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Observation deck: ticket price, 180 RMB (28 USD) open 8:30am - 10pm.Take Exit 4 and walk about 500 meters to Shanghai Tower. Subway transport: Subway Line 2 to Lujiazui Station.Address: Financial Trading District, Lujiazui, Pudong, Shanghai.The view: From the Shanghai Tower, the view of the Huangpu River, the historic Bund district, and the Pudong cityscape is more beautiful compared to the dry desert, sea view and the small city of Dubai. The public one on the 119th floor is at 561 meters compared to Burj Khalifa's 555 meter (1,821 ft) deck. So the top was mainly added for height and looks and functions as an antenna tower.įunctional height: The Shanghai Tower's top floor is higher, and it's observation decks (there are two) are higher. However, the top floor is only at 584 meters, the rest of it is unoccupied tower that ends with an antenna. Height: The Burj measures 829.8 m (2,722 ft), so it is 198 meters taller. Both were largely designed by Marshall Strabala who is an American architect who specialized in designing the tallest buildings. The present (2018) two tallest buildings are often compared. In 2013, the inner concrete core, around which the rooms were built, was exposed. Shenzhen's Ping'an Financial Center's hotel and Guangzhou's CTF Finance Center's Rosewood will be higher when opened perhaps in 2018 or 2019. You might enjoy a stay in the luxury hotel on the 84th to 110th floors.Īs of 2018, only the Ritz Carleton in the ICC Tower in Hong Kong that is at 484 meters (1,587 ft) is taller. You may want to visit just for that experience. Some of the world's fastest elevators speed up and down at 65 kph (40 miles per hour). It is about 122 meters (400 feet) taller than Shanghai World Financial Center and the Taipei 101 too. Residential Demand Supertall skyscrapers have grown in popularity as more people are living in cities. Miami comes in a distant third with 58, and Houston fourth with 38. NYC has 309 skyscrapers over 492 feet tall, while Chicago has 130. The building dwarfs the Shanghai World Financial Center and the 88-story Jin Mao Tower next to it. New York City not only has the tallest buildings in the US but is also the city with the most skyscrapers. Elevators: among the world's fastest elevators.Luxury hotel: world's 2nd highest hotel.Observation deck: world's highest observation deck on the 119th floor (561 meters).Best Time to Visit Shanghai All things you need to know view more Tourist Highlights Records in 2018
