The 127-story Shanghai Tower is now the tallest building in China and the second tallest in the world. From breaking ground to completion, the building took almost seven years to complete.

Within a three-week period, Adrian Smith sketched out the original designs that would eventually become the tallest ... buildings such as Jin Mao Tower, a 1,380-foot tower in Shanghai; and Zifeng ...

If completed, Goldin Finance 117 would have been the fifth tallest building in the world, behind the Burj Khalifa, Shanghai Tower, Abraj Al-Bait Clock Tower, and Ping An Finance Centre.

The Shanghai Tower, designed by the global architecture firm Gensler, is officially recognized as the world’s third tallest building. Standing at 632 meters (2,000 feet), it dominates Shanghai ...