Chief architect of Shanghai Tower draws up blueprint for Shanghai

With a fan in one hand and a bird cage in another, a graceful figure of a girl from the 1930s attracts the attention of passers-by. Named “Shanghai Girl,” it is a sculpture of late Chinese artist Chen Yifei. After more than a decade, the girl finally returned to her hometown Shanghai in 2014. And her new home is the Shanghai Tower, the tallest building in China with the same elegant shape as the girl.

(“Shanghai Girl” is one of the three treasures enshrined at the Shanghai Tower. The other two are the world's largest glass fresco and a pottery installation artwork crafted by 18 masters.)

On the 34th floor of the high-rise, Eastday.com had an interview with its chief architect Marshall Strabala. It is the Shanghai Tower that has made him the designer behind the world's most beautiful skyscraper. Also, because of this building, his name is inseparable from Shanghai. He can now blurt out the Chinese word “Shanghai Zhongxin” easily.