Page 29 - Built Expressions - Online Construction Magazine - November 2014 Issue

Pogada style has various meaning The Ascent in many countries and the meaning upload.wikimedia.org during times but in all of the term changed religious it referred to worship by different form of names. Fact Sheet Project: The Jin Mao Tower Place: Pudong district, Shanghai, China. Construction started: 1994 in Mao Tower means ‘Golden Master Stroke Construction completed: 1999 prosperity Building’, the tallest The master building was designed by Architectural Tip: 420.5m, Top foor: 348.4m Jbuilding in Pudong district of Architect Adrian smith, the ascent of the Total Floors: 88 (3basment foors) Shanghai. It is located at the mouth of structure is built based on the traditional Floor area: 289,500m square the Yan’an Dong Lu Tunnel in Pudong Chinese architecture involving tiered Lifts/elevators: 61 adjacent to Century Avenue, Pudong. pagonda and gentle step back to create a Architect: Adrian Smith To the east is a gorgeous view of the rhythmic pattern. The Jin Mao Building Structural Engineering: Skidmore, Owings prosperous new area of Pudong. To the has established as the new pinnacle in & Merrill west is a beautiful Huang Pu River and the southern view encompasses the Zhangyang Road business and trade zone. Jin Mao Tower Building is a super tall structure exemplifying Chinese traditional. The skyscraper building is the symbolic architecture of st Shanghai’s entry into 21 century. It is China’s tallest and the world’s ffth tallest structure. This brilliant structure was designed by the Chicago Offce of Skidmore, Owings & Merrill and completed in August 1998. Jin Mao Building covers 2.36 million sqm. It is 420.5 meters in height, reaching 88 levels, among three basements, covering 58,000 sqm, one for catering, and other two for basement garage. cdn.lightgalleries.net Pudong Town Pudong is a very popular city in Shanghai, China. It is well known for its historic and internationally reputed buildings. Pudong literally means ‘East the international super tall construction project’s physical environment, taking Bank’ bounded by Huangpu River in domain. Its outstanding design and into consideration conditions such as the west and east China sea in the east. predominant location make it a prime location, climate, and geographical, It is city for many trade, stock exchange landmark in Shanghai. geological, cultural and social market and popular tall buildings. Adrian Smith is a very well known infuences to achieve environmental History tells that initially the city was international architect, who specializes sustainability. He is popular for his considered and suitable for farming in the environmental engineering of high tech design, performance, energy- but gradually grown by its economy, high-performance and energy effcient. effcient and sustainable architecture buildings and culture. His designs are sensitive to each on international scale. Vol: 3 Issue: 11 November 2014 Built Expressions PG 29