Yangon, formerly romanized as Rangoon, is the capital of the Yangon Region and the largest city of Myanmar. Yangon served as the capital of Myanmar until 2006, when the military government relocated the administrative functions to the purpose-built capital city of Naypyidaw in north central Myanmar. With over five million people, Yangon is Myanmar's most populous city and its most important commercial centre.
Living Shangri-La is a mixed-use skyscraper in downtown Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, and is the tallest building in the city and second tallest in the province. The 62-storey Shangri-La tower contains a 5-star hotel and its offices on the first 15 floors, with condominium apartment units occupying the rest of the tower. The building's podium complex also includes a spa, Urban Fare specialty grocery store, a Vancouver Art Gallery public display, and a curated public sculpture garden. The high-rise stands 200.86 metres (659 ft) tall and there is a private roof garden on floor 61. It is the 34th tallest building in Canada.
The China World Trade Center is located in Chaoyang District, the central business district of Beijing.
The Shangri-La Hotel is a 43-floor hotel tower in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. The tower has a total structural height of 200 m. Construction of the Shangri-La Hotel was completed in July, 2003. It was built by South African construction firm Murray and Roberts, now renamed Concor.
Kyauktada Township is the center of downtown Yangon, Myanmar. The township consists of nine wards, and shares borders with Botataung Township in the east, Seikkan Township and Yangon River in the south, Pabedan Township in the west and Mingala Taungnyunt Township in the north.
Selene is a residential skyscraper at the southwest corner of 53rd Street and Lexington Avenue in Midtown Manhattan, New York City. The 64-story tower, completed in 2019, was designed by Norman Foster. At 711 feet (217 m) tall, it is the 77th tallest building in New York.
Shangri-La at The Fort, also known as Shangri-La The Fort, Manila, is a five-star luxury hotel and mixed-used building in Bonifacio Global City, Taguig, Metro Manila, Philippines. It opened on March 1, 2016, and is one of the three hotels managed by Shangri-La Hotels and Resorts located in Metro Manila. It also hosts residential units.
Accord Metropolitan is a five-star hotel in Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India.
The Yangon Stock Exchange opened in December 2015, at the former Central Bank of Myanmar and Myawaddy Bank headquarters in Yangon. On 23 December 2014, two Japanese firms, Daiwa Institute of Research, the research arm of Daiwa Securities Group and Japan Exchange Group, established a joint venture with the state-owned Myanma Economic Bank to establish this stock exchange. The joint venture firm, the Yangon Stock Exchange-Joint Venture Limited will have a working capital of US$31 million. The Securities and Exchange Commission has selected Kanbawza Bank to be YSX' settlement bank.
Sakura Tower is a 20-story modern office building in Kyauktada Township, Yangon, Myanmar. The 100 m (328 ft) tower was completed by Japanese contractors in 1999 and had been the tallest building in Myanmar from 1999 to 2016.
32nd Street is a narrow north-to-south street located in Pabedan Township and adjacent to Sule Pagoda Road in Yangon, Myanmar. Generally the street is divided into 3 blocks, similar to other streets in downtown Yangon. The street's major divisions include the Upper Block, the Middle Block, and the combination of the two blocks between Merchant Road and Bandoola Road, and between Merchant Road and Strand Road, collectively called the Lower Blocks. The street is located near the Clover City Center.
Central Fire Station, Yangon is a colonial-era landmark in Yangon, Myanmar of historical significance, and designated on the Yangon City Heritage List. The building continues to be used as a fire station.
The Far Eastern Plaza is a set of twin skyscrapers located in Daan District, Taipei, Taiwan. The buildings are each 165 m (541 ft) in height 41 floors above the ground. The towers, designed by the Taiwanese architect Chu-Yuan Lee and the P&T Group, were completed in 1994 and were among the earliest skyscrapers in Taipei.
The Shangri-La's Far Eastern Plaza Hotel Tainan, is skyscraper hotel completed in 1993 in East District, Tainan, Taiwan. It is one of the earliest skyscrapers in Tainan and as of December 2020, it is still the tallest building in the city. The architectural height of the building is 140 m (460 ft) with its antenna reaching 153 m (502 ft), and it comprises 38 floors above ground, as well as six basement levels, with a floor area of around 70,000 m2 (750,000 sq ft).
