Shanghai Tower. Shanghai Tower in China

In 2015, it will give up the first Chinese and second world position to the Pinan International Financial Center under construction in the city of Shenzhen, and after 2016 it will become 4th in the world, also taking into account the India Tower in Mumbai.

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I already told you about the two skyscrapers in this picture. Here is the Shanghai World Financial Center, and here is Jin Mao. But now we’ll talk to you about this twisted one, the highest of the three.

Construction of the 121-story Shanghai Tower in China, which began back in 2008, was completed earlier this year and finishing work is now underway.

Here's how construction went:

Shanghai Tower is a super-tall building, currently the tallest in the Chinese city of Shanghai, in the Pudong district. Once the construction of the tower is completed, this building should become the tallest building in China, surpassing even such buildings as the Jin Mao Tower and the Shanghai World Financial Center in height. According to the project, the height of the building will be about 650 meters, and the total area will be 380 thousand m2. Construction of the tower should be completed in 2014. Once completed, the tower will be the third tallest building in the world, behind only the Burj Khalifa in the UAE, which is 828 meters high, and the Sky Tree in Tokyo, which is 634 meters high. In August 2013, the tower building was completed to the roof level.

According to the chief engineer of the project, Fan Qingqiang, the Shanghai Tower will house office space, shops, a five-star hotel, exhibition and conference halls, as well as recreation and entertainment areas.

With the completion of the construction of the main structures of the building, work began to attract businessmen to the development of this complex, noted Gu Jianping, president of the company that developed the Shanghai Tower. According to him, the new building will help meet the strong demand for comfortable and fashionable office space, while Shanghai is actively developing into an international financial center and free trade zone.

A skyscraper designed by the large American company Gensler. The spiral-shaped tower, even in its unfinished 580-meter form, is already in fact the tallest building in China, surpassing the previous record holder - the nearby 492-meter high-rise World Trade Center.

However, even after its commissioning next year, Shanghai Tower will not dominate the race of Chinese skyscrapers for long: in 2016, construction of the 660-meter Pinan International Financial Center in Shenzhen is scheduled to be completed. In addition, the construction of the Sky City tower in Changsha, 838 meters high, recently began, but a few days later it was frozen due to the lack of necessary permits.

In recent years, skyscraper construction on an unprecedented scale has unfolded across China. China will be home to six of the world's ten tallest buildings by 2020, according to the Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat, which is headquartered in Chicago.

When completed in 2014, the spiral megastructure, together with the neighboring Jin Mao Tower and the Shanghai World Financial Center Tower, will complete a grand ensemble of three skyscrapers.

Shanghai Tower is nominated for LEED Gold certification. The Shanghai Tower is built from nine cylinders stacked on top of each other. The internal volume forms the building itself, while the external façade creates a shell that rises upward, rotating 120 degrees and giving the Shanghai Tower a curved appearance. The space between the two layers of the facade is created by nine atriums of sky gardens.

Just like many other towers, the atrium of the Shanghai Tower traditionally houses restaurants, cafes and shops surrounded by lush landscaping in tandem with a large number of entrances to the tower and metro stations below the building. Shanghai Tower's interior and transparent exterior skins create a visual connection between the tower's interior and the urban fabric of Shanghai.

The tower will have the fastest elevators in the world, designed specifically for it by Mitsubishi using innovative technologies. The double-height elevator cars will carry building occupants and their visitors skyward at 40 mph (17.88 m/s). The façade's taper, texture and asymmetry work together to reduce wind loads on the building by 24 percent. This will result in construction material savings of $58 million USD.

The transparent internal and external shells of the building bring the maximum amount of natural light indoors, thereby saving on electrical energy.

The tower's outer skin insulates the building, reducing energy consumption for heating and cooling. The tower's spiral parapet collects rainwater, which is used for the tower's heating and air conditioning system. Wind turbines located directly below the parapet generate on-site power for the upper floors of the building.

Architects: Gensler

Owner, Developer. Contractor: Shanghai Tower Construction & Development Co., Ltd.

