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Showing posts with label Minoru Mori. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Minoru Mori. Show all posts

Saturday, August 30, 2008

Mori's 'Vertical Garden City' Opens Far Above Shanghai

After 14 years of struggle, controversy, and redesigns, Mori Building's Shanghai World Financial Center is China's tallest skyscraper

On Aug. 30, Japanese visionary real estate developer Minoru Mori will unveil his latest project: the 101-story Shanghai World Financial Center (SWFC). The 1,614-foot tall, bottle opener-shaped skyscraper, which towers over Shanghai's other skyscrapers in the Pudong financial district, holds the title of tallest building in China.

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