:Shanghai Tower

Planning models for the Lujiazui financial district dating back to 1993 show plans for a close group of three supertall skyscrapers.{{cite web |date=26 October 2007 |title= |script-title=zh:上海浦东拟建世界第一高楼 外形酷似方尖碑 |trans-title=Shanghai Pudong Plans to Build the World's Tallest Skyscraper, Resembling an Obelisk in Appearance |url=http://sc.people.com.cn/news/HTML/2007/10/26/20071026091240.htm |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071029211654/http://sc.people.com.cn/news/HTML/2007/10/26/20071026091240.htm |archive-date=29 October 2007 |access-date=17 May 2008 |publisher=People.com.cn |language=zh}} The first of these, the Jin Mao Tower, was completed in 1999; the adjacent Shanghai World Financial Center (SWFC) opened in 2008.{{Cite news |date=2008-08-28 |title=China's tallest tower opens |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/7585913.stm |access-date=2025-04-13 |language=en-GB}}

The Shanghai Tower is owned by Yeti Construction and Development, a consortium of state-owned development companies which includes Shanghai Chengtou Corp., Shanghai Lujiazui Finance & Trade Zone Development Co., and Shanghai Construction Group.{{Cite web |last=Flannery |first=Russell |title=China's Tallest Skyscraper Marks Big Step Toward Its 2015 Finish |url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/russellflannery/2013/08/03/chinas-tallest-skyscraper-celebrates-big-step-toward-its-2015-finish/ |access-date=2025-04-13 |website=Forbes |language=en}} Funding for the tower's construction was obtained from shareholders, bank loans, and Shanghai's municipal government.{{cite web|url=https://www.wsj.com/articles/SB10001424127887324635904578643031111131750|title=Shanghai Tower Tops Out as Megatower Construction Presses On in China|work=The Wall Street Journal|date=2 August 2013|access-date=13 February 2015}} The tower had an estimated construction cost of US$2.4 billion.

In 2008, the site – previously a driving range{{cite web |date=24 April 2008 |title= |script-title=zh:"上海中心"规划方案曝光 将成上海最高观光平台 |trans-title=Shanghai Tower" Planning Scheme Revealed – Set to Become the Highest Observation Deck in Shanghai |url=http://sh.news.sina.com.cn/20080424/094790484.shtml |access-date=17 May 2008 |publisher=Sina.com |language=zh}} – was prepared for construction.{{Cite web |title=Shanghai draws up plan for nation's tallest building |url=https://www.chinadaily.com.cn/bizchina/2008-02/19/content_6465401.htm |access-date=2025-04-13 |website=www.chinadaily.com.cn}}{{cite web|title=Construction of high-rise "Shanghai Center" to start |url=http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2008-02/17/content_7619421.htm|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080218235530/http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2008-02/17/content_7619421.htm|url-status=dead|archive-date=18 February 2008|publisher=Chinaview.cn|date=17 February 2008|access-date=17 May 2008}} A groundbreaking ceremony was held on 29 November 2008, after the tower had passed an environmental impact study.{{cite web |date=13 August 2008 |title= |script-title=zh:上海中心大厦项目环境影响报告书简本公示 |trans-title=Public Notice of the Summary of the Environmental Impact Report for the Shanghai Tower Project |url=http://www.envir.gov.cn/info/2008/200808131.pdf |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120321151835/http://www.envir.gov.cn/info/2008/200808131.pdf |archive-date=21 March 2012 |access-date=14 August 2008 |publisher=Envir.gov.cn |language=zh}} The main construction contractor for the project was Shanghai Construction Group, a member of the consortium that owns the tower.

