Shanghai World Financial Center on another is called "Mori". The building stands on the honorable third place in the list of the highest skyscrapers of the world. Its total height - about 492 meters, and the building itself is only 16 meters lower than a similar facility in Taiwan.

There is disagreement about the superiority of each of these skyscrapers. The bottom line is that the skyscraper in Taiwan is the most enormous because of the long spire, which is an integral part of the architectural structure. However, excluding the length of the spire is 44 meters lower than his opponent - a skyscraper Mori.

Near the SHVFTS the famous Jin Mao Tower, with a height of 88 floors, which equals 420 meters. The shape of the building resembles an ear of corn, and the skyscraper is located on the territory of the most prestigious area in the city - Lujiazui, in the heart of financial and business life of the city of Shanghai.

Mori Building was built eleven years. The works were started in August 1997, but the building was put into operation 11 years later - in August 2008. Development of the design of the World Financial Center in Shanghai engaged experts from the architectural bureau "Koch Pedersen Fox." All work was carried out with the support of the Institute of Architecture and Design of East China. A major role in the project played by William Pedersen and developer of the project was the building of the company from Japan - "Mori Building Corporation". It is thanks to them that the skyscraper and got his second name - "Mori". Contractors were building specialists from China Gosstroykorporatsii, as well as people from "Shanghai Konstrukshn General." All financial costs and monetary issues allowed the company "Cul International" and "Davis Langdon."

The skyscraper Mori 101 floors, and all the tourists, guests and visitors of the building service high-speed elevators. Elevators in the building for more than 30 escalators - 33. building area takes more 377,000 square meters.

In the building SHVFTS are conference rooms, cafes, boutiques, parking lot (3 floors below ground). From 7 to 77 floors are representative of several hundred companies. With 79 floors and 15 floors above the hotel is located "Park Hyatt Shanghai." A 86-floor is another conference room and many banquet halls. From 91 to 93 floors of the restaurant takes "Centuria 100 Avenue", viewing platforms are 94, 100 level.