Shanghai Tower (2015) in Shanghai
Shanghai has long been home to many of the skyscrapers and towers of China: the Oriental Pearl TV Tower (1995), The Jin Mao Building (1999), and the well-known bottle-opener-shaped Shanghai World Financial Centre (2008) all lead up the a building that is bound to be in the top ten tallest buildings for quite some time.
About Shanghai Tower:
Location: Lujiazui Financial Center, Pudong New Area, Shanghai, China
Other Names: Shanghai Center
Completed: 2015
Design Architect: Gensler
Architectural Height: 2,073 feet (632 meters)
Floors: 128 above ground and 5 below ground
China World Trade Center Tower III (2010) in Beijing
In 2013, this photo of the China World Tower (left), located near the Rem Koohaas-designed robot-looking China Central Television Headquarters (right), showed just how much China had become industrialized—Beijing still has a bad case of air pollution.
About China World Tower:
Location: Beijing, China
Other Names: China World, China World Trade Tower III, China World Trade Center
Completed: 2010
Design Architect: Skidmore, Owings & Merrill (SOM)
Architectural Height: 1,083 feet (330 meters)
Floors: 74 above ground and 5 below ground
Pagoda and Zifeng Tower (2010) in Nanjing
Some people consider the multi-tiered pagoda as the first skyscraper of China. Like modern places of worship, the Rooster Crowing Temple shown here reaches skyward, toward the heavens—to heights that pale in comparison with Zifeng Tower in the distance.
About Zifeng Tower :
Location: Gulou District, Nanjing, China
Other Names: Nanjing Greenland Financial Center; Nanjing Greenland Square Zifeng Tower
Completed: 2010
Design Architect: Skidmore, Owings & Merrill (SOM)
Architectural Height: 1,476 feet (450 meters)
Floors: 66 above ground and 5 below ground
Construction Materials: composite with glass curtain wall façade
KK100 Finance Building (2011) in Shenzhen, Guangdong
Originally named Kingkey 100, Kingkey is the name of the Chinese company (Kingkey Group Co., Ltd) who financed this 100 floor tower and placed it near the 69 story Diwang Building at Shun Hing Square.
About KK100:
Location: Shenzhen, China
Other Names: Kingkey 100, Kingkey Finance Tower, Kingkey Finance Centre Plaza
Completed: 2011
Design Architect: Farrells (Sir Terry Farrell and Partners)
Architectural Height: 1,449.48 feet (441.8 meters)
Floors: 100 above ground and 4 below ground
Guangzhou International Finance Center (2010) in Canton
About Guangzhou International Finance Center:
Location: Zhujiang New Town, Guangzhou (Canton), Guangdong, China
Other Names: Guangzhou IFC, GZIFC, Guangzhou Twin Tower 1, Guangzhou West Tower
Completed: 2010
Design Architect: Wilkinson Eyre.Architects
Architectural Height: 1,439 feet (438.6 meters)
Floors: 103 above ground and 4 below ground
Bank of China Tower (1990) in Hong Kong
Architect I.M. Pei was awarded the Pritzker Architecture Prize in 1983—right in the middle of the Bank of China project. Soaring 1,205 feet high, this skyscraper of China is still one of the world's tallest buildings.
About Bank of China Tower:
Location: Hong Kong, China
Completed: 1989 (officially opened in 1990)
Design Architect: Ieoh Ming Pei
Architectural Height: 1,205 feet (367.4 meters)
Floors: 72 above ground and 4 below ground
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