Jin Mao building
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Spire of Shanghai: the Jin Mao tower
The Jin Mao tower, which rises 420.50 metres over the city of Shanghai, was designed to be the tallest skyscraper with a concrete centre and metal frame. The building counts 88 stories, 88,000 square metres of curtain wall, eight megacolumns surrounding a reinforced concrete core and a 38-metre spire.