Height: Observatory 497.6 m / 1,633 ft |
Floors Above Ground 123 |
Floors Below Ground 6 |
# of Elevators 58 |
Top Elevator Speed 10 m/s |
Tower GFA 304,081 m² / 3,273,101 ft² |
Development GFA 505,294 m² / 5,438,939 ft² |
# of Hotel Rooms 260 |
Official Name | Lotte World Tower |
Other Names | 롯데월드타워, Lotte Jamsil Super Tower, Lotte World Premium Tower |
Structure Type | Building |
Status | Completed |
Country | South Korea |
City | Seoul |
Street Address & Map | Shinchon-Dong, Songpa-Ku |
Building Function | hotel / residential / office / retail |
Structural Material | composite
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Construction Start | 2011 |
Completion | 2017 |
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Global Ranking | #5 Tallest in the World |
Regional Ranking | #3 Tallest in Asia |
National Ranking | #1 Tallest in South Korea |
City Ranking | #1 Tallest in Seoul |
Owner/Developer | Lotte Property & Development |
Architect | |
• Design | Kohn Pedersen Fox Associates |
• Architect of Record | BAUM Architects |
Structural Engineer | |
• Design | Leslie E. Robertson Associates |
• Engineer of Record | Chang Minwoo Structural Consultants |
• Peer Review | Thornton Tomasetti |
MEP Engineer | |
• Design | SYSKA Hennessy Group |
• Peer Review | WSP | Parsons Brinckerhoff |
Main Contractor | LOTTE Engineering & Construction |
Other Consultant | |
• Cost | Rider Levett Bucknall |
• Energy Concept | WSP | Parsons Brinckerhoff |
• Façade | ALT Limited |
• Façade Maintenance | Manntech Building System; Lerch Bates |
• Fire | Aon Fire Protection Engineering |
• LEED | WSP | Parsons Brinckerhoff |
• Marketing | The Leading Hotels of the World, Ltd. |
• Security | Aon Global Risk Consulting |
• Vertical Transportation | Fortune Shepler Consulting |
• Wind | RWDI |
Material Supplier | |
• Elevator | Otis Elevator Company; Mitsubishi Elevator and Escalator |
• Façade Maintenance Equipment | Manntech Building System |
CTBUH Journal 2018 Issue I
5 Feb 2018
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CTBUH Publication
Vertical Transportation: Ascent & Acceleration
12 Sep 2017
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CTBUH Research
CTBUH Certifies Lotte Tower as Fifth Tallest Building Worldwide
4 Apr 2017
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