A repetitive slip-forming process was used to construct the tower's core floor by floor. By late April 2011, the tower's steel reinforcement had risen to the 18th floor, while its concrete core had reached the 15th floor, and floor framing had been completed up to the fourth floor.{{cite web|url=http://www.gensleron.com/cities/2011/5/25/construction-update-shanghai-tower.html|title=Construction Update: Shanghai Tower|publisher=GenslerOn.com|date=25 May 2011|access-date=18 October 2011|archive-date=17 February 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170217142733/http://www.gensleron.com/cities/2011/5/25/construction-update-shanghai-tower.html|url-status=dead}} By late December 2011, the tower's foundations had been completed, and its steel construction had risen above the 30th floor.{{Cite web |last=Rapoza |first=Kenneth |title=Still Building, China Readies World's Second Tallest Skyscraper |url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/kenrapoza/2011/12/28/still-building-china-readies-worlds-second-tallest-skyscraper/ |access-date=2025-04-13 |website=Forbes |language=en}} In the first months of 2012, cracks began appearing in the roads near the tower's construction site. These were blamed on ground subsidence, which was likely caused by excessive groundwater extraction in the Shanghai area, rather than by the weight of the Shanghai Tower.{{Cite news |last=Thibault |first=Harold |date=2012-04-03 |title=Shifting foundations threaten to undermine China's cities |url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2012/apr/03/china-cities-suffer-land-subsidence?newsfeed=true |access-date=2025-04-13 |work=The Guardian |language=en-GB |issn=0261-3077}}

By May 2012, the tower's core stood {{convert|250|m|ft|sp=us}} high, while floors had been framed to a height of {{convert|200|m|ft|sp=us}}.{{Cite web |date=2012-05-04 |title=China Builds A City Inside A Tower |url=https://www.huffpost.com/entry/in-progress-shanghai-towe_n_1477289 |access-date=2025-04-13 |website=HuffPost |language=en}} By early September 2012, the core had reached a height of {{convert|338|m|ft|sp=us}}.{{cite web|url=http://www.cnngo.com/shanghai/life/shanghai-skyscrapers-walking-tour-491775|title=Huge, huger, hugest: Shanghai skyscrapers walking tour|publisher=CNNGo.com|date=30 August 2012|access-date=7 September 2012|archive-date=3 September 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120903022249/http://www.cnngo.com/shanghai/life/shanghai-skyscrapers-walking-tour-491775|url-status=dead}} By the end of 2012, the tower had reached the 90th floor, standing approximately {{convert|425|m|ft|sp=us}} tall.{{cite web|url=http://www.shanghaidaily.com/nsp/Metro/2012/12/27/Tallest%2BLujiazui%2Btower%2Breaches%2B425m%2Bstill%2Bgrowing/|title=Tallest Lujiazui tower reaches 425 m, still growing|work=Shanghai Daily|date=27 December 2012|access-date=6 January 2013}} By 11 April 2013, the tower had reached 108 stories, standing over {{convert|500|m|ft|sp=us}} tall and thusly exceeding the heights of its two adjacent supertall skyscrapers, the Jin Mao Tower and the Shanghai World Financial Center.{{cite web|url=http://nextbigfuture.com/2013/04/shanghai-tower-construction-continues.html|title=Shanghai Tower Construction Continues Despite Rumors of salt in concrete sand|publisher=NextBigFuture.com|date=25 April 2013|access-date=20 May 2013}}

Construction crews laid the final structural beam of the tower on 3 August 2013, thus topping out the tower as China's tallest, and the world's second-tallest, building.{{Cite news |date=2013-08-03 |title=China tallest building, Shanghai Tower, gets final beam |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-23559852 |access-date=2025-04-13 |work=BBC News |language=en-GB}}{{cite web|url=http://www.chinanews.com/shipin/2013/08-03/news266060.shtml|script-title=zh:上海中心大厦结构封顶 |trans-title=Shanghai Tower topped out|publisher=China News|language=zh|date=3 August 2013|access-date=3 August 2013}} A topping-out ceremony was held at the site of the last beam.{{cite web|url=http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/china/2013-08/03/c_132599231.htm|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130807174921/http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/china/2013-08/03/c_132599231.htm|url-status=dead|archive-date=7 August 2013|title=Topping-out ceremony held for China's tallest building|publisher=Xinhua|date=3 August 2013|access-date=4 August 2013}} During the ceremony, Gensler co-founder Art Gensler stated:

{{Blockquote|The Shanghai Tower represents a new way of defining and creating cities. By incorporating best practices in sustainability and high-performance design, by weaving the building into the urban fabric of Shanghai and drawing community life into the building, Shanghai Tower redefines the role of tall buildings in contemporary cities and raises the bar for the next generation of super-highrises.}}File: View on the observatory level of Shanghai Tower.jpgThe principal architect of the project, Jun Xia, said: "With the topping out of Shanghai Tower, the Lujiazui trio will serve as a stunning representation of our past, our present, and China’s boundless future."{{cite web|url=http://www.azobuild.com/news.aspx?newsID=17107|title=Gensler Tops Out China's Tallest Tower in Shanghai|publisher=AZoBuild.com|date=3 August 2013|access-date=4 August 2013}} Gu Jianping, general manager of the Shanghai Tower Construction Company, expressed the firm's wish "to provide higher quality office and shopping space, as well as contribute to the completeness of the city skyline's and the entire region's functionality".

