Shanghai World Financial Center

Not to be confused with Shanghai IFC.

Shanghai World Financial Center
上海环球金融中心
The Shanghai World Financial Center in March 2017
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General information
StatusCompleted
TypeOffice, hotel, museum, observation, parking garage, retail
Architectural styleNeo-Futurism
Location100 Century Avenue, Pudong, Shanghai
Construction started27 August 1997; 27 years ago (1997)
Completed2008; 16 years ago (2008)
Opening28 August 2008
CostRMB ¥ 8.17 billion
(USD $ 1.20 billion)
OwnerShanghai World Financial Center Co., Ltd.
(Mori Building Company)
Height
Architectural492 m (1,614.2 ft)[1]
Tip494.3 m (1,621.7 ft)
Roof487.4 m (1,599.1 ft)
Top floor474 m (1,555.1 ft)
Observatory474 m (1,555.1 ft)
Technical details
Floor count101 (3 below ground)
Floor area381,600 m2 (4,107,500 sq ft)
Lifts/elevators91 + 33 escalators
Design and construction
Architect(s)Kohn Pedersen Fox
DeveloperMori Building Co.
Structural engineerLeslie E. Robertson Associates RLLP
Main contractorChina State Construction Engineering Corp and Shanghai Construction (Group) General Co.
References
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The Shanghai World Financial Center (SWFC; Chinese: 上海环球金融中心; pinyin: Shànghǎi Huánqiú Jīnróng Zhōngxīn, Shanghainese: Zånhae Guejieu Cinyon Tsonsin) is a supertall skyscraper located in the Pudong district of Shanghai. It was designed by Kohn Pedersen Fox and developed by the Mori Building Company, with Leslie E. Robertson Associates as its structural engineer and China State Construction Engineering Corp and Shanghai Construction (Group) General Co. as its main contractor. It is a mixed-use skyscraper, consisting of offices, hotels, conference rooms, observation decks, ground-floor shopping malls. Park Hyatt Shanghai is the tower's hotel component, comprising 174 rooms and suites occupying the 79th to the 93rd floors, which at the time of completion was the highest hotel in the world. It is now the third-highest hotel in the world after the Ritz-Carlton, Hong Kong, which occupies floors 102 to 118 of the International Commerce Centre.[6]

On 14 September 2007, the skyscraper was topped out at 492 meters (1,614.2 ft),[1][7] making it the 2nd tallest building in the world[8] on completion (the tallest at the time being Taipei 101), the tallest building in the world by roof height only, and the tallest in China.[9] The SWFC opened to the public on 28 August 2008, with its observation deck opening on 30 August. The observation deck offers views from 474 m (1,555 ft) above ground level.[10]

The SWFC has been lauded for its design, and in 2008 it was named by architects as the year's best-completed skyscraper.[11][12] In 2013, the SWFC was exceeded in height by the adjacent Shanghai Tower,[13] which is China's tallest structure as of 2023. Together, The Shanghai World Financial Center, The Shanghai Tower and The Jin Mao Tower form the world's first adjacent grouping of three supertall skyscrapers.

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  11. ^ "Shanghai tower named year's best skyscraper". Reuters. 20 November 2008. Retrieved 5 August 2013.
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  13. ^ "Shanghai Tower Construction Continues Despite Rumors of salt in concrete sand". NextBigFuture.com. 25 April 2013. Retrieved 20 May 2013.