CHICAGO (Reuters) - The Shanghai World Financial Center, the world's second-tallest building that some say resembles an elegant bottle opener, was named on Thursday by architects as the best ...
With the main structure set for completion Saturday, now is a good time to take a look at Shanghai Tower, the hulking $15 billion edifice that will be, if only for a moment, China’s tallest building.
The Shanghai tower broke ground back in 2008, as the third tower in the trio of skyscrapers located in Shanghai’s Lujiazui Finance and Trade Zone. Its curved façade and spiraling form is meant to ...
Shanghai Tower, still under construction in the heart of China’s commercial hub, will reach more than 630 meters into the sky when construction – scheduled to finish by the end of this year – is ...
Shanghai Construction Group ranks protecting the crews working 300 meters above grade and higher—especially while erecting the cantilevered steel structure and the curtain-wall bracing system—as the ...
Shanghai is one of the world's most vertical cities, a metropolis where 50-story buildings are routine. At night, the cityscape is so cinematic, it has been featured in both James Bond and Mission ...
Gensler's Shanghai Tower has won the 2015 Emporis Skyscraper Award. Selected from over 300 buildings of over 100 meters in height completed in 2015, the Emporis jury was impressed by the Shanghai ...
In many ways, the Shanghai Tower is impressive: It is China’s tallest skyscraper, featuring the fastest elevator in the world and a modern, energy-efficient design. But the landmark has yet to make ...