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The Jury
Nila Leiserowitz, Assoc. AIA, FASID
Gensler
Santa Monica, California
Lewis Goetz, AIA
Group Goetz Architects PC
Washington, D.C.
Victor Saroki, FAIA
Victor Saroki & Associates Architects PC
Birmingham, Michigan



Jin Mao Tower


Location
Shanghai, China
Architect
Skidmore, Owings & Merrill LLP
Client/Owner
China Jin Mao Group Co.
General Contractor
Shanghai Jin Mao Contractor (SJMC)
Consultant(s)
East China Architectural Design & Research Institute; Shanghai Institute of Architectural Design and Research
Photographer
Nick Merrick © Hedrich Blessing

"this shows how to handle the big-league stuff"

The sheer size and variety of spaces in this project put it in a class by itself. The 88-story, 3 million-square-foot complex includes over a million square feet of office space and a 600-room hotel. The six-story podium houses hotel function areas, a conference and exhibition center, a cinema and retail galleria. A dramatic atrium runs from the 54th floor sky-lobby to level 88, where there is a spectacular observatory. "As big as it is, everything is executed down to the smallest detail," commented a juror, while another agreed that "there is a lot of unique detailing, but it all holds together; it all seems to have been done by the same hand." (Double winner. See Divine Detail Awards.)