024.
  17. ^ Roxburgh, Helen. Inside Shanghai Tower, The Guardian, 23 August 2016
  18. ^ Shanghai Tower Travel China Guide (January 2017)
  19. ^ Shanghai Tower offers airy city views, The Jakarta Post, 28 April 2017
  20. ^ McClure, Rosemary (12 March 2020). "How the world's highest observation decks stack up". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 24 April 2024.
  21. ^ "Luxury in the clouds: Shanghai opens world's highest hotel". The Star. Retrieved 24 April 2024.
  22. ^ Gilbert, Asha C. "China opens the world's highest hotel with floors two times higher than the Eiffel Tower". USA TODAY. Retrieved 24 April 2024.


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