Shanghai Tower is the tallest in China, per the Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat. It may be second in height to Dubai's Burj Khalifa, but it has 20% more floor area, per Al's book.

China's tallest building, a 127-story super skyscraper in downtown Shanghai that cost 14.8 billion yuan ($2.27 billion, 2.01 billion euros) to build, opened its doors to the public on April 27.

Shanghai Tower’s 126th-floor art space will debut a three-dimensional symphonic suite composed by award-winning producer Simon Franglen.

A number of new international collaborations were featured at Tuesday's Documentary Production and Collaboration Forum, which took place as part of the 30th Shanghai TV Festival.

When it opens in early 2015, Gensler’s Shanghai Tower will be the second-tallest building in the world. At 2,073 feet, the skyscraper will surpass its immediate neighbors, SOM’s 1,379-foot Jin Mao ...

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From base to top, the tower twists 120 degrees, a figure calculated to minimise the impact of Shanghai’s high winds. Gensler says this innovation saved $58m worth of structural materials.