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Encyclopedia > Jin Mao Building
Jin Mao Building 金茂大厦
Information
Location 88 Century Boulevard, Pudong District, Shanghai 200121, China
Status Complete
Constructed 1998
Use Office, Hotel
Height
Antenna/Spire 420.5m / 1,380ft (SSP)
Roof 420.5m / 1,380ft (SSP)[citation needed]
Top floor 366.0m / 1,201ft (SSP)
Technical details
Floor count 88
Floor area 278,707
Elevator count 61
Companies
Architect Skidmore, Owings & Merrill

The Jin Mao Building or Jin Mao Tower (Chinese: 金茂大厦; Pinyin: Jīn Mào Dàshà; literally "Golden Prosperity Building") is an 88-story landmark skyscraper in the Lujiazui area of the Pudong district of Shanghai, People's Republic of China. It contains offices and the Shanghai Grand Hyatt hotel. As of 2005, it is the tallest building in the PRC, the fifth tallest in the world by roof height and the seventh tallest by pinnacle height. Along with the Oriental Pearl Tower, it is a centerpiece of the Pudong skyline. It will be surpassed in 2008 by the Shanghai World Financial Center. Image File history File linksMetadata Download high-resolution version (1536x2048, 1468 KB) File links The following pages on the English Wikipedia link to this file (pages on other projects are not listed): Jin Mao Building Metadata This file contains additional information, probably added from the digital camera or scanner used... Pudong seen from the Bund Pudong (Simplified Chinese: ; Traditional Chinese: ; Hanyu Pinyin: ), officially known as Pudong New Area (浦東新區, pinyin: PÇ”dōng XÄ«n QÅ«), is a district of Shanghai, China. ... Shanghai (Chinese: ; pinyin:  ; Wu (Long-short): ZÃ¥nhae; Shanghainese (IPA): ), situated on the banks of the Yangtze River Delta in East China, is the largest city of the Peoples Republic of China and the ninth largest in the world. ... Year 1998 (MCMXCVIII) was a common year starting on Thursday (link will display full 1998 Gregorian calendar). ... A square metre (US spelling: square meter) is by definition the area enclosed by a square with sides each 1 metre long. ... The architectural firm of Skidmore, Owings and Merrill LLP (SOM) was formed in Chicago in 1936 by Louis Skidmore and Nathaniel Owings; in 1939 they were joined by John Merrill. ... Hanyu Pinyin (Simplified Chinese: ; Traditional Chinese: ; pinyin: ), commonly called Pinyin, is the most common variant of Standard Mandarin romanization system in use. ... Taj Mahal Big Ben Saint Basils Cathedral For other senses of this word, see landmark (disambiguation). ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ... Lujiazui (陆家嘴) is a metro station in the city of Shanghai. ... Pudong seen from the Bund Pudong (Simplified Chinese: ; Traditional Chinese: ; Hanyu Pinyin: ), officially known as Pudong New Area (浦東新區, pinyin: PÇ”dōng XÄ«n QÅ«), is a district of Shanghai, China. ... Shanghai (Chinese: ; pinyin:  ; Wu (Long-short): ZÃ¥nhae; Shanghainese (IPA): ), situated on the banks of the Yangtze River Delta in East China, is the largest city of the Peoples Republic of China and the ninth largest in the world. ... An office is a room or other area in which people work, but may also denote a position within an organisation with specific duties attached to it (see officer, office-holder, official); the latter is in fact an earlier usage, office as place originally referring to the location of one... For the inventor of Celluloid, see John Wesley Hyatt. ... Dariush Grand Hotel,Kish island, Iran The 4-star Manor House Hotel at Castle Combe, Wiltshire, England. ... 2005 is a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ... The roofs of Olomouc, Czech Republic. ... pinnacle Sint-Petrus-en-Pauluskerk, Ostend, Belgium A pinnacle (from Latin pinnaculum, a little feather, pinna) is an architectural ornament originally forming the cap or crown of a buttress or small turret, but afterwards used on parapets at the corners of towers and in many other situations. ... The Oriental Pearl Tower (东方明珠塔, pinyin: Dōngfāng MíngzhÅ«tÇŽ) is a TV tower in Shanghai, China. ... A skyline is best described as the overall or partial view of a silhouette of a citys tall buildings and structures consisting of many skyscrapers in front of the sky in the background. ... 2008 (MMVIII) will be a leap year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... The Shanghai World Financial Center (Simplified Chinese: ; Traditional Chinese: ; pinyin: ) is a supertall skyscraper that has been intermittently under construction in Shanghai, China. ...

