Shanghai skyscraper to be world’s tallest

By Dennis Normile 2002-03-19T00:00:00

Construction started on the mixed-use tower, originally designed by New York architect Kohn Pedersen Fox to be 460m high, in August 1997. However, work halted in October 1998 because of fears that the Asian financial crisis would lead to a glut of office space becoming available. Also, greater floor heights ...

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