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Megatall Shanghai Tower receives CTBUH signboard officially marking it as China's tallest and the world's second-tallest

We already knew that Shanghai Tower was taaaaaall. A new commemorative signboard by the Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat (CTBUH) in front of the building entrance now makes it official. (Photo © Baycrest.) A tall plaque for a tall building: attendees of the ceremony included (from left to right) CTBUH China Office Board Member Junjie Zhang, President, ECADI, China Tall Building Awards Jury; Jiaming Cao, President, Architectural Society of Shanghai, China Tall Building Awards Jury; CTBUH China Office Director Daniel Safarik; CTBUH Chairman David Malott, Principal, KPF, China Tall Building Awards Jury; Chunhua Song, Former Vice-Minister, Chinese Ministry of Housing and Urban-Rural Development...

We already knew that Shanghai Tower was taaaaaall. A new commemorative signboard by the Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat (CTBUH) in front of the building entrance now makes it official. (Photo © Baycrest.)

We already knew that Shanghai Tower was taaaaaall. A new commemorative signboard by the Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat (CTBUH) in front of the building entrance now makes it official. (Photo © Baycrest.)