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anonymous developer, as a land acquisition scheme for this parcel, which was planned for the tallest building in China. Although not officially released to the public, this scheme certainly was related to the form of the Shanghai Tower today, in the similarity of a twisting shape. It is not the exterior geometry of the building, but the interior space of the Shanghai Tower, that distinguish it from other super high rises. The signature atriums in the sky are "community spaces" in the sky, a translation of the traditional narrow lanes in Shanghai urban setting, where Jun grew up as a native Shanghainese. Jun said, "the concept comes from my childhood memory in Shanghai"
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Two years before the state owned Shanghai Chengtou Group, the leading party of the joint venture developer owning the Shanghai Tower was assigned by the Shanghai Government to develop this tallest Chinese giant, Jun had already completed at least one round of full concept scheme design for an
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is a Chinese architect who has worked in the United States and China. Xia was a Principal and Regional Design Director of the
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from where he earned a bachelor's degree in architecture. He later earned a master's degree in architecture from the
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Designing the Shanghai Tower, Jun always said "not to be the tallest, but be the best."
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Shanghai
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Tongji University
University of Colorado Denver
Shanghai Tower
Gensler
Tongji University
University of Colorado Denver
Art Gensler
Shanghai Tower




"Jun Xia"
Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat
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"Brave Thinkers 2012: Jun Xia"
The Atlantic
S&P Global Market Intelligence
"Jun Xia Executive Profile & Biography"
Bloomberg L.P.
"'There Is Never Going To Be A Building Like This In The U.S.'"
Forbes
"What's Inside Gensler's Secret Sauce?"
Metropolis
"U.S. design firm puts its stamp on Shanghai skyline"
Los Angeles Times

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