In January 2014, the tower's crown structure passed the {{convert|600|m|ft|adj=on|sp=us}} mark when its construction entered its final phase.{{cite web|url=http://english.eastday.com/e/140127/u1a7911367.html|title=Tower passes the 600-meter mark|publisher=Eastday.com|date=27 January 2014|access-date=9 February 2014|archive-date=25 February 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140225203132/http://english.eastday.com/e/140127/u1a7911367.html|url-status=dead}} The tower's crown structure was completed in August 2014, and its façade was completed shortly after.{{cite web|url=http://www.shanghaitower.com.cn/enversion/show_news.asp?id=255&c_id=199|title=Shanghai Tower Reaches its Full Height of 632 Meters|publisher=ShanghaiTower.com.cn|date=8 August 2014|access-date=20 October 2014|archive-date=10 May 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150510054057/http://www.shanghaitower.com.cn/enversion/show_news.asp?id=255&c_id=199|url-status=dead}} The tower's interior construction and electrical fitting-out were completed in late 2014.{{cite news |date=15 January 2014 |title=Tall towers: Signs in the sky |url=https://www.economist.com/blogs/theworldin2014/2014/01/tall-towers |access-date=9 February 2014 |newspaper=The Economist}} The opening was gradually introduced during the summer of 2015.

Until June 2017, the tower faced problems attracting tenants due to the absence of all the necessary permits from the local fire department, and consequent impossibility of obtaining the official occupancy permit.{{Cite news |last=Fong |first=Dominique |date=2017-01-03 |title=Shanghai Tower Fails to Meet High Leasing Hopes |url=https://www.wsj.com/articles/shanghai-tower-fails-to-meet-high-leasing-hopes-1483462332 |access-date=2025-04-13 |work=Wall Street Journal |language=en-US |issn=0099-9660 |quote=The tower’s slow leasing has been partly because the Shanghai government is still addressing fire safety concerns and hasn’t yet granted occupancy permits for the entire building.}} Following a report in June 2017, approximately 60% of its office space has been leased, but only 33% of those tenants have moved in, leaving entire floors of the tower empty; the luxury J hotel has also yet to open. The tower's floor plate has an "efficiency rate of only 50 per cent on some floors, compared with 70 per cent for a typical [skyscraper]", as the tower's "much-talked-about outer skin, which is ideal for allowing in natural light and cuts down on air-conditioning costs... means much of the floor space can’t be used."{{Cite web |last=Yan |first=Sophia |date=2017-06-02 |title=China's tallest skyscraper is facing rental woes, reflecting wider issues in the market |url=https://finance.yahoo.com/news/china-apos-tallest-skyscraper-facing-040046421.html |access-date=2024-04-24 |website=Yahoo Finance |language=en-US}}

In July 2020, major water leaks broke out from the 9th to 60th floors of the tower, which damaged a number of office equipment and electronics. The tower management said that following emergency repairs, a comprehensive inspection would be taken on the floor where the leak originated, later reporting that the leaks had been caused by equipment failure.{{Cite web |title=Shanghai Tower Starts Repairs on Water Leak – CTBUH |url=https://www.ctbuh.org/news/shanghai-tower-starts-repairs-on-water-leak |access-date=2025-04-13 |website=www.ctbuh.org}} According to Shanghai Observer, misinformation videos had circulated online alleging that the tower's ceiling was collapsed using footage from a shopping center in Nanning in a 2016 incident.{{cite web |last1=Lu |first1=Bai |title="上海中心天花板坍塌""公交像开船"？关于上海暴雨，这些都是谣言 |trans-title="Shanghai Tower Ceiling Collapse" and "Buses Like Boats"? — These Rumors About the Shanghai Rainstorm Are False |url=https://www.shobserver.com/news/detail?id=267077 |access-date=7 July 2020 |website=www.shobserver.com |publisher=Shanghai Observer |language=zh}} On 19 June 2021, the J Hotel Shanghai Tower, a luxury hotel owned and operated by Jin Jiang International, a major Chinese hotel and tourism company, opened for business. Occupying the topmost 120th floor of the tower with 165 rooms, it became the "highest hotel in the world" according to CNN.{{Cite web |last=Deng |first=Lilit Marcus,Shawn |date=2021-06-29 |title=World's highest hotel opens in Shanghai |url=https://edition.cnn.com/travel/article/j-hotel-shanghai-tower-china-intl-hnk/index.html |access-date=2025-04-13 |website=CNN |language=en}}

