Oriental Pearl Tower (Dongfang Mingzhu)

"Looking like a stucture straight out of The Jetsons, the Oriental Pearl Tower was built when much of Pudong was still farmland." Full review

"Love it or hate it, it’s hard to be indifferent to this 468m-tall poured-concrete tripod tower." Full review

"The unusual silhouette of the Pearl of the Orient tower (1994, 468m) rises in three columns."

"The once highest point in China blends symbolic design with a kick of adrenaline. " Full review

"The earliest symbol of the new China, this hideous gray tower with three tapering levels of pink spheres (meant to resemble pearls) still holds a special place in many a local heart." Full review

"The tower looks like a space rocket ready to launch and is one of China’s tallest structures. From up here, you can gaze down on the Bund"