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Jin Mao Tower Shanghai Building
Lujiazui Shanghai Skyscraper Photos, China: Chinese High-Rise Tower design by SOM Architects
24 + 23 Jan 2013
Jin Mao Tower Building – World’s Fastest Elevators
Jin Mao Tower in Pudong Home to World’s 5th Fastest Elevators
The Jin Mao Tower, Pudong is a skyscraper building in eastern China: the tower has the world’s 5th fastest elevators.
photo : Michael Bär
The elevator speeds are researched by Emporis, the international building-data provider.
View of the Shanghai World Financial Center building and Jin Mao Tower:
photograph : Thierry Beauvir
Location: Lujiazui, Pudong, Shanghai
Date built: 1998
Design: Skidmore, Owings & Merrill – SOM Architects
photo © Dennis Remmelzwaal
The Pudong high-rise building is 420m high.
The tower incorporates offices + Grand Hyatt Hotel with a thirty storey high atrium.
photo © Dennis Remmelzwaal
The tower is also known as Jin Mao Building – Golden Prosperity Building.
88 storey skyscraper
These photos of Shanghai high-rise architecture by Andrew McRae
The structure is the tallest building in China since 2005.
This skyscraper is the seventh tallest building in world at time of writing.
This Pudong tower’s proportions relate to the number 8, which symbolises prosperity in Chinese traditional culture.
Looking up this Pudong skyscraper building:
Skidmore, Owings & Merrill – headquartered in the USA.
Looking across Huangpu River to Pudong with the tower on the left:
Shanghai skyscraper photos © Andrew McRae
Location: Lujiazui, Pudong, Shanghai, China
Shanghai Architecture
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Shanghai Towers
Oriental Pearl Tower, Lujiazui, Pudong
Height: 468m high
Shanghai World Financial Center
Design: Kohn Pederson Fox – KPF Architects
Height: 492 m – 1614 ft
Levels: 101 storeys
View of skyscrapers with Pudong Financial District:
photo © Andrew McRae
Shanghai Buildings – photos of various structures in the city:
photo © Andrew McRae
A further selection of architectural photos from this major Chinese city:
photo © Andrew McRae
Shanghai Building – Selection
Shanghai Tower : World’s First Double-Skin, Super-Tall Building
Shanghai Tower
Hong Kong and Shanghai Bank, HK, China
Shanghai Architecture Studios – architecture firm contact details on e-architect
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