Oriental Pearl Tower
东方明珠电视塔

2, Lane 504, Lujiazui Road Pudong
Shanghai SH China
Status: built
Construction Dates
  Began 1990
  Finished 1994
Floor Count 14
Basement Floors 2
Building Uses
 – communication
 – conference
 – hotel
 – observation
 – restaurant
 – retail
Structural Types
 – tower
 – pod
 – revolving floor
 – sphere
 – stilts
Architectural Style
 – futurism
Materials
 – glass
 – steel
 – concrete, reinforced
 – concrete
Heights Value Source / Comments
Antenna 1535 ft
Top floor 1148 ft
Bar 1148 ft
Highest observation 1148 ft
Space Module
Ktv rooms 889 ft
Restaurant 876 ft
Disco 876 ft
Sightseeing 863 ft
Lowest observation 295 ft
Space City
Foundation -59 ft
Description
• Architect: Shanghai Modern Architectural Design Co. Ltd.• Owner: Shanghai Oriental Group Co. Ltd., C & K
• Incorporation: Shanghai Xinhua Fire Inhibitor Factory
• Elevators: Otis Elevator (China) Investment Co. Ltd.
____________________________________________________________• Its design is based on a Tan dynasty poem about the haunting sound made by a lute.

• The three columns between the two largest spheres are 9 meters in diameter, and the big spheres are 45 meters (upper) and 50 meters (lower) in diameter. The smallest sphere at the top is 14m in diameter.

• The tower has three observatory levels:
1. Space Module: The highest is at 350 metres.
2. Sightseeing Floor between 263 and 259 metres.
3. Space City: The lowest at 90 metres.

• Pearl Oriental TV Tower operates a 20-room hotel called the Space Hotel, located in the five smaller spheres between the two biggest ones up the center of the tower.

• Asia’s tallest TV tower, and the third tallest in the world.

• Member of “World Federation of Great Towers”.

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