Known for grandiose projects such as the Shanghai World Financial Center, China's tallest building, which opened in 2008.

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It is also well-known for its other iconic buildings including the futuristic CCTV headquarters in Beijing and the Shanghai World Financial Center, which is China's tallest skyscraper.

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Gale hired Kohn Pedersen Fox Architects to design the city. (Among its projects: the Mohegan Sun Casino and the Shanghai World Financial Center.) The plans proved to be a little difficult because the landfill didn't yet exist.

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They range from Hong Kong's 118-story International Commerce Center, home to a penthouse infinity pool and one of the world's highest hotels, to the slightly taller Shanghai World Financial Center, which is known as "the bottle opener" for the trapezoidal gap at the top.

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