It is located in Huangpu District, Puxi, close to People's Square.

This multi-purpose building contains a 342-room JW Marriott hotel, and 255 executive apartment units.

Engineers of the exterior vertical support system were faced with a unique challenge as a result of this unusual shape.

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.