Being the second-tallest building in the world from since its completion in 2015, the Shanghai lost its title in 2021, when the Merdeka 118 surpassed it. The tower surpassed the Shanghai Tower by slightly over 49 meters (160 feet).

In December 2022, it was reported that, following its initial pre-pandemic tenancy issues, the tower had reached office space occupancy rates of 80% and commercial space occupancy rates of 98%. The tower management disclosed that 41% of its leased space were to foreign company tenants, which included JPMorgan, CNG Paribas and Allianz, and 30% were to Fortune 500 companies.{{Cite web |title=Shanghai Tower rentals reflect confidence in country |url=https://www.thestar.com.my/business/business-news/2022/12/28/shanghai-tower-rentals-reflect-confidence-in-country |access-date=2024-04-24 |website=The Star |date=28 December 2022 |language=en}} Current tenants of the tower also include Alibaba, Intesa Sanpaolo and AllBright Law Offices.{{Cite web |title=“中国第一高楼”引发美国人关注，却是因为... - 21财经 |trans-title="China's Tallest Building" Attracts Attention from Americans, But It's Because of... – 21st Century Business Herald |url=http://m.21jingji.com/article/20170610/herald/796063812bd1ac411e3e30eaf4f0ed9c.html |access-date=2025-04-13 |website=m.21jingji.com}}

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The Shanghai Tower was designed by the American architectural firm Gensler, with Shanghainese architect Jun Xia leading the design team.{{cite web|first=Ben|last=Ikenson|date=July 2013|url=http://www.metropolismag.com/June-2013/Genslers-Secret-Sauce/|title=Gensler's Secret Sauce|work=Metropolis Magazine|access-date=3 November 2013}}{{cite web|url=http://www.ucdenver.edu/about/WhoWeAre/spotlight/alumni/Pages/Jun-Xia.aspx|title=Taking Education to New Heights: Alum Designs Tallest Building in China|publisher=University of Colorado Alumni Spotlight|year=2013|access-date=3 November 2013}}

The tower takes the form of nine cylindrical buildings stacked atop each other that total 128 floors, all enclosed by the inner layer of the glass facade. Between that and the outer layer, which twists as it rises, nine indoor zones provide public space for visitors.{{cite web|title=Tallest Chinese building features indoor gardens|url=http://www.shanghaidaily.com/sp/article/2008/200807/20080724/article_367915.htm|publisher=Shanghai Daily|date=24 July 2008|access-date=9 August 2008|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081216075634/http://www.shanghaidaily.com/sp/article/2008/200807/20080724/article_367915.htm|archive-date=16 December 2008}} Each of these nine areas has its own atrium, featuring gardens, cafés, restaurants and retail space, and providing panoramic views of the city.{{cite web|first=Woo|last=Seung-hyun|year=2010|url=http://gb.zinio.com/reader.jsp?o=int&pub=500430369&prev=sub&offer=500216011|title=Integrated design of technology and creative imagination on supertall building|pages=32–33|work=Space Magazine|access-date=15 January 2012|archive-date=17 February 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170217143521/http://gb.zinio.com/reader.jsp?o=int&pub=500430369&prev=sub&offer=500216011|url-status=dead}}

Both layers of the façade are transparent, and retail and event spaces are provided at the tower's base. The transparent façade is a unique design feature, because most buildings have only a single façade using highly reflective glass to reduce heat absorption, but the Shanghai Tower's double layer of glass eliminates the need for either layer to be opaqued. The tower can accommodate as many as 16,000 people daily.

