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Oriental Pearl Tower: Exterior · Oriental Pearl Tower/Museum, Shanghai
1/6 · Exterior · Oriental Pearl Tower/Museum, ShanghaiPhoto: Gary Todd · CC0 · source
Oriental Pearl Tower: Exterior · Oriental Pearl Tower - Shanghai, China, 16.22.2014
2/6 · Exterior · Oriental Pearl Tower - Shanghai, China, 16.22.2014Photo: Hermann Luyken · CC0 · source
Oriental Pearl Tower: Exterior · Modern skyscrapers across Huangpu River from the Bund
3/6 · Exterior · Modern skyscrapers across Huangpu River from the BundPhoto: Gary Todd · CC0 · source
Oriental Pearl Tower: Exterior · Oriental Pearl Tower in Shanghai
4/6 · Exterior · Oriental Pearl Tower in ShanghaiPhoto: Ermell · CC BY-SA 4.0 · source
Oriental Pearl Tower: Interior · Decor surrounding main elevator shaft of Oriental Pearl Tower , Shanghai
5/6 · Interior · Decor surrounding main elevator shaft of Oriental Pearl Tower , ShanghaiPhoto: Daniel Case · CC BY-SA 3.0 · source
Oriental Pearl Tower: Interior · The Oriental Pearl Tower in Shanghai, seen from inside the Oriental Riverside Hotel
6/6 · Interior · The Oriental Pearl Tower in Shanghai, seen from inside the Oriental Riverside HotelPhoto: Nicholas Hartmann · CC BY-SA 4.0 · source
Photo 1: Exterior · Oriental Pearl Tower/Museum, ShanghaiPhoto 2: Exterior · Oriental Pearl Tower - Shanghai, China, 16.22.2014Photo 3: Exterior · Modern skyscrapers across Huangpu River from the BundPhoto 4: Exterior · Oriental Pearl Tower in ShanghaiPhoto 5: Interior · Decor surrounding main elevator shaft of Oriental Pearl Tower , ShanghaiPhoto 6: Interior · The Oriental Pearl Tower in Shanghai, seen from inside the Oriental Riverside Hotel

Infrastructure · Postmodernism

Oriental Pearl Tower

East China Architectural Design Institute · Shanghai, China · 1994

Key features468 m TV tower: three pillars carry spheres clad in red glass, a design its makers drew from a Tang poem.

Architect
East China Architectural Design Institute
Place
Shanghai, China
Year
1994
Typology
Infrastructure
Movement
Postmodernism
Region
East Asia
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