Tomorrow Square
Tomorrow Square | |
---|---|
明天广场 | |
Tomorrow Square | |
General information | |
Status | Complete |
Type | Office, hotel, restaurant, apartments |
Location |
Huangpu District, Shanghai, China |
Coordinates | 31°13′55″N 121°27′54″E / 31.232°N 121.465°ECoordinates: 31°13′55″N 121°27′54″E / 31.232°N 121.465°E |
Construction started | 1997 |
Estimated completion | 1 October 2003 |
Height | |
Antenna spire | 286 m (938 ft) |
Roof | 238 m (781 ft) |
Technical details | |
Floor count | 55 |
Floor area | 130,063 m2 (1,399,990 sq ft) |
Lifts/elevators | 15 |
Design and construction | |
Architect | John Portman & Associates |
Website | |
JW Marriott Shanghai |
Tomorrow Square (simplified Chinese: 明天广场; traditional Chinese: 明天廣場; pinyin: Míngtiān Guǎngchǎng) is the eighth tallest building in Shanghai, China. It is located in the Puxi district, close to People's Square. It is about 285 m (934 ft) tall and has 55 floors.
This multi-purpose building contains a 342-room Marriott hotel, and 255 executive apartment units. It was completed on 1 October 2003. Starting from a square base, the all-concrete Tomorrow Square tower transforms itself into a diagonal square as it rises to a peak. Engineers of the exterior vertical support system were faced with a unique challenge as a result of this unusual shape. They chose flat slabs for the hotel floors and beam and slab construction for the office floors. A combination of sheer walls and frame action stabilizes the slender tower laterally against wind and earthquake forces. The foundations are 80-metre-long bored piles supporting a column mat.
See also
External links
- JW Marriott Hotel Shanghai
- Marriott Executive Apartments
- Tomorrow Square on CTBUH Skyscraper Center
- Tomorrow Square at Emporis
- Tomorrow Square at SkyscraperPage