Contents

Structure

Jin Mao Building from the Oriental Pearl Tower
Jin Mao Building from the Oriental Pearl Tower

The building is located on a 24 000  plot of land near the Lujiazui metro station. ImageMetadata File history File links Download high resolution version (426x640, 128 KB) Jin Mao Tower, Shanghai, China. ... ImageMetadata File history File links Download high resolution version (426x640, 128 KB) Jin Mao Tower, Shanghai, China. ... The Oriental Pearl Tower (东方明珠塔, pinyin: Dōngfāng MíngzhÅ«tÇŽ) is a TV tower in Shanghai, China. ... A square metre (US spelling: square meter) is by definition the area enclosed by a square with sides each 1 metre long. ... The Shanghai Metro (上海轨道交通) is an urban rapid transit system that serves the city of Shanghai by transporting around 1. ...


It was designed by the Chicago office of Skidmore, Owings & Merrill. Its postmodern form, whose complexity rises as it ascends, draws on traditional Chinese architecture such as the tiered pagoda, gently stepping back to create a rhythmic pattern as it rises. Like the Petronas Towers in Malaysia, the building's proportions revolve around the number 8, associated with prosperity in Chinese culture. The 88 floors (93 if the spire floors are counted) are divided into 16 segments, each of which is 1/8th shorter than the 16-story base. The tower is built around an octagon-shaped concrete shear wall core surrounded by 8 exterior composite supercolumns and 8 exterior steel columns. Three sets of 8 two-story high outrigger trusses connect the columns to the core at six of the floors to provide additional support. Nickname: Motto: Urbs In Horto (Latin: City in a Garden), I Will Location in the Chicago metro area and Illinois Coordinates: , Country United States State Illinois County Cook & DuPage Settled 1770s Incorporated March 4, 1837 Government  - Mayor Richard M. Daley (D) Area  - City  234. ... The architectural firm of Skidmore, Owings and Merrill LLP (SOM) was formed in Chicago in 1936 by Louis Skidmore and Nathaniel Owings; in 1939 they were joined by John Merrill. ... 1000 de La Gauchetière, with ornamented and strongly defined top, middle and bottom. ... The Liuhe Pagoda of Hangzhou, China, built in 1165 AD. Chinese architecture refers to a style of architecture that has taken shape in Asia over the centuries. ... A pagoda at Sibu, Sarawak, Malaysia This article is about the building style. ... The Petronas Towers The Petronas Towers (also known as the Petronas Twin Towers), in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia (, ), were once the worlds tallest buildings when measured from the level of the main entrance to the structural or architectural top. ... Look up eight in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... Numerology is any of many systems, traditions or beliefs in a mystical or esoteric relationship between numbers and physical objects or living things. ... Chinese culture has roots going back over five thousand years. ... 88 (eighty-eight) is the natural number following 87 and preceding 89. ... Concrete being poured, raked and vibrated into place in residential construction in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. ... A braced wall line, sometimes referred to as a shear wall, is a construction industry term for a wall line which contains braced panels (sometimes referred to as shear panels) or other methods of countering the effects of lateral loads that act on a building. ... A cloth of woven carbon fiber filaments, a common element in composite materials Composite materials (or composites for short) are engineered materials made from two or more constituent materials with significantly different physical or chemical properties and which remain separate and distinct within the finished structure. ... The steel cable of a colliery winding tower. ... In a canoe or bangca, an outrigger is a thin, long, solid, hull used to stabilise an inherently unstable main hull. ... In architecture and structural engineering, a truss is a structure comprising one or more triangular units which are constructed with straight slender members whose ends are connected at joints. ...


