Shanghai Tower Construction Timelapse

Towering above this city of 24 million people at 632m (2,073 feet), the Shanghai Tower is the tallest building in China and 2nd tallest in the world, only surpassed by the Burj Khalifa in Dubai. Its 128 stories are divided into 9 vertical zones, including retail at the base, offices in the middle, hotels and observation decks at the top. The super-tall skyscraper features a double-decker elevator that offers the longest single elevator journey in the world at 580m (1,900 feet) in under a minute.
Beginning in the early ’90s with the allocation of Lujiazui as a special investment zone, Shanghai’s skyline has grown to be one of the world’s most iconic. With three buildings over 420m (1,380 feet), Lujiazui today stands in stark contrast to what it was just 25 years ago, a low-built area consisting of residences, warehouses and a few factories. The completion of the Shanghai Tower not only represents the financial success of Shanghai, it symbolizes China’s new self-confidence and the shift in the global balance of economic power.
Credits:
Aerial footage: Livinov Lalama and Stan Huang

[Drakrau_TheDerg]

For those wondering what the names of the other 2 buildings are, the shortest of the 3 is the Jin Mao Tower, and the one with the gap at the top is the Shanghai World Financial Center. Fun fact: The gap at the top of the Shanghai WFC was originally supposed to be circular but was changed to a rectangle due to construction material restraints.

[NallePu]

Construction started 1 November 2008
Completed 31 August 2014
Opened 1 February 2015

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Fun fact: The skyscraper with the big rectangular gap on top was designed from an actual cheese grater

[Wallygamer]

It is so like anime music in Shanghai. ❤

[buntafujiwara]

The other one looks like a bottle opener lol