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East China Architectural Design & Research Institute

About

Member Since: 2010

Member Offices: Shanghai

Website: http://www.ecadi.com/

Affiliated to Shanghai Xiandai Architectural Design Group, East China Architectural Design & Research Institute (ECADI) is one of China’s most influential architectural design institutions.

ECADI is dedicated to enhancing high-end market share and reputation, thus establishing a benchmark for China’s proprietary brands. They uphold the entrepreneurship of “Efficient, Cooperative, Advanced, Dedicated, Innovated” to develop its business nationwide and worldwide.

With the positioning of “International ideas, Chinese practice”, as well as the philosophy and brand image of “ECADI design, International quality, Local service”, ECADI strives to become an international design company taking a lead in China and boasting international competitiveness.

Fields of Expertise

Architecture; Environmental Engineering; Geotechnic / Foundations; Mechanical, Electrical & Plumbing; Project Management; Research Institute; Structural Engineering; Urban Design

Buildings

Please note that all heights shown in italics/red are estimated heights. These have been calculated based on known floor counts for the building, then extrapolated through analyzing typically hundreds of buildings of the same function on this database that do have confirmed heights. The user should be aware that non-standard building features, such as significant spires or raised entrances / podiums, may affect the accuracy of these estimations.

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Name
Status

Completed

Architecturally Topped Out

Structurally Topped Out

Under Construction

On Hold

Proposed

Vision

Never Completed

Demolished

Competition Entry

Canceled

Proposed Renovation

Under Renovation

Renovated

Under Demolition

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Height
1 Shanghai Tower
632 m / 2,073  ft
2 Tianjin CTF Finance Centre
530 m / 1,739  ft
3 Greenland Jinmao International Financial Center
498 m / 1,634  ft
4 Shanghai World Financial Center
492 m / 1,614  ft
5 Chengdu Greenland Tower
468 m / 1,535  ft
6 Oriental Pearl Television Tower
468 m / 1,535  ft
7 Changsha IFS Tower T1
452.1 m / 1,483  ft
8 Suzhou IFS
450 m / 1,476  ft
9 Zifeng Tower
450 m / 1,476  ft
10 Wuhan Center Tower
438 m / 1,437  ft

Awards

Tianjin CTF Finance Centre

Award of Excellence: Tianjin CTF Finance Centre

Best Tall Building 400 meters and above 2021

Ctbuh Leaders

Junjie Zhang

Junjie Zhang

CTBUH China Office Board, 2015 – Present

Shanghai

Building Completions Timeline

Videos

16 August 2018

Five Minutes With: William Pedersen

William Pedersen, Principal, Kohn Pedersen Fox Associates, sat down with CTBUH to discuss his vision for the iconic Shanghai World Financial Center, which was recognized...

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Research

20 March 2020

The Tallest 20 in 2020: Then and Now

This research paper undertakes a review of the 2012 report by the Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat, “Tallest 20 in 2020: Entering the...

View all

Global News

22 November 2019

Construction Stalls on Supertall Development in Wuhan

A subsidiary of China’s largest construction group has suspended work on one of the nation’s tallest skyscrapers after the developer became the latest in a...

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Please note that all heights shown in italics/red are estimated heights. These have been calculated based on known floor counts for the building, then extrapolated through analyzing typically hundreds of buildings of the same function on this database that do have confirmed heights. The user should be aware that non-standard building features, such as significant spires or raised entrances / podiums, may affect the accuracy of these estimations.

