Lego Architecture 21039 Shanghai (Шанхай) [2/160] The pearl of the orient

The Pearl of the Orient

Sitting on the Yangtze River and bordered by the East

China Sea, the city of Shanghai has re-emerged over the

past decades to become one of the biggest cities and the

busiest port in the world.

Nowhere is this dramatic development more evident than

in the city’s architecture. Shanghai’s rich collection of Art

Deco buildings from the 1920s and 1930s now stand side-

by-side with an ever-increasing number of awe-inspiring,

contemporary structures.

This is a city where the skyline is constantly evolving and

every new structure appears to be an attempt to out-do

previous ones in size, choice of materials or ambitious

design. In an ever-changing world, Shanghai’s architecture

is stepping conﬁdently into the future.

“New York may be the city

that never sleeps, but Shanghai

doesn’t even sit down”

Patricia Marx