ShanghaiOrientalPearlTowerTheOrientalPearlTowerisain,
TheOrientalPearlTowerislocatedatthetipofinthedistrict,bythesideof,oppositeof
ItwasdesignedbytheShanghaiModernArchitecturalDesignCo
PrincipaldesignersareJiangHuanChen,LinBenlinandZhangXiulin
Constructionbeganin1990andthetowerwascompletedin1994
At468m(1,535feet)high,itwasthetalleststructurein(excluding;see)from1994-2007,whenitwassurpassedbythe
ThespheresinthetowerThetowerfeatures11spheres,bigandsmall
Thetwolargestspheres,alongthelengthofthetower,havediametersof50m(164ft)forthelowerand45m(148ft)fortheupper
Theyarelinkedbythreecolumns,each9m(30ft)indiameter
Thehighestsphereis14m(46ft)indiameter
Theentirebuildingissupportedbythreeenormousthatstartunderground
ObservationlevelsThetowerhasfifteenobservatorylevels
Thehighest(knownastheSpaceM