Tomorrow Square () is the
eighth-tallest building in
Shanghai,
China
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. It is located in
Huangpu District Huangpu, also formerly romanized Whangpoo or Whang-Po, may refer to:
* Huangpu District, Shanghai, China
** Huangpu River, in Shanghai, China
* Huangpu District, Guangzhou, Guangdong, China
** Huangpu Military Academy, in Guangzhou, China
* Pazhou ...
,
Puxi, close to
People's Square. It is about 285 m (934 ft) tall and has 63 floors.
This multi-purpose building contains a 342-room
JW Marriott hotel, and 255 executive
apartment
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units. It was completed on 1 October 2003. Starting from a square base, the all-concrete Tomorrow Square tower transforms itself into a diagonal square as it rises to a peak. Engineers of the exterior vertical support system were faced with a unique challenge as a result of this unusual shape. They chose flat slabs for the hotel floors and beam and slab construction for the office floors. A combination of sheer walls and frame action stabilizes the slender tower laterally against wind and earthquake forces. The foundations are -long bored piles supporting a column mat.
See also
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List of tallest buildings in Shanghai
External links
JW Marriott Hotel ShanghaiMarriott Executive Apartments*
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{{Shanghai Skyscrapers
Residential buildings completed in 2003
Skyscrapers in Shanghai
John C. Portman Jr. buildings
Residential skyscrapers in China
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Skyscraper hotels in Shanghai
Huangpu District, Shanghai
JW Marriott Hotels