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.

Büro Ole Scheeren has completed The Axiom, one of two planned towers for The Spring, a mixed use development in Shanghai. In typical construction a tower’s elevator core runs through the center ...

The three buildings are Shanghai Tower, Shanghai World Financial Center, and Jin Mao Tower, architect Stefan Al wrote in his new book, "Supertall." Business Insider Subscribe Newsletters ...

The Shanghai Tower, located in the Chinese city center, came out on top. Completed in 2015, the 127-story glass skyscraper appears to rotate around an axis, twisting up toward the sky.

The 121-story Shanghai Tower rocks back and forth, but thanks to a damping system being used in skyscrapers for the first time, no one will feel it By Tim Heffernan Published: Mar 18, 2015 9:30 AM EDT ...

The Shanghai Tower (centre) is one of a group of three super-tall structures in the city, nearby are the Jin Mao Tower (left) and the Shanghai World Financial Center (right).

The hotel has top floors inside the Shanghai Tower around 2,000 feet – two times the height of the Eiffel Tower – and is the tallest building in China. The J Hotel opened on June 19 and has ...

Shanghai Tower, the world's second-tallest building, opens with a whimper after delays The skyscraper was supposed to open in mid-2015, but its size and complexity caused delays in clearing fire ...

The Shanghai tower contains 4 million square feet of floor space (377,000 sq m) to be occupied by some 12,000 office workers on 70 floors, with retail space and a conference center below, ...

Two Russian thrillseekers infamous for climbing the Pyramids at Giza have scaled the as-yet unfinished Shanghai Tower in the city’s financial district.