CTBUH Gold Member

Tongji Architectural Design (Group) Co., Ltd.

About

Member Since: 2010

Member Offices: Shanghai

Website: http://www.tjadri.com/

Tongji Architectural Design (Group) Co., Ltd. (TJAD), formerly known as the Architectural Design and Research Institute of Tongji University, was founded in 1958 and has now developed into a well-known large-scale design consulting group.

With one hundred years' history and the profound cultural foundation of Tongji University, TJAD has accumulated rich experience in both engineering design and technical consultancy through continuous progress in the course of half a century.

They believe it is the trust from their clients that gives TJAD opportunities to grow. And they also believe, as part of the industry and society, they shall make unremitting efforts for industry development and social progress, just like what they have done for the past 60 years.

Fields of Expertise

Architecture; Civil Engineering; Mechanical, Electrical & Plumbing

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.

RANK
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 SUNAC A-ONE Tower 1
470 m / 1,542  ft
3 Tianfu Center Headquarters Tower
396 m / 1,299  ft
4 Shanghai International Trade Center Tower 2
370 m / 1,214  ft
5 Greenland Zhengzhou Central Plaza South Tower
283.9 m / 931  ft
6 Zhengzhou Greenland Central Plaza North Tower
283.9 m / 931  ft
7 Qiantan Center
280 m / 919  ft
8 Fortune Jinmao Tower A
278 m / 912  ft
9 Huide Tower
258 m / 846  ft
10 SUNAC A-ONE Tower 3
251 m / 823  ft

Awards

The application of key Zero-Carbon technology in the design of high-rise office building

Award of Excellence: The application of key Zero-Carbon technology in the design of high-rise office building

Innovation Award 2023

Ctbuh Leaders

Jiemin Ding

Jiemin Ding

CTBUH College of Fellows, 2023 – Present

Building Completions Timeline

Videos

22 January 2021

Highlights - CTBUH China New Year Talk: Future City

Organized around the theme of the "future city," CTBUH held new year talk and Chinese book release in One Museum Place, Shanghai. The CTBUH China...

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Research

22 August 2022

Structural Design of Iconic Tower, Egypt: Culmination of a Concrete Optimization Process

This paper presents an overview of a process of optimizing concrete mixture for tall buildings, culminating in the design of the Iconic Tower, the key...

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Global News

21 January 2025

Shanghai Tower Will Light Up to Celebrate the Spring Festival

On 4 December 2024, the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) inscribed the Spring Festival, the social practices of the Chinese people in...

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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 Shanghai Tower

632 m / 2,073 ft
3 SUNAC A-ONE Tower 1

470 m / 1,542 ft
4 Tianfu Center Headquarters Tower

396 m / 1,299 ft
5 Concord City

378 m / 1,240 ft
6 Shanghai International Trade Center Tower 2

370 m / 1,214 ft
7 SUNAC A-ONE Tower 2

302 m / 991 ft
8 Greenland Zhengzhou Central Plaza South Tower

284 m / 931 ft
8 Zhengzhou Greenland Central Plaza North Tower

284 m / 931 ft
10 Qiantan Center

280 m / 919 ft
11 Fortune Jinmao Tower A

278 m / 912 ft
12 Huide Tower

258 m / 846 ft
13 SUNAC A-ONE Tower 3

251 m / 823 ft
14 Axiom Two

250 m / 820 ft
15 One Museum Place

249 m / 816 ft
16 Tencent Seafront Tower 1

246 m / 806 ft
17 Aojiang International New City Jinmao Tower

239 m / 784 ft
18 Ningbo International Trade Center

228 m / 748 ft
19 Shanghai International Trade Center Tower 1

220 m / 722 ft
20 World Trade Center 1

215 m / 705 ft
21 Tencent Seafront Tower 2

195 m / 639 ft
22 China Resources Center

186 m / 610 ft
23 Shanghai Poly Pukai Financial Center Tower 1

180 m / 590 ft
23 Shanghai Poly Pukai Financial Center Tower 2

180 m / 590 ft
23 Shanghai Poly Pukai Financial Center Tower 3

180 m / 590 ft
26 Fortune Jinmao Tower B

170 m / 558 ft
27 Hongkou SOHO

134 m / 438 ft
28 Lujiazui Riverfront Center Central Tower

133 m / 435 ft
29 The Springs Tower Phase 2 South Tower

127 m

417 ft

Please note that this height is estimated, based on a floor count of 29 floors. The estimation has been arrived at by analyzing 7,189 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.
30 Colorful Yunnan • Flower City Tower A

