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Kohn Pedersen Fox (KPF)

KPF建筑事务所

Architecture firm, with William Pedersen as design architect, that designed the Shanghai World Financial Center.

Kohn Pedersen Fox (KPF) is the architecture firm that designed the Shanghai World Financial Center in Lujiazui. William Pedersen is named as the design architect. The Chinese name given above is a placeholder, since the sources opened for this entry did not state it; check it before publishing.

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The Shanghai World Financial Center, a tall glass tower with a trapezoid opening at the top.
Photo: Bechology · CC BY 4.0

Building· 1997–2008

Shanghai World Financial Center

上海环球金融中心Shànghǎi Huánqiú Jīnróng Zhōngxīn

A 492 m Pudong skyscraper by Kohn Pedersen Fox, opened in 2008 and nicknamed the bottle opener; its observation decks have been closed since 2023.

Sources

  1. 1.English Wikipedia (article given in each fact's locator) (English Wikipedia), Wikimedia Foundation — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shanghai_World_Financial_Centerwikipedia
  2. 2.Chinese Wikipedia (article given in each fact's locator) (中文维基百科), Wikimedia Foundation — https://zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/上海环球金融中心wikipedia