Tower Jin Mao Photo: Tower Jin Mao

Tower Jin Mao is a magnificent structure that towers in Shanghai, near its historic center, in a new district of Pudong, and is the tallest skyscraper in China and the fourth tallest in the world with 88 floors and 400 m above ground level.

This building looking its majestic spire into the sky, dominates all the power over commercial and financial centre of a huge metropolis. The lower floors housed over 123 sq m of office space and in excess of 10 thousand people, while the upper – upscale hotel with 555 rooms.

The architecture of the Tower of success" is a rectangular structure, gradually tapering upwards, which is a kind of tribute to the historic traditions of Asia.

Every person that has ever visited the Jin Mao, will impress and magnificence of its interior – upward circular atrium with a diameter of about 27 meters, which winds in a spiral and rising to 142-meter height under the roof of the tower.

In Chinese culture the number 8 has long been associated with prosperity and success. And in the proportions of the skyscraper, this tradition is reflected: 88 floors, divided into 16 segments, built on an octagonal Central structure. The frame of the building is surrounded by eight columns made of composite material and eight external columns of steel. If you climb to the top of the tower, you will discover a breathtaking view down into the abyss.

Two high-speed elevators transport visitors from the ground floor up with record speed is less than a minute. At the top of the tower there is a transparent dome made of glass transparent to light in the rooms and halls of the hotel. And the roof of a skyscraper Jin Mao, which is a large observation deck, a panorama of the multimillion-dollar industry Shanghai in all its glory.

The opening of the building took place 28.08.98 years – it is clear that this date was chosen not by chance. According to expert estimates, the construction of this building cost the customer not less than 530 million dollars, and its content is wasted each year, about 121 thousand dollars.

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