Lotte World Tower
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Lotte World Tower (Korean: 롯데월드타워), is a 123-story, 555 m (1,821 ft) supertall skyscraper, located in Sincheon-dong, Songpa-gu, Seoul, South Korea. It is the sixth-tallest building in the world, the tallest in OECD countries, and also the first in South Korea to be over 100 stories tall.
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Lotte World Tower 롯데월드타워 | |
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Former names |
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Alternative names | Lotte Jamsil Super Tower |
Record height | |
Tallest in the OECD countries since 2017[I] | |
Preceded by | One World Trade Center |
General information | |
Status | Completed |
Type | Observation, office, hotel, residential, retail |
Location | (Sincheon-dong) 300 Olympic-ro, Songpa-gu, Seoul, South Korea |
Coordinates | 37°30′45″N 127°06′10″E |
Groundbreaking | May 2009[1] |
Construction started | January 22, 2010 |
Completed | December 22, 2016 |
Opening | April 3, 2017; 7 years ago (April 3, 2017) |
Height | |
Architectural | 555 m (1,821 ft) |
Top floor | 486 m (1,594 ft) |
Technical details | |
Floor count | 123 and 6 below ground |
Floor area | 304,081 m2 (3,273,100 sq ft) |
Lifts/elevators | 61 |
Design and construction | |
Architect(s) | Kohn Pedersen Fox |
Developer | Lotte Engineering & Construction |
Engineer | Syska Hennessy Group (MEP)[2] |
Structural engineer | Leslie E. Robertson Associates[3] |
Other information | |
Public transit access | Jamsil Station: Line 2, Line 8 |
Website | |
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It was the fourth-tallest in the world when completed in 2016.[citation needed] The tower opened to the public on April 3.[4] Haeundae LCT The Sharp in Busan is the second-tallest building in the country.[5]
A "Sky Bridge Tour" is located on the roof of Lotte World Tower at 541 m (1,775 ft),[6] which is the total height of One World Trade Center in New York City, the tallest building in the United States.