The foundations rest on 1,062 high-capacity steel piles driven 83.5 m deep in the ground to compensate for poor upper-strata soil conditions. At the time those were the longest steel piles ever used in a land-based building. The piles are capped by a 4 m-thick concrete raft 19.6 m underground. The basement's surrounding slurry wall is 1 m thick, 36 m high and 568 m long, and composed of 20,500 of reinforced concrete. A foundation is a structure that transmits loads from a building or road to the underlying ground. ... The volume of a solid object is the three-dimensional concept of how much space it occupies, often quantified numerically. ... Loess field in Germany Surface-water-gley developed in glacial till, Northern Ireland Technically, soil forms the pedosphere: the interface between the lithosphere (rocky part of the planet) and the biosphere, atmosphere, and hydrosphere. ... Floating raft is type of foundation, invented by John Root, that protects against settlement and the liquification of soft soil due to seismic activity. ... A townhouse with basement windows showing A basement is one or more floors of a building that are either completely or partially below the ground floor. ... Slurrywall excavator A slurry wall is a type of wall used to build tunnels, open cuts and foundations in areas of soft earth close to open water or with a high ground water table. ... The cubic metre (symbol m³) is the SI derived unit of volume. ... Reinforced concrete at Sainte Jeanne dArc Church (Nice, France): architect Jacques Dror, 1926–1933 Reinforced concrete, also called ferroconcrete in some countries, is concrete in which reinforcement bars (rebars) or fibers have been incorporated to strengthen a material that would otherwise be brittle. ...


The building employs an advanced structural engineering system which fortifies it against typhoon winds of up to 200 km/h (with the top swaying by a maximum of 75 cm) and earthquakes of up to 7 on the Richter scale. The steel shafts have shear joints that act as shock absorbers to cushion the lateral forces imposed by winds and quakes, and the swimming pool on the 57th floor is said to act as a passive damper. Taipei 101, the worlds tallest building as of 2004. ... Cyclone Catarina, a rare South Atlantic tropical cyclone viewed from the International Space Station on March 26, 2004. ... Kilometre per hour (American spelling: kilometer per hour) is a unit of both speed (scalar) and velocity (vector). ... Oscillation is the variation, typically in time, of some measure as seen, for example, in a swinging pendulum. ... An earthquake is the result from the sudden release of stored energy in the Earths crust that creates seismic waves. ... The Richter magnitude test scale (or more correctly local magnitude ML scale) assigns a single number to quantify the size of an earthquake. ... In physics and mechanics, shear refers to a deformation that causes parallel surfaces to slide past one another (as opposed to compression and tension, which cause parallel surfaces to move towards or away from one another). ... Gasfilled Shock absorber. ... Damping is any effect, either deliberately engendered or inherent to a system, that tends to reduce the amplitude of oscillations of an oscillatory system. ...


The exterior curtain wall is made of glass, stainless steel, aluminium, and granite, and is criss-crossed by complex latticework cladding made of aluminum alloy pipes. Glass curtain wall of the Bauhaus Dessau. ... Glass can be made transparent and flat, or into other shapes and colors as shown in this sphere from the Verrerie of Brehat in Brittany. ... The 630 foot high, stainless-clad (type 304L) Gateway Arch defines St. ... General Name, Symbol, Number aluminium, Al, 13 Chemical series poor metals Group, Period, Block 13, 3, p Appearance silvery Standard atomic weight 26. ... Close-up of granite from Yosemite National Park, valley of the Merced River Quarrying granite for the Mormon Temple, Utah Territory. ... Mashrabiya screen on display in the British Museum Latticework is an ornamental framework consisting of a criss-crossed pattern of strips of building material, usually wood or metal but can be of any material. ... The term cladding can have a number of meanings: Regarding optical fiber in telecommunication, cladding is one or more layers of material of lower refractive index, in intimate contact with a core material of higher refractive index. ...


Official dedication was August 28, 1998, a date also chosen with the number 8 in mind. The building was fully operational in 1999. is the 240th day of the year (241st in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1998 (MCMXCVIII) was a common year starting on Thursday (link will display full 1998 Gregorian calendar). ... Year 1999 (MCMXCIX) was a common year starting on Friday (link will display full 1999 Gregorian calendar). ...


