I know almost all of the tallest skyscrapers in China involved Western architectural/engineering firms...
LoL, How many skyscrapers in China do you know, China has the world most skyscrapers. of course you can claim that everything China built was a copy,
en.wikipedia.org
List of tallest buildings in China
Which American companies were involved in designing China's top tallest skyscrapers:
#1
Shanghai Tower
Gensler
The 632-meter Shanghai Tower, designed by Gensler, ranks as China’s tallest building and showcases cutting-edge sustainable strategies.
www.gensler.com
Sited adjacent to the neighboring Jin Mao Tower and Shanghai World Financial Center in the heart of the Lujiazui Finance and Trade Zone, the 632-meter Shanghai Tower, designed by Gensler, ranks as China’s tallest building.
#2 Ping An Finance Center,
Kohn Pedersen Fox:
KPF’s design for the world’s tallest office building creates an iconic presence for the world’s top ranked insurance brand and a centerpiece to the burgeoning city of Shenzhen.
www.kpf.com
KPF’s design for the world’s tallest office building creates an iconic presence for the world’s top ranked insurance brand and a centerpiece to the burgeoning city of Shenzhen.
#3 (tied)
Guangzhou CTF Finance Centre,
Kohn Pedersen Fox:
As one of China’s tallest structures, the Chow Tai Fook (CTF) Finance Centre demonstrates the alignment of supertall design with cultural, environmental, and contextual sensitivity.
www.kpf.com
As one of China’s tallest structures, the Chow Tai Fook (CTF) Finance Centre demonstrates the alignment of supertall design with cultural, environmental, and contextual sensitivity.
#3 (tied)
Tianjin CTF Finance Centre
Skidmore, Owings & Merrill LLP:
www.som.com
Tianjin CTF has been designed to LEED Gold standards, with a range of sustainable strategies, including a high-performance envelope, optimized daylighting, and green landscaping. The tower breaks norms with its rigorous integration of engineering and architectural development to achieve the highest efficiencies in material performance.
#5 China Zun,
Kohn Pedersen Fox:
https://www.kpf.com/project/citic-tower
Located at the core of Beijing’s new 30-hectare central business district, CITIC Tower is the tallest building and a new icon of the capital.
#6 Shanghai World Financial Center,
Kohn Pedersen Fox:
One of KPF’s most highly recognized and award-winning projects, the Shanghai World Financial Center has stood as a symbol of commerce and culture since its completion in 2008.
www.kpf.com
One of KPF’s most highly recognized and award-winning projects, the Shanghai World Financial Center has stood as a symbol of commerce and culture since its completion in 2008.
#7
International Commerce Centre
Kohn Pedersen Fox:
The International Commerce Centre represents a shift in the tall building paradigm to include not only achievements in height, design, and engineering, but also the most forward-thinking moves towards connectivity for smart growth in a highly dense region.
www.kpf.com
KPF’s 118-story tower accommodates offices, a 360 degree observation deck, and one of the world’s highest hotels, The Ritz-Carlton Hong Kong. The tower is the centerpiece of the Union Square reclamation project, establishing a new urban center with office, retail, hotel and recreation spaces, as well as a new transportation hub, Kowloon Station, which connects to Central, Hong Kong, the International Airport and mainland China via a network of high speed rail, subway, buses, and ferry terminals.
#8
Wuhan Greenland Center
Adrian Smith + Gordon Gill:
smithgill.com
Wuhan Greenland Center features a uniquely streamlined form that combines three key shaping concepts—a tapered body, softly rounded corners and a domed top—to reduce wind resistance and vortex action that builds up around supertall towers. The building’s extremely efficient aerodynamic performance will allow it to minimize the amount of structural material (and the associated embodied carbon) needed for construction.
#9
International Land-Sea Center
Kohn Pedersen Fox:
As the centerpiece of the 3.6 million-square-meter Chongqing Tian Di Master Plan, a major redevelopment of a downtown core area, Chongqing 100 provides office, residential, retail, and entertainment space to bring energy, activity, and value to the site.
www.kpf.com
International Land-Sea Center
As the centerpiece of the 3.6 million-square-meter Chongqing Tian Di Master Plan, a major redevelopment of a downtown core area, Chongqing 100 provides office, residential, retail, and entertainment space to bring energy, activity, and value to the site.
Inspired by the sailing ships that once crowded the waters of the surrounding Yangtze and Jialing Rivers, the development’s light and elegant form is anchored by a simple tower alongside low-rise residential and office towers and a retail podium.
That's the
top 9 out of the top 10 tallest buildings in China were designed by American companies.
I'm now beginning to wonder who is the real designers of your biggest ships.
Your rail system has 80,000 kilometers of 1,435mm rail gauge only because Roman chariots had that as a standard width. You (and much of the world including the US) are following some standard of measurement that is basically meaningless in modern times.
Time to think out of the box and do something new instead of following some "standard of measurement" when it comes to cruiseships/buildings.
