Steel, glass, and cement are the new protagonists in the architecture found in the world’s great metropolises. Molded materials that have been rediscovered and exalted by the world’s most revered architects, that have joined technology with an artistic spirit without forgetting attention to the environment.
The World Financial Center in Shanghai is the tallest skyscraper in the world, measuring 492 meters in height. Construction began on August 27, 1997, but work was halted at the end of the 1990s due to a financial crisis that plagued the country. Construction was restarted in 2003 and finished in 2008.