An impressive 597-metre skyscraper restarts in China after 10 years of abandonment

In Tianjin suburbs, a skyscraper of glass and steel sets its dizzying silhouette above the urban landscape. Goldin Finance 117, 597 meters high, was to embody China's architectural and economic ambition of the early 2010s. Ten years after the abrupt shutdown of its construction site, this long-forsaken giant comes out of sleep, re-launched in a context where symbols sometimes count more than usage. A prowess of engineering stopped net by the cri…