K11, Contemporary skyscraper in Huaihai Road, China
K11 is a 278.3-metre skyscraper at 300 Huaihai Road Middle Road in Shanghai's Huangpu District, with 59 above-ground floors and three basement levels. Its facade is a grid of dark vertical panels between light beige bands, rising in setbacks to a flat roof with two short masts. The lower base has wider light walls with rows of small square windows, and the mall occupies six floors above ground and three below.
Built between 1998 and 2004 as the Hong Kong New World Tower, the skyscraper rises 278.3 m with its antenna and 210.6 m to the roof, over 59 above-ground floors and three basement levels. Developer New World China Land invested nearly 2.5 billion RMB. In 2012 the mall levels were remodelled by Kokaistudios and reopened on 28 June 2013 as K11, the first K11 mall in mainland China.
The mall section was renamed K11 in 2013 after a redesign by Kokaistudios, becoming the first K11 art mall in mainland China. Its public spaces hold art installations, and the B3 level has an exhibition hall; a Monet exhibition there in 2014 drew 400,000 visitors. The complex was opened by the K11 Art Foundation under Adrian Cheng, who framed it as "art for the masses".
The public areas with shops are located on the lower floors, while the offices sit above. Access to the metro is available directly from the building, making arrival by public transport easier.
In 2004, the tower was recognized by the Development Research Center of the State Council as one of China's ten new landmarks. This recognition honors its role in the development of contemporary architecture in Shanghai.
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