Wender·Vista
Shanghai World Financial Center
shown on ceramic, 12-inch tilePeople's Republic of China
in Lujiazui, Pudong, across the Huangpu from the Bund

Shanghai World Financial Center

— — the bottle opener cut clean against the skyline.

— Where it lives

Not only on a wall.

A small tile on the nightstand catching the morning. A larger one above the fire. Yours, wherever you spend the slow hours.
— On the nightstand, a 6-inch on a walnut stand
— Among the books, a 6-inch leaning into the spines
— Beside the kettle, a 12-inch propped
— Down a quiet hall, an 18-inch floating off the wall
— Above the fire, the 24-inch in a walnut surround
— a note from the studio

“The tallest of Pudong's first generation, built next to Jin Mao and just before Shanghai Tower joined them. A trapezoidal void cut at the crown, sharp against the river weather. The skywalk on the 100th floor looks straight down through glass at 474 metres. From the Bund across the Huangpu it reads as one clean stroke against the others.

from the studio
Shanghai World Financial Center
— bring it home

Shanghai World Financial Center, on ceramic.

Each tile is finished by hand in our Knoxville studio. Artwork is slowly infused into the ceramic surface under high heat and pressure, and rests beneath a thin glossy finish. The colour lives in the surface, not on top of it.

What kind of piece?
One tile — square or rectangle.
How big?
the popular one — counter, shelf, nightstand
6 × 6 in · 15 cm · 1.6 lb
Surface finish
A clear glossy finish — the artwork reads as if under resin. Ideal for show-pieces and framed wall art.
How it sits
A hidden cleat — sits ¼″ proud of the wall.
$58
Hand-finished and shipped from our studio at the foot of the Smokies. On your wall in about ten days.
— size
6 × 6 in
15 cm
— weighs
1.6 lb
solid in the hand
— surface
ceramic, hand-finished
art rests beneath a thin glossy finish
— from
Knoxville, TN
our family studio, at the foot of the Smokies
— start a Coaster Set

Pick any four 4-inch tiles — National Parks you've been to, a Smokies set, the four seasons of one place. $ for a set of , cork-backed, ready to live on the table.

— about Shanghai World Financial Center

The place, in three passes.

A little of what's known, in case you fall down the rabbit hole — or want to go see it yourself.
— the place

The Shanghai World Financial Center stands in the Lujiazui financial district of Pudong, on the east bank of the Huangpu River. Designed by Kohn Pedersen Fox and completed in 2008, the tower reaches 492 metres across 101 floors. The trapezoidal aperture near the crown, originally drawn as a circle, was reshaped during design review. Three observation decks open at floors 94, 97, and 100, the highest at 474 metres above street level. Jin Mao Tower stands immediately south; Shanghai Tower, completed in 2015, rises directly north.

— informed by Wikipedia, Kohn Pedersen Fox
— the stone

101 floors of steel and glass rising from a deep raft foundation in the Huangpu's alluvial plain. The diagonal bracing on the façade carries lateral load against typhoon winds that reach the East China coast each summer. The trapezoidal opening at the crown was added to relieve wind pressure at altitude and reduce the structural mass needed to resist it. Mori Building of Tokyo developed the tower over a fourteen-year span interrupted by the 1997 Asian financial crisis.

— informed by CTBUH
— the light

At dusk the Lujiazui skyline turns on in a fixed order — Jin Mao's pagoda lanterns first, then the Financial Center's outline, then Shanghai Tower's spiral curtain wall. Across the Huangpu the Bund's neoclassical façades catch the warm side of the same sky. The aperture at the top of the Financial Center frames the colour above Pudong, a dark trapezoid that reads against any weather. River ferries pass below; the skywalk floor at 474 metres holds the last of the sun.

— informed by Wikipedia — Lujiazui
— where
People's Republic of China · Lujiazui, Pudong, Shanghai
— position
31.2347° N · 121.5057° E
— the neighborhood

What's nearby.

A handful of named places within an hour's walk or short drive. Some we've already painted; some we will.
0.1 km S
Jin Mao Tower
tower
0.2 km N
Shanghai Tower
tower
1 km NW
Oriental Pearl Tower
tower
1.5 km W
The Bund
waterfront
N
Shanghai World Financial Center
Jin Mao Tower
Shanghai Tower
Oriental Pearl Tower
The Bund
— common questions

What people ask.

A few questions we get about Shanghai World Financial Center — and about bringing the piece home.
— about the place

492 metres across 101 floors. When it opened in 2008 it was the tallest building in China. Shanghai Tower next door surpassed it in 2015 at 632 metres.

The trapezoidal aperture near the top, originally drawn as a circle, was reshaped during design. The opening relieves wind load on the upper floors and gives the tower its distinctive silhouette.

Kohn Pedersen Fox of New York. The tower was developed by Mori Building of Tokyo, with construction spanning fourteen years interrupted by the 1997 Asian financial crisis before completion in 2008.

The observation deck on the 100th floor at 474 metres above street level. A glass-floored corridor runs the length of the trapezoidal opening, so visitors look straight down through the void.

Jin Mao Tower to the south, completed in 1999, and Shanghai Tower to the north, completed in 2015. The three towers form the central cluster of Lujiazui across the Huangpu from the Bund.

— about the piece in your home

It's a piece many of our customers send to friends who left Pudong or kept an office in Lujiazui. The skyline reads from one specific window. A Medium framed in dark walnut carries well.

Modern industrial, contemporary minimalist, and dark-mode urban interiors. The deep blues and steel of the artwork hold against charcoal walls and brushed metal; it also reads against warm white in a Japandi room.

Skyline pieces have stayed steady through the Modern Industrial cycle. The Shanghai tower trio is one of the most recognised silhouettes globally, and reads as architecture rather than tourism.

Above a sofa, a single Large or a four-tile Mural. Above a console table, a Medium reads at standing eye-line. The vertical proportions of the tower suit portrait orientation in either size.

Yes, in Dura Satin or Matte finish. Both resist scratching and moisture; the colour lives in the ceramic surface and won't lift in steam.

A microfibre cloth and water. No abrasives or solvents. The thin glossy finish wipes clean and the colour beneath stays steady through years of dusting.

Yes. Every WenderVista piece is original to the studio. We don't license third-party imagery and we don't reproduce stock photography. The Shanghai composition was drawn for this catalogue.

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