Shanghai, China:

This baby not only look tall, it is tall, 460 m or 1509
ft to be specific and what should we name it? Fortunately the Chinese
already taken care of the naming part for us(We woulden’t want our baby
to be picked on because of some strange foreign name would we?) and
Xujiahui Tower 2 is what they call it. Unfortunately it’s only proposed.

Chrysler top? (Chrysler Building, NYC)

Photo courtesy to John Portman & Associates.

For more info John Portman & Associates is probably your best bet. The skyscraper is 92 floor by the way…

  Is Shanghai’s new tallest ever going to be topped out? Under construction
  since 1997 with several “on-holds” and “re-designs”
  makes the most optimistic f*ck consider a rope somewhere…This is what
  it used to look like, before the refurbishment:

Photo courtesy to Kohn Pedersen Fox Accosiates PC.

and this is the after picture…

Photo courtesy to Kohn Pedersen Fox Accosiates PC.

 …See the difference? Going from a bloody hole to a rectangle in eight
  years of time -nice progress boys! Nah, enough of this sarcasm, can’t
  help it sometimes, it’s actually one of my favourite projects at the
  time. Sorry. Portraited on the picture is also Shanghai’s current tallest,
  the Jin Mao building, which will be beaten with over 60 m (200 ft)!
  A six star hotel will occupy the top most floors and cross the rectangle
  will be an open-air skybridge making it the tallest outdoor observation
  deck in the world! And the credits goes to Danish-American collaboration
  Kohn Pedersen Fox Accosiates PC and East China Architectural Design
  & Research Institute Co. Ltd, let us keep our fingers crossed for
  2008 folks!

  Fast Facts:

  Shanghai World Financial Center

  Status: Under Construction

  Expected Completion: 2008

  Height: 492 m(1614 ft)

  Floors: 101

  Architects: Kohn Pedersen Fox Accosiates PC and East China Architectural Design

  Come across another crazy vision for Shanghai: the M Tower. Speculations
  seems to have been going on for a while but I can’t find any renderings
  or official data bout it. However rumours speaks about heights over
  900 m (2950 ft) and that’s all I can give you for now.

  Shanghai. Mythical trade center and over a thousand skyscrapers I hardly
  think this city needs any further introduction.

  As the current tallest title holder in Shangai you better get used
  to beeing challenged. For now the title is beeing held by the Jin Mao
  (skyscraper) or the Oriental Pearl (Tower), depending on how you measure,
  of which both will be beaten in 2008 by the Shanghai World Financial
  Center, already under construction. But compared to the envisioned Bionic
  Skyscraper they are all nuthing but matchsticks:

 1128 meters or 3700 feets of pubic complex. Photo courtesy to Pioz, Cervera, Celaya.

  The Complex, making up a medium sized city has also been envisioned(great
  word isn’t it?)for Hong Kong and is two of about ten or so buildings
  who may come to challenge the Burj Dubai in the future, I’ll keep you
  updated!
  Facts (For now):

  Bionic Tower

  Status: Vision

  Height: 1128 m(3700 ft)

  Floors: 200

  Architects: Pioz, Cervera, Celaya

 No! It’s on hold! But hold your horses, first let me introduce you
  to this quite unknown skyscraper jewel:

Xiamen, China.
Copyright owned by Chris Jules

  With over a hundred skyscrapers UC on any given moment but less then
  two million inhabitants Xiamen have to be one of Chinas most active
  cities in terms of skyscraper building.

  Xiamen is also one of Chinas most popular tourist destinations and
  one of the four economic “freetowns” set up by te chinese
  government. Not like the red light district perhaps but good enough
  for me -until now, cause Xiamen’s proposed new tallest is put on hold,
  no! Designed by SOM it would(will?) climb 364 meters (1195 feets) and
  serve as post and telecommunications building. Well shit happens, and
  until further information is given let us grief together over this picture:

 It would have been something…
 Photo courtesy to SOM.

  
  Fast Facts:

  Xiamen Post and Telecommunications Building

  Status: On hold…

  Expected completion: Formerly 2008, now?

  Height: 364 m(1195 ft)

  Floors: 63

  Architects: SOM(Skidmore Owings & Merrill LLP)

  Nanjing, a tiny 5 million city in China most famous for it’s All-Chinese
  hot-dogs. Kidding. But Nanjing is one of Chinas biggest ports, second
  only to legendary Shanghai and packed with skyscrapers. It’s located
  here:

 The Nanjing TV tower, or the Shangmao Century Plaza for you picky
  ass-holes, are the current tallests of which the first mentioned can
  be seen in the picture below.

