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Grand Hyatt Shanghai
Shanghai, China · Grand Hyatt · Core Luxury
Grand Hyatt Shanghai fills floors 53 to 87 of Skidmore, Owings & Merrill's 88-storey Jin Mao Tower, opened in 1999 when the 548-room hotel claimed the title of highest hotel in the world. A barrel-vaulted atrium begins on the 56th floor and climbs through 28 annular spiral corridors roughly 115 metres high and 27 metres across until the Park Hyatt next door in the World Financial Center took the height crown.
- 548 rooms
- Opened 1999
- Neighborhood: Pudong / Lujiazui
- Rooms from 431 sq ft (40 m²)
- Architect: Skidmore, Owings & Merrill
About Grand Hyatt Shanghai
- When it opened in 1999, the hotel's 54th-floor lobby made it the highest hotel in the world until Park Hyatt Shanghai opened in the neighboring World Financial Center.
- The barrel-vaulted atrium runs from the 56th to the 87th floor: about 115 metres of clear height and 27 metres in diameter.
- Twenty-eight annular corridors and staircases spiral around the atrium void through 33 storeys of guest floors.
- The 548 rooms occupy floors 53 through 87 of the 88-storey Jin Mao Tower in Lujiazui, with Bund and Huangpu River views.
- Skidmore, Owings & Merrill designed the pagoda-inspired Jin Mao Tower that houses the Grand Hyatt.
History
Opened in 1999 as a cornerstone of the Lujiazui financial district, Grand Hyatt Shanghai occupies floors 53 to 87 of the 88-story Jin Mao Tower. Designed by Skidmore, Owings & Merrill, the hotel features a signature 33-story barrel-vaulted atrium that starts on the 56th floor and is lined with 28 annular corridors arrayed in a stunning spiral. It held the title of the world's highest hotel upon its debut and remains one of the most architecturally significant lodgings in Asia.
The setting
4 km from Shanghai Museum.
Amenities
- 57th-floor "sky pool" and fitness center
- Club Oasis Spa with whirlpools and steam rooms
- Cloud 9 bar and multiple fine-dining restaurants
- Floor-to-ceiling windows with panoramic Bund views
- Dizzying 33-story internal atrium lounge with jazz music
- Extensive meeting and event facilities in the Pudong district
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