Gensler’s design team anticipated that three key strategies—the tower’s asymmetrical form ... the typhoon-force winds that are common in Shanghai. Using wind tunnel tests conducted in ...

In 2008 Gensler broke ground on the sustainable Shanghai Tower in the Pudong district of Shanghai, China. The tower is currently in construction and it’s one of three supertall buildings in ...

Architecture firm Gensler has completed its Shanghai Tower, which is now China's tallest building and the second-tallest building in the world. Located in Shanghai's burgeoning Lujiazui financial ...

Shanghai is one of the world's most vertical cities, a metropolis where 50-story buildings are routine. At night, the cityscape is so cinematic, it has been featured in both James Bond and Mission ...

On schedule to be China’s tallest and the world’s second tallest skyscraper, the Gensler-designed Shanghai Tower has topped out at 632 meters (2,074 feet). Upon completion in 2014, the ...

“This building, essentially, is a prototype,” said Marshall Strabala, a former design director with Gensler who now has his own architecture firm and continues to consult on Shanghai Tower.

The tower’s spiral shape ‘minimises wind ... the most sustainable course of action,” says Jun Xia, of Gensler’s Shanghai office. “It’s like a human being – a 7ft basketball star ...

Beals, a spokeswoman. Mr. Gensler’s most prominent works include the terminals at the San Francisco International Airport and Shanghai Tower, a twisting glass structure that is China’s ...

Gensler's Regional Director Jun Xia, the project's design architect, discussed the structure’s innovative spiraling and “futuristic” form in relationship to the other two towers in Lujiazui, the site ...

A New Twist on Supertall: An American firm approaches the design of its 121-story, mixed used tower now rising in Shanghai as a vertical collection of neighborhoods. When it opens in early 2015, ...

The 2,073-foot-tall Shanghai Tower, the world's second-tallest building, opens this year. More than just a skyscraper, it's a symbol of Shanghai's... Shanghai Tower: A Crown For The City's ...