5. Jinmao Building, Shanghai, China
Jinmao Tower is the fifth tallest tower in the world at a height of 421 metres (1,381 feet) and 88 floors. Built in 1999, it is now the tallest building in China. The Jinmao Tower soon will be surpassed by the 492-metre-high Shanghai World Financial Center, which will open this year.
Designed by Skidmore, Owings & Merrill, the Jinmao Tower has 61 elevators and is a typhoon resistant building.
It houses offices and the Shanghai Grand Hyatt hotel. Jin Mao Building is owned by the China Jin Mao Group.
It has a daily maintenance cost of $121,000. The tower's design specifications are based on the number '8', a lucky number in Chinese culture.
The 88 floors are divided into 16 segments, each of which is 1/8th shorter than the 16-story base.
Image: Scrapers scoop ruins at a demolition site of old houses in front of the Jinmao Tower, China's tallest building.
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