A steel wind damper is installed on the 90th floor of the Shanghai World Financial Centre to imprive stability of the tower. [Oriental Morning Post] ...

But a traditional damper wasn't good enough for the new Shanghai Tower. At 2,073 feet it's the second tallest building in the world, after the Burj Khalifa in Dubai.

Shanghai is one of the world's most vertical cities, a metropolis where 50-story buildings are routine. At night, the cityscape is so cinematic, it has… Shanghai Tower: A Crown For The City's ...

Shanghai Tower’s 126th-floor art space will debut a three-dimensional symphonic suite composed by award-winning ... where the building’s tuned mass damper – which stablizes the tower, ...

Weighing in at 1,000 tons, the damper in the Shanghai Tower dwarfs the device used in Taipei 101 by more than 200 tons. As the building sways, the inertia of the weight counters this movement.

The 2,073-foot-tall Shanghai Tower, the world's second-tallest building, opens this year. More than just a skyscraper, it's a symbol of Shanghai's — and China's — soaring ambitions.

Shanghai Tower’s 126th-floor art space will debut a three-dimensional symphonic suite composed by award-winning ... where the building’s tuned mass damper – which stablizes the tower, ...