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