Shanghai Tower

A new icon on the Shanghai skyline, the Gensler designed, 578, 000-square-meter Shanghai Tower completes a trio of ‘supertall’ buildings in Shanghai’s Lujiazui financial district. Currently ranked as the tallest building in Asia and the second tallest on the planet, the 632-meter tower is a premier global financial center, containing Class-A office space, entertainment venues, retail, exhibition center, boutique hotel, and cultural venues. The new tower takes inspiration from Shanghai’s traditional shikumen typology, recast vertically in a high-density urban context. Its curved façade and spiraling form symbolize the emergence of modern China as a global financial power. More than a landmark, the mixed-use tower represents a new way of envisioning and creating cities.