SHANGHAI | Shanghai Tower / 上海中心大厦 | 2,073 FT / 632 M | 128 FLOORS - Page 110

Alx99 · #**2181** Posted **Oct 22, 2014, 3:35 AM**

this building is a marvel; has good design, height, elegant and functional

lakeryan · #**2182** Posted **Oct 22, 2014, 2:33 PM**

Glass curtain walls,
Almost completed
Look forward to new information and photos.

ChicagoMan · #**2183** Posted **Oct 26, 2014, 4:29 PM**

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WGN Radio, one of Chicago’s leading radio stations, interviewed Marshall Strabala, Chief Architect of Shanghai Tower on the live “Bill Moller Show” (Oct. 25, 2014). During the 15-minute interview, Strabala told listeners about the Shanghai Tower’s double-wall, and that the form of the revolutionary building follows its function. Strabala is one of few architects who has designed three of the world’s tallest buildings. Listen to the informative interview at: http://wgnradio.com/2014/10/25/the-a...shall-strabala

To learn more about Strabala, who has worked on the design of Shanghai Tower for more than eight years, visit his official Flickr site at: https://www.flickr.com/photos/architectural-design/ or the website for his company, 2DEFINE Architecture, at: http://www.define-arch.com

(Image: WGNRadio.com)

CCs77 · #**2184** Posted **Oct 26, 2014, 5:39 PM**

Quote:

Originally Posted by Trans Canada

Not a big fan of this one. It isn't impressive for anything other than height (the design is very bland) and, unfortunately, it puts the once-impressive Jin Mao and World Financial Center in its shadow. Those towers are both great pieces of architecture (particularly Jin Mao) and it's a shame that they are no longer the centrepieces of the Shanghai skyline.

Of course, you don't have to like it, but stating that it is very bland?????? (which BTW, seems one of the favorite adjectives in this and SSC forums, every time I read it, is like

)

The forms of the building are simple yet powerful, in contrast with Jin Mao, that looks like it's trying to hard, IMO. This one is also pretty elegant with all the slightly curved shapes (and I don't usually care about curved buildings)
It also has that double skin feature, I don't remember another building that have that, in the way this building has it. If the spaces created between the two layers aren't impressive, I don't know what it is...

CCs77 · #**2185** Posted **Oct 27, 2014, 10:20 PM**

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Originally Posted by chris08876

Two Chinese Guys Copied That Insane Shanghai Tower Climb

Remembering the two (crazy) russian guys that scaled the tower back in february.

I saw the video just recently and I couldn't believe it... I was dizzy just in my chair... My stomach hurts just to see the video...I know I wouldn't dare to that even with the security equipment the workers use, and those guys did that just holding with their hands to the handrail...

http://youtu.be/gLDYtH1RH-U

The guy is standing at the VERY TOP of the crane!!!! with absolutely nothing to hold him, but seven-hundred meters of free falling...

Coldrsx · #**2186** Posted **Oct 27, 2014, 10:43 PM**

^Yup, absolutely nuts.... well and kinda wickedly awesome.

JR Ewing · #**2187** Posted **Oct 28, 2014, 1:36 AM**

Marvelous!

H4vok · #**2188** Posted **Oct 29, 2014, 4:37 AM**

October 24 2014

A7R+F.Zuiko1.8/50 @f8, Shanghai by ronghualu, on Flickr

CCs77 · #**2189** Posted **Oct 29, 2014, 12:38 PM**

WOW! Almost done on the exterior...

Coldrsx · #**2190** Posted **Oct 29, 2014, 2:47 PM**

Truly an incredible building.

ChicagoMan · #**2191** Posted **Oct 29, 2014, 4:15 PM**

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Shanghai Tower Facts -- Did you know?…

Everything about the Tower was designed with sustainability in mind. Even, the Shanghai Tower’s elevators generate power when they run.

The developer of Shanghai Tower originally intended the building to be the world’s tallest structure.

High winds were more of a concern taken into account in the building’s revolutionary design -- not earthquakes.

That the Tower’s special amenity floors featuring restaurants and shops can help eliminate more than 1 million elevator trips per year, saving a lot of energy.

Learn this and more in this new interview with Shanghai Tower Chief Architect Marshall Strabala at:
http://wgnradio.com/2014/10/25/the-a...hall-strabala/

Welcome2Boise · #**2192** Posted **Oct 29, 2014, 6:43 PM**

Quote:

Originally Posted by ChicagoMan

Flickr image

Shanghai Tower Facts -- Did you know?…

Everything about the Tower was designed with sustainability in mind. Even, the Shanghai Tower’s elevators generate power when they run.

The developer of Shanghai Tower originally intended the building to be the world’s tallest structure.

High winds were more of a concern taken into account in the building’s revolutionary design -- not earthquakes.

That the Tower’s special amenity floors featuring restaurants and shops can help eliminate more than 1 million elevator trips per year, saving a lot of energy.

Learn this and more in this new interview with Shanghai Tower Chief Architect Marshall Strabala at:
http://wgnradio.com/2014/10/25/the-a...hall-strabala/

Neat, that's the first pic I've seen in between the curtain walls. One disappointment for me; I was hoping some of the inner façade was "open air" to the outside façade. I thought that would create a cool and unique atmosphere, especially among restaurant type layouts.

kraggman · #**2193** Posted **Oct 30, 2014, 12:14 AM**

What an elegant, graceful building.

H4vok · #**2194** Posted **Nov 18, 2014, 10:06 PM**

The cladding on the top looks about finished...

Nov. 16

Hello, Shanghai Tower • #thatjohninsh by turnips, on Flickr

muppet · #**2195** Posted **Nov 24, 2014, 7:30 PM**

Lighting tryouts:

Pudong, Shanghai, CHINA by Jack Jablonski /// JJ Photography, on Flickr

riverside by butternbear, on Flickr

Quote:

Originally Posted by Saint Nazaire

http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showth...1698&page=1042

To The Future by Davis_Hsing, on Flickr

Rbsanford · #**2196** Posted **Nov 24, 2014, 11:15 PM**

Awesome! It looks like an alien mothership upended, which you don't see everyday in architecture and decorative lighting.

steveve · #**2197** Posted **Nov 25, 2014, 4:31 AM**

wow! that lighting looks freaking awesome!!!! Nothing like I expected! we are living in the future.

mrjoanofarc · #**2198** Posted **Nov 26, 2014, 6:04 AM**

minimike75

N830MH · #**2199** Posted **Nov 26, 2014, 6:37 AM**

Quote:

Originally Posted by steveve

wow! that lighting looks freaking awesome!!!! Nothing like I expected! we are living in the future.

I agree as well. Looking good!!!! Is that completed? When they will open for public?

whiteford · #**2200** Posted **Nov 27, 2014, 3:14 AM**

hands down, china leads earth regarding skyscrapers and skylines. i love this tower skyline, and city. its hard to argue about skylines when your city is compared to something like this behemoth of wonderful steel, concrete, and glass. makes my home city, (Calgary), look like the skinny kid on the beach as compared to the hulk. lol i know. what a dumb comparison. but a true one.