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dc.coverage.spatialSite: Pudong New Area (Shanghai, Shanghai Shi (municipality), China)en_US
dc.coverage.temporalcompleted 2008 (creation)en_US
dc.creatorKohn Pederson Foxen_US
dc.date1997-2008en_US
dc.date.accessioned2013-07-29T17:37:33Z
dc.date.available2013-07-29T17:37:33Z
dc.date.issued1997-2008en_US
dc.identifier227463en_US
dc.identifier.otherarchrefid: 2377en_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1721.3/135246
dc.descriptionEntry to deck from "Sky Arena"; A "supertall" skyscraper in Pudong. 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. It has a total of 101 storeys. It is currently 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". The most distinctive feature in the design of the building is a trapezoidal aperture at the peak. Architect Tim Johnson noted its innovative structural design: "Steel trusses gird against the forces of wind and earthquake and made the building lighter, made it use less steel, and contributed to its sustainability." Source: Wikipedia; http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Main_Page (accessed 5/8/2011)en_US
dc.format.mediumsteel frame; steel reinforced concrete; glassen_US
dc.rights© Scott Gilchrist, Archivision, Inc.en_US
dc.subjectbusiness, commerce and tradeen_US
dc.subjectcontemporary (1960 to present)en_US
dc.subjectCity planningen_US
dc.subjectTwenty-first centuryen_US
dc.titleShanghai World Financial Centeren_US
dc.title.alternative上海环球金融中心en_US
dc.typeimageen_US
dc.rights.accessLicensed for educational and research use by the MIT community onlyen_US
dc.identifier.vendorcode1A1-KPF-SWFC-D23en_US
vra.culturalContextChineseen_US
vra.techniqueconstruction (assembling)en_US
vra.worktypeskyscraperen_US
vra.worktypemixed-use developmenten_US
vra.worktypehotel (public accommodation)en_US
vra.worktypeshopping mallen_US
dc.contributor.displayKohn Pederson Fox (American architectural firm, founded 1976)en_US


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