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Why Shanghai Tower Failed
- Shanghai Tower, a 128-story, 632 m megatall in Lujiazui, Pudong, was designed by Gensler with TJAD[2][3]
- Groundbreaking was in November 2008 and it topped out on 4 August 2013; it opened for public use in February 2015, later than the originally scheduled November 2014 (ICE says it officially opened in 2016)[2][3]
- Cost is given as CNY 15.9 billion or an estimated US$2.4 billion[2][3]
- Its "Top of Shanghai" deck at 562 m was the highest observation deck, opening in July 2016, and its elevators (20.5 m/s) were the world's fastest until 2017[2][3]
- It was the tallest and largest LEED-CS Platinum-certified building in the world from 2016 to 2025[3]
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- [1]50%youtube.com/watch?v=JgkgBZfLu2Iyoutube.com· Posted Sep 15, 2026· Starts Feb 1, 2015 ✓· 100% of score
Estimated: Wikipedia's[3] infobox gives 1 February 2015 and its text says public use began in February 2015 rather than the scheduled November 2014, but the tower opened in stages - ICE[2] says it was 'officially opened to the public in 2016' and the observation deck only opened in July 2016, with the 118th and 119th floor decks fully public from 26 April 2017.
- [2]75%Shanghai Tower: Height And Sustainability Facts - Institution of Civil Engineersice.org.uk· Published Jan 1, 2020· 0% of score
- [3]80%Shanghai Tower - Wikipediaen.wikipedia.org· Published Feb 1, 2015· 0% of score
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