Tomorrow Square

Infobox Skyscraper
building_name = Tomorrow Square
明天廣場


caption = Tomorrow Square
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location = Huangpu District,
Shanghai, China
coordinates = coord|31.232|121.465|type:building|display=inline,title
status = Complete
groundbreaking =
constructed = 1997-2003
est_completion = 1 October 2003
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use = Office, hotel, restaurant, apartments
antenna_spire = convert|286|m|ft|0|abbr=on
roof = convert|238|m|ft|0|abbr=on
top_floor =
floor_count = 55
elevator_count = 15
cost =
floor_area = 130,063 m²
architect = John Portman & Associates
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Tomorrow Square ( _zh. 明天廣場) is the fifth tallest building in Shanghai. It is located in the Puxi district, close to People's Square. It is about 285 m (934 ft) tall and has 55 floors.

This multi-purpose building contains a 342-room Marriott hotel, and 255 executive apartment units. It was completed on 1 October, 2003. Starting from a square base, the all-concrete Tomorrow Square tower transforms itself into a diagonal square as it rises to a peak. Engineers of the exterior vertical support system were faced with a unique challenge as a result of this unusual shape. They chose flat slabs for the hotel floors and beam and slab construction for the office floors. A combination of shear walls and frame action stabilizes the slender tower laterally against wind and earthquake forces. The foundations are 80-meter-long bored piles supporting a column mat.

ee also

* List of tallest buildings in Shanghai

External links

* [http://www.emporis.com/en/wm/bu/?id=131104 Tomorrow Square] at Emporis
* [http://www.skyscraperpage.com/cities/?buildingID=723 Tomorrow Square at SkyscraperPage]