List of tallest buildings in Shanghai

List of tallest buildings in Shanghai

The city of Shanghai, China is one of the fastest growing cities in the world in terms of skyscraper construction, [cite web |title=China's building boom becomes a frenzy |url=http://www.iht.com/articles/2005/10/18/news/boom.php |publisher=International Herald Tribune |author=David Barboza |date=2005-10-18 |accessdate=2008-08-07] with the City of Shanghai reporting at the end of 2004 that there had been 6,704 buildings of 11 stories or more completed since 1990.cite web |title=Shanghai Buildings, Real Estate, Architecture, Skyscrapers and Construction Datebase |url=http://www.emporis.com/en/wm/ci/?id=shanghai-china |publisher=Emporis.com |accessdate=2008-05-19] As of September 2008, there are 932 completed high-rise buildings in the city, and 209 high-rise buildings either under construction, approved for construction, or proposed for construction, of which four are over convert|300|m|ft|abbr=on high.cite web |title=Skyscrapers of Shanghai |url=http://www.emporis.com/en/wm/ci/bu/sk/?id=100213 |publisher=Emporis.com |accessdate=2008-08-06]

Shanghai's first building boom occurred in the 1920s and 30s, during the city's heyday as an multinational center of business and finance.cite web
title=A Glimpse at 1930s Shanghai
url=http://www.shanghaiexpat.com/Article139.phtml
publisher=Yoran Beisher
date=2003-09-24
accessdate=2008-03-20] The city's international concessions permitted foreign investment, and with it came architectural styles from the West, as seen today in areas like the French Concession and the Bund.cite book
last = Mackerras
first = Colin
title = The New Cambridge Handbook of Contemporary China
publisher = Cambridge University Press
year = 2001
pages = 242
isbn = 0521786746 ] After the Communist takeover in 1949 the city's development was stifled, punished for its earlier capitalist excesses.cite book
author = Yan, Jiaqi; Gao, Gao
title = Turbulent Decade: A History of the Cultural Revolution
publisher = University of Hawaii Press
year = 1996
isbn = 0824816951 ] After economic reforms in 1991, the city is undergoing its second construction boom to fulfill its desire to regain its status as an important global financial center.cite web
title=Shanghai Urban Development: The Future Is Now
url=http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=6600367
author=Louisa Lim
publisher=NPR
date=2006-12-11
accessdate=2008-08-06]

The tallest skyscraper in Shanghai is the Shanghai World Financial Center, which is convert|492|m|ft|abbr=on tall, and is the tallest building in mainland China and the third-tallest in the world, including unfinished skyscrapers.Cite web |title=Shanghai World Financial Center |url=http://www.emporis.com/en/wm/bu/?id=shanghaiworldfinancialcenter-shanghai-china |accessdate=2008-05-22 |publisher=Emporis.com] cite web |url=http://www.emporis.com/en/bu/sk/st/tp/wo/ |title=Official World's 200 Tallest High-rise Buildings |publisher=Emporis.com |accessdate=2008-08-07 The Burj Dubai, although not listed, is taller than the Taipei 101.
See: Cite web |title=Burj Dubai |url=http://www.emporis.com/en/wm/bu/?id=182168 |accessdate=2008-08-07 |publisher=Emporis.com] The tallest proposed building is the Shanghai Center, which has had a height approval at convert|632|m|ft|abbr=on, and would become the tallest building in China when completed.cite web |title=Shanghai Center |url=http://www.emporis.com/en/wm/bu/?id=shanghaicenter-shanghai-china |publisher=Emporis.com |accessdate=2008-05-22]

Tallest buildings

This lists ranks Shanghai skyscrapers that stand at least convert|170|m|ft|abbr=on tall, based on standard height measurement. This includes spires and architectural details but does not include antenna masts. Existing structures are included for ranking purposes based on present height.

* Table entries without text indicate that information regarding floor counts, and/or dates of completion has not yet been released.

Proposed

This lists buildings that are proposed for construction in Shanghai and are planned to rise at least convert|170|m|ft|abbr=on.

* Table entries without text indicate that information regarding floor counts, and/or dates of completion has not yet been released.

Timeline of tallest buildings

This lists buildings that once held the title of tallest building in Shanghai.

Notes

:A. note label|note01|A|^The Oriental Pearl Tower is not a habitable building, but is included in this list for comparative purposes. Per a ruling by the Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat, freestanding observation towers are not considered to be buildings, as they are not fully habitable structures.

References

External links

* [http://skyscraperpage.com/diagrams/?cityID=6 Diagram of Shanghai skyscrapers] on SkyscraperPage


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