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Oriental Pearl Tower
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Key facts
- Status
- Completed
- Type
- Communication, hotel, observation, restaurant
- Location
- Shanghai
- Construction started
- July 30, 1991 ; 34 years ago ( 1991-07-30 )
- Completed
- November 18, 1994 ; 31 years ago ( 1994-11-18 )
- Opened
- May 1, 1995 ; 31 years ago ( 1995-05-01 )
- Antenna spire
- 468 m (1,535 ft)
- Top floor
- 351 m (1,152 ft)
- Floor count
- Equivalent of a 103 story building
- Architect
- Shanghai Modern Architectural Design Co. Ltd.
- Developer
- Shanghai Oriental Group Co. Ltd.
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- Chinese AAAAA-rated tourist attraction
- Country
- China
- Located in
- Shanghai
- Elevation
- 29
- Material used
- concrete
- Mass
- 120000
- Official website
- orientalpearltower.com
- Image
- Oriental Pearl Tower 2012.jpg
- Height
- 468
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- floors above ground
- 153
- Commons Institution page
- Oriental Pearl Tower
- Commons category
- Oriental Pearl Tower
- inception
- 1998-00-00
- capital cost
- 830000000
- number of elevators
- 6
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Encyclopedic overview
The Oriental Pearl Tower is a futurist TV tower in Lujiazui, Shanghai. Built from 1991 to 1994, the tower was the tallest structure in China until the completion of nearby World Financial Center in 2007. Its status as Shanghai's first AAAAA tourist attraction, the tower's unique architecture, height, and fifteen observation decks have made it a cultural icon of the city.
Architecture
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