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Jin Mao Tower
 

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View from across the river - - (229682)
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View from the Bund - - (302032)
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View from Oriental Pearl TV Tower - - (287627)
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View from within the atrium - - (229678)
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Summer night from ground level - - (385300)
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Identification
Official name Jin Mao Tower
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Emporis Building Number 103803
 
Location
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Neighborhood Pudong
Borough Pudong New Area
City Shanghai
State Shanghai
Country China
 
Technical Data
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Height (struct.) 421 m 1,380 ft
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Floors (OG) 88
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Construction end 1999
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Building in General
Type of construction skyscraper
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Status completed

Facts
- The tower has an observatory (with a floor space of 1,520 square metres) on the 88th floor, at a height of 340.1 metres. It is the largest and highest observation deck in China. Admission is 50 rmb (about $6 US).
- Grand Hyatt Shanghai occupies floors 53-87.
- The building's shape draws on traditional Chinese forms, especially the tiered pagoda.
- Offices occupy floors 3 through 50. A 5-star Grand Hyatt Hotel fills the top 38 floors with 555 rooms.
- The tower is designed to withstand an earthquake of 6 on the Richter scale and the strongest level of typhoon.
- The hotel atrium starts at the 53rd floor and extend upwards to the 87th floor. It has a clear height of 152 meters and a diameter of 27 meters, making it one of the tallest atriums in the world.
- Designed by Adrian D. Smith, FAIA, RIBA Design Partner at Skidmore Owings & Merrill LLP.
- Contains the world's highest hotel rooms, and is the world's tallest building with a hotel inside. The Ryugyong Hotel in North Korea is still considered the world's tallest hotel because it is a pure hotel and not mixed-use.
- Replaced King Tower as the tallest building in Shanghai.
- Currently the tallest building in the People's Republic of China (replacing CITIC Plaza), and the fifth tallest in the world.
- Bregman + Hamann Architects was involved in the design of the Grand Hyatt's food court/theatre area.
- Hear the radio interview (9MB, MP3) about the Jin Mao Tower held by the BBC with Janne Puustelli, Emporis senior editor from Finland.

Companies involved in this Building*
Architect: Skidmore, Owings & Merrill LLP , Shanghai Institute of Architectural Design & Research Co.Ltd (SIADR) , East China Architectural Design & Research Institute Co. Ltd.

Emporis Premium Companies: MANNTECH Building Maintenance Systems.

Other companies: China Shanghai Foreign Trade Centre Co., Ltd, Shanghai Jin Mao Contractor, Skidmore, Owings & Merrill LLP, Bregman + Hamann Architects, CECELEC (France), Thorn Light, Ghirardi Marble and Granite Industry Group, Edgett Williams Consulting Group, Inc, Rolf Jensen & Associates, Inc., Alan G. Davenport Wind Engineering Group BLWTL, Mitsubishi Elevator and Escalator, Mitsubishi Elevator and Escalator, Josef Gartner GmbH, Campolonghi Italia S.r.l, Guardian Fiberglass, Shanghai Metropolis Real Estate Consultants, Lucent Technologies, ABN AMRO Bank N.V., Global Hyatt Corporation, Compaq, Dow Jones, Asahi Bank, YAMAHA.