Jin Mao Building is owned by the China Jin Mao Group Co. Ltd (formerly China Shanghai Foreign Trade Centre Co. Ltd). It reportedly has a daily maintenance cost of 1 million RMB (US$121,000).[1] ISO 4217 Code CNY User(s) Mainland of the Peoples Republic of China Inflation 1. ... The United States dollar is the official currency of the United States. ...

View from the base of the Jin Mao tower at Night.
View from the base of the Jin Mao tower at Night.

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Occupants

The building has 3 main entrances to the lobby, two for the office portion and one for the hotel. Additionally, a 6-story podium at the tower base houses the Hyatt's conference and banquet facilities (first two floors) as well as a shopping mall, restaurants and nightclubs such as the hotel's "Pu-J's" on the third floor. A lobby is a room in a building which is used for entry from the outside, Sometimes referred to as a foyer or an entrance hall. ... A podium is a platform that is used to raise something to a short distance above its surroundings. ... To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article may require cleanup. ... State Banquet. ... This article needs additional references or sources for verification. ... // This article or section does not cite any references or sources. ...


The 3-story basement has a food court, express elevators to the observation deck, and 600 vehicle and 7,500 bicycle parking spaces below. Above, 61 elevators (supplied by Mitsubishi) and 19 escalators carry visitors throughout the building. Food court at the Fashion Centre at Pentagon City in Arlington, Virginia. ... This article is about the transportation device. ... Mitsubishi Logo The Mitsubishi Group ), Mitsubishi Group of Companies, or Mitsubishi Companies, all refer to a large grouping of independently operated Japanese companies which share the Mitsubishi brand name. ... Escalators at Canary Wharf, London. ...


The lower 50 floors (in the first 4 segments of the tower) are made up of 123,000 m² of Grade A offices, divided into 5 elevator zones (3-6, 7-17, 18-29, 30-40, and 41-50). Office spaces are open-plan (column-free) with a floor-to-floor gross height of 4.0m, net height 2.7m. Levels 51 and 52 are mechanical floors, accessible only by service elevators. Deconstructing a Roman pillar. ... A mechanical floor, mechanical penthouse, or mechanical level is a floor of a high-rise building that is dedicated to mechanical and electronics equipment. ...

Bottom-up view of the atrium.
Bottom-up view of the atrium.
Top-down view of the atrium.
Top-down view of the atrium.

Download high resolution version (1187x960, 514 KB)Bottom-up view of the 32-story atrium in the Shanghai Grand Hyatt inside Jin Mao Building. ... Download high resolution version (1187x960, 514 KB)Bottom-up view of the 32-story atrium in the Shanghai Grand Hyatt inside Jin Mao Building. ... Image File history File linksMetadata Size of this preview: 800 × 600 pixel Image in higher resolution (2048 × 1536 pixel, file size: 1. ... Image File history File linksMetadata Size of this preview: 800 × 600 pixel Image in higher resolution (2048 × 1536 pixel, file size: 1. ...

Shanghai Grand Hyatt

The building's anchor tenant is the five-star, 555-room Shanghai Grand Hyatt hotel which occupies floors 53 to 87. It is the highest hotel in the world in terms of distance from the ground, however the tallest building to be used exclusively as a hotel is the Burj Al Arab in Dubai (excluding the taller Ryugyong Hotel which was never in use). Additionally, the world's longest laundry chute runs down the full length of the tower to the basement, and incorporates buffers to slow down the laundry during its descent. Stars are also used to classify senior military ranks. ... The Burj al-Arab Hotel The Burj al-Arab is a luxury hotel in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. ... Coordinates: , Emirate Dubai Government  - Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum Area [1]  - Metro 4,114 km² (1,588. ... , Ryugyong Hotel (at right), towering above Pyongyang The Ryugyong Hotel (or Ryu-Gyong Hotel or Yu-Kyung Hotel or the 105 Building) is a towering, empty concrete shell that was once intended for use as a hotel in Sojang-dong, in the Potong-gang District of Pyongyang, North Korea. ... Italian street, with laundry hung to dry Laundry can be: items of clothing and other textiles that require washing, the act of washing clothing and textiles, the room of a house in which this is done. ...


