Altitude "bottle opener»

World Financial Center - Shanghai Miracle Shanghai World Financial Center (Shanghai World Financial Center), 101-story skyscraper in height 492 m (1,614.2 ft), is officially the second highest building in the world, after the world-renowned Taiwanese giant " Taipei 101 »(Taipei 101). The building is located in the new Pudong district of Shanghai (Pudong), next to the Jin Mao Tower (Jin Mao Tower), in the heart of the financial district. High-rise building consists of a multi-use hotel review sites, offices, conference rooms, located on the ground floor of shopping malls. 174-room Park Hiatt Shanghai (Park Hyatt Shanghai), located in the Shanghai World Financial Center, is the most highly situated hotel in the world. Construction of the building began in August 1997, work was completed in August 2008, followed by a magnificent opening ceremony. The project is owned architectural firm «Kohn Pedersen Fox», the development complied with the company «Leslie E. Robertson Associates », and the main contractors were made by companies such as« Shanghai Construction Group »and« China State Construction Engineering Corporation ». Developer of the building was the company «Mori Building Co». The project, estimated at 850 million U.S. dollars, financed by a consortium consisting of more than 36 international corporations, most of which are insurance companies and banking corporations, as well as developers from Japan, including the company «Mori Building Co». The financial crisis in late 1990., Construction was suspended, in addition, in August 2007 the building was damaged by fire, although damage was minimal. In 1997, during the design phase of the building, it was envisaged that the Shanghai World Financial Center will become the tallest skyscraper in the world, higher than the Petronas Towers (Petronas Towers) in Malaysia. Construction was halted in late 1990. Due to the financial crisis in Asia, and when in 2003 the work resumed, has already begun construction of "a rival, Taiwan 508-meter giant, Taipei 101 (Taipei 101). Plans were changed, but because the foundation had already been completed and is designed to load only the 460-meter building, the intention to build the highest skyscraper in the world had to be abandoned. Taipei 101 on 16 meters above the Shanghai World Financial Center, but only because of its spire. When measuring the height roof, the Shanghai World Financial Center above the Taipei 101 on 44 meters the Shanghai World Financial Center is a three-story underground parking, conference center and shops occupy the first five floors. Office space located on floors from the seventh to the seventy-seventh. Finally, the premises of the seventy-ninth ninety-third floors of the hotel has 174 rooms under the name Park Hiatt Shanghai. Survey area has a 94-m 97-m and 100 floors. Review site for "jubilee", the 100-floor is the highest in the world. The building can accommodate 12000 people. To reduce the vibration of the building during earthquakes and storms, it has two absorber masses just below the lookout. After the terrorist attacks of 11 September 2001, steps were taken to protect buildings from terrorist attacks from the air and from other disasters. These activities have been added to the two outside lifts and twelve fire-resistant areas for refugees, they have increased the cost of building a 200 million U.S. dollars. The most characteristic architectural feature of the building is a hole in its upper part, having a trapezoidal shape, resembling a bottle opener. Originally it had a rounded shape, but was changed after protests from the Chinese government, claiming that a round hole like a rising sun on the Japanese flag. ______________________________________ Translated from English by T. Ponomarenko © Copy materials from the site is strictly prohibited! See also: Diamond in the Arab world is one of the most popular buildings in the Hollywood movie Skyscraper, promoting foreign investment Asian skyscrapers, "twins" Silver champion in Hong Kong on height of buildings in Hong Kong's tallest building architectural asymmetrical response "Chamberlain" small town fit inside the building despite the skyscraper to strike in Dubai has grown supergiant One of the most original Chinese beauties skyscrapers