King Tower

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King Tower
新金桥大厦
General information
Type	Office
Location	Pudong District, Shanghai, China
Coordinates	31°14′51″N 121°35′15″E / 31.2475°N 121.5875°E / 31.2475; 121.5875Coordinates: 31°14′51″N 121°35′15″E / 31.2475°N 121.5875°E / 31.2475; 121.5875
Completed	1996
Height
Antenna spire	212 m (696 ft)
Roof	172 m (564 ft)
Technical details
Floor count	38
Design and construction
Architect	TaoHo Design Architects

King Tower (simplified Chinese: 新金桥大厦; traditional Chinese: 新金橋大廈; pinyin: Xīnjīnqiáo Dàshà) is a skyscraper in Shanghai, China. It is 212 m tall, has 38 stories and was completed in 1996.

The tower was the tallest in China until Shun Hing Square in Shenzhen was built later in the same year. It was the tallest building in Shanghai until the Jin Mao Tower's completion in 1998.

[edit] See also

List of tallest buildings in Shanghai

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Records
Preceded by China Merchants Tower	Tallest Building in Shanghai 1996 – 1998	Succeeded by Jin Mao Tower

Skyscrapers in Shanghai over 170 metres

Completed:

Over 300 m	Shanghai World Financial Center (492 m, 2008) · Oriental Pearl Tower (468 m, 1995) · Jin Mao Tower (421 m, 1998) · Shimao International Plaza (333 m, 2005)

200-300 m	Shanghai Wheelock Square (298 m, 2008) · Plaza 66 Tower 1 (288 m, 2001) · Tomorrow Square (285 m, 2003) · Hong Kong New World Tower (278 m, 2002) · Bocom Financial Towers (265 m, 2002) · One Lujiazui (256 m, 2008) · Grand Gateway Shanghai Towers (262 m, 2005) · Bank of Shanghai Headquarters (252 m, 2005) · Maxdo Centre (241 m, 2005) · Cloud Nine (238 m, 2006) · International Ocean Shipping Building (232 m, 2000) · Plaza 66 Tower 2 (228 m, 2006) · Oasis Skyway Garden Hotel (226 m, 2006) · Bank of China Tower (226 m, 2000) · Raffles City (222 m, 2003) · Jasper Tower (220 m, 2008) · The Regent Shanghai (218 m, 2005) · Shanghai Dong Hai Plaza (217 m, 2004) · World Finance Tower (212 m, 2000) · King Tower (212 m, 1996) · Pudong International Information Port (211 m, 2001) · Sofitel Jin Jiang Oriental Pudong Hotel (207 m, 2002) · Nan Zheng Building (205 m, 1998) · Lippo Plaza (204 m, 1998) · Shanghai Sen Mao International Building (203 m, 1998) · Huaxia Financial Square Towers (202 m, 2003) · Golden Bell Mansion (200 m, 1998) · Radisson Hotel Shanghai New World (200 m)

170-200 m	World Plaza Shanghai (199 m, 1998) · Bund Center (198 m, 2002) · Wenxin United Press Building (197 m, 1999) · Lan Sheng Building (196 m, 1997) · China Insurance Building (196 m, 1999) · The Center (196 m, 2004) · CITIC Square (193 m, 2000) · Huaneng Union Tower (188 m, 1997) · CAAC Pudong Tower (188 m, 2001) · Bao'an Tower (188 m, 1997) · Shanghai Futures Building (187 m, 1998) · China Merchants Tower (186 m, 1995) · Shanghai China Merchants Plaza Office Building (186 m, 1998) · Aurora Plaza (185 m, 2003) · Pudong Development Mansion (185 m, 2001) · Ciro's Plaza (181 m, 2002) · Union Square Towers (185 m, 2005) · Pudong Shangri La Hotel Extension (180 m, 2005) · Citigroup Tower (180 m, 2005) · Shanghai Property Information Exchange Center (180 m, 2000) · Harbour Ring Plaza (178 m, 1998) · K. Wah Center (178 m, 2005) · Four Seasons Hotel (172 m, 2002)