RANK
Name
Height
1 Suzhou Zhongnan Center

729 m

2,392 ft
2 Wuhan Greenland Center

636 m

2,087 ft
3 Shanghai Tower

632 m

2,073 ft
4 Greenland Jinmao International Financial Center

600 m

1,969 ft
5 Goldin Finance 117

596.6 m

1,957 ft
6 Jakarta Tower

558 m

1,831 ft
7 Tianjin CTF Finance Centre

530 m

1,739 ft
8 Evergrande International Financial Center T1

518 m

1,699 ft
9 Dalian Greenland Center

518 m

1,699 ft
10 Greenland Jinmao International Financial Center

498 m

1,634 ft
11 Shanghai World Financial Center

492 m

1,614 ft
12 Wuhan Greenland Center

475.6 m

1,560 ft
13 Chengdu Greenland Tower

468 m

1,535 ft
14 R&F Guangdong Building

468 m

1,535 ft
15 Oriental Pearl Television Tower

468 m

1,535 ft
16 Changsha IFS Tower T1

452.1 m

1,483 ft
17 Suzhou IFS

450 m

1,476 ft
18 Zifeng Tower

450 m

1,476 ft
19 Wuhan Center Tower

438 m

1,437 ft
20 Wuhan World Trade Center

438 m

1,437 ft
21 Riverview Plaza A1

436 m

1,430 ft
22 Chongqing Tall Tower

431 m

1,414 ft
23 Tianjin Radio & TV Tower

415.1 m

1,362 ft
24 Nanjing Financial City Phase II Plot C Tower 1

411 m

1,348 ft
25 Diamond Tower

405 m

1,329 ft
26 Golden Eagle Tiandi Tower A

368.1 m

1,208 ft
27 Greenland Group Suzhou Center

358 m

1,175 ft
28 Agricultural Development Center Tower 1

350 m

1,148 ft
29 Nanjing International Center 3

346.3 m

1,136 ft
30 Tianjin World Financial Center

336.9 m

1,105 ft
31 Shimao International Plaza

333.3 m

1,094 ft
32 Tianjin Kerry Center

333 m

1,093 ft
33 Golden Eagle Tiandi Tower B

328 m

1,076 ft
34 Sinar Mas Center 1

320 m

1,050 ft
35 Chongqing IFS T1

316.3 m

1,038 ft
36 Changsha IFS Tower T2

308 m

1,010 ft
37 Greenland Puli Center

303 m

994 ft
38 Jiangxi Nanchang Greenland Central Plaza, Parcel A

303 m

994 ft
38 Jiangxi Nanchang Greenland Central Plaza, Parcel B

303 m

994 ft
40 Gate to the East

301.8 m

990 ft
41 International Commerce Financial Centre T1

301.2 m

988 ft
42 Runhua Global Center 1

300 m

984 ft
43 Golden Eagle Tiandi Tower C

300 m

984 ft
44 Plaza 66

288.2 m

945 ft
45 Shaoxing Shimao Crowne Plaza

288 m

945 ft
46 HNA&POLY International Centre

286.8 m

941 ft
47 Suzhou RunHua Global Building A

282 m

925 ft
48 Beijing Sihuiqiao Intelligent Grid Exchange Centre East Tower

280 m

919 ft
49 Zhengzhou Greenland Plaza

280 m

919 ft
50 South Asian Gate

273.5 m

897 ft
51 Shimao International Center Office Tower

273 m

896 ft
52 Shanghai Wheelock Square

270.5 m

887 ft
53 South Asian Gate

268 m

879 ft
54 Jiangxi Nanchang Greenland Zifeng Tower

268 m

879 ft
55 Saint Island Palace Tower 1

265 m

869 ft
55 Saint Island Palace Tower 2

265 m

869 ft
57 66 Tower 1

261.8 m

859 ft
57 66 Tower 2

261.8 m

859 ft
59 Beijing Sihuiqiao Intelligent Grid Exchange Centre West Tower

260 m

853 ft
60 Zhongdi Plaza T1

260 m

853 ft
60 Zhongdi Plaza T2

260 m

853 ft
62 Shanghai IFC North Tower

259.9 m

853 ft
63 Bank of Shanghai Headquarters Building

252 m

827 ft
64 Shanghai IFC South Tower

249.9 m

820 ft
65 RunHua International Building

248 m

814 ft
66 Hongdou International Plaza

248 m

814 ft
67 Nanjing Financial City Phase II Plot C Tower 2

247.2 m

811 ft
68 Chengdu International Finance Square Tower 1

247 m

810 ft
68 Chengdu International Finance Square Tower 2

247 m

810 ft
70 Yixing Dongjiu Tower

243.8 m

800 ft
71 Dalian Futures Square 1

242.8 m

797 ft
71 Dalian Futures Square 2

242.8 m

797 ft
73 Maxdo Centre

241.3 m

792 ft
74 Suzhou RunHua Global Building B

240 m

787 ft
75 Runhua International Center

238 m

781 ft
76 Huamin Emperor Hotel

235.1 m

771 ft
77 CCTV Headquarters

234 m

768 ft
78 International Ocean Shipping Building

232.4 m

762 ft
79 BOCOM Financial Towers

230.4 m

756 ft
80 Plaza 66 Tower 2

228.2 m

749 ft
81 The Leaf

227.9 m

748 ft