The Hyatt's famous barrel-vaulted atrium starts at the 56th floor and extends upwards to the 87th. Lined with 28 annular corridors and staircases arrayed in a spiral, it is 27m in diameter with a clear height of approximately 115m.[2] It is one of the tallest atriums in the world, the tallest being Burj Al Arab's. Barrel vault In architecture, a barrel vault is an extrusion of a single curve (or pair of curves, in the case of a pointed barrel vault) along a given distance. ... Looking up inside the 32-story atrium of the Shanghai Grand Hyatt, part of the Jin Mao Building. ... The Burj al-Arab Hotel The Burj al-Arab is a luxury hotel in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. ...

Jin Mao Building during the day
Jin Mao Building during the day

The hotel floors also feature: Image File history File linksMetadata Download high resolution version (2112x2816, 1563 KB) 位于上海浦东的金茂大厦。 Shizhao2005年于上海 File links The following pages link to this file: Jin Mao Building Metadata This file contains additional information, probably added from the digital camera or scanner used to create or digitize it. ... Image File history File linksMetadata Download high resolution version (2112x2816, 1563 KB) 位于上海浦东的金茂大厦。 Shizhao2005年于上海 File links The following pages link to this file: Jin Mao Building Metadata This file contains additional information, probably added from the digital camera or scanner used to create or digitize it. ...

  • 53/F: The Piano Bar, a jazz club.
  • 54/F: The hotel lobby and Grand café, served by an express elevator from the tower's ground floor.
  • 55/F: Canton, a high-end Cantonese restaurant that takes up the entire floor.
  • 56/F: On Fifty-Six, a collection of restaurants including The Grill, the Italian Cucina, the Japanese Kobachi, and the Pati which is inside the atrium base.
  • 57/F: Club Oasis, a fitness club featuring the world's highest swimming pool.
  • 85/F: Highest rooms; this is also a transfer level for the elevators going to the two floors above.
  • 86/F: Club Jin Mao, a Shanghainese restaurant.
  • 87/F: Cloud 9, the world's highest bar (although higher restaurants exist), with a split-level mezzanine called the Sky Lounge. It is chosen by some visitors as a comfortable alternative to the observation deck above, since the lowest-priced drinks are the same price as the admission to the deck. Possibly in response to this, the hotel sets a RMB 120 (+15% service) minimum charge.
The Jin Mao Tower and the metro station
The Jin Mao Tower and the metro station

The 88th floor (not part of the hotel) houses the Skywalk, a 1,520m² indoor observation deck with a capacity of 1,000+ people. In addition to the panoramic views of Shanghai, it offers a topside view of the hotel atrium below. It also includes a small post office. Access is through two express elevators from the basement that travel at 9.1m/s and take 45 seconds to reach the top. As of 2007 admission costs RMB 70 (approx. US$9), half for children. This article needs additional references or sources for verification. ... Coffeehouse in Damascus A coffeehouse, coffee shop, or café shares some of the characteristics of a bar, and some of the characteristics of a restaurant. ... Cantonese (Yue) cuisine originates from Guangdong Province in southern China, or more precisely, the area around Canton (Guangzhou). ... Modern indoor gymnasium with pull-down basketball hoops. ... This article needs additional references or sources for verification. ... Shanghai cuisine, known as Hu cai (滬菜 in pinyin: hù cài) among the Chinese, is one of the most popular and celebrated cuisines in China. ... This article or section does not cite any references or sources. ... Mezzanine may refer to: Mezzanine (architecture), an intermediate floor between main floors of a building In technology, a mezzanine can refer to a thin sheet of plastic insulating different parts of circuitry from each other in cramped environments, such as laptop interiors. ... Image File history File linksMetadata Download high-resolution version (1200x1600, 346 KB) File links The following pages on the English Wikipedia link to this file (pages on other projects are not listed): Jin Mao Building Metadata This file contains additional information, probably added from the digital camera or scanner used... Image File history File linksMetadata Download high-resolution version (1200x1600, 346 KB) File links The following pages on the English Wikipedia link to this file (pages on other projects are not listed): Jin Mao Building Metadata This file contains additional information, probably added from the digital camera or scanner used... In architecture, a deck is a constructed flat surface capable of supporting weight, similar to a floor but typically constructed outdoors and usually (though not always) connected to a building. ... Small-town post office and town hall in Lockhart, Alabama A post office is a facility (in most countries, a government one) where the public can purchase postage stamps for mailing correspondence or merchandise, and also drop off or pick up packages or other special-delivery items. ... Metre per second (U.S. spelling: meter per second) is an SI derived unit of both speed (scalar) and velocity (vector), defined by distance in metres divided by time in seconds. ...


