Grand Gateway Shanghai Towers
Shanghai, China

HEIGHT: 262m/860 feet
FLOORS: 52 floors
COMPLETION: 2005
ARCHITECT: Frank C. Y. Feng Architects & Associates


Pics by XiaoBai:
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Hell yeah - I'm the first post. These looked awful in renderings, so the result is a pleasant surprise. 8/10. BTW what area are these located in?

Those towers look really good. I give it a 8/10

they're nice buildings! I give it a 9

great towers 8.5/10

They are nice, but they have a bad environement too, it's sad...
8.5/10

They are great, a shame they are in the middle of 30storeys residentials. 9.0

8/10 Nice twins, modern, fresh and cool tops.

Nice towers, the "tubes" are really cool ;) 8/10

8/10

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Xujiahui Tower (350m+) will be built just behind these twins :D

I'm glad that the construction of these two towers got delayed for a few years so they could polish the original design (which was not as good as what you see today) into something more sleek and modern. I like the towers' semi-transparent grayish blue glass that give them substance, and the innovative cut tubes at the top definitely kick butt.

8.5

8.5/10. Futuristic. Emporis for some reasons lists them both as 262 m tall.

8.5/10

Really like them!

9.0

8 / 10

9/10

A nice addition to Shanghai's ever growing army of skyscrapers, the top is interesting.

Well the boxy twin towers are not great, with ugly technical levels, but the cylinder thingies at the top are really nice and those vertical lines running on the side are a welcome addition to the design.
Podium is plain and seen dozens times already.

7/10

They definitely belong to my favorite new Shanghai skyscrapers. A nice reflective facade, a design that fits for twins and they totally dominate the skyline in the Xujiahui area.

8.5/10.0

10/10

Great modern look, 8.5/10

They look great, but i agree with the fact that it's a shame that they are among dingy residential highrises

8/10

9,5/10

9/10

lovely. 9/10

nice design but that roof feauture I dont know still a 8/10

3 / 10

What's the deal with Chinese infatuation and obsession with "twin towers"?

they're ok
7.5/10

twin towers :) :cheers: 8/10

3/10

Absurd design for the top. Incomprehensible choice of shapes and forms for the building proper. And they built two of them! Even with great towers, building two next to each other would be a bad idea.

Bad decisions everywhere!

10/10

I get a chance to look at these twin towers from my grandmother's balcony everytime i'm in shanghai. I think these two skyscrapers are some of the better one's that shanghai has to offer. It's a simple yet elegant design that doesn't look at all tacky and it doesn't have that "cheap" look that some skyscrapers are notorious for.

3 / 10

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these towers look alright, what Im really worried about is shanghais non descript skyline. they are nice, but they stand out awkwardly among miles of cookie-cutter residentials.

8/10

lovely building. my only problem is with the cylinder top which needs to be a little wider. it just looks too small for the building's width

8/10

looks really good in some angles

8/10.

7/10 no more.

Good lord, I guess I don't see this. There's no way these deserve nines or tens. The cylinders on the top take away from a decent tower, but these things don't even flow into the base, which is pretty ugly.

6/10


FloridaFuture, nice avatar!

8.5/10

Nice i like these towers! A 8,5 out of 10.

simple but nice.
love it
8/10

8/10

8.5/10

7.5/10.

have been to Shanghai twice but never noticed this one. 9/10

8/10 -nice, but why is it a sticky?

very nice project 9/10

Don't like the base, love the crowns 8/10

They're ok, though nothing special. 7.5/10

9.5/10

10/10 :cheers:

9/10

9/10

beautiful twins!

7/10

Very interesting- 7/10

3/10 :ohno:

8/10

hot 8

8/10

8,5/10

9.5

9.0

Nothing special.

8/10

beautifull 9/10

Really nice! 9/10 it could have been better without the base though

Hell yeah - I'm the first post. These looked awful in renderings, so the result is a pleasant surprise. 8/10. BTW what area are these located in?

it's located in the XuJiaHui CBD.