Local design institute: Architectural design and research institute of Tongji University

Civil Engineer: Thornton Tomasetti

Mep engineer: Cosentini Associates

Landscape Architect: SWA

Plot area: 30,370 square meters. Construction area: 380,000 square meters above ground level; 141,000 square meters below ground level

Number of floors of the building: 121 floors

Height: 632 meters

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Year of manufacture: 2014

Photos: Provided Gensler

Skyscrapers of Shanghai: Shanghai Tower June 4th, 2015

I already told you about the two skyscrapers in this picture. Here, and here. But now we’ll talk to you about this twisted one, the highest of the three.

Construction of the 121-story Shanghai Tower in China, which began back in 1993, was completed earlier this year and finishing work is now underway.

Here's how construction went:

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Shanghai Tower is a super-tall building, currently the tallest in the Chinese city of Shanghai, in the Pudong district. Once the construction of the tower is completed, this building should become the tallest building in China, surpassing even such buildings as the Jin Mao Tower and the Shanghai World Financial Center in height. According to the project, the height of the building will be about 650 meters, and the total area will be 380 thousand m?. Construction of the tower should be completed in 2014. Once completed, the tower will be the third tallest building in the world, behind only the Burj Khalifa in the UAE, which is 828 meters high, and the Sky Tree in Tokyo, which is 634 meters high. In August 2013, the tower building was completed to the roof level.

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A skyscraper designed by the large American company Gensler. The spiral-shaped tower, even in its unfinished 580-meter form, is already in fact the tallest building in China, overtaking the previous record holder - the nearby 492-meter high-rise World Trade Center.

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When completed in 2014, the spiral megastructure, together with the neighboring Jin Mao Tower and the Shanghai World Financial Center Tower, will complete a grand ensemble of three skyscrapers.

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The transparent internal and external shells of the building bring the maximum amount of natural light indoors, thereby saving on electrical energy.

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Architects: Gensler
Owner, Developer. Contractor: Shanghai Tower Construction & Development Co., Ltd.
Local design institute: Architectural design and research institute of Tongji University

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Civil Engineer: Thornton Tomasetti
Mep engineer: Cosentini Associates
Landscape Architect: SWA
Plot area: 30,370 square meters. Construction area: 380,000 square meters above ground level; 141,000 square meters below ground level
Number of floors of the building: 121 floors
Height: 632 meters
Area: 0.0 sq.m.
Year of manufacture: 2014
Photos: Provided Gensler

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Shanghai Tower is the newest skyscraper in the Chinese metropolis. This is not only the tallest building in Shanghai, but also the tallest tower in all of China, and indeed the third tallest building in the world. The 632-meter tower has become the dominant feature of the main Shanghai view for many years now -.

During a trip to China, I climbed to the observation deck in this tower to look at Shanghai from a height of 550 meters. However, the weather in the city is not an easy matter, and I once again experienced the peculiarities of Shanghai smog...

1. In terms of height, the Shanghai Tower (632m) is second only to the Burj Khalifa in Dubai (830m), and the Tokyo Skytree in Japan (634m - the gap is only two meters!) At the same time, the Skytree is a TV tower and not a skyscraper, so many call the Shanghai skyscraper the second in world building.

2. The high-rise was completed in 2015, and gradually opened throughout 2016. It is adjacent to two other supertall buildings in Shanghai: Jinmao (left) and the World Financial Center, popularly known as the "opener" (middle).

3. These three skyscrapers, as well as the Oriental Pearl TV Tower, constitute the main view of Shanghai, its calling card. In the evening, all these buildings are illuminated with bright lights and reflected in the waters of the Huangpu River - I wouldn’t be surprised if this is the most photographed scene in all of China.

4. My story with Shanghai Tower began back in 2013, when I first visited China. Then, arriving at the end of the trip in Shanghai, I saw a huge skyscraper, still under construction, standing next to two already impressive high-rise buildings.

5. The unfinished tower looked very impressive, and a little ominous, especially in the late afternoon. The structure, looming in an uneven silhouette, looked like something out of Star Wars, a kind of powerful fortress of some space villain.

