ShanghaiOrientalPearlTowerTheOrientalPearlTowerisain,.TheOrientalPearlTowerislocatedatthetipofinthedistrict,bythesideof,oppositeof.ItwasdesignedbytheShanghaiModernArchitecturalDesignCo.Ltd.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(knownastheSpaceModule)isat350m(1148ft).Thelowerlevelsareat263m(863ft)(SightseeingFloor)andat90m(295ft)(SpaceCity).Thereisaatthe267m(876ft)level.Theprojectalsocontainsexhibitionfacilities,restaurantsandashoppingmall.Thereisalsoa20-roomhotelcalledtheSpaceHotelbetweenthetwolargespheres.AntennaspireAn,broadcastingTVandradioprograms,extendstheconstructionbyanother118m(387ft)toatotalheightof468m(1,535ft).ChinesesymbolisminthedesignThedesignofthebuildingissaidtobebasedonaverseofthepoemPipaSongbyaboutthewonderfulsprinklingsoundofainstrument,likepearls,bigandsmallfallingonaplate.However,thedesignerJiangHuanchengsaysthathedidnothavethepoeminmindwhendesigningthetower.Itwasthechiefofthejuryboardwhosaiditremindedhimofthatpoem.※ShanghaiWorldFinancialCenterTheShanghaiWorldFinancialCenterisalocatedinthedistrictof,.ItwasdesignedbyanddevelopedbyMoriBuilding.Itisamixed-useskyscraper,consistingofoffices,hotels,conferencerooms,observationdecks,andground-floorshoppingmalls.isthehotelcomponent,containing174roomsandsuites.Occupyingthe79thtothe93rdfloors,itisthesecond-highesthotelintheworld,surpassingtheonthe53rdto87thfloorsoftheneighboring.On14September2007,theskyscraperwas,at492.0meters(1,614.2?ft)makingittheattheti...
