Design Development of the Shanghai Tower

Lecturing at The Skyscraper Museum in 2009, Dennis Poon, structural engineer of the Shanghai Tower, gave an informative and humorous explanation of how his team met the challenges of engineering China’s tallest building. Also featured in the 100-minute presentation were Jun Xia, project architect, and Douglas Mass, MEP engineer. [Via the Skyscraper Museum]
Climbing the Shanghai Tower

Vadim Makhorov and Vitaliy Raskalov, daredevils who recently attracted a good deal of attention for climbing the great pyramid of Giza, have just posted a video in which they scale the entirety of the Shanghai tower, including the 60 foot crane atop the structure. It’s unlikely that Dennis Poon, the lead structural engineer on the Read the full article…