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Jin Mao Tower
Title:
Jin Mao Tower
Alt. Title:
金茂大厦
View:
Bottom-up view of the atrium, with encircling pedestrian ramps
Creators:
Adrian D. Smith (American architect, born 1944); Skidmore, Owings & Merrill (American architectural firm, founded 1939)
Creator:
Skidmore, Owings & Merrill
Style/Period:
Postmodern; Twentieth century
Style/Period:
Twentieth century
Location:
site: Pudong New Area (Shanghai, Shanghai Shi (municipality), China)
Location Notes:
88 Century Avenue
City or Site:
Shanghai
Country:
China
GPS:
+31.237222+121.501389
Culture:
Chinese
Date:
1994-1999 (creation)
Measurements:
1,213.9 ft (height, without antenna)
Material:
steel; concrete; glass
Work Type:
buildings; hotels (public accommodations); buildings; multistory buildings; high-rise buildings; skyscrapers; buildings; office buildings; complexes; mixed-use developments
Work Type:
skyscraper
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
Technique:
construction (assembling)
Subjects:
architecture; business, commerce and trade; contemporary (1960 to present)
Image Rights:
© Scott Gilchrist, Archivision, Inc.
Vendor ID:
1A1-SOM-JMT-E3
Image Filename:
1A1-SOM-JMT-E3.jpg
Image ID Number:
50350
Module:
Archivision Addition Module Six
Collection:
Archivision Samples
Record created:
April 25, 2013
Last modified:
April 25, 2013
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