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Identification
Official name	Oriental Pearl TV Tower
Alternative names	*
Emporis Building Number	103802
Location
Address	*
Neighborhood	Pudong
Borough	Pudong New Area
City	Shanghai
State	Shanghai
Country	China

 

Technical Data
Height (tip) * Height (struct.) 468 m 1,535 ft Height (top floor) * Height (obs. floor) * Floors (OG) 14 Floors (UG) * Construction start * Construction end 1994

 

Building in General
Type of construction	telecommunications tower
Architectural style	*
Status	completed

Facts

-	The three columns between the two largest spheres are 9 meters in diameter, and the big spheres are 45 meters (upper) and 50 meters (lower) in diameter.
-	The tower has three observatory levels. The highest is at 350 metres, and is called the Space Module. The second is at 263 and 259 metres and is called the Sightseeing Floor. And the lowest, the Space City, is at 90 metres. There is also a revolving restaurant at the 267 metre level.
-	The Oriental Pearl TV Tower is member of the World Federation of Great Towers.
-	Pearl Oriental TV Tower also has a 20-room hotel called the Space Hotel, located in the five smaller spheres between the two biggest ones.
-	The smallest sphere at the top is 14m in diameter.
-	The project also contains exhibition facilities, restaurants and a shopping mall.
-	The design of the building is based on a Tan dynasty poem about the haunting sound made by a lute.

Companies involved in this Building*

architect: Shanghai Modern Architectural Design Co. Ltd. Other firms: Shanghai Oriental Group Co. Ltd., C & K, Shanghai Xinhua Fire Inhibitor Factory, Otis Elevator (China) Investment Co. Ltd..

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