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Jin Mao Tower
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Jin Mao Tower is a landmark skyscraper located in Shanghai, China. It is notable for its distinctive architecture and prominent place in the city's skyline.
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Key facts
- Status
- Completed
- Type
- Skyscraper , (incl. office , hotel , tourism , & retail )
- Architectural style
- Neo-Futurism
- Location
- 88 Century Avenue , Pudong District, Shanghai 200121, China
- Construction started
- 1994 ; 32 years ago ( 1994 )
- Completed
- 1999 ; 27 years ago ( 1999 )
- Cost
- US$530 million (1999)
- Architectural
- 420.5 meters (1,380 ft)
- Tip
- 420.5 meters (1,380 ft)
- Antenna spire
- 35 m (115 ft)
- Roof
- 385.5 m (1,265 ft)
- Top floor
- 375 meters (1,230 ft)
- Observatory
- 374.5 meters (1,229 ft)
- Floor count
- 88, (+5 spire floors), (+3 basement floors) (Total: 96 floors)
- Floor area
- 289,500 m (3,116,000 sq ft)
- Architect
- Adrian Smith at SOM
- Developer
- China Jin Mao Group
- Structural engineer
- SOM
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- skyscraper
- Country
- China
- Located in
- Shanghai
- Area
- 289500
- Material used
- glass
- Image
- Jin Mao Tower.jpg
- Height
- 421
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- architect
- Skidmore, Owings & Merrill
- structural engineer
- Skidmore, Owings & Merrill
- floors above ground
- 88
- architectural style
- neo-futurism
- floors below ground
- 3
- number of elevators
- 61
- date of official opening
- 1999-00-00
- inception
- 1998-00-00
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Encyclopedic overview
31°14′14″N 121°30′05″E / 31.237222222222°N 121.50138888889°E / 31.237222222222; 121.50138888889
The Jin Mao Tower (simplified Chinese: 金茂大厦; traditional Chinese: 金茂大廈; pinyin: Jīnmào Dàshà; Shanghainese: Cinmeu Dagho; lit. 'Golden Prosperity Building'), also known as the Jinmao Building or Jinmao Tower, is a 420.5-meter-tall (1,380 ft), 88-story (93 if counting the floors in the spire) landmark skyscraper in Lujiazui, Pudong, Shanghai, China. It contains a shopping mall, offices and the Grand Hyatt Shanghai hotel which starts from the 53rd floor; at the time of completion it was the highest hotel in the world. Along with the Oriental Pearl Tower, the Shanghai World Financial Center and the Shanghai Tower, it is part of the Lujiazui skyline seen from the Bund.
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