Three generations of China’s tallest buildings: the Jin Mao Tower (Skidmore, Owings & Merrill, 1998; 420.5 meters), left; the Shanghai World Financial Center (Kohn Pedersen Fox, 2008; 492 meters), and ...

It takes less than a minute – 45 seconds to be exact – to reach the 88th floor of Jin Mao Tower in Shanghai. We can attest to this, having experienced it ourselves on a recent trip to the Chinese city ...

One of the centrepieces of Shanghai’s Pudong skyline, the Jin Mao Tower (meaning ‘Golden Prosperity Building’) is an 88-storey skyscraper that is home to the Grand Hyatt hotel and a number of shops, ...

SHANGHAI--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Fu’aibao, an innovative e-commerce platform and retailer, held a press conference at the iconic Jin Mao Tower in Shanghai on May 25, 2018, attracting strategic partners from ...

SHANGHAI, China — After littering the skylines of its cities with anonymous high-rises, China has built its first world-class skyscraper by mining the architectural heritage of both East and West.

Mark Sarkisian, PE, SE, LEED ® AP, Structural and Seismic Engineering Partner, SOM Mark Sarkisian is the structural and seismic engineering partner in SOM’s San Francisco office. He holds fourteen U.S ...

The Shanghai World Financial Center, from left, Jin Mao Tower and Shanghai Tower soar above the rest of the Pudong skyline in Shanghai. Workers construct the curtain wall of the 111th floor of the ...

With China's recent completion of Shanghai Tower, the Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat (CTBUH) has recognized it as the second-tallest building in the world. The tower was finished in ...

SHANGHAI: The world's highest observation deck - 474 m - situated at the Shanghai World Financial Center (SWFC) will open to the public tomorrow. The newly opened SWFC is 492 m tall, 71 m taller than ...