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Build It Bigger: Shanghai World Financial Center 1
The 1,600-foot-tall Shanghai World Financial Center is a square at the base that fades into a knife edge (and observation deck) at the top. Despite its apparent singular form, the building is actually constructed as a series of 12-story modules.
Added: Jul 10, 2007
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