New Shanghai World Financial Center forced to settle for the title of world’s third tallest building

Article Date : 11 September 2008
News Section: China

Pity poor Minoru Mori, the Japanese developer of the Shanghai World Financial Centre. The building was billed as the world’s tallest building when it was first announced in 1994, designed to dominate the ongoing game of my-tower-is-bigger-than-yours. This month the Shanghai World Financial Center finally opened to grand fanfare, yet Mori’s reign as the king of...

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