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Sher
January 31st, 2004, 10:15 PM
Shanghai Exhibition Center (Soviet Friendship Mansion), Shanghai

110m
17 floors
Completed 1955-1959

-a gift from Stalin to Communist China
-renovations start this year

http://www.mahooshanghai.com/shanghai/shop/data/re/pic/zong.jpg

http://johnsmurrayphotography.homestead.com/files/web108668.JPG

Night pics: http://m-bahlmann.undonet.com/exhibitioncenter_en.html

http://m-bahlmann.undonet.com/original/ExhibitionCenter01.JPG

http://m-bahlmann.undonet.com/original/ExhibitionCenter03.JPG

james2390
January 31st, 2004, 10:42 PM
not very good, 4

Muse
February 1st, 2004, 04:54 AM
I don't mind a bit of the 'ole' Stalinist architecture (even though Stalin himself was truly a nasty dictator).

I kind of like monumentlism.

8

AtlanticaC5
February 1st, 2004, 03:00 PM
5.5/10

Wu-Gambino
February 1st, 2004, 11:36 PM
6/10

Not bad, except for that spire.

RafflesCity
February 3rd, 2004, 12:36 AM
7.5/10

Quite monumental

Necker
February 9th, 2004, 12:33 PM
6/10

The Messiah
March 5th, 2004, 08:04 PM
This tower should be a lot higher,just look at the spire.
5.0/10

sjambler
March 6th, 2004, 01:07 AM
Cold and 'dystopian', although the monumental style is kind of impressive and distinctive.

6.5/10

TYW
March 19th, 2004, 10:31 AM
cool one:okay:

7.5/10

7 World Trade
July 21st, 2004, 03:29 AM
that spire hecka cheats like crazy. thank God there isn't more of these kind of building in shanghai. that thing's russian architecture, not chinese...

oh well, at least it's now dwarfed by tons of modern office buildings now. capitalism owns communism in shanghai...lol

6.5

HK Boy
January 6th, 2005, 04:37 PM
quite good

LeCom
January 6th, 2005, 05:06 PM
Awesome. 10

DamienK
January 6th, 2005, 10:38 PM
6.5/10

Skybean
January 6th, 2005, 11:04 PM
http://img118.exs.cx/img118/3540/hkshanghaishenzhen7432tr.jpg

Fabio
January 25th, 2005, 04:53 AM
6/10

sorry, I don't like it

DRAKKO
July 10th, 2005, 11:38 AM
6.5/10

Phobos
July 10th, 2005, 10:10 PM
I don't like it that much.I prefer the ones in Russia.

5,5/10

forvine
December 12th, 2005, 11:28 AM
6.5/10

Sinjin P.
December 23rd, 2005, 03:36 PM
8/10 ;)

Accura4Matalan
December 23rd, 2005, 04:33 PM
7/10. Okayish...

Reflex
December 24th, 2005, 12:50 AM
Is that in Shanghai???:eek:
6.5/10.

LordMarshall
January 23rd, 2006, 04:57 AM
8/10

-Corey-
January 25th, 2006, 05:24 AM
6/10

marpa
April 17th, 2006, 11:16 AM
3,5/10

SoboleuS
April 18th, 2006, 11:02 AM
The buidling is too small and the spire is much too big ;) 5,5/10

zee
April 22nd, 2006, 12:59 AM
5/10

El_Greco
April 30th, 2006, 07:03 PM
7/10

Mosaic
May 14th, 2006, 11:02 AM
5/10

Stiggen
June 28th, 2006, 08:23 PM
6/10

_zner_
August 1st, 2006, 01:10 PM
5.

Dreamlıneя
August 4th, 2006, 09:38 PM
6/10

gutooo
September 26th, 2006, 05:24 AM
6/10

kamil.bukowski
March 28th, 2007, 03:38 PM
6/10

W!CKED
March 28th, 2007, 07:25 PM
8/10

Astralis
May 21st, 2008, 10:28 PM
4/10

LMCA1990
May 22nd, 2008, 05:19 AM
7/10

henry hill
October 24th, 2008, 11:20 PM
6.5/10

systema magicum
February 6th, 2009, 04:03 PM
4/10

SO Far aways
February 7th, 2009, 09:21 AM
Outdates.

3.5

simcard
March 10th, 2009, 12:35 PM
imposing

tonyssa
May 21st, 2009, 08:25 PM
7/10

Nikkodemo
June 29th, 2009, 02:31 AM
10/10

Jan Del Castillo
October 19th, 2009, 01:47 PM
10. Excellent. Regards.

romanito
July 26th, 2010, 01:14 AM
8/10

mossimoh
May 20th, 2011, 12:07 AM
9/10

Sbz2ifc
May 20th, 2011, 11:48 AM
there are some great examples of stalinist architecture, but this is not one of them
3 or less

yudibali2008
June 30th, 2011, 04:48 PM
7.5/10

dnh310
July 15th, 2011, 01:02 AM
10/10