- 14 Mar 2002
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Shanghai revives plans for world's tallest building
The original blueprint called for a height of 1,518 feet, topping the current record holder--Malaysia's 1,483-foot Petronas Twin Towers.
Tokyo-based Mori Building Co. said it has changed the planned height, though the company and the city government refused to disclose the new goal until an official ribbon-cutting ceremony Feb. 13. The attacks that destroyed the World Trade Center raised doubts about the future of super-tall buildings. Experts said concerns about terrorism are a low priority in Shanghai, which is eager to become a business center to rival New York City or Tokyo.
Of greater local concern has been the new skyscraper's signature feature--an enormous round hole through the building near its pinnacle.
A few in Shanghai said the hole resembled the rising sun flag of the building's Japanese developer, raising the still raw issue of Japan's World War II occupation. The city and Mori refused to discuss the criticisms.
=> http://www.suntimes.com/output/news/cst-nws-tall01.html
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=> http://www.mori.co.jp/forest/world/top-e.html
Shanghai World Financial Center
=> http://www.kpf.com/Projects/mori.htm
Shanghai World Financial Center back on track
=> http://www.skyscrapers.com/english/nc/ne/?id=100307
Shanghai revives plans for world's tallest building
The original blueprint called for a height of 1,518 feet, topping the current record holder--Malaysia's 1,483-foot Petronas Twin Towers.
Tokyo-based Mori Building Co. said it has changed the planned height, though the company and the city government refused to disclose the new goal until an official ribbon-cutting ceremony Feb. 13. The attacks that destroyed the World Trade Center raised doubts about the future of super-tall buildings. Experts said concerns about terrorism are a low priority in Shanghai, which is eager to become a business center to rival New York City or Tokyo.
Of greater local concern has been the new skyscraper's signature feature--an enormous round hole through the building near its pinnacle.
A few in Shanghai said the hole resembled the rising sun flag of the building's Japanese developer, raising the still raw issue of Japan's World War II occupation. The city and Mori refused to discuss the criticisms.
=> http://www.suntimes.com/output/news/cst-nws-tall01.html
Related:
World's tallest building at 94 stories
=> http://www.mori.co.jp/forest/world/top-e.html
Shanghai World Financial Center
=> http://www.kpf.com/Projects/mori.htm
Shanghai World Financial Center back on track
=> http://www.skyscrapers.com/english/nc/ne/?id=100307