82 Raffles Square Tower

222 m

728 ft
83 Kempinski Hotel Chongqing

220.5 m

723 ft
84 Agricultural Development Center Tower 2

220 m

722 ft
85 Kunming Iron and Steel Building

219.3 m

719 ft
86 Shanghai Longemont Hotel

218 m

715 ft
87 Chongqing Rural Commercial Bank Financial Building

218 m

715 ft
88 Lucheng Plaza Tower 1

217 m

712 ft
89 Riviera TwinStar Square 1

215.8 m

708 ft
89 Riviera TwinStar Square 2

215.8 m

708 ft
91 Suzhou International Trade Centre

214 m

702 ft
92 Xinjinqiao Mansion

212 m

696 ft
93 Jiangsu TV Station Building

209 m

686 ft
94 5-Star Hotel and Retail Tower in Sanya Phoenix Island

208 m

682 ft
95 Radisson New World Hotel

208 m

682 ft
96 Kempinski Hotel

206 m

676 ft
97 HSBC Tower

203.4 m

667 ft
98 Oriental Financial Center

199 m

653 ft
99 Chengdu International Finance Square Tower 4

198 m

650 ft
100 BEA Financial Tower

197.7 m

649 ft
101 Pudong Financial Plaza Office Tower 1

193.5 m

635 ft
102 Huaxia Financial Square Tower A

191 m

627 ft
102 Huaxia Financial Square Tower B

191 m

627 ft
104 Chengdu International Finance Square Tower 3

188 m

617 ft
105 Huaneng Union Tower

188 m

617 ft
106 Jiangsu Power Co. Headquarters

185 m

607 ft
107 Shinmay Union Square I

180.1 m

591 ft
107 Shinmay Union Square II

180.1 m

591 ft
109 Chongqing 101 Mansion T2

180 m

591 ft
109 Huamao Tower 3

180 m

591 ft
111 The Bund Finance Center North

180 m

591 ft
111 The Bund Finance Center South

180 m

591 ft
113 Shanghai Property Information Exchange Center

180 m

591 ft
114 Mirae Asset Tower

180 m

591 ft
115 Chengdu Greenland Center Tower 2

173 m

568 ft
116 Four Seasons Hotel

172 m

564 ft
117 Sinar Mas Center 2

171.7 m

563 ft
118 Chongqing IFS T2

171.3 m

562 ft
119 Chongqing IFS T6

170.2 m

558 ft
120 Shanghai Development Bank Tower

168 m

551 ft
121 Wuhan Radio & Television Center

168 m

551 ft
122 STV Mansion

167.9 m

551 ft
123 China Central Place Tower 1

167 m

548 ft
124 Chengdu Greenland Center Tower 3

166 m

545 ft
125 Shanghai Commercial Center

164.9 m

541 ft
126 Portman Ritz-Carlton

164.8 m

541 ft
127 Agricultural Development Center Tower 3

160 m

525 ft
128 International Commerce Financial Centre T2

159.6 m

524 ft
129 Agricultural Bank of China Chongqing Branch

159 m

522 ft
130 Golden Sail Plaza

157.8 m

518 ft
131 Lucheng Plaza Tower 2

m

ft

Please note that this height is estimated, based on a floor count of 45 floors. The estimation has been arrived at by analyzing 7,528 other buildings of the same Residential function on this database that do have confirmed heights. The user should be aware that non-standard features, such as significant spires or raised entrances / podiums, may affect the accuracy of this estimation.
132 LJZ Plaza

153 m

502 ft
133 China Central Place Tower 2

151 m

495 ft
134 New Development Bank Headquarters

150 m

492 ft
135 Agricultural Development Center Tower 4

150 m

492 ft
136 Runhua Global Center 2

146.5 m

481 ft
137 Shanghai Arch

143.7 m

471 ft
138 Agricultural Development Center Tower 5

140 m

459 ft
138 Agricultural Development Center Tower 6

140 m

459 ft
138 Agricultural Development Center Tower 7

140 m

459 ft
141 Bund SOHO Building C

135.6 m

445 ft
142 China Central Place Tower 3

135 m

443 ft
143 5 Corporate Avenue

134.6 m

441 ft
144 Sheraton Pudong Shanghai Hotel

134.4 m

441 ft
145 SIPG Tower

m

ft

Please note that this height is estimated, based on a floor count of 29 floors. The estimation has been arrived at by analyzing 5,962 other buildings of the same Office function on this database that do have confirmed heights. The user should be aware that non-standard features, such as significant spires or raised entrances / podiums, may affect the accuracy of this estimation.
146 Chengdu Creative Centre

