Shanghai, Then and Now 2

Steel and Glass Pagoda

Rising 1,385 feet, the 88-story Jin Mao Tower was designed by Skidmore Owings & Merrill of Chicago. The building, completed in 1999, is considered the most Chinese of Shanghai's skyscrapers. It's also the highest, at least until the 101-story World Financial Center next door is finished. Jin Mao is said to be influenced by the lines of traditional pagodas, and its complex curtain-walled exterior makes it the most technically ambitious building in Shanghai.