Blackstone
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I wonder how many hearts she's broken. Outstandingly beautiful.
Chinese Daily Photos, 2011 to 2019!
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Chinese architects, designers, and engineers are being used to produce construction documents all over the world. China can afford to build a lot of buildings of different types, although the taste can be judged by one's own taste. Heck even Chinese model makers and renderings are used all over the world. The next big thing will be 3D module buildings construction in which China is leading the world, as well 3D printing for model display.
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While I am in no way in shape or form an authority in architecture, I did studied architecture in university. And personally I have to say China has some of the world's ugliest iconic buildings in the world, its like these famous architects deliberately designed the ugliest buildings they can to put in China. These buildings are either tacky, strange, out of proportion, and worse yet; a lot of them look graphically "phallic".
Case in point:
Another one:
Even the Oriental Pearl look sort of "phallic":
They say China is like the playground for the architects, to me it feels more like a giant lab of failed experiments. And I have seen a lot of these buidings up close! There is simply no shortage of ugly tacky buildings everywhere you look.
Don't believe me? Take a look :
Or just google "ugly buildings of China"
To you and for some China haters it's "ugly" but for others it's a unique look. Heck even the Eiffel tower and the Sagrada Família Cathedral by Antoni Guadi was once considered horrendous looking and shameful and now it's part of the city's iconic structures.
superdog
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I doubt that you have really seen the buildings you posted up close, or even inspected these photos up close. The first two photos you posted are deliberately taken at specific angles and during a specific stage of scaffolding setup to make them look phallic. Not to mention the Oriental Pearl Tower, what kind of penis looks like that?While I am in no way in shape or form an authority in architecture, I did studied architecture in university. And personally I have to say China has some of the world's ugliest iconic buildings in the world, its like these famous architects deliberately designed the ugliest buildings they can to put in China. These buildings are either tacky, strange, out of proportion, and worse yet; a lot of them look graphically "phallic".
Case in point:
Another one:
Even the Oriental Pearl look sort of "phallic":
They say China is like the playground for the architects, to me it feels more like a giant lab of failed experiments. And I have seen a lot of these buidings up close! There is simply no shortage of ugly tacky buildings everywhere you look.
Don't believe me? Take a look :
Or just google "ugly buildings of China"
This is what the first building actually looks like near completion:
This is what the second building looks like from another angle:
This is what it's supposed to look like when completed:
If that is the definition of "phallic", that any tall building with a curved top or spherical elements resemble a penis, then I bet you'll see a lot of phalluses in every major cities around the world. Well, I don't see it that way.
By the way, I don't doubt that we can find a bunch of ugly or silly looking buildings in China, after all we're talking about a country that has by far erected the most number of new buildings in recent years. However I don't see it as a giant lab with failed experiments. Out of the thousands of major architectural design projects in China, how many truly bad looking ones can you find? And I do mean truly bad looking ones, not ones that are skillfully fabricated by the photographer to create internet meme. From my observation? Not that many at all.
Wuxi Wanda Cultural City's exhibition centre
a.k.a The teapot building
The building is in the shape of a huge traditional teapot. It is located on the border of the Yangtze River and Taihu Lake in China. It is an exhibition centre inspired by the local culture.
The form is based on yixing clay objects, which originated from the Eastern province of Jiangsu during the 15th century. the structure itself is 38.8 metres high and nearly 50 metres in diameter – its main materials are aluminum sheets and differently sized panels of glazing, with stained glass used for the central curvature.
a.k.a The teapot building
The building is in the shape of a huge traditional teapot. It is located on the border of the Yangtze River and Taihu Lake in China. It is an exhibition centre inspired by the local culture.
The form is based on yixing clay objects, which originated from the Eastern province of Jiangsu during the 15th century. the structure itself is 38.8 metres high and nearly 50 metres in diameter – its main materials are aluminum sheets and differently sized panels of glazing, with stained glass used for the central curvature.
SteelBird
Colonel
Is it only me or how I feel the Chinese really have problem with aesthetics. Like people always say "what's not outdated is not China". From military to civilian aircraft. The painting is just awful. Even Pakistan can do better painting job.
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