SHANGHAI | Shanghai Tower / 上海中心大厦 | 2,073 FT / 632 M | 128 FLOORS - Page 108

NYguy · #**2141** Posted **Aug 12, 2014, 10:16 PM**

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These towers deserve so much better than the horrible bases they've been given. But the Jin Mao is still my favorite of the three.

photoLith · #**2142** Posted **Aug 12, 2014, 10:42 PM**

This building is simply astounding, but the Shanghai World Financial Center can never be topped for classiness and pure sexiness.

hkskyline · #**2143** Posted **Aug 14, 2014, 12:53 PM**

8/13

Cliff · #**2144** Posted **Aug 16, 2014, 2:27 AM**

it looks completely unreal!

hkskyline · #**2145** Posted **Aug 16, 2014, 3:35 PM**

8/14

Pete8680 · #**2146** Posted **Aug 28, 2014, 10:06 PM**

This is probably the most organic looking supertall of all time. Looking up @ it, I get dizzy! If there is an academy award for best building of the year this is the winner!

MolsonExport · #**2147** Posted **Aug 29, 2014, 4:21 PM**

Already the best looking building of the past two decades and she is getting more beautiful by the day.

toxteth o'grady · #**2148** Posted **Aug 31, 2014, 12:03 AM**

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Originally Posted by NYguy

These towers deserve so much better than the horrible bases they've been given.

Okay, Hu's on First, Wat's on Second, and Idono Hu's on Third.

biggerhigherfaster · #**2149** Posted **Aug 31, 2014, 2:04 AM**

Who are the (prospective) tenants for the tower? Assuming this is used for commercial/office use, this could easily house 10,000+ office workers + retail in the first few floors

giallo · #**2150** Posted **Sep 22, 2014, 9:43 AM**

From the last few days

xizang heights by matteroffact, on Flickr

clean and clean by matteroffact, on Flickr

slither by matteroffact, on Flickr

waterside by matteroffact, on Flickr

cloud 9 by matteroffact, on Flickr

MolsonExport · #**2151** Posted **Sep 22, 2014, 12:27 PM**

Fantastic shots of a fantastic structure.

The North One · #**2152** Posted **Sep 22, 2014, 3:23 PM**

This building is so utterly massive, and yet it's totally under the radar because the Burj is still taller.

BCBoy · #**2153** Posted **Sep 22, 2014, 4:58 PM**

I have never seen Shanghai look so unpolluted...Great pictures!

Rbsanford · #**2154** Posted **Sep 22, 2014, 11:00 PM**

So voluptuous.

This is easily the most gorgeous building in at least Asia.

giallo · #**2155** Posted **Sep 22, 2014, 11:01 PM**

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Originally Posted by The North One

This building is so utterly massive, and yet it's totally under the radar because the Burj is still taller.

Depends where you are in the world. It certainly isn't under the radar here in China or on SSC. SSP on the other hand......

Design-mind · #**2156** Posted **Sep 23, 2014, 3:03 AM**

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Originally Posted by BCBoy

I have never seen Shanghai look so unpolluted...Great pictures!

I was thinking the same thing. The sky looks so clear in these pictures. Thanks for the pictures on a clear day!

mt_climber13 · #**2157** Posted **Sep 23, 2014, 4:08 AM**

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Originally Posted by MolsonExport

Already the best looking building of the past two decades and she is getting more beautiful by the day.

What are you smoking? Probably the same thing the architects were. This is hideous, looks like a half melted candle. No imagination, just a big long slinky tube.
I know I'm in the minority here, but I really hate this building. I mean, I guess it's OK for China, whose skylines are already pretty garish, but American skylines are still the best in the world. They might not be the tallest, but they are the best planned and the classiest.
This thing is a shiny turd.
And look at all the hideous communist bloc stuff around it.

MolsonExport · #**2158** Posted **Sep 23, 2014, 12:18 PM**

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Originally Posted by wakamesalad

What are you smoking? Probably the same thing the architects were. This is hideous, looks like a half melted candle. No imagination, just a big long slinky tube.
I know I'm in the minority here, but I really hate this building. I mean, I guess it's OK for China, whose skylines are already pretty garish, but American skylines are still the best in the world. They might not be the tallest, but they are the best planned and the classiest.
This thing is a shiny turd.
And look at all the hideous communist bloc stuff around it.

I quit smoking more than a decade ago. There is a way to disagree without the snarky putdowns, particularly since you are "in the minority here". Keep it classy, salad.

Spocket · #**2159** Posted **Sep 23, 2014, 1:57 PM**

I think it's one of the best looking buildings in the world (for a mega-tall anyway) The only thing about it that I don't like is how much of the space is wasted under the outer curtain wall.

Design-mind · #**2160** Posted **Sep 23, 2014, 6:38 PM**

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Originally Posted by Spocket

I think it's one of the best looking buildings in the world (for a mega-tall anyway) The only thing about it that I don't like is how much of the space is wasted under the outer curtain wall.

I thought so at first but saw a documentary on the building which gave me insight to the outer shell. The space in between supplies fresh air to all the floors, as well takes the extreme wind loads when typhoons from the Philippines hit. The outer shell can flex under the load and leave the inner structure with very little load creating a very stable structure.