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Facts
Population
Source: Demographia World Urban Areas
24,150,000 (2013)
Area
6,341 km² • 2,448 mi²
Density
3,808.5 people per km²
9,864.1 people per mi²
First 150m+ Building
Tallest Building
Rankings
by no. of 150m+ completed buildings
Tallest City in
the World
Tallest City in
Tallest City in
Buildings
|
RANK
|
Name
|
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
|
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Shanghai Tower | 632 m / 2,073 ft | |
| 2 | Shanghai World Financial Center | 492 m / 1,614 ft | |
| 3 | North Bund Tower | 480 m / 1,575 ft | |
| 4 | Jin Mao Tower | 420.5 m / 1,380 ft | |
| 5 | Shanghai International Trade Center Tower 1 | 370 m / 1,214 ft | |
| 6 | Shimao International Plaza | 333.3 m / 1,094 ft | |
| 7 | Jinqiao Sub-Center Block C1 Tower 1 | 330 m / 1,083 ft | |
| 8 | Sinar Mas Center 1 | 320 m / 1,050 ft | |
| 9 | Zhangjiang Science Gate Tower 1 | 320 m / 1,050 ft | |
| 10 | Zhangjiang Science Gate Tower 2 | 320 m / 1,050 ft |
Building Completions Timeline
Shanghai CTBUH Members
|
Logo
|
Name
|
Level
|
# of 150m+ buildings
|
|
|---|---|---|---|---|
 |
Arup |
Platinum
|
438 | CIV • STRC • WIND • ENVE • PMNG • COST • FAC • FIRE • MEP • VERC |
 |
Kohn Pedersen Fox Associates |
Platinum
|
237 | INTR • URB • ARCH • HIST • TRAN |
 |
KONE Industrial Ltd |
Platinum
|
394 | MATR • VERC • VERS |
 |
RFR Asia Limited |
Platinum
|
26 | STRC • FAC |
 |
Schindler |
Platinum
|
224 | MATR • VERC • VERS |
| Shanghai SIIC North Bund New Landmark Construction and Development Co., Ltd |
Platinum
|
0 | DEV | |
 |
Shanghai Tower Construction & Development |
Platinum
|
2 | ARCH • DEV • FIN • CON • OWN • PROP |
 |
Skidmore, Owings & Merrill |
Platinum
|
348 | CIV • INTR • LAND • STRC • URB • ARCH • ENVE • MRKT • MEP • TRAN |
 |
Thornton Tomasetti, Inc. |
Platinum
|
200 | CIV • STRC • URB • ARCH • ENVE • PMNG • COMP • ENGM • ENGO • FAC • FACS • FIRE • GEO • HIST • INSU • MEP • SEC • SEIS • TRAN |
 |
Tongji University |
Platinum
|
1 | ACAD • RES |
 |
WSP |
Platinum
|
606 | CIV • INTR • STRC • URB • ENVP • PMNG • COMP • ENGO • FAC • FIRE • GEO • MEP • TRAN |
 |
Aurecon Pty Ltd |
Gold
|
50 | CIV • STRC • URB |
 |
Brandston Partnership, Inc. |
Gold
|
92 | ARCH • ENGM • ENGO |
 |
CallisonRTKL |
Gold
|
135 | INTR • URB • ARCH |
 |
Rider Levett Bucknall |
Gold
|
89 | PMNG • COST • SURV |
 |
RWDI |
Gold
|
425 | WIND • ENVE • ENGO |
 |
Shanghai Institute of Architectural Design & Research (Co., Ltd.) |
Gold
|
34 | STRC • URB • ARCH |
 |
Tishman Speyer |
Gold
|
42 | DEV • FIN • OWN |
 |
Tongji Architectural Design (Group) Co., Ltd. |
Gold
|
21 | CIV • ARCH • MEP |
 |
AKAIA Architecture |
Silver
|
6 | ARCH |
 |
Atelier Ping Jiang | EID Arch |
Silver
|
7 | ARCH |
 |
Carrier Air Conditioner Refrigeration Sales (Shanghai) Co., Ltd. |
Silver
|
5 | MATR |
 |
EFC Engineering Consulting Company, Ltd |
Silver
|
23 | FAC |
 |
Greenland Group |
Silver
|
84 | DEV |
 |
HDA |
Silver
|
0 | ARCH |
 |
HKS |
Silver
|
27 | ARCH |
 |
Jiang Architects & Engineers |
Silver
|
3 | ARCH |
 |
MioTech |
Silver
|
0 | ENVP |
 |
MoA Design |
Silver
|
0 | |
 |
Mori Building Co., Ltd. |
Silver
|
27 | DEV |
 |
Shanghai JUND Architects Co., Ltd |
Silver
|
2 | ARCH |
 |
Shanghai Yaohua Pilkington Glass Group Co.,Ltd.(SYP Glass) |
Silver
|
44 | MATR |
 |
Shui On Management Limited |
Silver
|
24 | DEV |
 |
Stefano Boeri Architetti |
Silver
|
1 | ARCH |
 |
TIANHUA Architecture Planning & Engineering Co., Ltd. |
Silver
|
10 | ARCH |
 |
UrbanPlot |
Silver
|
1 | ARCH |
 |
Woods Bagot |
Silver
|
78 | ARCH |
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