Tomorrow Square
明天广场
Tomorrow Square in April 2026
Map
General information
StatusCompleted
TypeOffice, hotel, restaurant, apartments
LocationHuangpu District,
Shanghai, China
Coordinates31°13′55″N 121°27′54″E / 31.232°N 121.465°E / 31.232; 121.465
Construction started
1997
Completed
2003
Height
Antenna spire285 m (935 ft)
Roof238 m (781 ft)
Technical details
Floor count63
Floor area130,063 m2 (1,399,990 sq ft)
Lifts/elevators15
Design and construction
ArchitectsJohn Portman & Associates[1]
Website
JW Marriott Shanghai

Tomorrow Square (simplified Chinese: 明天广场; traditional Chinese: 明天廣場; pinyin: Míngtiān Guǎngchǎng) is the twelfth-tallest building in Shanghai, China. It is located in Huangpu District, Puxi,[2] close to People's Square. It is about 285 m (934 ft) tall and has 55 floors.[1]

This multi-purpose building contains a 342-room JW Marriott hotel,[2] and 255 executive apartment units. The base includes a conference center, shopping center, and subway access.[1] It was completed on 1 October 2003. The hotel's foyer is on the 38th floor.[3] The building holds the record for the highest library in a building in the world, located on the 60th floor.[4]

Architecturally, Tomorrow Square is made up of two prisms, the second which is offset diagonally from the first, marking the transition from the apartment section to the hotel.[2][1] The top terminates in a peak composed of four triangles.[1] To make the exterior vertical support system work, engineers chose flat slabs for the hotel floors and beam and slab construction for the office floors. A combination of shear walls and frame action stabilizes the slender tower laterally against wind and earthquake forces. The foundations are 80-meter (260 ft)-long bored piles supporting a column mat.

See also

References

  1. ^ a b c d e Al-Kodmany, Kheir (17 February 2017). "Tall Buildings and Imageability". Understanding Tall Buildings: A Theory of Placemaking. Routledge. ISBN 978-1-317-60865-3.
  2. ^ a b c Binder, Georges (2006). "Tomorrow Square". 101 of the World's Tallest Buildings. Images Publishing. p. 98. ISBN 978-1-86470-173-9.
  3. ^ "Tomorrow Square". Lonely Planet. Retrieved 28 August 2026.
  4. ^ "Highest library in a building". Guinnessworldrecords. Retrieved 28 August 2026.