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East China Architectural Design & Research Institute (ECADI)
About
Affiliated to Shanghai Xiandai Architectural Design Group, East China Architectural Design & Research Institute (ECADI) is one of China’s most influential architectural design institutions.
ECADI is dedicated to enhancing high-end market share and reputation, thus establishing a benchmark for China’s proprietary brands. They uphold the entrepreneurship of “Efficient, Cooperative, Advanced, Dedicated, Innovated” to develop its business nationwide and worldwide.
With the positioning of “International ideas, Chinese practice”, as well as the philosophy and brand image of “ECADI design, International quality, Local service”, ECADI strives to become an international design company taking a lead in China and boasting international competitiveness.
Fields of Expertise
Geotechnic / Foundations; Research Institute; Structural Engineering
Buildings
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RANK
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Name
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Status
Completed Architecturally Topped Out Structurally Topped Out Under Construction On Hold Proposed Vision Never Completed Demolished Competition Entry Canceled Proposed Renovation Under Renovation Renovated Under Demolition |
Height
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|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Shanghai Tower | 632 m / 2,073 ft | |
| 2 | Tianjin CTF Finance Centre | 530 m / 1,739 ft | |
| 3 | Shanghai World Financial Center | 492 m / 1,614 ft | |
| 4 | Changsha IFS Tower T1 | 452.1 m / 1,483 ft | |
| 5 | Suzhou IFS | 450 m / 1,476 ft | |
| 6 | Zifeng Tower | 450 m / 1,476 ft | |
| 7 | Wuhan Tower | 443.1 m / 1,454 ft | |
| 8 | 1 Corporate Avenue | 376 m / 1,234 ft | |
| 9 | Golden Eagle Tiandi Tower A | 368.1 m / 1,208 ft | |
| 10 | Greenland Group Suzhou Center | 358 m / 1,175 ft |
Awards
Ctbuh Leaders
CTBUH College of Fellows, 2023 – Present
CTBUH College of Fellows, 2023 – Present
Videos
16 August 2018
Five Minutes With: William Pedersen
William Pedersen, Principal, Kohn Pedersen Fox Associates, sat down with CTBUH to discuss his vision for the iconic Shanghai World Financial Center, which was recognized...
Research
22 August 2022
Structural Design of Iconic Tower, Egypt: Culmination of a Concrete Optimization Process
This paper presents an overview of a process of optimizing concrete mixture for tall buildings, culminating in the design of the Iconic Tower, the key...
Global News
14 May 2019
Mega Mixed-Use Development Planned for Shanghai’s South Bund
Real estate developer Greenland Group has unveiled a master plan for its mega mixed-use project in Shanghai’s downtown Huangpu District, which is set to become...
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RANK
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Name
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Completion
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Height
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Floors
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Function
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| 1 | Suzhou Zhongnan Center | Suzhou | - |
729 m / 2,392 ft |
137 | Hotel / Residential / Office |
| 2 | Wuhan Greenland Center | Wuhan | - |
636 m / 2,087 ft |
126 | Hotel / Residential / Office |
| 3 | Shanghai Tower | Shanghai | 2015 |
632 m / 2,073 ft |
128 | Hotel / Office |
| 4 | Goldin Finance 117 | Tianjin | - |
597 m / 1,957 ft |
128 | Hotel / Office |
| 5 | Tianjin CTF Finance Centre | Tianjin | 2019 |
530 m / 1,739 ft |
97 | Hotel / Serviced Apartments / Office |
| 6 | Dalian Greenland Center | Dalian | - |
518 m / 1,699 ft |
88 | Hotel / Residential / Office |
| 7 | Shanghai World Financial Center | Shanghai | 2008 |
492 m / 1,614 ft |
101 | Hotel / Office |
| 8 | Chengdu Greenland Tower | Chengdu | - |
468 m / 1,535 ft |
101 | Hotel / Office |
| 9 | R&F Guangdong Building | Tianjin | - |
