Shinra Headquarters

The head office of the Shin-Ra Electric Power Company is the most dominating sight in the Midgar skyline. This building is the staging ground of many of Final Fantasy VII's major events. In addition to housing the (headless)body of Jenova, all of the company's department heads maintain their offices here.

Entrance
The player would given two choices of entering the building; one sneaking in via the stairway, the second option includes Cloud and co. ram in the building directly, sneaking in the building will allow Cloud and co. have less enemy encounter, vice-versa, by attacking directly towards the building, Cloud and co. will have to fight the armies guarding it.

Structure
The Shin-Ra Building consists of no less than 70 floors with all floors above 59 requiring special clearance in the form of keycards.

Floors 1-3
This area consists of the entryway and shopping area. In the foyer are situated the front desks and two elevators that access all floors of the building. On the second floor is the Shin-Ra item shop which includes a video screen that showcases various Shin-Ra products including automobiles. The third floor has very little except a set of elevators that grant access to the 59th floor, which it shares in common with the second floor.

Floor 59
A very mundane, open area that has two sets of elevators (one leading back down to the bottom floors, the other that allow access to the higher floors) and access to the stairway. From this floor on, keycards are required to ascend the building.

Floor 60
A sort of "buffer" floor under heavy guard.

Floor 61
A common area and break area for Shin-Ra employees. Features numerous tables and a large tree in the center of the area.

Floor 62
The Midgar government offices and Shin-Ra research library are located on this floor. The library is separated into four rooms each of which is categorized by one area of research commited by Shin-Ra. Also, on this floor is the office of Domino.

Floor 63
This is a storage area containing many rooms for storage purposes. Access to these rooms is done through a complex security process that allows a single person to enter.

Floor 64
This is the Shin-Ra company Recreational area. It includes a gym, locker room, showers, restrooms and a rest area for employees.

Floor 65
The major feature of this area is the scale replica of Midgar.

Floor 66
This floor contains the Shin-Ra executive offices and meeting room. Also of note is the only other restroom in the building.

Floor 67
This floor is the headquarters for the Shin-Ra sciences department which is headed by Hojo. This floor includes an office for data storage, prison cells, specimen containment unit (which housed the body of Jenova) and elevators for personnel and specimens.

Floor 68
The 68th floor houses the main laboratory of the science department. There is a specimen containment unit and a control room. Further more, access to floor 69 is only possible by passing through three security fields.

Floor 69
This is yet another foyer area, but is also an office space. Only the highest Shin-Ra officials can gain access to this floor as there is no separation of the 69th and 70th floors by a security device.

Floor 70
The topmost floor of the Shin-Ra building houses the personal office of the company president. It is decorated with red carpeting. There is an access door to an open air balcony that overlooks the city of Midgar.

Role in Final Fantasy VII
Though it is but a man-made structure, the Shin-Ra Building nevertheless plays an integral role in many of the events in Final Fantasy VII. Its first major role is as the target of AVALANCHE's rescue attempt of Aeris. This attempt fails, however, and the team is imprisoned in the 67th floor jail cells, but not before finding Aeris and gaining the aide of Red XIII. Not long after does the team find themselves freed in a monster infested building following a path of blood leading from Jenova's containment pod to the 70th floor office of President Shinra. Upon their arrival, they discover that the President has been killed by Sephiroth as is evidenced by the Masamune sticking out of the corpse. Almost immediately, Rufus Shinra usurps his father's former position and on the balcony engages Cloud in combat with the aid of his pet Dark Nation, which Rufus summarily retreats from by helicopter.

Later in the story, Shin-Ra becomes the major staging ground for Rufus's assault against Sephiroth in the Northern Crater. With the Sister Ray relocated to Midgar so that it may be powered by the city's seven remaining Mako Reactors, AVALANCHE once again begins an assault on the city to stop the cannon from firing a second time. Before their assault begins, however, the first shot manages to impact the barrier surrounding Sephiroth to an apparently minimal degree. Instead, the discharge does manage to destroy the Diamond WEAPON. Unfortunately, just a moment before it's destruction, a barrage of energy is unleashed by the WEAPON. This barrage manages to find its way to Midgar and specifically the Shin-Ra Building. The upper floors are reduced to varying degrees of scorched debris appearing to take Rufus along with it.

Role in Final Fantasy VII: Advent Children
In the film, Advent Children, the Shin-Ra Building makes a very few appearances. It is mostly seen as a defunct ruin from the distance of the city of Edge. However, it did make another use of itself as a weapon for Sephiroth against Cloud. Sephiroth cuts off large pieces of the building and send them hurtling down towards Cloud, making for one of the more intense (if short) action sequences in the film.