It’s a bird!…
No, it’s a dragon!
“The new Shanghai Center—a 580 meter skyscraper—will begin construction this year according to reports in Chinese media. Nicknamed the Shanghai Dragon, the building’s design by the architectural firm Gensler was selected in a competition, beating a design by Norman Foster’s firm.
The slightly more modest Shanghai Dragon, with 118 floors of steel, concrete and glass, will tower over the nearby Pudong landmarks Shanghai World Financial Center (492 m, under construction), Oriental Pearl TV Tower (468 m) and the Jinmao Tower (420.5 m), home of Shanghai’s Hyatt Hotel.”
[from Danwei]
It’s not vying for the world’s tallest building but is just a trademark as China’s tallest.
So what does such a tall building for China signify?
It think it partly shows Taiwan, with it’s Taipei 101( at a height of 509.2m), that they are not losing to them.
It also portray China as a growing power in the world, building one of the world’s tallest building.
However, i think this is the towering figure the world really like from China
featuring Zhang Ziyi
What do you think?
