description Jin Mao Tower Overview
A 420-meter tower completed in Shanghai, China, in 1999 and designed by SOM with a tiered, pagoda-inspired form that blends modernist and Chinese architectural traditions.
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Jin Mao Tower ranks #9 of 206 in the Skyscraper ranking, behind HSBC Building Shanghai, ahead of Ping An Finance Center.
Highly acclaimed Shanghai landmark blending pagoda references and modern engineering; strong historical importance before newer megatalls.
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Why does Jin Mao Tower look like a pagoda?
Skidmore, Owings & Merrill designed the tower as a series of narrowing setbacks inspired by traditional Chinese pagodas. The repeated tiers combine that reference with the structure and materials of a modern skyscraper.
How tall is Jin Mao Tower?
Jin Mao Tower rises about 420 meters in Shanghai's Pudong district. Completed in 1999, it was once China's tallest building but is now shorter than neighboring Shanghai Tower and Shanghai World Financial Center.
What is inside Jin Mao Tower?
The mixed-use building contains offices, restaurants, observation facilities and the Grand Hyatt Shanghai. The hotel occupies upper floors around a dramatic interior atrium.
Why is the number eight important in Jin Mao Tower's design?
The design repeatedly uses eight, a number associated with prosperity in Chinese culture. Its massing is organized around an 88-story scheme, with setbacks that reinforce the tower's tiered profile.
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