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Princess Tower


Height: 414m
Location: Dubai
Year: 2012
Princess Tower

Shanghai World Financial Center


Height: 492m
Location: Shanghai
Year: 2008
Shanghai World Financial Center

Princess Tower vs Shanghai World Financial Center


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Princess Tower

Princess Tower

Height

414m
Floors101
Year2012
CityDubai

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The Princess Tower (Arabic: ??? ????????) is a 101-story, 413.4 m (1,356 feet ) tall residential-only skyscraper located in the Marina district of Dubai, UAE. Princess Tower is currently the third largest building in Dubai, after the Burj Khalifa and the Marina 101 and the 29th tallest building in the world.



Princess Tower was the tallest residential building in the world from 2012 to 2015, when it was overtaken by 432 Park Avenue in New York City.

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Shanghai World Financial Center

Shanghai World Financial Center

Height

492m
Floors101
Year2008
CityShanghai

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The Shanghai World Financial Center (SWFC; Chinese: ????????) is a supertall skyscraper located in the Pudong district of Shanghai. It was designed by Kohn Pedersen Fox and developed by the Mori Building Company, with Leslie E. Robertson Associates as its structural engineer and China State Construction Engineering Corp and Shanghai Construction (Group) General Co. as its primary contractor. It is a mixed-use skyscraper, comprising offices, hotels, conference rooms, observation decks, and ground-floor shopping malls. Park Hyatt Shanghai is the tower's hotel element, comprising 174 rooms and suites occupying the 79th to the 93rd floors, which at the time of completion was the highest hotel in the world. It is currently the third-highest hotel on earth after the Ritz-Carlton, Hong Kong, which occupies floors 102 to 118 of the International Commerce Centre.On 14 September 2007, the skyscraper was topped out and is 492 meters (1,614.2 feet ), which makes it the 12th tallest building in the world and the fourth tallest structure in Mainland China. The SWFC opened to the general public on 28 August 2008, with its observation deck opening on 30 August. The observation deck offers views from 474 m (1,555 feet ) above ground level.The SWFC was lauded for its design, and in 2008 it was named by architects as the year's best-completed skyscraper. In 2013, the SWFC was exceeded in height by the adjoining Shanghai Tower, which will be China's tallest structure as of 2017. Collectively, The Shanghai World Financial Center, The Shanghai Tower and The Jin Mao Tower form the world's first adjoining grouping of three supertall skyscrapers.

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