Levels 89-93, which occupy the building's spire, are mechanical floors not accessible to the public. They are illuminated in bright white at night. A mechanical floor, mechanical penthouse, or mechanical level is a floor of a high-rise building that is dedicated to mechanical and electronics equipment. ...


Events

Jin Mao Building
Jin Mao Building
  • On February 18, 2001 Han Qizhi, a 31-year old shoe salesman from Anhui province "struck by a rash impulse", climbed the building barehanded. This occurred a mere week after well-known urban climber Alain "Spiderman" Robert had given up trying to convince Chinese authorities to let him climb the structure. Referring to the tower's scaffold-like cladding, Robert commented that his six-year-old son could climb the building and that he himself could do it using only one arm.[3]
  • On October 5, 2003 during Chinese National Day Holiday, a multi-national group of BASE jumpers (invited by the Shanghai Sports Bureau) leaped from the top of the tower. 34-year old Australian jumper Roland "Slim" Simpson had a parachute malfunction and crashed on an adjacent building. He fell into a coma, and died following repatriation on October 22.[4][5]
  • The tower and the hotel inside, including the famous atrium, were featured in the futuristic film Code 46 (2003).
  • The tower and the hotel inside, including the famous atrium, are also featured in the latest installment of the video game Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell, Double Agent. In this level Sam Fisher lands by helicopter on the roof of the tower and then makes his way down the side of the structure and into the Grand Hyatt hotel. This happens during Chinese New Year and fireworks can be seen exploding over the Shanghai skyline.
  • France's Alain Robert, renowned for climbing the world's tallest buildings, wasn't going to let 15 days in a Chinese jail deter him from an attempt at scaling China's tallest building.[6] He finally scaled the building in 2007, 6 years after the first free-climbing of the Jin Mao building.

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See also

Taipei 101, the worlds tallest building since its completion in 2004, is located in Taipei, Republic of China (Taiwan). ... This is a list of the worlds tallest structures, past and present of any type. ...

Notes and references

  1. ^ Shanghai Star
  2. ^ Commonly quoted atrium height of 152m is due to a faulty assumption of 38 floors of 4m each; it is actually 32 floors of 3.5m each, the last few being taller.
  3. ^ Climbing News, Independent Online
  4. ^ CRI Online
  5. ^ Blog of Death
  6. ^ http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20070531/od_uk_nm/oukoe_uk_china_climber;_ylt=As3g6Bm7yfEzMIukj.1w0zbMWM0F

