In addition to being the tallest building in the world, the Burj Khalifa holds several other world records. ... 11. Shanghai World Financial Center, Shanghai, China. iStock.

The world’s second-tallest building is nearing completion in Shanghai’s financial hub. The building will be China’s tallest building. The final beam was hoisted to the top of the skyscraper ...

The recently completed Gensler-designed Shanghai Tower in China, at 2,073 feet, lays claim to being the world’s second-tallest building, behind the 2,717-foot-tall Burj Khalifa in Dubai, according to ...

At 632 meters, Shanghai Tower is the tallest building in China and the second tallest in the world. The tower is divided into nine "vertical neighborhoods," the CTBUH said, that rise from a sky lobby.

Today, 35 of the world’s 100 tallest buildings are in mainland China. By 2020, that number will rise to 59, according to the Council on Tall Buildings. Advertisement ...

At 632 meters (2,073 feet) it dwarfs its two neighbors, the Shanghai World Financial Center (492 meters/1,614 feet), which was China’s tallest building from 2007 on, and its predecessor from ...

In September the Chicago-based Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat (CTBUH) gathered high-minded designers, developers and engineers for a conference in Shanghai.CTBUH, which often partners ...

The world’s tallest twisting tower, and second tallest building overall, Shanghai Tower, was recently selected by the Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat as the 2016 winner of the “Best Tall ...

SHANGHAI — Work on the main structure of the world’s second tallest skyscraper was completed on Saturday, as the final beam was placed on the Shanghai Tower. A crane placed the steel beam ...

Three months after mainland Chinas tallest building opened to tenants in a souring real estate environment, ground is being broken just next door in Shanghai for a $2.2 billion building more than ...

SHANGHAI — A topping-out ceremony was held Saturday for ... At 632 meters (2,073 feet), the Shanghai Tower in the city’s Pudong district is the world’s second-tallest building, surpassed ...