Photos of Shanghai Architecture : Andrew McRae
Jin Mao Tower, Lujiazui, Pudong, Shanghai
1998
Skidmore, Owings & Merrill - SOM Architects
420m high
Incorporating offices + Grand Hyatt Hotel with thirty storey high atrium:
Jin Mao Building - Golden Prosperity Building
88 storey skyscraper
Tallest building in China since 2005
Seventh tallest building in world at time of writing
Jin Mao Tower's proportions relate to the number 8 symbolising prosperity
Jin Mao Tower - looking up the skyscraper:
Jin
Mao Tower Shanghai: SOM Architects
Looking across Huangpu River to Pudong with the tower on the left:
Other Shanghai Towers:
Oriental Pearl Tower, Lujiazui, Pudong, Shanghai
1991-94/95
468m high
TV Tower
Tallest tower in Asia. Third tallest tower in the world
Shanghai World Financial Center
1997-2008: under construction
Kohn Pederson Fox - KPF Architects
492 m - 1614 ft
101 storeys
Architect: William Pedersen
Developer: Minoru Mori
Due to be tallest building in the world briefly in 2008 (ie tallest ignoring
spires), but the building has no spires proposed at time of writing
View of Skyscrapers with Pudong Financial District:
Shanghai Buildings - various:
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Competition
Hong
Kong and Shanghai Bank
Jin Mao Tower: Shanghai
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