The Shanghai Tower is a 128-story, 632-meter-tall megatall skyscraper located in Lujiazui, Pudong, Shanghai, currently the tallest building in China and the world third-tallest building by height to architectural top. It held the world fastest elevators, at a top speed of 20.5 meters per second, until 2017, and was the tallest and largest LEED-CS Platinum-certified building in the world from 2016 to 2025.
Facts
Year Created LocationLujiazui, Pudong, Shanghai, China 1 Architectural StyleTwisted-form sustainable supertall design 1 Structural SystemNine stacked cylindrical sections enclosed by a twisting double-skin glass facade, with a large tuned mass damper limiting sway 1 Primary MaterialSteel structure with a double-skin glass facade 1 Building TypeMixed-use megatall skyscraper (office, retail and leisure) 1 Commissioned ByShanghai Municipal Government (Yeti Construction and Development consortium) 1 Construction Height (metres) Storey Count Current UseMixed-use tower with offices, retail, a hotel, restaurants and public observation decks 1 Visitor AccessObservation deck open to the public since July 2016, with the Top of Shanghai deck on the 121st floor open by 2020 1 In the Other Atlases
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Sources
1. Shanghai Tower (Wikipedia)
Wikimedia FoundationHistory, Construction subsection, near end
The exterior was completed in summer 2015, and work was considered complete in September 2014.
Lead section, third paragraph, first sentence
Groundbreaking and construction work on the tower began on 29 November 2008 and topped out on 4 August 2013.
Lead section, first sentence
The Shanghai Tower is a 128-story, 632-meter-tall (2,073-foot) megatall skyscraper located in Lujiazui, Pudong, Shanghai.
Lead section, second paragraph, second sentence
Its tiered construction, designed for high energy efficiency, provides nine separate zones divided between office, retail and leisure use.
Design, Sustainability subsection, first sentence
The design of the tower's glass façade, which completes a 120° twist as it rises, is intended to reduce wind loads on the building by 24%.
Design section, second paragraph, first sentence
The tower takes the form of nine cylindrical buildings stacked atop each other that total 128 floors, all enclosed by the inner layer of the glass facade.
Design, Sustainability subsection, second sentence
This reduced the amount of construction materials needed; the Shanghai Tower used 25% less structural steel than a conventional design of a similar height.
History, Planning and funding subsection, first sentence
The Shanghai Tower is owned by Yeti Construction and Development, a consortium of state-owned development companies which includes Shanghai Chengtou Corp., Shanghai Lujiazui Finance & Trade Zone Development Co., and Shanghai Construction Group.
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By 2020, the opening of a further deck, dubbed the "Top of Shanghai" on the 121st floor at 562 m (1844 ft), made it the highest observation deck in the world, beating out the Burj Khalifa's observation deck at 555 m (1823 ft).
Genre reference
The Shanghai Tower is a 128-story, 632-meter-tall megatall skyscraper located in Lujiazui, Pudong, Shanghai, currently the tallest building in China and the world third-tallest building by height to architectural top.
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