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Facts
Official Name Jin Mao Tower
Former / Other Name Jin Mao Building
Type building
Status Completed
Country China
City Shanghai
Street Address / Map No. 88, Century Avenue, Pudong New Area
Building Function hotel / office
Structural Material composite
Start of Construction 1994
Completion 1999
Global Ranking #13 tallest in the World
Regional Ranking #9 tallest in Asia (excluding the Middle East)
National Ranking #6 tallest in China
City Ranking #2 tallest in Shanghai
Official Website Jin Mao Building
Figures
Height: Architectural 420.5 meter / 1380 feet
Height: Occupied 348.4 meter / 1143 feet
Height: To Tip 420.5 meter / 1380 feet
Height: Observatory 340.1 meter / 1116 feet
Floors Above Ground 88
Floors Below Ground 3
# of Elevators 61
Top Elevator Speed 9 m/s
Tower GFA 289,500 m² / 3,116,152 ft²
# of Parking Spaces 993
Companies Involved
Owner China Jin Mao Group Co. Ltd
Developer China Jin Mao Group Co. Ltd
Design Architect Skidmore Owings & Merrill
Associate Architect ECADI
Structural Engineer Skidmore Owings & Merrill
MEP Engineer Skidmore Owings & Merrill
Main Contractor Shanghai Jin Mao Contractor
Material Suppliers Permasteelisa Group
Other Consultants Mitsubishi Elevator and Escalator;
Alan G. Davenport Wind Engineering Group BLWTL;
Dow Corning Corporation
Technical Papers
From Jin Mao to Kingdom: Search for an Asian Supertall
Adrian Smith (Adrian Smith + Gordon Gill Architecture), CTBUH Shanghai Congress
Jin Mao Tower's Influence on China's Tall Buildings
M. Sarkisian (SOM), N. Mathias (SOM), Shanghai International Seminar of Design and Construction Technologies
Jin Mao Tower's Mat Foundation
S. Korista (SOM), M. Sarkisian (SOM), San Francisco Structural Engineering World Congress (SEWC)
Jin Mao Tower's Unique Structural System
S. Korista (SOM), M. Sarkisian (SOM), Shanghai International Seminar for Building Construction Technology (SISBCT)

Other CTBUH Links
Jin Mao Technical Tour
CTBUH Tour, 2012
Eighty Iconic Asian Skyscrapers
CTBUH Shanghai Congress, 2012
Current Tallest 20 Buildings in the World
CTBUH Poster, 2011

News Articles
China's Tallest Building Evacuated After Earthquake
Reuters, 2008-05