110 m

361 ft
147 Jin Jiang Huating Hotel & Towers

m

ft

Please note that this height is estimated, based on a floor count of 28 floors. The estimation has been arrived at by analyzing 1,051 other buildings of the same Hotel function on this database that do have confirmed heights. The user should be aware that non-standard features, such as significant spires or raised entrances / podiums, may affect the accuracy of this estimation.
148 1700 Huangxing Road

105.6 m

346 ft
149 SOHO Fuxing Plaza

105 m

344 ft
150 Chongqing IFS T3

104.9 m

344 ft
150 Chongqing IFS T5

104.9 m

344 ft
152 CITIC Bank Headquarters

100 m

328 ft
152 Pudong Financial Plaza Office Tower 2

100 m

328 ft
152 Pudong Financial Plaza Office Tower 3

100 m

328 ft
155 InterContinental Shanghai Wonderland Hotel

74.7 m

245 ft
156 Pudong Financial Plaza L+Mall

74 m

243 ft
157 Bund SOHO Building A & B

73.1 m

240 ft
158 Bund SOHO Building D

65 m

213 ft
159 Bund SOHO Building E

61 m

200 ft
160 Bao’an Art and Culture Centre

-
161 Huamao Tower 1

-
161 Huamao Tower 2

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Statistics

Average Building Age*

15 Years

Most Common Function*

Office (52%)

Most Common Material*

Composite (59%)

* Based on 150 m+ buildings currently in the database

Based on 107 buildings over 150 m height with a function
 
Based on 81 buildings over 150 m height with a material
 

Building Completions Timeline

Building Map

Construction Time Chart

NOTE: Construction start time is not available for all buildings. The average construction time is only displayed if there is three or more buildings with construction start and complete data in that year.

Designated Experts

Junjie Zhang

President, East China Architectural Design & Research Institute
Shanghai, China

YongJia Chen

Deputy Director, East China Architectural Design & Research Institute
Shanghai, China

Ctbuh Leaders At East China Architectural Design & Research Institute

CTBUH China Office Board, 2015 – Present

Junjie Zhang

President, East China Architectural Design & Research Institute
Shanghai, China

Videos

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16 August 2018

Five Minutes With: William Pedersen

William Pedersen, Principal, Kohn Pedersen Fox Associates, sat down with CTBUH to discuss his vision for the iconic Shanghai World Financial Center, which was recognized...

31 May 2018

An Urban Quarter, Integrated into the Local Context

The former French Concession in the heart of Shanghai is known for its typical rectilinear development – the li long. Li stands for neighborhood, and...

30 May 2018

A Bold Icon Communicates a Global City’s Identity to the World

The Shanghai World Financial Center (SWFC) is a symbol of commerce and culture that speaks to the city’s emergence as a global capital. Located in...

28 March 2018

Building Tall Skyscraper Lecture Series: Naturalizing the Vertical Realm

Thursday, February 1, 2018. Chicago, United States of America. The Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat (CTBUH) and the Chicago Architecture Foundation (CAF) held...

16 March 2017

Building Tall Skyscraper Lecture Series: How High Can We Go?

Thursday, March 16, 2017. Chicago, United States of America. Hosted in collaboration with the Chicago Architecture Foundation, the first lecture of the series Building Tall...

03 November 2016

A Vernacular Megatall: Shanghai Tower

As the tallest building in China upon completion, Shanghai Tower has had an immediate and profound impact on the country’s perceptions of how a skyscraper...

03 November 2016

Interview: Shanghai Tower

Jianping Gu, General Manager, Shanghai Tower C&D, & Grant Uhlir, Managing Director, Gensler, are interviewed by Chris Bentley regarding Shanghai Tower, Shanghai, the 2016 CTBUH...

19 October 2016

CTF Guangzhou - Efficiency in Mixed-Use Supertall

Wednesday, October 19, 2016. Gaungzhou, China. Florence Chan of Kohn Pedersen Fox presents at the 2016 China Conference Plenary 4: "Guangzhou Developments" Since the reformation...

18 October 2016

The Economy of Iconic Tall Towers

Tuesday October 18, 2016. Shenzhen, China. Brian Ringley of Woods Bagot, presents at the 2016 China Conference Session 6c: Economic Considerations. Iconic tall towers often...