The Shanghai Tower joins the Jin Mao Tower and SWFC to form the world's first adjacent grouping of three supertall buildings. Its 258-room hotel, the J Hotel Shanghai Tower, located between the 84th and 110th floors, is operated by Jin Jiang International Hotels, and is the highest hotel in the world.{{cite web|url=http://www.4hoteliers.com/4hots_nshw.php?mwi=8111 |title=Shanghai Tower J Hotel on course to set the world record|publisher=4Hoteliers.com|date=20 December 2010|access-date=15 January 2012}} The tower will also incorporate a museum.{{cite web|url=http://en.yibada.com/news/shanghai-lady-gets-a-new-home-at-the-shanghai-tower-8813|title='Shanghai Lady' Gets a New Home at the Shanghai Tower|publisher=YIBADA News|date=22 December 2014|access-date=17 January 2015|archive-date=27 December 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141227221941/http://en.yibada.com/news/shanghai-lady-gets-a-new-home-at-the-shanghai-tower-8813|url-status=dead}} The tower's sub-levels provide parking spaces for 1,800 vehicles.

The vertical transportation system of Shanghai Tower was designed by an American consultant, Edgett Williams Consulting Group, with principal Steve Edgett as a primary consultant. Working closely with Gensler's design and technical teams to create a highly efficient core, Edgett created an elevator system in which office floors are served via 4 sky lobbies each served by double-deck shuttle elevators. Access to the hotel is through a 5th sky lobby at levels 101/102. Each 2-level sky lobby serves as a community center for that zone of the building, with such amenities as food and beverage and conference rooms. Local zones are served by single-deck elevators throughout the tower, and the observation deck at the top of the tower is served by three ultra-high-speed shuttle elevators that travel at {{convert|18|m/s|mph|sp=us}}, the highest speed yet employed for commercial building use. These three shuttle elevators are supplemented by three fireman's elevators which will significantly increase the visitor throughput to the observation deck at peak usage periods. In the event of a fire or other emergency, the building's shuttle elevators are designed to evacuate occupants from specially-designed refuge floors located at regular intervals throughout the height of the tower.

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In September 2011, Mitsubishi Electric announced that it had won a bid to construct the Shanghai Tower's elevator system. Mitsubishi supplied all of the tower's 149 elevators, including three high-speed models capable of traveling {{convert|1080|m|ft|sp=us}} per minute ({{convert|64.8|km|mi|sp=us}} per hour).{{Cite web |last=Mills |first=Kelly-Ann |date=2016-03-14 |title=World's second tallest skyscraper's lift opens travelling 18m a second |url=https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/world-news/shanghai-tower-worlds-second-tallest-7553380 |access-date=2025-04-13 |website=Daily Mirror |language=en}} When they were installed (2014), they were the world's fastest single-deck elevators ({{convert|18|m/s|mph|sp=us}}) and double-deck elevators ({{convert|10|m/s|mph|sp=us}}), respectively.{{Cite news |last=Koh |first=Yoree |date=2011-09-28 |title=World's Fastest Elevator: In China, but Made in Japan |url=https://www.wsj.com/articles/BL-CJB-14407 |access-date=2025-04-13 |work=Wall Street Journal |language=en-US |issn=0099-9660}} A 10 May 2016 Mitsubishi press release stated that one of the three installed shuttle elevators traveled at 1230 meters/minute – the equivalent of {{convert|73.8|km/h|mph|0|sp=us}}, the highest speed ever attained by a passenger elevator installed in a functioning building.{{cite web|url=http://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20160509005599/en/Mitsubishi-Electric-Improves-Speed-Worlds-Fastest-Elevators|title=Mitsubishi Electric Improves Speed of World's Fastest Elevators to 1,230 Meters per Minute|date=10 May 2016|work=Business Wire}} The building also broke the record for the world's furthest-traveling single elevator, at {{convert|578.5|m|sp=us}}, surpassing the record held by the Burj Khalifa.{{cite web|url=http://www.mitsubishielectric.com/news/2011/0928.html|title=Mitsubishi Electric to Install World's Fastest Elevators in Shanghai Tower|publisher=Mitsubishi Electric|date=28 September 2011|access-date=15 April 2013|archive-date=15 July 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170715050223/http://www.mitsubishielectric.com/news/2011/0928.html|url-status=dead}} The Shanghai Tower's tuned mass damper, designed to limit swaying at the top of the structure, was the world's largest at the time of its installation.{{cite news|last1=Hefferman|first1=Tim|title=The 121-Story Tower That Never Sways|url=http://www.popularmechanics.com/technology/infrastructure/a14564/the-121-story-tower-that-never-sways/|access-date=18 March 2015|work=Popular Mechanics|date=18 March 2015}}