8/10

8.5/10

7/10

5/10

8/10

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6.5/10

8/10

The buildings look very good and so does the base. I am not convinced bij the top of the towers. :) 9/10

8.5/10

Like the tops :D

8/10. I Like these dark glass towers.

9/

06/10

very nice, 8/10

8/10

8/10

7.5/10

I kinda like'em!:)
8.5/10

Dumb. Im tired of "Gateway" buildings. 4/10

8.5/10

Too small to give a better rate

9710

*9/10

8/10

Nice complex... 6.5/10

Nice Towers!

9/1o

8/10

8/10

Nice towers, not in the main skyline of Shanghai, they are kind of off the beaten path in 徐家匯。I love the view of these towers you can get at night while walking down Hengshan road.

8.5/10. i like the twins! :)

9. Very good building. Regards.

6/10

8/10

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8/10

Not too bad. Having two of them makes it better, I think.

8/10

Very nice pair. 8

nice twin towers.:)
9/10

9/10

8/10

nice towers 9/10

Give 9, nice twins!

8/10

Decent towers that get lost in Shanghai's skyline

7

9/10 unique :wave:

4/10

8/10

cool! I like it!
9

Nice modern Asian skyscraper. 7.5/10

There are probably better-looking twins, but I still like them. 8/10

These towers scored a 7.40 on average. Go to http://gbuscraper.blogspot.com/2010/07/grand-gateway-towers-shanghai-74010.html for more information.

ugly symmetric

2 regular twins, 7/10

9/10

9/10

If I remember correctly, 262m included spires that were - thank god - never added. The true height should be therefore something in the 224 to 230m range. I see that building every day in real, hard to imagine it is 262m tall.

7.5/10

9/10

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8.5/10

9/10

7,5/10

Amazing:okay:

9/10

8/10

3 or less/10

9/10

I like these towers.
9/10

8/10

8/10

I don't know what it is about these towers, but they just don't do it for me. They seem a bit too fat for their height... 6/10

8.5

7,5

7/10

8.5/10 Good :okay:

8/10 liked enough

9/10 AWESOME TWIN TOWER :okay:

7/10

8.5/10 from MEDAN, INDONESIA

Nice. 8,5/10

Average 6/10 :dunno:

8/10

8.5

Had a conversation with fellow member ganghui in another thread:

Quote:
Originally Posted by ShangHigh View Post
Grand Gateway in Shanghai for instance is still listed at 262m even though that was supposed to be the total height including spires that were cancelled in the end.
You're both right and wrong. The spires were cancelled, but they were then replaced by the "domes". It is listed at 262 m and that's the correct height.


I've been following this project since the mid 1990's when Hang Lung started construction on the shopping center. I used to visit the construction site on a monthly base when the towers rose 2003/2004 and still remember the topping out on August 4, 2004. I was an editor for emporis.com/skyscrapers.com at that time and I can assure that the final height was 224.51m.

At one point in 2002/2003, those spires were planned to be added: http://en.51office.com/uploads/100611/1-10061111133Q24.jpg

They would have pushed the entire building's height to 261.82m.

But it never happened. Ganghui, you can check the link in your signature: http://www.grandgateway66.com/en/office/overview.aspx

Even the building's developer's and owners acknowledge the 225m height. So does google earth.

And in real, they really do look like 225m buildings, NOT like 262m scrapers. I once saw the entire elevation, I remember a lower roof height of 188m.

Case closed. :-)

9,5/10..not very pretty, but monster cool IMO :)

8/10

great towers 9.5/10

6.5/10

9/10:cheers:

Hmm...not sure about the base, but the end product is pretty good. 8/10

9/10 wow

10/10. I love glass and I love twins. What's not to like?

Average. Would have looked cooler if they were closer together. 6/10

9/10.

Not bad, 9.5/10

10/10

9/10

8/10

lovely building. my only problem is with the cylinder top which needs to be a little wider. it just looks too small for the building's width

i know it was a while ago but i definitely agree with you.

8.5

Nice buildings, i really like the cylinder roof 9/10

Cool looking buildings 8.5/10

8/10

9,5/10