ABSTRACT
Located at one of the key gateways to the world's most populous country, Shanghai has long enjoyed a [modern] image (see Figure 6.1). Today, as one of the world's largest and fastest growing cities, this image is dutifully sustained as Shanghai offers unprecedented opportunities for domestic and international architects who have enjoyed considerable commercial success while helping to transform the urban landscape from an aging, dense and relatively low-rise setting into a modern, multifaceted and ubiquitously high-rise conglomeration in little under two decades.