125 m / 409 ft
31 African Union Headquarters

118 m / 386 ft
32 Qingdao Linghai Spa Hotel

115 m / 377 ft
33 Harmony Clock Tower

113 m / 371 ft
34 Shangri-La Qiantan

111 m / 364 ft
35 Hangzhou Civic Center 1

110 m / 360 ft
35 Hangzhou Civic Center 2

110 m / 360 ft
35 Hangzhou Civic Center 3

110 m / 360 ft
35 Hangzhou Civic Center 4

110 m / 360 ft
35 Hangzhou Civic Center 5

110 m / 360 ft
35 Hangzhou Civic Center 6

110 m / 360 ft
41 China Overseas Headquarters

108 m / 356 ft
42 Ningbo Yotrio International Trade Company Building

108 m / 353 ft
43 Poly Greenland Plaza A1

106 m / 346 ft
43 Poly Greenland Plaza A2

106 m / 346 ft
45 Medical School of Nanjing University Affiliated Jinling Hospital

102 m / 335 ft
46 Huide Apartment Tower

100 m / 328 ft
47 Guotai Junan Securities Tower

100 m / 327 ft
48 Colorful Yunnan • Flower City Tower B

96 m / 315 ft
49 The Springs Tower Phase 2 Southwest Tower

92 m

302 ft

Please note that this height is estimated, based on a floor count of 21 floors. The estimation has been arrived at by analyzing 7,189 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.
50 The Springs Tower Phase 2 North Tower

88 m

289 ft

Please note that this height is estimated, based on a floor count of 20 floors. The estimation has been arrived at by analyzing 7,189 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.
51 Shanghai New Bund World Trade Center Phase III, Office Tower A

82 m / 269 ft
51 Shanghai New Bund World Trade Center Phase III, Office Tower B

82 m / 269 ft
53 Poly Greenland Plaza B1

80 m / 262 ft
54 Poly Greenland Plaza B3

76 m / 250 ft
55 Lujiazui Riverfront Center West Tower

70 m / 228 ft
56 Research & Development Center of China UnionPay

65 m / 214 ft
57 Poly Greenland Plaza B2

60 m / 197 ft
58 Lujiazui Riverfront Center East Tower

58 m / 189 ft
59 Poly Greenland Plaza B4

51 m / 166 ft

Statistics

Average Building Age*

6 Years

Most Common Function*

Office (65%)

Most Common Material*

Composite (79%)

* Based on 150 m+ buildings currently in the database

Based on 20 buildings over 150 m height with a function
 
Based on 19 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.

Ctbuh Leaders At Tongji Architectural Design (Group) Co., Ltd.

CTBUH College of Fellows, 2023 – Present

Jiemin Ding

Group Chief Engineer, Tongji Architectural Design (Group) Co., Ltd.
Shanghai, China

Videos

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22 January 2021

Highlights - CTBUH China New Year Talk: Future City

Organized around the theme of the "future city," CTBUH held new year talk and Chinese book release in One Museum Place, Shanghai. The CTBUH China...

31 May 2018

Linked-Up Thinking Drives the Design of a Tech Company’s Headquarters

The Tencent Seafront Towers were constructed in a special zone of Shenzhen, the Software Industry Base. The project represents a new vision of the workplace,...

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...

18 October 2016

The Impact of Tech Companies in Rethinking the High-Rise Workplace

While tech companies have traditionally located in suburbia due to lower property costs and the perceived security of intellectual property, they are now increasingly investing...

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...

18 October 2016

CTBUH Video Interview – Jonathan Ward

Jonathan Ward of NBBJ is interviewed by Chris Bentley during the 2016 CTBUH China Conference. Johnathan discusses the design process behind the Tencent Seafront Towers...

