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Coordinates: 31.1268°N 121.3978°E. The collapse of Block 7 at Lotus Riverside ( simplified Chinese: 莲花河畔景苑; traditional Chinese: 蓮花河畔景苑; pinyin: lián huā hé pàn jǐng yuàn, a 13-story residential apartment building located in Minhang District, Shanghai, China) in 2009 is an accident that killed one person.
Shanghai Tower ( Chinese: 上海中心大厦; pinyin: Shànghǎi Zhōngxīn Dàshà; Shanghainese: Zånhe Tsonsin Dusa; lit. 'Shanghai Center Building') is a 128-story, 632-meter-tall (2,073 ft) megatall skyscraper located in Lujiazui, Pudong, Shanghai. [ 10] It is the tallest building in China and the world's third-tallest building by height ...
Leslie Earl Robertson (February 12, 1928 – February 11, 2021) was an American engineer. He was the lead structural engineer of the Twin Towers of the original World Trade Center in New York City, [1] and served as structural engineer on numerous other projects, including the U.S. Steel Tower in Pittsburgh, Shanghai World Financial Center, and the Bank of China Tower in Hong Kong.
The Jin Mao Tower (simplified Chinese: 金 茂 大厦; traditional Chinese: 金 茂 大廈; pinyin: Jīnmào Dàshà; Shanghainese: Cinmeu Dagho; lit.‘Golden Prosperity Building’), also known as the Jinmao Building or Jinmao Tower, is a 420.5-meter-tall (1,380 ft), 88-story (93 if counting the floors in the spire) landmark skyscraper in Lujiazui, Pudong, Shanghai, China.
Goldin Finance 117. Goldin Finance 117, also known as China 117 Tower ( Chinese: 中国117大厦), is a supertall unfinished skyscraper in Xiqing District, Tianjin, China. The tower was topped out in 2015 at a height of 597 m (1,957 ft). It has 128 storeys above ground, with 117 of them housing, hotel, and commercial space, which provides the ...
On Thursday, the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), which investigates building collapses including the World Trade Center on 9/11, laid out its new evidence.
101.6 TWh (366 PJ) (2018) The Three Gorges Dam ( simplified Chinese: 三峡大坝; traditional Chinese: 三峽大壩; pinyin: Sānxiá Dàbà) is a hydroelectric gravity dam that spans the Yangtze River near Sandouping in Yiling District, Yichang, Hubei province, central China, downstream of the Three Gorges. The world's largest power station ...
Oriental Pearl Tower. / 31.2416694°N 121.4947167°E / 31.2416694; 121.4947167. The Oriental Pearl Radio & Television Tower[ a] is a TV tower in Shanghai. It is located on the banks of the Huangpu River, in Lujiazui, Pudong, opposite of the Bund. Since its opening in 1995, the tower has become a major tourist attraction and a cultural ...