If you remember, next year a lot of noise was made in a video where two Russian-speaking roofers penetrate a tower under construction and climb on foot to the very top, and then into the boom of a construction crane. Here's the video (be careful, I got a little dizzy watching it!):

6. Then, when I arrived in Shanghai at the beginning of 2016, the tower was already completed, but unfortunately, the authorities did not manage to open it before my arrival. But I was never able to photograph it properly: the peak was hidden among thick clouds.

7. I saw workers putting in the final details of the building before the opening, but unfortunately they weren’t allowed inside yet. The tower officially opened later in 2016.

And now, a couple of years later, I finally had the chance to visit the top, on the observation deck (after all, where would such a noble skyscraper be without an observation deck?!)

8. My hotel and office were in a nearby opener (... Spoiler: the commute to work wasn't as short as I expected.) It turns out that the opener and the Shanghai Tower are connected by a futuristic underground passage. When I saw him, at first I was afraid that someone would come and drive me out of this beautiful space. But then it turned out that this was just an ordinary passage through which people from the neighboring metro station get to the main skyscraper of the city.

9. Although you managed to pass through this passage, to buy tickets for the observation deck you need to go outside to a specially equipped ticket office. The basic ticket price for adults is 180 yuan (about $26). In addition, you can buy a ticket to the 25th floor (more on that later)

10. Almost all observation decks of the world's main skyscrapers force the visitor to first go down an escalator. Near the entrance to the observation deck sit the mascots of the event, two very intelligent-looking bears.

11. The canon of the genre: before going upstairs, the visitor must go through a metal detector, and then he finds himself in a mini-museum of the construction of this and other skyscrapers in the world. Here the tourist can learn various facts about the Shanghai Tower in various multimedia installations.

12. Other sister towers are also presented. For example, .

But they decided to keep silent about Tokyo Skytree. Well, in the end, what is two meters of difference?..

14. But in one of the corners with mascot bears, St. Basil's Cathedral is painted, which is identified abroad with all of Russia. I don't quite understand what he's talking about here...

15. I'm approaching the elevator...

16. And then I find out that this is not just an elevator, but the fastest elevator in the world, which runs at a speed of up to 20 meters/second. There is even a certificate from the Guinness Book of Records hanging near its doors. This is luck!

17. Of course, there is a screen inside the cabin that shows the speed. Unfortunately, I was not able to record the maximum speed of this elevator. I just didn't have time.

18. And here I am at the top. This is the 118th floor, 546 meters above the ground. There aren't very many people on the lookout right now...

19. And those who are there stand at the side and try to see something and take a picture.

20. It doesn’t turn out very well for them, since the view from the window is now like this:

21. The entire landscape is hidden by the famous Shanghai smog. You can barely see through it
outlines of the closest buildings, but in general nothing is visible. You could say I was unlucky with the air quality, although in my experience, about 30% of days in Shanghai are like this.

22. Next to the panoramic windows there is a mocking display showing what the picture might have been like if I had arrived on a different day. In fact, I find it difficult to imagine such clear skies over Shanghai.

23. The only thing that appears through this gray curtain is the neighboring skyscrapers. Here is Jinmao (built in 1998, height - 421 meters):

24. Next to it is the World Financial Center (2008, 494 meters):

25. Few visitors line up along the windows, trying to find a normal shot. It was not in vain that they spent money on a ticket here. There must be at least one good photo!

26. Basically this photo is a shot of the “opener” outside the window. She has not yet completely merged with the fog.

27. One of the most popular attractions in tall skyscrapers is the “transparent floor” attraction. Since there is nowhere to do this in the Shanghai Tower, the designers inserted special touch monitors into the floor in one place, which begin to crack if you stand on them.

28. Soon pieces of the building fall away, and the visitor is invited to stand on a glass surface at an altitude of 450+ meters, and experience what it would be like to float above the ground at the same height. True, the picture quality leaves much to be desired.

