Building the Dragon 龙建筑风格

Shanghai is a city that has been radically transformed in the last 20 year, and the architectural landscape is where this is most evident. The innovative style that can be seen all over the cities newest parts are exactly what people might have imagined a 21st city to look like 30 or 40 years age.

The ultimate Shanghainese landmark is the Pearl Tower. Built in the early 1990's, the tower, although its not the tallest or most expensive building in Pudong, is definitely the most representative of the futurist ideals that have driven the edifices of the super skyscrapers in Shanghai.

Spherical, crystaline structures bend and jut up throught the stiff cement buildings of the city's historical past. At night, the city flashes and all the the neon colors, which are normaly hidden by day light, resinate up throught the narrow throughways.

Shanghai is a city that wears its creative ambitions on its sleave.



Pearl Tower



Zhong Shan Park



Pudong Financial district



Cloud 9



Shanghai Dream Theater



Shanghai World Financial Center



Shanghai Science & Technology Museum



Shanghai Night Landscape



Shanghai at night