Shanghai World Financial Center
The Shanghai World Financial Center (SWFC; Chinese: 上海环球金融中心; pinyin: Shànghǎi Huánqiú Jīnróng Zhōngxīn, Shanghainese: Zånhae Guejieu Cinyon Tsonsin) is a supertall skyscraper located in the Pudong district of Shanghai. It was designed by Kohn Pedersen Fox and developed by the Mori Building Company, with Leslie E. Robertson Associates as its structural engineer and China State Construction Engineering Corp and Shanghai Construction (Group) General Co. as its main contractor. It is a mixed-use skyscraper, consisting of offices, hotels, conference rooms, observation decks, and ground-floor shopping malls. Park Hyatt Shanghai is the tower's hotel component, comprising 174 rooms and suites occupying the 79th to the 93rd floors, which at the time of completion was the highest hotel in the world. It is now the third-highest hotel in the world after the Ritz-Carlton, Hong Kong, which occupies floors 102 to 118 of the International Commerce Centre.
| Shanghai World Financial Center | |
|---|---|
上海环球金融中心 | |
The Shanghai World Financial Center in March 2017 | |
| General information | |
| Status | Completed |
| Type | Office, hotel, museum, observation, parking garage, retail |
| Architectural style | Neo-Futurism |
| Location | 100 Century Avenue, Pudong, Shanghai |
| Construction started | 27 August 1997 |
| Completed | 2008 |
| Opening | 28 August 2008 |
| Cost | RMB ¥ 8.17 billion (USD $ 1.20 billion) |
| Owner | Shanghai World Financial Center Co., Ltd. (Mori Building Company) |
| Height | |
| Architectural | 492 m (1,614.2 ft) |
| Tip | 494.3 m (1,621.7 ft) |
| Roof | 487.4 m (1,599.1 ft) |
| Top floor | 474 m (1,555.1 ft) |
| Observatory | 474 m (1,555.1 ft) |
| Technical details | |
| Floor count | 101 (3 below ground) |
| Floor area | 381,600 m2 (4,107,500 sq ft) |
| Lifts/elevators | 91 + 33 escalators |
| Design and construction | |
| Architect(s) | Kohn Pedersen Fox |
| Developer | Mori Building Co. |
| Structural engineer | Leslie E. Robertson Associates RLLP |
| Main contractor | China State Construction Engineering Corp and Shanghai Construction (Group) General Co. |
| References | |
On 14 September 2007, the skyscraper was topped out at 492 meters (1,614.2 ft), making it the 2nd tallest building in the world on completion (the tallest at the time being Taipei 101), the tallest building in the world by roof height only, and the tallest in China. The SWFC opened to the public on 28 August 2008, with its observation deck opening on 30 August. The observation deck offers views from 474 m (1,555 ft) above ground level.
The SWFC has been lauded for its design, and in 2008 it was named by architects as the year's best-completed skyscraper. In 2013, the SWFC was exceeded in height by the adjacent Shanghai Tower, which is China's tallest structure as of 2023. Together, The Shanghai World Financial Center, The Shanghai Tower and The Jin Mao Tower form the world's first adjacent grouping of three supertall skyscrapers.