The Shanghai Tower comprises numerous green architecture components; its owners received certifications from the China Green Building Committee and the U.S. Green Building Council for the building's sustainable design.{{cite web|url=http://bulletin.pbworld.com/volumes/2014_01/sustainability.aspx|title=The Shanghai Tower: One of World's Most Sustainable Skyscrapers|publisher=Parsons Brinckerhoff|date=January 2014|access-date=20 January 2015|archive-date=28 March 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150328101110/http://bulletin.pbworld.com/volumes/2014_01/sustainability.aspx|url-status=dead}} In 2013, a Gensler spokesman recounted the tower as "the greenest super high-rise building on Earth at this point in time". The building is designed to catch rainwater for internal use, and to reuse a portion of its wastewater.

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The design of the tower's glass façade, which completes a 120° twist as it rises, is intended to reduce wind loads on the building by 24%. This reduced the amount of construction materials needed; the Shanghai Tower used 25% less structural steel than a conventional design of a similar height.{{cite web|url=http://www.matternetwork.com/2010/3/shanghai-tower-beginnings-green-revolution.cfm|date=25 March 2010|author=CleanTechies|title=The Shanghai Tower: The Beginnings of a Green Revolution in China|access-date=19 August 2011|archive-date=3 July 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110703152505/http://www.matternetwork.com/2010/3/shanghai-tower-beginnings-green-revolution.cfm|url-status=dead}} As a result, the building's constructors saved an estimated US$58 million in material costs. Construction practices were also sustainable. Though the majority of the tower's energy will be provided by conventional power systems, 270 vertical-axis wind turbines located in the facade and near the top of the tower are capable of generating up to 350,000 kWh of supplementary electricity per year,{{Cite news |last=Turk |first=Gregory |date=2017-12-11 |title=U Wang Young |url=https://uwangyoung.org/ |access-date=2017-12-19 |work=}}{{cite news|url=http://www.cnngo.com/shanghai/life/shanghai-tower-shanghais-thermos-flask-sky-713890|date=8 February 2011|author=Beaton, Jessica|title=Shanghai Tower: A 'thermos flask' to the sky|publisher=CNN|access-date=19 August 2011|archive-date=24 August 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110824162754/http://www.cnngo.com/shanghai/life/shanghai-tower-shanghais-thermos-flask-sky-713890|url-status=dead}} and are expected to provide 10% of the building's electrical needs. The double-layered insulating glass façade was designed to reduce the need for indoor air conditioning, and is composed of an advanced reinforced glass with a high tolerance for temperature variations.{{Cite web |title=Shanghai Daily {{!}} 上海日报 -- English Window to China News |url=http://www.shanghaidaily.com/nsp/Metro/2012/08/03/Glass+walls+technological+first+for+new+tallest+tower/ |archive-url=http://web.archive.org/web/20131029204807/http://www.shanghaidaily.com/nsp/Metro/2012/08/03/Glass%2Bwalls%2Btechnological%2Bfirst%2Bfor%2Bnew%2Btallest%2Btower/ |archive-date=2013-10-29 |access-date=2025-04-13 |website=www.shanghaidaily.com}} In addition, the building's heating and cooling systems use geothermal energy sources.{{cite web|url=http://www.prc-magazine.com/shanghai-tower-future-living-today/|title=Shanghai Tower – future living today|work=Pacific Rim Construction Magazine|date=27 February 2013|access-date=9 March 2013}} Furthermore, rain and waste water are recycled to flush toilets and irrigate the tower's green spaces.

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Category:Skyscraper office buildings in Shanghai

Category:Twisted buildings and structures

Category:2014 establishments in Shanghai

Category:Contemporary Chinese architecture

Category:Buildings and structures completed in 2014

Category:Office buildings completed in 2014

Category:Gensler buildings

Category:Earthquake-resistant structures

Category:2008 in Shanghai

Category:High-tech architecture