The Shanghai World Financial Center is a supertall skyscraper in Pudong, Shanghai, China, designed by Kohn Pedersen Fox. It is a mixed use skyscraper which consists of offices, hotels, conference rooms, observation decks, and shopping malls on the ground floors. Park Hyatt Shanghai is the hotel component containing 174 rooms and suites. Occupying the 79th to the 93rd floors, it is the second highest hotel in the world, surpassing the Grand Hyatt Shanghai on the 53rd to 87th floors of the neighboring Jin Mao Tower.
On 14 September 2007 the skyscraper was topped out at 492.0 meters (1,614.2 ft) and became the second-tallest building in the world; as well as the tallest structure in the People's Republic of China, including Hong Kong. It also had the highest occupied floor and the highest height to roof, two categories used to determine the title of "The World’s Tallest Building".
On 28 August 2008, the SWFC officially opened for business and two days later, the world's tallest observation deck opened with a view from three levels. The highest view is at 474 m (1,555 ft) above ground level. It continues to have the tallest observation deck in the world.
Designed by Kohn Pedersen Fox, the 101-story tower was originally planned for construction in 1997, but work was temporarily interrupted by the Asian Financial Crisis in the late 1990s and later to accommodate design changes by the developer. The building of the tower is financed by several multinational firms, including Chinese, Japanese, and Hong Kong banks, as well as by the Japanese developer and as-yet unnamed American and European investors. American investment bank Morgan Stanley is coordinating the financing for Mori Building.
The foundation stone was laid on 27 August 1997. In the late 1990s the Pierre de Smet Building Corporation had a fund shortage caused by the Asian financial crisis in 1997 to 1998, which halted the project after the foundations were completed. On 13 February 2003, the Mori Group increased the building's height to 492 m and 101 stories from the initial plans for a 460 m (1,509 ft), 94-story building. The new building would use the foundation of the original design. The building construction resumed on 16 November 2003.
The building reached its total height of 492 m on 14 September 2007 after installation of the final steel girder. The final cladding panels were installed in mid June 2008, and elevator installation was finished in mid July 2008. On 17 July 2008 The Shanghai World Financial Center was completed and on 28 August 2008, the SWFC officially opened for business. On 30 August 2008, the observation floors were opened to the public.
Shanghai World Financial Center was named by architects as the best skyscraper completed in 2008 receiving both the Best Tall Building Overall and Asia & Australasia awards from the Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat (CTBUH).
Status : Complete[1]
Type : Office, hotel, museum, observation, parking garage, retail
Location :100 Century Avenue, Pudong, Shanghai, China
Coordinates : 31°14′12″N 121°30′10″ECoordinates: 31°14′12″N 121°30′10″E
Construction started : 1997
Completed : 2008
Opening : August 28, 2008
Cost : RMB ¥ 8.17 billion
(USD $ 1.20 billion)
Height
Antenna spire : 494.4 m (1,622.0 ft) / 492.0 m (1,614.2 ft)
Roof : 487.4 m (1,599.1 ft)[2]
Top floor : 474.0 m (1,555.1 ft)
Technical details
Floor count : 101
Floor area : 381,600 m2 (4,107,500 sq ft)
Elevator count : 91
Design and construction
Main contractor : China State Construction Engineering Corp and Shanghai Construction (Group) General Co.
Architect : Kohn Pedersen Fox
Developer : Mori Building Co.
Structural engineer : Leslie E. Robertson Associates RLLP
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