The Shanghai Tower, set to be the world's second tallest building when it's completed in the summer, opened it's doors for a preview on Friday (May 15). The 120 floors of the 632 metre (2,073 ft) structure will make the building the tallest in China, but bringing it just under 200 metres lower than the Burj Khalifa in Dubai. That however is something the tower's chief architect, Marshall Strabala, said could in fact be a blessing in disguise - as it meant China would avoid the "world's tallest building" curse. "So when Sears Tower was built there was a recession when the Petronas Towers were built there was a recession. When the Burj Khalifa was built there was a recession. This is not the world's tallest building so there's no recession. So that's the world's tallest building curse it's not the skyscraper curse. So it's actually better to be number two than number one," he said. Strabala said he was confident that the building would be a commercial success and not stand empty o... ( More) | 
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