29. Visitors to the tower look with curiosity at the fake, holey floor.

30. You can take the stairs to the 119th floor.

31. The height here is 552 meters. Let me remind you that the height of the observation deck in Burj Khalifa is 555m, only three meters higher. They write on the Internet that the Shanghai Tower also has an observation room on the 121st floor, and its height is 561 meters, that is. But at the time of my visit, they were not allowed there - it seems that it had not yet been opened since the completion of the tower.

32. There is a souvenir shop at the lookout. Here you can buy all sorts of uninteresting trinkets made in the image and likeness of the tower.

33. Who wants a pillow with a colorful view of the whole of Pudong?.. Inexpensive! (Although it may be expensive, I didn’t look at it.)

34. If you bought a souvenir postcard, you can send it directly here - there is a mailbox at the observation deck. Just don’t forget the stamp (you can also buy it in the souvenir shop).

35. Since this is still China, here. In the observation room hall there is a charger for phones and, in general, everything electrical.

36. And here I saw a collection - before I only came across these in Japan!

37. For some reason, an artificial tree was built here, which visitors hang with hearts. The trunk and branches are made of papier-mâché, while the leaves are all plastic. The tree stands on a green “lawn” made from photo wallpaper.

38. But nearby there is a bench with real living greenery. They can do it when they want.

39. You can sit here and wait until the air clears a little (I actually left and returned in the evening of another day).

40. When the smog is not so thick, there is a good view of the bend of the Huangpu River, including old buildings from the early 20th century on the far bank. In the evening twilight the colorful lights of Shanghai come on.

41. Two neighboring skyscrapers are also clearly visible, and below the city streets turn into rivers of warm light.

42. On the far shore are numerous gaudy high-rise buildings of Chinese architecture. Here it is, Sim City...

43. For an additional fee, the visitor can go up to the 125th floor. There is no view from there (there are no windows in this room), but there is something else interesting here.

44. A huge multi-ton load is suspended here, which stabilizes the Shanghai Tower from vibrations in the wind and in the event of an earthquake. This weight is made in the shape of curving petals, and from the 125th floor it is not very visible. But this is the highest place where you can go with regular tickets (you have to pay extra at the box office from the very beginning.)

45. They say there are private tours (they cost over $100) that take tourists to the 126th floor to see this thing in all its glory. I wasn’t there, so I’m showing you a photo from the net:

This is such an interesting skyscraper. Don't miss it when you're in Shanghai - you can visit it.

Shanghai Tower is a super-tall building under construction in the Pudong district of Shanghai, China. Upon completion, this building should become the tallest in the Pudong region, ahead of the Jin Mao Tower and the Shanghai World Financial Center.

By the way, in two years China produced more cement than the United States in the entire 20th century! According to official data from the State Bureau of Statistics of the Republic of China, during the period from January to December 2014, the Chinese cement industry produced 2 billion 476 million tons of cement. And over the last two years - 4 billion 890 million tons (4.9 gigatons). The United States, according to USGS Cement Statistic, produced only 4.5 gigatons of cement from 1901 to 2000. In recent years, the USA produces about 80 million tons of cement per year (30 times less than China), Russia - 65 million tons.

Construction of the 121-story Shanghai Tower in China, which began back in 1993, was completed earlier this year and finishing work is now underway. Let's find out how the construction went and what this tower looks like today.

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Shanghai Tower is a super-tall building, currently the tallest in the Chinese city of Shanghai, in the Pudong district. Once the construction of the tower is completed, this building should become the tallest building in China, surpassing even such buildings as the Jin Mao Tower and the Shanghai World Financial Center in height. According to the project, the height of the building will be about 650 meters, and the total area will be 380 thousand m?. Construction of the tower should be completed in 2014. Once completed, the tower will be the third tallest building in the world, behind only the Burj Khalifa in the UAE, which is 828 meters high, and the Sky Tree in Tokyo, which is 634 meters high. In August 2013, the tower building was completed to the roof level.

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When completed in 2014, the spiral megastructure, together with the neighboring Jin Mao Tower and the Shanghai World Financial Center Tower, will complete a grand ensemble of three skyscrapers.

