COLLECTION NAME:
Archivision Digital Research Library
Record
Title:
Jin Mao Tower
Title:
Encircling pedestrian walkway, range of hotel rooms
Alternate Title:
金茂大厦
View:
Encircling pedestrian walkway, range of hotel rooms
Creators:
Adrian D. Smith (American architect, born 1944); Skidmore, Owings & Merrill (American architectural firm, founded 1939)
Date:
1994-1999 (creation)
Style/Period:
Postmodern; Twentieth century
Location:
site: Pudong New Area (Shanghai, Shanghai Shi (municipality), China)
Location Note:
88 Century Avenue
GPS:
+31.237222+121.501389
Culture:
Chinese
Materials:
steel; concrete; glass
Work Types:
buildings; hotels (public accommodations); buildings; multistory buildings; high-rise buildings; skyscrapers; buildings; office buildings; complexes; mixed-use developments
Description:
It was designed by the Chicago office of SOM (Skidmore, Owings & Merrill); Adrian Smith, named architect. It contains offices and the Shanghai Grand Hyatt hotel. 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 1/8 shorter than the 16-storey 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. (Source: Wikipedia; http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Main_Page)
Classification:
Architecture and City Planning
Technique:
construction (assembling)
Image Rights:
© Scott Gilchrist, Archivision, Inc.
Vendor ID:
1A1-SOM-JMT-E11
MDID Identifier:
50356
Archivision Set:
Archivision Addition Module Six
Measurements:
1,213.9 ft (height, without antenna)
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