Soviet Friendship Mansion | Shanghai, China

[Sher]

Shanghai Exhibition Center (Soviet Friendship Mansion), Shanghai

110m
17 floors
Completed 1955-1959

-a gift from Stalin to Communist China
-renovations start this year

http://www.mahooshanghai.com/shanghai/shop/data/re/pic/zong.jpg

http://johnsmurrayphotography.homestead.com/files/web108668.JPG

Night pics: http://m-bahlmann.undonet.com/exhibitioncenter_en.html

http://m-bahlmann.undonet.com/original/ExhibitionCenter01.JPG

http://m-bahlmann.undonet.com/original/ExhibitionCenter03.JPG

[james2390]

not very good, 4

[Muse]

I don't mind a bit of the 'ole' Stalinist architecture (even though Stalin himself was truly a nasty dictator).

I kind of like monumentlism.

8

[AtlanticaC5]

5.5/10

[Wu-Gambino]

6/10

Not bad, except for that spire.

[RafflesCity]

7.5/10

Quite monumental

[Necker]

6/10

[The Messiah]

This tower should be a lot higher,just look at the spire.
5.0/10

[sjambler]

Cold and 'dystopian', although the monumental style is kind of impressive and distinctive.

6.5/10

[TYW]

cool one:okay:

7.5/10

[7 World Trade]

that spire hecka cheats like crazy. thank God there isn't more of these kind of building in shanghai. that thing's russian architecture, not chinese...

oh well, at least it's now dwarfed by tons of modern office buildings now. capitalism owns communism in shanghai...lol

6.5

[HK Boy]

quite good

[LeCom]

Awesome. 10

[DamienK]

6.5/10

[Skybean]

http://img118.exs.cx/img118/3540/hkshanghaishenzhen7432tr.jpg

[Fabio]

6/10

sorry, I don't like it

[DRAKKO]

6.5/10

[Phobos]

I don't like it that much.I prefer the ones in Russia.

5,5/10

[forvine]

6.5/10

[Sinjin P.]

8/10 ;)

[Accura4Matalan]

7/10. Okayish...

[Reflex]

Is that in Shanghai???:eek:
6.5/10.

[LordMarshall]

8/10

[Vrysxy]

6/10

[marpa]

3,5/10

[SoboleuS]

The buidling is too small and the spire is much too big ;) 5,5/10

[zee]

5/10

[El_Greco]

7/10

[Mosaic]

5/10

[Stiggen]

6/10

[(((myx)))]

5.

[Dreamlıneя]

6/10

[gutooo]

6/10

[kamil.bukowski]

6/10

[W!CKED]

8/10

[Astralis]

4/10

[LMCA1990]

7/10

[stasiua]

6.5/10