The Dynamic Highrise

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IN PLAN BURJ KHALIFA

The tower has 57 elevators and 8 escalators. Each elevator has the capacity of 12 to 14 people per cabin. The elevators go 10m/s. This building has the longest single running elevator, which goes 140 floors high. All elevators and services are located in the triangular core of the building.

SHANGHAI TOWER

Consists of a square service core, which houses a total of 106 elevators. This includes 3 high-speed models which are capable of traveling at 1,080 m/minute.

considered the third fastest in the world.

PETRONAS TOWERS

A central core carries 78 elevators including 29 double decker elevators. The ground floor has 2 main groups of lifts, short haul and mid haul. Along side of these are a series of connecting elevators which travel between other floors.

CCTV TOWER

Consists of multiple cores, which all together house 75 elevators. The stairs are also located in the cores along side the elevators. A complex program, each core connects SWFC TOWER a different area of the Housing 91 elevators, the top building. speed is 10m/s. This is

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VERTICAL SYSTEMS

IN PLAN

SHANGHAI TOWER


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