Jin Mao Tower

Jin Mao Tower
Jin Mao
Jin Mao

Project Facts
  • Status Construction Complete
  • Completion Year 1999
  • Design Finish Year 1996
  • Size Site Area: 23,257 square meters Building Height: 421 meters Number of Stories: 88 Building Gross Area: 287,000 square meters
  • Collaborators
    Howard Field & Associates Imperial Woodworking Co. World Aquatic Technology Equipment Resource, Inc. East China Architectural Design & Research Institute (Ecadi) Boundary Layer Wind Tunnel Laboratory / Alan G. Davenport Wind Engineering Group Bregman & Hamann Fisher Marantz Stone Hanscomb Associates, Inc. Dewar Partnership Sako & Associates Inc. (Sako) Shanghai Institute Of Architectural Design And Research Shen Milsom & Wilke Woodward-Clyde Associates Arthur Andersen & Company Davis Langdon & Seah International Shanghai Jinmao Consultants, Limited Hyatt International Technical Systems Acviron Acoustics Consultants Pte. Ltd. Bilkey Llinas Design Creative Kitchen Planners, Intl. Tino Kwan Lighting Consultants Dennis Reedy Design Consultants Josef Gartner & Co. Citadel Consulting Inc. China Light Building Materials Rud, Otto, Meyer Tatron Perspective Watermark And Associates Smicad Cegelec Nippon Steel Environmental American Hydrotech Mitsubishi Electric Corporation Edgett Williams Consulting Group Rolf Jensen & Associates
Project Facts
  • Status Construction Complete
  • Completion Year 1999
  • Design Finish Year 1996
  • Size Site Area: 23,257 square meters Building Height: 421 meters Number of Stories: 88 Building Gross Area: 287,000 square meters
  • Collaborators
    Howard Field & Associates Imperial Woodworking Co. World Aquatic Technology Equipment Resource, Inc. East China Architectural Design & Research Institute (Ecadi) Boundary Layer Wind Tunnel Laboratory / Alan G. Davenport Wind Engineering Group Bregman & Hamann Fisher Marantz Stone Hanscomb Associates, Inc. Dewar Partnership Sako & Associates Inc. (Sako) Shanghai Institute Of Architectural Design And Research Shen Milsom & Wilke Woodward-Clyde Associates Arthur Andersen & Company Davis Langdon & Seah International Shanghai Jinmao Consultants, Limited Hyatt International Technical Systems Acviron Acoustics Consultants Pte. Ltd. Bilkey Llinas Design Creative Kitchen Planners, Intl. Tino Kwan Lighting Consultants Dennis Reedy Design Consultants Josef Gartner & Co. Citadel Consulting Inc. China Light Building Materials Rud, Otto, Meyer Tatron Perspective Watermark And Associates Smicad Cegelec Nippon Steel Environmental American Hydrotech Mitsubishi Electric Corporation Edgett Williams Consulting Group Rolf Jensen & Associates

The 420-meter-high Jin Mao Tower was China’s tallest building at the time of its completion and today remains its most iconic. Recalling historic pagoda forms, with setbacks that create a rhythmic pattern, the 88-story tower has become a model for skyscraper design throughout the country.

A 555-room Grand Hyatt Hotel, offering impressive views of the city and surrounding terrain, occupies the top 38 floors, while offices make up the lower 50. A six-story podium contains a conference and exhibition center, a cinema, and 20,000 square meters of retail space. A landscaped courtyard with seating and a reflective pool encircles the tower’s base, offering visitors peaceful respite from Shanghai’s busy streets.

Advanced structural engineering techniques protect the building from the typhoons and earthquakes typical of the area. The structure’s metal-and-glass curtain wall reflects the city’s constantly changing skies, while at night the tower shaft and crown are illuminated.

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