'Twisty' Shanghai Tower a look to China's future

Shanghai

THE world's second tallest building, Shanghai Tower, will soon open in the Chinese financial capital with a twist - a 120-degree twist, to be exact. A softened triangular "outer skin" is literally twisted around a circular core, sending the glass and steel tower spiralling 632 metres into the grey sky above the city.

State-backed developer Shanghai Tower Construction and Development Co views the modern design as a symbol of China's future, a super-tall building in the city's gleaming Pudong financial district, which did not even exist 25 years ago.