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The Shanghai Tower was designed by the American architectural firm Gensler, with Shanghainese architect Jun Xia leading the design team. [ 52 ] [ 53 ] The tower takes the form of nine cylindrical buildings stacked atop each other that total 128 floors, all enclosed by the inner layer of the glass facade . [ 5 ]
Shanghai Tower Jun Xia is a Chinese architect who has worked in the United States and China. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] Xia was a Principal and Regional Design Director of the Gensler architecture firm.
Shanghai Tower: Shanghai China: Goettsch Partners: Guangxi China Resources Tower: Nanning China: Guangdong Province Architectural Design and Research Institute: Kunming Xishan Wanda Plaza North: Kunming China: Kunming Xishan Wanda Plaza South: Kunming China: Guangzhou Hanhua Architects & Engineers: The Pinnacle: Guangzhou China: Hadi Simaan ...
Shanghai Tower in China will be the world's second tallest building when it opens later in 2014. These two guys, however, want to beat Shanghai Tower's line.
This lists buildings that once held the title of tallest building in Shanghai when measured to roof (excluding spire, but including clock tower in the case of the Customs House). When measured to height of structural or architectural top, the Shanghai Exhibition Centre (at 110.4 metres tall to top of spire) held the title from completion in ...
As the firm's global footprint has grown, Gensler has launched megaprojects such as CityCenter (Gensler served as Executive Architect of the 67-acre, 18 million-square-foot “city within a city” in Las Vegas), SFO Airport (beginning with the Central Terminal project in 1980 and continuing with comprehensive T2, T3, and T1 renovations), and Shanghai Tower (a 128-story mixed-use tower). [17]
[11] [12] In 2013, the SWFC was exceeded in height by the adjacent Shanghai Tower, [13] which is China's tallest structure as of 2023. Together, The Shanghai World Financial Center, The Shanghai Tower and The Jin Mao Tower form the world's first adjacent grouping of three supertall skyscrapers.
Gensler, however, claims that the tower is not Strabala's design. According to Gensler in a lawsuit it later dropped, "Gensler, not (Strabala), is the source of the architectural and design services rendered in designing the Shanghai Tower." [10] Art Gensler, founder of Gensler, credited Jun Xia as "designer of the building (Shanghai Tower)". [11]