雙語科技百科(近現代成就) 第116期:金茂大廈
Jin Mao Tower
The Jin Mao Tower is an 88-story landmark supertall skyscraper in the Lujiazui area of the Pudong district of Shanghai, People’s Republic of China. It contains offices and the Shanghai Grand Hyatt hotel. Until August, 2008, it was the second tallest building in Shanghai, the third tallest in the PRC, the eighth tallest in the world. Construction began in 1994 and finished in -1998 with the total floor area of 278707 m2. The lower 50 floors are made up of offices and levels 51 and 52 are mechanical floors, accessible only by service elevators. The building’s anchor tenant is the five-star, 555-room Shanghai Grand Hyatt hotel which occupies floors 53 t0 87. On Fifty-Six, a collection of restaurants including The Grill, the Italian Cucina, the Japanese Kobachi, and the Patio Lounge, which is located at the base of the atrium. The Hyatt’s famous barrel-vaulted atrium starts at the 56th floor and extends upwards to the 87th. Lined with 28 annular corridors and staircases arrayed in a spiral, it is 27m in diameter with a clear height of approximately 115 m. Club Jin Mao is on the 86th floor. The 88th floor ( not part of the hotel) houses the Skywalk, a 1520 m2 indoor observation deck with a capacity of 1000 people. In addition to the panoramic views of Shanghai, it offers a topside view of the hotel atrium below. It also includes a small post office.
金茂大廈位於上海浦東新區黃浦江畔的陸家嘴金融貿易區，樓高420.5米，目前是上海第2高的摩天大樓（截至2008年8月）、中國大陸第3高樓、世界第8高樓。大廈於1994年開工，1998年建成，有地上88層，樓面面積278，707平方米，第3至第50層爲辦公室，第51、52層是機械和電子設備室，不開放。第53至第87層爲擁有555個房間的金茂君悅大酒店，是世界上最高的五星級酒店。第56層有一個餐廳和一箇中空的咖啡廳，特別是高152米，直徑27米的酒店中庭，28道環廊在霓紅燈的照射下光彩迷人，彷彿置身在時空隧道，仰頭便可以看到酒店中庭31個樓層的所有環行走道和555間客房。第86層是酒店會員俱樂部，只允許會員進入。第88層是一個能夠容納1000人的觀景臺，樓面高達340.1米，面積1520平方米，是中國最大和最高的大樓觀景臺。觀景臺還有一個小郵局。Designed by the Chicago office of Skidmore, Owings Merrill, its postmodern form, whose complexity rises as it ascends, draws on traditional Chinese architecture such as the tiered pagoda, gently stepping back to create a rhythmic pattern as it rises.
金茂大廈由著名的美國芝加哥SOM設計事務所設計，是融匯了中國塔型風格與西方建築技術元素的多功能型摩天大樓。金茂大廈集現代化辦公樓、五星級酒’店、會展中心、娛樂、商場等設施於一體，現已成爲上海的一座地標。