 The skyline of Nanjing is not the most modern in China but things is
  about to change! First of all, check out this baby, The Nanjing Greenland
  Financial Center:

  380 towering meters (or 1247 ft) making it the new tallest in 2008!

  Photo courtesy to SOM(Skidmore Owings & Merrill LLP)

 That looks more like the hi-tech China we use to know and best of all,
  it’s already under construction! Like this wasn’t enough this building,
  The Nanjing International Center 3 recently got approval:

Don’t-mess-with-me-like -design by SOM.
Photo courtesy to Goettsch Partners, Inc.

And since before the Nanjing Jinling Hotel Phase II is waiting approval:

Photo courtesy to SOM.

  Fast Facts:

  Nanjing Jinling Hotel Phase II

  Status: Proposed

  Expected completion: 2008

  Height: 320 m(1119 ft)

  Floors: 88

  Architects: SOM(Skidmore Owings & Merrill LLP)

  Nanjing Greenland Financial Center

  Status: UC

  Expected completion: 2008

  Height: 380 m(1247 ft)

  Floors: 66

  Architects: SOM(Skidmore Owings & Merrill LLP)

  Nanjing International Center 3

  Status: Approved

  Expected completion: 2008

  Height: 346 m(1136 ft)

  Floors: 83

  Architects: SOM(Skidmore Owings & Merrill LLP)

Nanjing Greenland Financial Center, UC, 2008, 66, 380 m 1,247 ft, SOM(Skidmore Owings & Merrill LLP) and and Goettsch Partners, Inc.

  Finally a rendering! Wanhao Financial Center, located in China’s third
  city Chongqing is already under construction and expected to finish
  in 2008 but until now I haven’t had anything to show you but as sure
  as the sun will rise…ehh, scr*w it, here it is:

Photo courtesy to JW Marriott

 Quite a sophisticated design and topping out at 377 m (1,237 ft) not
  only make it on the verge to holy but also a great addition to the skyline!
  Serving as a JW Marriott Center (and hotel?) chances also are it will
  host an atrium and taking the skyscrapers height into consideration
  suggests a quite spectacular one!

  Fast Facts:

  Wanhao Financial Center

  Status: UC

  Expected completion: 2008

  Height: 377 m(1,237 ft)

  Floors: 72

  Architects: Unknown

  Formerly known as New Zhengzhou Hotel, the Greenland Square skyscraper
  is now under construction. Unfortunately were the height lowered from
  astaggering 368 m (1207 ft) to a disappointing 280 m or 918 ft but considering
  city with hardely any skyscraper traditions at all (three towers over
  100 m, 325 ft)it’s more then good and to me the design is classy!

New tallest in Zhengzhou!
Photo courtesy to ECADI.

  Fast Facts:

  Greenland Square

  Status: Under construction

  Purpose: 5 Star hotel with revolving restaurant on top.

  Part of new CBD, “Zhengdong New Town”

  Expected completion: 2009

  Height: 280 m(919 ft)

  Architects: Kisho Kurokawa Architects & Associates

 New York? No Chongqing! China’s third largest city with over twelve
  million inhabitants(thirty two million if you count the whole municipality!)looks
  like NYC:s younger brother, younger in terms of skyscrapers at least.
  And stumbling across a building like this…

…almost make the NYC illusion complete (Empire State Building anyone?)
  Anyhow, Chongqing is a real boom town, the city is scattered with skyscrapers
  and it’s density is only beaten by Brasilian cities. For anyone interested
  here is where it’s located at(don’t worry I will soon get to the skyscraper-kind-a-point):

  So, what’s going down in Chongqing? Alot! Over thirty skyscrapers is
  currently under construction(as of Feb 15 2007) and two of them qualifies
  as 300 + buildings(985 ft). The Chuanjiang Fanying is almost climbing
  the 400 level with it’s 398 m (1306 ft) and upon completion will it
  take over the tallest title in Chongqing by surpassing current tallest
  Chongqing World Trade Center by 115 m(377 ft). Unfortunately I can’t
  find any images of this tower as the Chinese tend to be quite mysterious
  about their projects but according to many good resources such as Emporis
  has it already climbed 20 floors!

  Fast Facts:

  Chuanjiang Fanying

  Status: UC

  Height: 398 m (1,306 ft)

  Floors: 98

  Architects: Unknown