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Tuntex Sky Tower at night Lantern Festival at Tuntex Sky Tower, Kaohsiung, Taiwan Tuntex Sky Tower, or the T & C Tower , 85 SKYTOWER (the Tuntex & Chien-Tai Tower), is a 85-floor skyscraper located in Kaohsiung City, Taiwan. ... Two Prudential Plaza is a skyscraper built in Chicago in 1990. ... The U.S. Bank Tower (Library Tower, First Interstate World Center) at 633 West Fifth Street in downtown Los Angeles, California, United States is the seventh tallest building in the US, the tallest North American skyscraper west of Chicago, the tallest building in California, and the tallest building with a... 23 Marina is a residential skyscraper that is currently under construction in Dubai. ... The Abraj Al Bait Towers is a building under construction (est. ... Airlangga Residences is a skyscraper twin consisting of two 327 metre tall 60 store highrise buildings under construction at Jakarta, Indonesia. ... The Al Hamra Tower is a skyscraper currently under construction in downtown Kuwait City, Kuwait. ... Al Rajhi Tower in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia is a new $480 million USD tower announced May 13, 2006. ... The Al Yaquob Tower is a supertall skyscraper currently under construction in Dubai. ... Almas Tower (Diamond Tower) is a 365 metre tall skyscraper under construction in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. ... Bank of America Tower construction site, as seen from the corner of 42nd Street and Sixth Avenue. ... The Burj Dubai (Arabic: Dubai Tower) is a supertall skyscraper currently under construction in the New Downtown of Dubai, United Arab Emirates. ... The Burj Dubai Lake Hotel & Serviced Apartments is a supertall skyscraper set to rise 306 meters alongside the Dubai Mall in Dubai. ... Busan Lotte Tower is a mixed use tower in the southern South Korean city of Busan that is currently under construction. ... }| The Chicago Spire is a supertall skyscraper approved for construction in Chicago, Illinois. ... China World Trade Center Tower 3 is a 301. ... City Hall and City Duma model on MIPIM exhibition For the historic structure, see Moscow City Hall. ... DAMAC Heights, or formerly Ocean Heights 2, is an approved supertall skyscraper located in the Dubai Marina of Dubai. ... Khalifa Sports City Tower or Aspire Tower is a 318 meter (1,050 feet) tall skyscraper under construction at the Khalifa Sports City in Doha, Qatar. ... Dubai Towers - Doha is a 445 meter mixed-use skyscraper being constructed in Doha, Qatar. ... Elite Residence is a supertall skyscraper under construction in Dubai, United Arab Emirates in the Dubai Marina district. ... Faros del Panamá is a 95 floor building with a planned height of 346 metres under construction in Panama City, Panama. ... Federation Tower rendering The Federation Tower is a skyscraper complex currently under construction in Moscow, Russia and is designed to be both the tallest building in Europe as well as Europes first supertall building. ... For the building in Florida of the same name, see Freedom Tower (Miami). ... Gate of Kuwait is a skyscraper with 84 floors and a roof height of 320 metres at Kuwait City, Kuwait, whose construction started in 2005. ... Guangzhou Twin Towers West Tower is a 432 metre tall skyscraper with 103 floors under construction at Zhujiang Avenue West in Tianhe District at Guangzhou, China. ... The Index is a mixed-use skyscraper currently under construction in Dubai. ... International Commerce Centre is a 118 story, 484 m skyscraper under construction in West Kowloon, Hong Kong; as part of the Union Square project built on top of the MTR Kowloon Station. ... JW Marriott International Finance Centre is a highrise building with 77 floors and with a roof height of 377. ... Mag 218 Tower is a 66 floor residential skyscraper with 534 rooms under construction at Dubai, United Arab Emirates. ... Marina 101 is a 412 metre tall skyscraper with 101 floors under construction in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. ... Mercury City Tower is a skyscraper currently under contruction in Moscow, Russia. ... The Minsheng Bank Building (also known as Wuhan International Securities Building) is a 331. ... The North Bund Tower is a highrise building under construction north of the Bund, the historic riverfront district of Shanghai. ... The Northeast Asia Trade Tower is a supertall skyscraper under construction in Incheon, South Korea. ... Ocean One is a 367 metre tall highrise building with 91 floors and 587 rooms under construction at Jomtien Beach in Pattaya, Thailand. ... Ocean Heights is a supertall skyscraper under construction in the Dubai Marina of greater Dubai. ... One Island East (Chinese: 港島東中心) , also called One Island East Centre, is a supertall skyscraper that is currently under construction in Taikoo Place in Island East, Hong Kong. ... This complex, located on Parcel 12, will house offices, apartments, a casino and other entertainment. ... Park Hyatt Tower is a supertall skyscraper under construction in Mumbai, Maharashtra and will be the tallest and greenest building in India once completed. ... Pearl River Tower is a skyscraper that is under construction at the junction of Jinsui Road/Zhujiang Avenue West, Tianhe