Shanghai Attractions - Buildings
The Oriental Pearl TV Tower 
东方明珠电视塔
The Oriental Pearl TV Tower is the tallest TV tower in Asia, and the third in the world with a height of 468 meters. It is a symbol of Shanghai due to its unique style and the height. There are 11 spheres in total along the tower top down. Two of them are pretty large and have a lot of facilities for tourists inside. These spheres are why the tower was named "Pearl Tower".
Shanghai World Financial Center 
上海环球金融中心
Shanghai World Financial Center broke several "world records" when it was competed in August,2008. And it is still holding these records, including highest roof, highest occupied floor, highest Chinese restaurant, highest swimming pool and highest hotel.
Jin Mao Building 
金茂大厦
For many years, Jin Mao had been the tallest bulding (not including Oriental Pearl TV Tower) in China. It is 420.5 meters high and has 88 floors. The design of the building is very stylish and unique, which brought a lot of awards to this building.
Shanghai Grand Theatre 
上海大剧院
As the best theatre of Shanghai, Shanghai Grand Theatre has seen a lot of concerts, ballets, Chinese and foreign dramas. It provides top visual and auditory experience.
F1 Shanghai Circuit 
上海国际赛车场
The Formula 1 race track has an overall length of 5.451,24 m and includes 7 left and 7 right turns. The longest straight runs parallel to the Dragster track between the turns T 13 and T 14 and has a length of 1.175 m. The standard width of the track is between 13 m and 15 m, in turns it expands up to 20 m (turn T 13).
Shanghai Oriental Art Center 
上海东方艺术中心
Built in 2005 and designed by a French architect, Shanghai Oriental Art Center is quite a beautiful and unique building. There are five halls in the building for Orchestras, Operas, Ballet, etc. Looking from above, it is like a flower.
Cite Bourbobne 
步高里
Cite Bourbobne is a group of Shanghai Traditional Shikumen(石库门) Style buildings that were built in 1930. Shikumen style is a fusion of Chinese and Western styles. It was popular at the beginning of last century in Shanghai. It is also a unique style of Shanghai. If you are interested in how Shanghai looked like a century ago, Cite Bourbobne is where you need to go.
Shanghai Stadium 
上海体育场
As one of Shanghai's landmarks, Shanghai Stadium (or Shanghai Sports Center) is situated in Xuhui District. Formerly known as the "80,000-seat stadium", it is for track-and-field events, soccer matches, and cultural or sports extravaganzas.
Shanghai In Door Stadium 
上海体育馆
Shanghai In Door Stadium was reconstructed in Oct. 1999 based on Shanghai Gymnasium. The two-layer stage is 1250m2 large and olive-shaped with 60m in virtual length and 32m in virtual depth.
Shanghai Library 
上海图书馆
Shanghai Library is one of the ten largest libraries in the world in terms of its floor space as well as its collection, ranging from ancient document to modern document, from social science to technology science, from Chinese books to foreign books and from paper copy, sound and video recordings, to digital databases.
Shanghai Concert hall 
上海音乐厅
This hall was built in 1930 as a theatre. It was the first European style building designed by a Chinese. The first movie here was an American movie "Broadway".
It was redesigned into a concert hall in 1959. From then on, it had seen a lot of concerts.
Shanghai International Convention Center 
上海国际会议中心
Shanghai International Convention Center is located on the Bin Jiang Avenue, near the Oriental Pearl TV Tower(东方明珠电视塔) and Jin Mao Building(金茂大厦). It is another landmark building in the Lu Jia Zui(陆家嘴) area due to its unique style.