Total height632 m
6,320Hand breadths
1.1 trillionSalt crystals
Photo from Wikimedia Commons
Shanghai Tower
China's tallest building and the world's second tallest/Towers & Skyscrapers
The Shanghai Tower twists a full 120 degrees from base to tip, which reduces wind loads by 24% and looks extremely cool. It holds the world's fastest elevators at 20.5 m/s and has nine distinct zones stacked like vertical neighborhoods. The double-skin facade creates atriums between the inner and outer walls.
Measurements
Estimated total mass850 million kg
70.8 trillionHousefly weights
53,125Fire trucks
1.7 billionBurritos
Approximate structural and finishing mass
Total floor area380,000 m²
53.2FIFA soccer pitches
36.7 millionUS dollar bills
1 millionCornhole boards
Foundation depth86 m
1,564Pink erasers
48.3Samsung refrigerators
132Baguettes
Fastest elevator speed20.5 m/s
6.5 tenthsHighway speeds
1,577Garden snails
World's fastest elevators by Mitsubishi
Base footprint diameter63 m
7.1 thousandthsMount Everest heights
286Discus diameters
Approximate ground-level diameter
Annual wind turbine energy output540 billion J
270 septillionX-ray photons
5.4 quadrillionKey presses
540Lightning bolt energies
270 wind turbines generate ~150,000 kWh/year