District, Guangzhou, China. ... The Pentominium is a supertall skyscraper, currently approved for construction in the city of Dubai, United Arab Emirates. ... The Princess Tower is a residential skyscraper that is currently under construction in Dubai. ... The Rose Rotana Suites is a 333 metre, 72 storey tower currently under construction on Sheikh Zayed Road, Dubai, UAE. This skyscraper began in 2004 and should finish early in the year 2007. ... The Shanghai World Financial Center (Simplified Chinese: ; Traditional Chinese: ; pinyin: ) is a supertall skyscraper that has been intermittently under construction in Shanghai, China. ... Shenzhen Nikko Tower is a 310 metre tall highrise building at Nanshan in Shenzhen, China, whose construction started in 2006. ... Sky Tower Dubai is a 379 metre tall skyscraper with 83 floors under construction in Abu Dhabi. ... Artists conception of the completed towers. ... Square Capital Tower is a futuristic highrise building with 63 floors, which is since 2005 under at Kuwait City in Kuwait. ... Tianjin International Trade Centre is a skyscraper with 80 floors and a floor area of 260,000 m², which is since 1998 under construction at 112 Munan Road in Tianjin, China. ... The Marina Torch is a tower currently under construction for the Dubai Marina, Dubai, United Arab Emirates with an expected completion date of June 2008. ... Torre Gran Costanera is a 300 metre tall highrise building, which is since 2006 under construction in Santiago, Chile. ... Trans National Place is a proposed 1000 foot Skyscraper planned for Boston, Massachusetts, and designed by renowned architect Renzo Piano. ... This article does not adequately cite its references. ... Waterview Tower is a mixed used development under construction in downtown Chicago, Illinois. ... This page may meet Wikipedia’s criteria for speedy deletion. ... “WTC” redirects here. ... 868 Towers Offices and Hotel is a 86 floor tall 331 metre tall highrise building, whose construction is pending at Haikou, China. ... BDNI Center I is a 317 metre tall skyscraper with 62 floors, whose construction is pending at the district Pusat of Jakarta in Indonesia. ... The Ahmed Abdul Rahim Al Attar Tower is a supertall skyscraper currently under construction in Dubai. ... The Dalian International Trade Center is a 78 floor skyscraper currently under construction in Dalian, China with a planned floor area of 288,566 m². Its construction started in 2003 however is currently suspended. ... Infinity Tower is a skyscraper under construction by Palma Real Estate in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. ... Marina Gardens is a 75 store residential skyscraper at Area 392-Plot Marsa in Dubai. ... Najd Tower is a 340 metre tall futuristic skyscraper with 82 floors and 496 rooms at Dubai in United Arab Emirates, whose construction started in 2005. ... Plaza Rakyat is a project that was on hold since 1997 due to the economic crisis. ... , Ryugyong Hotel (at right), towering above Pyongyang The Ryugyong Hotel (or Ryu-Gyong Hotel or Yu-Kyung Hotel or the 105 Building) is a towering, empty concrete shell that was once intended for use as a hotel in Sojang-dong, in the Potong-gang District of Pyongyang, North Korea. ... Skycity is a 77 storey skyscraper whose construction is pending in Mandaluyong, Philippines. ... Tianlong Hotel is a hotel skyscraper with 73 floors in Nanan District, Chongqing, China. ... Xiamen Post & Telecommunications Building is a 66 floor tall office skyscraper under construction at Hubin Road South / Xiahe Road at Xian, China. ... Map of Earth showing lines of latitude (horizontally) and longitude (vertically), Eckert VI projection; large version (pdf, 1. ...


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Jin Mao Building: Information from Answers.com (1337 words)
As of 2005, it is the tallest building in the PRC, the fifth tallest in the world by roof height and the seventh tallest by pinnacle height.
The steel shafts have shear joints that act as shock absorbers to cushion the lateral forces imposed by winds and quakes, and the swimming pool on the 57th floor is said to act as a passive damper.
It is the highest hotel in the world in terms of distance from the ground, however the tallest building to be used exclusively as a hotel is the Burj Al Arab in Dubai (excluding the taller Ryugyong Hotel which was never in use).
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The building was the first of two skyscrapers in Manhattan that have been accidently impacted by airplanes, the other being the Belaire Apartments in the Upper East Side in 2006 (the twin towers of the World Trade Center, although hit by airplanes, were brought down by an act of terrorism).
After the death of Frank Sinatra, for example, the building was bathed in blue light to represent the singer's nickname "Ol' Blue Eyes."?title=After the death of actress Fay Wray in late 2004, the building stood in complete darkness for 15 minutes.
The longest time the building was shown was in the episode "Anthology of Interest I", huge Bender falls on the Empire State Building which pierces through the robot while his two arms destroy two fantasy neighboring buildings, the Empire State Building comes out undamaged.
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