Kohn Pedersen Fox's 492-metre Shanghai World Financial Center — the tower whose trapezoidal skybridge aperture earned it the nickname the bottle opener across Pudong — was conceived primarily as office and observation space, which made the brief for Park Hyatt Shanghai an act of vertical reinvention. The hotel was fitted into floors 79 through 93 of the 101-storey structure when it opened in 2008, placing it among the highest hotels in the world at the time and giving every guest room an uninterrupted panorama of the Huangpu River and the Lujiazui skyline that no ground-level property in Shanghai could approach. The interiors, designed by the Tokyo studio of Hirsch Bedner Associates with strong Japanese editorial influence, work against the building's corporate ambitions through warmth and restraint. Guest rooms deploy dark-stained timber slatted headboard walls alongside natural linen carpeting and ink-wash landscape prints, a palette that draws on both contemporary Japanese minimalism and classical Chinese literati aesthetics without resolving entirely into either. The restaurant level, visible in the images, layers burnished copper screens and antique-mirrored glass partitions against floor-to-ceiling glazing, clusters of bespoke pendant lights scattered overhead like a constellation. Up on the spa floors, a raised lap pool in grey granite sits above the clouds, teak decking and pendant lanterns arranged along the perimeter windows — the effect closer to a Japanese onsen transported to the stratosphere than anything conventionally hotel.

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One of the World’s Highest Hotels – Park Hyatt Shanghai spanning the 79th through 93rd floors of the Shanghai World Financial Centre (SWFC), As a 5-star hotel luxury hotel in the heart of Pudong Lujiazui Business District, Park Hyatt Shanghai is a modern-Chinese residence combining true sophistication, featuring inimitable restaurants and unparalleled event venues. The interior design of the hotel has been created by the award-wining New York-based designer Tony Chi of tony chi and associates, with respect to traditional Chinese geometry and architecture, while providing all the comforts of a stately modern home. To preserve the quality of the product and the level of service and attention to detail, the number of guestrooms has been limited to 173. The standard rooms, measuring 55 to 60 square meter (592 to 646 square feet), coupled with the generous 3.1-meter ceiling height. Unique and memorable dining & wining experiences are offered at the choice of restaurants featuring Western, Cantonese and Modern Chinese cuisines The hotel is also home to the renowned Water’s Edge spa, a relaxation zone for guests to restore harmonious balance to body and mind.