The Energy of Shanghai Skyline

 

Shanghai Tower

Construction of Shanghai Tower has been completed. Design by architecture firm Gensler, it is now China's tallest building and the second-tallest building in the world.

Located in Shanghai's burgeoning Lujiazui financial district, the 632-metre-high skyscraper is 31 metres taller than the previous title holder, the Makkah Royal Clock Tower in Mecca.

The Burj Khalifa in Dubai remains the world's tallest building at 828 metres high.

Shanghai Tower was designed with a curved and twisted form generated through a series of wind-tunnel tests. The unique form is expected to reduce wind load by as much as 24 per cent during typhoons.

It comprises 121 storeys, divided into nine vertical zones that include shops at the base, offices in the centre, and hotels, cultural facilities and observation decks at the top.

Each zone is organised around one of several "sky lobbies" – plant-filled atriums filled with natural light, designed to mimic the social environments traditionally created in town plazas and courtyards.

Shanghai Tower dwarfs other two equally magnificent skyscrapers namely Shanghai World Financial Centre and the Jin Mao Tower. 

Construction of the skyscraper was completed at the end of 2015, marking its official entry into the list of the world's top 10 tallest buildings as recorded by the Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat (CTBUH).

It's dynamic form resembles an ancient dragon in motion soaring up towards heaven. Shanghai Tower symbolizes the rise of China. 

Contruction of Tallest Skyscraper In Shanghai

The proposed Shanghai Tower is currently progressing into the advance stage and will meet its completion target date of 2014. It will be the tallest structure in China and will definitely enhance the already vibrant city skyline of Shanghai.

Shanghai Tower

Shanghai Tower located in Shanghai Pudong area will be completed in 2014 standing at 632m tall.

This city is already overpopulated with tall buildings and it is therefore a big challenge for any architect to distinguish his design from the rest. The conventional solution is the race to build the tallest tower in town. Another way is to have a form that is so unusual that it is instantly identified as being special and different. Shanghai Tower possesses both elements which directly makes it the most unique building ever built in Shanghai.