468 m / 1,535 ft |
91 | Residential / Hotel / Office |
| 10 | Changsha IFS Tower T1 | Changsha | 2018 |
452 m / 1,483 ft |
94 | Hotel / Office |
| 11 | Suzhou IFS | Suzhou | 2019 |
450 m / 1,476 ft |
95 | Hotel / Office / Serviced Apartments |
| 12 | Zifeng Tower | Nanjing | 2010 |
450 m / 1,476 ft |
66 | Hotel / Office |
| 13 | Wuhan Tower | Wuhan | 2019 |
443 m / 1,454 ft |
88 | Hotel / Residential / Office |
| 14 | 1 Corporate Avenue | Wuhan | 2021 |
376 m / 1,234 ft |
73 | Office |
| 15 | Golden Eagle Tiandi Tower A | Nanjing | 2019 |
368 m / 1,208 ft |
77 | Hotel / Office |
| 16 | Greenland Group Suzhou Center | Suzhou | 2024 |
358 m / 1,175 ft |
77 | Hotel / Office |
| 17 | Wuxi International Finance Square | Wuxi | 2014 |
339 m / 1,112 ft |
68 | Office |
| 18 | Tianjin World Financial Center | Tianjin | 2011 |
337 m / 1,105 ft |
75 | Office |
| 19 | Shimao International Plaza | Shanghai | 2006 |
333 m / 1,094 ft |
60 | Hotel / Office / Retail |
Statistics
Average Building Age*
9 Years
Most Common Function*
Office (53%)
Most Common Material*
Composite (61%)
* Based on 150 m+ buildings currently in the database
Based on 124 buildings over 150 m height
with a function
Based on 95 buildings over 150 m height
with a material
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Ctbuh Leaders At East China Architectural Design & Research Institute (ECADI)
CTBUH College of Fellows, 2023 – Present
Richard (Mu) Li
Chief Architect of ECADI Fourth Department, East China Architectural Design & Research Institute (ECADI)
CTBUH College of Fellows, 2023 – Present
Junjie Zhang
Chief Architect, East China Architectural Design & Research Institute (ECADI)
Videos
16 August 2018
Five Minutes With: William Pedersen
William Pedersen, Principal, Kohn Pedersen Fox Associates, sat down with CTBUH to discuss his vision for the iconic Shanghai World Financial Center, which was recognized...
30 May 2018
A Bold Icon Communicates a Global City’s Identity to the World
The Shanghai World Financial Center (SWFC) is a symbol of commerce and culture that speaks to the city’s emergence as a global capital. Located in...
28 March 2018
Building Tall Skyscraper Lecture Series: Naturalizing the Vertical Realm
Thursday, February 1, 2018. Chicago, United States of America. The Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat (CTBUH) and the Chicago Architecture Foundation (CAF) held...
16 March 2017
Building Tall Skyscraper Lecture Series: How High Can We Go?
Thursday, March 16, 2017. Chicago, United States of America. Hosted in collaboration with the Chicago Architecture Foundation, the first lecture of the series Building Tall...
03 November 2016
A Vernacular Megatall: Shanghai Tower
As the tallest building in China upon completion, Shanghai Tower has had an immediate and profound impact on the country’s perceptions of how a skyscraper...
03 November 2016
Interview: Shanghai Tower
Jianping Gu, General Manager, Shanghai Tower C&D, & Grant Uhlir, Managing Director, Gensler, are interviewed by Chris Bentley regarding Shanghai Tower, Shanghai, the 2016 CTBUH...
19 October 2016
CTF Guangzhou - Efficiency in Mixed-Use Supertall
Wednesday, October 19, 2016. Gaungzhou, China. Florence Chan of Kohn Pedersen Fox presents at the 2016 China Conference Plenary 4: "Guangzhou Developments" Since the reformation...
18 October 2016
CTBUH Video Interview – Andrew Nicholson
Andrew Nicholson of CBRE is interviewed by Chris Bentley during the 2016 CTBUH China Conference. Andrew discusses the building management of the Shanghai Tower.
17 October 2016
CTBUH Video Interview – Claude Bojer Godefroy
Claude Bojer Godefroy of Henning Larsen Architects is interviewed by Chris Bentley during the 2016 CTBUH China Conference. Claude discusses the design process for interior...
17 October 2016
Mixed Use Tall Buildings – The Challenges and Benefits of Vertical Urbanization
Monday October 17, 2016. Shenzhen, China. Samuel So, JLL, presents at the 2016 China Conference Session 3c: Building Operation. China is the global epicenter of...
