He Shanghai Tower `Shanghai Center Building` is a 632-metre 2,073 ft, 128-story megatall skyscraper in Lujiazui, Pudong, Shanghai. It shares the record along with the Ping An Finance Center of having the world`s highest observation deck within a building or structure at 562 m, and the world`s second-fastest elevators at a top speed of 20.5 metres per second 74 km/h; 46 mph. It is the world`s second-tallest building by height to architectural top. However, the title of the world`s fastest elevator now belongs to the Guangzhou CTF Finance Centre, with a top speed of 21 metres per second 76 km/h; 47 mph achieved in 2017. Designed by international design firm Gensler and owned by the Shanghai city government, it is the tallest of the world`s first triple-adjacent supertall buildings in Pudong, the other two being the Jin Mao Tower and the Shanghai World Financial Centre. Its tiered construction, designed for high energy efficiency, provides nine separate zones divided between office, retail and leisure use.
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