18 October 2016

Tall Buildings and Context: Appropriate High Rise Vernaculars

The issue of skyscraper form and expression being appropriate to cultural and social context is currently a hotly debated topic in China, as well as...

Research

20 March 2020

The Tallest 20 in 2020: Then and Now

CTBUH Research

This research paper undertakes a review of the 2012 report by the Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat, “Tallest 20 in 2020: Entering the...

20 March 2020

Tall + Urban Innovation 2020: Dominant Trends

CTBUH Research

Providing a global overview of tall building development, design and construction, the CTBUH Awards Program and related Tall + Urban Innovation Conference annually survey projects,...

20 March 2020

The Tallest 20 in 2020: Predictions vs. Reality

CTBUH Research

In the first edition of the 2012 Journal, CTBUH published a Tall Buildings in Numbers study titled Tallest 20 in 2020: Era of the Megatall—The...

30 January 2020

Determinism, Integration, and Articulation Lead Up to a Landmark

Brian Lee, Thomas Kinzl, Inho Rhee & Ronald Johnson, SOM

Completed in 2019, the Tianjin Chow Tai Fook (CTF) Finance Centre is currently the seventh-tallest building in the world, tied with the Guangzhou CTF Finance...

30 January 2020

The Global Tall Building Picture: Impact of 2019

CTBUH Research

In 2019, 126 buildings of 200 meters’ height or greater were completed. This was a 13.7 percent decrease from 146 in 2018. The total number...

28 December 2019

Tall Buildings of the Future as Seen From the Present

SawTeen See, Robert Bird Group Pty Ltd

Aerodynamic damping through the use of vertical long slots reduces the dynamic component of the wind loads on the building. Seminal examples include the three-legged...

12 December 2019

Year in Review: Tall Trends of 2019

CTBUH Research

The year 2019 was remarkable for the tall building industry, with 26 supertall buildings (300 meters or taller) completed, the most in any year. This...

11 October 2019

Tall Buildings in Numbers: 50 Years of Tall Building Evolution

CTBUH Research

The default image of the skyscraper for the past 50 years in the public imagination has likely been the extruded, rectilinear corporate “box,” derived from...

29 July 2019

Highest Special-Purpose Spaces

Since humans first began constructing tall buildings, history has been cluttered with claims of all manner of “highest” records. In this study, we examine those...

14 March 2019

Conjoined Tower Structures for Mile-High Tall Buildings

Kyoung Sun Moon, Yale University

Tall buildings are one of the most viable solutions to deal with the global phenomenon of rapid population increase and urbanization. While tall buildings are...

Global News

22 November 2019

Construction Stalls on Supertall Development in Wuhan

A subsidiary of China’s largest construction group has suspended work on one of the nation’s tallest skyscrapers after the developer became the latest in a...

14 May 2019

Mega Mixed-Use Development Planned for Shanghai’s South Bund

Real estate developer Greenland Group has unveiled a master plan for its mega mixed-use project in Shanghai’s downtown Huangpu District, which is set to become...

CTBUH Initiatives Involving East China Architectural Design & Research Institute

Skybridges: Bringing the Horizontal into the Vertical Realm

02 July 2020

This symposium gathered many successful practitioners sharing their experiences and discussing the recreation of the urban realm in the sky through connections between buildings at height.

6th China-Japan-Korea Tall Building Forum Held in Nara, Japan

05 July 2019

Organized under the theme, "Visiting Old, Learn New," this year's CTBUH-sponsored China-Japan-Korea Tall Building Forum drew more than 80 participants from five countries.

6th China-Japan-Korea Tall Building Forum Held in Nara, Japan

05 July 2019

Organized under the theme, "Visiting Old, Learn New," this year's CTBUH-sponsored China-Japan-Korea Tall Building Forum drew more than 80 participants from five countries.

CTBUH China Hosts Tall Building Symposium

19 June 2018

CTBUH China held its board meeting at Tongji University in Shanghai, which was followed by a half-day symposium titled "The Future of Vertical Cities"

CTBUH China Symposium on Tall Building Performance + Book Launch

02 August 2017

CTBUH China and Tongji University Press held a symposium on tall building performance on August 2, 2017, followed by a book launch.

Top Company Rankings: The World’s 100 Tallest Buildings

13 October 2016

The Council is pleased to announce the Top Company Rankings for numerous disciplines as derived from the list of projects appearing in 100 of the World’s Tallest Buildings.