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The transparent internal and external shells of the building bring the maximum amount of natural light indoors, thereby saving on electrical energy.

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Architects: Gensler
Owner, Developer. Contractor: Shanghai Tower Construction & Development Co., Ltd.
Local design institute: Architectural design and research institute of Tongji University

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View from the 121st floor of the skyscraper.

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And of course, it’s worth noting that here, and in some places in the world, this tower became known thanks to crazy Russian roofers:

The magnificent Shanghai Tower was completed in Shanghai. They haven't opened yet, but it looks like they should be any day now. This is the most beautiful skyscraper I have ever seen. A magnificent, elegant building with a height of 632 meters.

01. The Shanghai Tower was built according to the design of the American architectural bureau Gensler.

02. Construction began in 2008 and ended in 2015. According to the original design, the skyscraper was supposed to be 580 meters high, but later the tower was increased to 632 meters. It has 121 floors. By the way, despite the fact that construction has been completed, the tower has not yet been opened; final preparations are underway.

03. The tower is located in the center of Shanghai's financial zone, which is called Lujiazui. The skyscraper houses office space, entertainment and shopping centers, a luxury hotel and cultural spaces. The tower also has underground floors where there is parking and exits to metro stations.

04. Shanghai Tower is the second tallest building in the world. Only the Dubai Tower is taller; it rises 828 meters above the ground.

05. Chinese scientists opposed the construction of the tower, fearing that a large number of skyscrapers on the river bank would lead to subsidence. “The problem of flooding has always been one of the most pressing for Shanghai. Today, when the city’s building density is close to a critical level, we cannot exclude the possibility that the land on which the city is built will subside and Shanghai will be under water,” said oceanology professor Wang Pingxian in 2008. But so far nothing terrible has happened.

In 2014, Vitaly Raskalov raskalov_vit and Vadim Makhorov dedmaxopka snuck onto the construction site of the Shanghai Tower and climbed onto a construction crane. They made a video about their climb to a height of 650 meters, which at one time caused a lot of noise.

Such views can be seen from the height of a skyscraper. This is the Jin Mao Tower (left) and the Shanghai World Financial Center (right).

Photo by Vadim Makhorov

This is what it looks like in cloudy weather.

Photo by Vitaly Raskalov

06. Shanghai Tower consists of nine cylindrical sections stacked on top of each other. The entire skyscraper has double walls, with atriums located in the space between them at the level of the section joints.

07. Flowers and trees are planted in each atrium.

The empty space between the walls of a skyscraper keeps the interior cool in summer and warm in winter. The walls themselves are transparent, due to this daylight penetrates the building, and people save on lighting. The only problem is that there will be no normal view from the window. Due to the outer shell, you will not see anything other than the structure.

Photo by Gensler

08. The twisted design of the tower neutralizes the force of winds and allows the building to withstand gusts of up to 51 m/s (this is a hurricane wind).

09. The skyscraper has the fastest elevators in the world, the cabins for which were designed by Mitsubishi designers. Thanks to technologies developed specifically for the Shanghai Tower, they rise at a speed of 64 km/h.

Photo by Gensler

10. A spiral gutter that runs the entire height of the building collects rainwater. It is used for heating and air conditioning systems.

Photo by Gensler

11. At the base of the tower there is a podium platform in which shops and public areas are located.

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12. The tower looks very cool, especially from the old areas.

13. In the meantime, until the Shanghai Tower is opened, you can climb the neighboring skyscraper - the Shanghai Financial Center, whose height is 492 meters. I already wrote that there is an observation deck at the top, where you can go up if you have a lot of money for a ticket. If you don’t have money, but want to look at the city, you can go up to the lobby of the Hyatt hotel, which is located on the 87th floor. Go to the hotel entrance. It is located around the corner, to the right of the entrance to the observation deck. There you go up to the 87th floor in the hotel lobby and admire the views. You can drink coffee with a view of the city. Great place, I recommend it.

14. View from the 87th floor

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16. And these are the views from the 81st floor, from my room.

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