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Facts
Official Name Shanghai World Financial Center
Former / Other Name SWFC
Type building
Status Completed
Country China
City Shanghai
Street Address / Map No.100, Century Avenue, Pudong New Area
Building Function hotel / office
Structural Material composite
Proposed 1997
Start of Construction 1997
Completion 2008
Global Ranking #4 tallest in the World
Regional Ranking #2 tallest in Asia (excluding the Middle East)
National Ranking #1 tallest in China
City Ranking #1 tallest in Shanghai
Official Website Shanghai World Financial Center
Figures
Height: Architectural 492.0 meter / 1614 feet
Height: Occupied 474.0 meter / 1555 feet
Height: To Tip 494.3 meter / 1622 feet
Height: Observatory 474.0 meter / 1555 feet
Floors Above Ground 101
Floors Below Ground 3
# of Elevators 91
Top Elevator Speed 10 m/s
Tower GFA 381,600 m² / 4,107,508 ft²
# of Parking Spaces 1100
Companies Involved
Owner Shanghai World Financial Center Co., Ltd.
Developer Mori Building
Design Architects Kohn Pedersen Fox Associates;
Irie Miyake Architects and Engineers
Associate Architects Shanghai Modern Architectural Design Company;
ECADI
Structural Engineer Leslie E. Robertson Associates
MEP Engineer Kenchiku Setubi Sekkei Kenkyusho
Project Manager Mori Building
Main Contractors China State Construction;
Shanghai Construction
Material Suppliers Permasteelisa Group
Other Consultants Otis Elevator Company;
ThyssenKrupp;
Toshiba Elevator and Building Systems Corporation (TELC);
Hitachi Ltd.;
ALT Cladding;
Dow Corning Corporation;
Momentive
CTBUH Awards
2008 Overall Best Tall Building Worldwide Winner
CTBUH 7th Annual Awards, (See the CTBUH Awards Book)
2008 Best Tall Building Asia & Australaisa Winner
CTBUH 7th Annual Awards, (See the CTBUH Awards Book)

Videos
Interview: Eugene Kohn and Bill Pedersen
E.Kohn (Kohn Pedersen Fox), B.Pedersen (Kohn Pedersen Fox), 2008 Awards Ceremony Interviews
Building Information Modeling (BIM)
C.Robinson (TEKLA), CTBUH Mumbai Conference
Shanghai World Financial Center: Without Compromise
D.Malott (KPF), L.Robertson (LERA), CTBUH Dubai Congress
Curving Korea
J. V. Klempere (Kohn Pedersen Fox), CTBUH Chicago Conference

Technical Papers
Case Study: Shanghai World Financial Center
P. Katz (Kohn Pedersen Fox Associates), L. E. Robertson (Leslie E. Robertson Associates), CTBUH Journal
Structural BIM: Discussion, Case Studies and Developments
C. Robinson (Tekla), CTBUH / Wiley Tal Journal

Other CTBUH Links
Shanghai World Financial Center Technical Tour
CTBUH Tour, 2012
Tallest 20 in 2020: Entering the Era of the Megatall
CTBUH Report, 2011
Tallest 20 in 2020: Entering the Era of the Megatall
CTBUH Poster, 2011
Shanghai World Financial Center, Shanghai
CTBUH Featured Tall Building, 2011
Current Tallest 20 Buildings in the World
CTBUH Poster, 2011
Tall & Urban: An Analysis of Global Population and Tall Buildings
CTBUH Report, 2011
Tall & Urban: An Analysis of Global Population and Tall Buildings
CTBUH Poster, 2011
Tallest Buildings Completed in 2008
CTBUH Report, 2009

News Articles
Site Names World's Ten Best Observation Decks
Viator Travel Blog, 2012-08
A Shanghai Benchmark: The $40 Million Office Floor
The Wall Street Journal, 2011-03
Sky Has a Limit in China, 'Supertall' Designer Says
The Wall Street Journal, 2010-05
Burj Khalifa Observation Deck Not World's Highest
HotelierMiddleEast.com, 2010-03
Shanghai WFC: World's Top Tall Building for 2008
Chicago Tribune, 2008-11
KPF Takes It All
World Architecture News, 2008-11
Shanghai WFC Becomes World's Tallest in Two Categories
CTBUH, 2008-08
Shanghai Tops Out World's Third-Tallest Building
ChinaDaily.com.cn, 2007-09