Research
22 August 2022
Structural Design of Iconic Tower, Egypt: Culmination of a Concrete Optimization Process
Tarek Hassan, Yehia El-Ezaby & Charles Malek, rector Dar Al Handasah Consultants (Shair and Partners)
This paper presents an overview of a process of optimizing concrete mixture for tall buildings, culminating in the design of the Iconic Tower, the key...
22 August 2022
The World’s Highest Pools: A Deep Dive
S. Isaac Work & Shawn Ursini, Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat
Tall building design has diversified and adapted to accommodate increased demand for distinctive amenities at a range of heights. Swimming pools are a classic feature...
03 January 2022
Interactive Study on Tall Buildings in 2021: A State of Current Construction
CTBUH Research
The Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat has released its annual report, CTBUH Year in Review: Tall Trends of 2021, part of the Tall...
20 March 2020
Tall + Urban Innovation 2020: Dominant Trends
CTBUH Research
Providing a global overview of tall building development, design and construction, the CTBUH Awards Program and related Tall + Urban Innovation Conference annually survey projects,...
20 March 2020
Interactive Study on The Tallest 20 in 2020: Then and Now
CTBUH Research
This research paper undertakes a review of the 2012 report by the Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat, “Tallest 20 in 2020: Entering the...
30 January 2020
Determinism, Integration, and Articulation Lead Up to a Landmark
Brian Lee, Thomas Kinzl, Inho Rhee & Ronald Johnson, SOM
Completed in 2019, the Tianjin Chow Tai Fook (CTF) Finance Centre is currently the seventh-tallest building in the world, tied with the Guangzhou CTF Finance...
28 December 2019
Tall Buildings of the Future as Seen From the Present
SawTeen See, Robert Bird Group Pty Ltd
Aerodynamic damping through the use of vertical long slots reduces the dynamic component of the wind loads on the building. Seminal examples include the three-legged...
12 December 2019
Interactive Study on Year in Review: Tall Trends of 2019
CTBUH Research
The year 2019 was remarkable for the tall building industry, with 26 supertall buildings (300 meters or taller) completed, the most in any year. This...
29 July 2019
Highest Special-Purpose Spaces
Since humans first began constructing tall buildings, history has been cluttered with claims of all manner of “highest” records. In this study, we examine those...
14 March 2019
Conjoined Tower Structures for Mile-High Tall Buildings
Kyoung Sun Moon, Yale University
Tall buildings are one of the most viable solutions to deal with the global phenomenon of rapid population increase and urbanization. While tall buildings are...
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Global News
14 May 2019
Mega Mixed-Use Development Planned for Shanghai’s South Bund
Real estate developer Greenland Group has unveiled a master plan for its mega mixed-use project in Shanghai’s downtown Huangpu District, which is set to become...
CTBUH Initiatives Involving East China Architectural Design & Research Institute
Skybridges: Bringing the Horizontal into the Vertical Realm
02 July 2020
This symposium gathered many successful practitioners sharing their experiences and discussing the recreation of the urban realm in the sky through connections between buildings at height.
6th China-Japan-Korea Tall Building Forum Held in Nara, Japan
05 July 2019
Organized under the theme, "Visiting Old, Learn New," this year's CTBUH-sponsored China-Japan-Korea Tall Building Forum drew more than 80 participants from five countries.
CTBUH China Hosts Tall Building Symposium
19 June 2018
CTBUH China held its board meeting at Tongji University in Shanghai, which was followed by a half-day symposium titled "The Future of Vertical Cities"
CTBUH China Symposium on Tall Building Performance + Book Launch
02 August 2017
CTBUH China and Tongji University Press held a symposium on tall building performance on August 2, 2017, followed by a book launch.
Top Company Rankings: The World’s 100 Tallest Buildings
13 October 2016
The Council is pleased to announce the Top Company Rankings for numerous disciplines as derived from the list of projects appearing in 100 of the World’s Tallest Buildings.
Shanghai Tower Signboard Ceremony
13 May 2016
CTBUH joined Shanghai Tower officials in unveiling the commemorative signboard designating Shanghai Tower as the tallest building in China.
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