18 October 2016

CTBUH Video Interview – Andrew Nicholson

Andrew Nicholson of CBRE is interviewed by Chris Bentley during the 2016 CTBUH China Conference. Andrew discusses the building management of the Shanghai Tower.

17 October 2016

Mega Size Mixed-Use Projects: Redefining Vertical Urbanism

Monday October 17, 2016. Shenzhen, China. Dennis Poon of Thornton Tomasetti, presents at the 2016 China Conference Session 4c: Structural & Geotechnic Engineering. As the...

17 October 2016

Mixed Use Tall Buildings – The Challenges and Benefits of Vertical Urbanization

Monday October 17, 2016. Shenzhen, China. Samuel So, JLL, presents at the 2016 China Conference Session 3c: Building Operation. China is the global epicenter of...

Research

22 August 2022

Structural Design of Iconic Tower, Egypt: Culmination of a Concrete Optimization Process

Tarek Hassan, Yehia El-Ezaby & Charles Malek, rector Dar Al Handasah Consultants (Shair and Partners)

This paper presents an overview of a process of optimizing concrete mixture for tall buildings, culminating in the design of the Iconic Tower, the key...

20 March 2020

Interactive Study on 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...

01 March 2020

The Future of Workplace in Vertical Cities: Hanging Gardens, Roof Terraces and Vertical Plazas

Stephan C. Reinke, Stephan Reinke Architects

As the workplace evolves in our vertical cities, the need for “think spaces” and the public realm to meet, create and innovate will become integral...

12 December 2019

Interactive Study on 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...

31 January 2019

Interactive Study on Tall Buildings in Numbers: 2018 Year in Review

CTBUH Research

In 2018, 143 buildings of 200 meters’ height or greater were completed. This is a slight decrease from 2017’s record-breaking total of 147, and it...

12 December 2018

Year in Review: Tall Trends of 2018

CTBUH Research

The astronomical growth in tall building construction observed over the past decade continued in 2018, though the total number of completed buildings of 200 meters’...

30 July 2018

World’s Tallest Buildings with Dampers

CTBUH Research

As tall buildings continue to be built in seismically-active and cyclone-prone areas, the need to augment the structures of these buildings with dynamic modification devices...

Global News

21 January 2025

Shanghai Tower Will Light Up to Celebrate the Spring Festival

On 4 December 2024, the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) inscribed the Spring Festival, the social practices of the Chinese people in...

16 April 2020

Shanghai's Xuhui District Presses Ahead on Landmark Projects

The Xuhui district government released its major construction plans for 2020 on 1 April with 61 projects with an investment of 16.5 billion yuan (US$2.34...

16 April 2020

Shanghai's Xuhui District Presses Ahead on Landmark Projects

The Xuhui district government released its major construction plans for 2020 on 1 April with 61 projects with an investment of 16.5 billion yuan (US$2.34...

24 October 2019

Shenzhen Skyline Expands with Transit-Oriented Development

A new landmark on the Shenzhen skyline, a multi-functional high-rise complex, has emerged as the 258-meter Huide Tower as a part of the North Station...

24 October 2019

Shenzhen Skyline Expands with Transit-Oriented Development

A new landmark on the Shenzhen skyline, a multi-functional high-rise complex, has emerged as the 258-meter Huide Tower as a part of the North Station...

CTBUH Initiatives Involving Tongji Architectural Design (Group) Co., Ltd.

Post-Pandemic High-Rise Operation & Development

16 June 2020

This virtual event focuses on the future of post-pandemic high-rise office building operation and development.

CTBUH Shanghai Young Professionals Committee Talks Competitions

17 November 2017

CTBUH China and Shanghai Young Professionals Committee (YPC) co-hosted a symposium on “Gains and Losses in Tall Building Design Competitions.”

CTBUH Shanghai YPC Holds Inaugural Meeting

03 August 2017

The CTBUH Shanghai Young Professionals Committee (YPC) held its first board meeting at the Shanghai office of Gensler.

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.

SuperTEC Visit to CTBUH China Office

17 January 2017

The CTBUH China Office hosted a visit from SuperTEC, a consortium of researchers and practitioners from Korea University and Dankook University in Seoul.

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.