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Above: one of Shanghai's best looking: China Insurance Building (196m/643f, 38 stories, 1999).
Without spires on top the building is 167m/547f tall.


Above left: Shanghai Sen Mao International Building (203m/667f, 46 stories, 1998).
On the right, behind this tower: Jing Yin Mansion (160m/525f, 38 stories, 1997).
Above middle: KingTower (212m/696f, 38 stories, 1996), Shanghai's City Hall, and
CAAC Pudong Tower (188m/617f, 38 stories, 2001, without spire: 155m/509f);
and KingTower (212m/696f, 38 stories, 1996) alone.
When built, King Tower was Shanghai's tallest, until the completion of Jin Mao Tower.
Above right: view from the Jin Mao Tower observatory of World Plaza Shanghai
(199m/653f, 38 stories, 1998). Without its spire this tower is 172m/564f tall.


Above left: World FinanceTower (212m/696f, (168m/551f without spire), 43 stories, 1997).
Above middle left: World Finance Tower and Huaneng Union Mansion seen from the Jin Mao Tower.
Above middle right and right: Huaneng Union Mansion (188m/617f, (160m/525f without spire on top), 38 stories, 1997).


Above left and middle left: CITIC Square (193m/633f, 45 stories, 2000). Behind it Plaza 66.
Above middle right: New World Grand Hotel (200m/656f, 46 stories,
still under construction at the time when the photo was taken (May 2001)).
The building should have been completed in 2003. Without spire it has a height of 178m/584f.
Above right: Golden Bell Mansion (200m/656f, 45 stories, 1998).


Above left: China Merchants Tower (186m/610f (161m/528f without spire), 38 stories, 1995).
Above middle: Shanghai Futures Building (187m/614f, 37 stories, 1998).
Above right: Shanghai International Tower (168m/551f, 39 stories, 1997).


Above left: view from the Jin Mao Tower observatory towards the South side of Pudong,
with among others China Insurance Building (196m/643f, 38 stories, 1999),
Pudong International Information Port (211m/692f, 40 stories, 2001),
and inbetween them Pudong Development Mansion (155m/509f, 36 stories, 2001).
Above middle: another view from the Jin Mao Tower observatory.
The tall, brown, building in the foreground is the World Plaza Shanghai (199m/653f, 38 stories, 1998).
Above right: view from one of the observatories of the Oriental Pearl TV Tower,
with two of the Puxi area's tallest skyscrapers: Tomorrow Square and Plaza 66 rising above.


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Shanghai's 10 tallest skyscrapers:
1. JIN MAO TOWER 421m/1,380f, 88 stories, 1998
2. SHIMAO INTERNATIONAL PLAZA 333m/1,093f, 60 stories, u/c
3. PLAZA 66 288m/945f, 66 stories, 2001
4. TOMORROW SQUARE 285m/934f, 55 stories,
5. HONG KONG NEW WORLD TOWER 278m/913f, 61 stories, 2002
6. BOCOM FINANCIAL TOWER 265m/869f, 52 stories, 2002
7. BANK OF CHINA TOWER 258m/846f, 53 stories, 2000
8. MAXDO CENTRE 241m/792f, 55 stories, 2002
9. INTERNATIONAL OCEAN SHIPPING BUILDING 232m/762f, 50 stories, 2000
10. RAFFLES SQUARE 222m/728f, 49 stories, 2003


The building data, the top 10 of tallest buildings and some of the building information are courtesy of
EMPORIS.COM, one of the world's leading architectural resources on tall buildings.

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