Soon to be the tallest building in China, the 632-meter Shanghai Tower is beginning to take shape. Located in the center of the Pudong district, the tower will become the centerpiece of the city ...

Its twisted shape reduces the structural load and saved ... Gensler has described the Shanghai Tower as “the greenest super-high-rise building on earth.” “Supertall buildings have to be ...

In a new book called "Supertall," architect Stefan Al examines skyscrapers around the world and how they shape ... Shanghai's financial district, the supertall cluster consists of Shanghai Tower ...

The twisting shape is said to echo that of a dragon ... have been built into the façade to power up the building. The Shanghai Tower, it turns out, is not only a looker but an environmental ...

they want it to do for brand Shanghai what that earlier tower did for Paris and complete a distinctive skyline that will symbolise China’s most futuristic city. The tower’s spiral shape ...

INHABITAT: The Shanghai Tower was designed usingBIM ... the complex geometries and reconcile them, i.e. define the tower shape with precision detail so it is constructible.

When it opens in 2014, the Shanghai Tower won’t just be the world’s ... Wind-tunnel tests on scale models predict that the twisting shape will reduce the lateral forces by 24 percent—and ...

Shanghai Construction Group ranks ... using easily procured materials and equipment. The tower, called a vertical city, has a tapered shape and consists of nine stacked zones and 21 sky gardens.

The Shanghai Tower is not just a skyscraper - it’s a statement of human ingenuity! Standing at an incredible height, this architectural wonder is designed to withstand extreme conditions while ...

Shanghai Tower stands as a symbol of ambition and struggle after falling short of expectations in China’s skyline race #chinametropolis #skyscraperfail #urbanambition China reviving World War II ...

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

Shanghai Tower’s twisting, tapering ... Each triangle rotates almost one degree per floor, giving the building's exterior envelope its spiraling shape—a shape that helps minimize wind loads (details, ...