The Fifth Center

Shanghai
Official Name
The current legal building name.

The Fifth Center

Type

Complex

Status
Completed
Architecturally Topped Out
Structurally Topped Out
Under Construction
Proposed
On Hold
Never Completed
Vision
Competition Entry
Canceled
Proposed Renovation
Under Renovation
Renovated
Under Demolition
Demolished

Proposed

Country

China

City

Shanghai

Function

hospital / office

Master Planner

Shanghai Institute of Architectural Design & Research

List of Buildings in Complex

RANK
Name
Height
1 The Fifth Center Technology and Innovation Tower

260 m / 853 ft

2 The Fifth Center Incubation Building 1

100 m / 328 ft

2 The Fifth Center Incubation Building 2

100 m / 328 ft

4 United Family Medical Research Center

60 m / 197 ft

Research

17 October 2016

The Vertical Renewal of the Megacity

Enfang Liu, Jianing Pan, Dapeng Sun & Youlong You, Shanghai Institute of Architectural Design and Research

This paper elaborates the positive effect and unique advantages of supertall high-rise buildings along with their inherent problems throughout the urbanization of Shanghai, a megacity,...