architect extraordinaire

Architects in China are having a field day in China’s pre-Olympic development boom. For all those architects who felt their ‘art’ was being thwarted for more practical concerns, Beijing has become their second-home. It would seem the key phrases they have in mind are:

PSYCHADELIC VISUAL POLLUTION
EYE-SORE EXTRAORDINAIRE!
*glistening fairy-tale pumpkin*
& SAFETY IS NOT ON THE AGENDA!

EXHIBIT I: The leaning towers of Beijing will become the new home to CCTV - China Central Television Headquarters. When the project finishes, the buildings will reach a height of 230 metres, with a 60 degree lean (20 degrees more than Pisa), culminating in a 90 degree bend across the top! I say: good luck to the 10,000 people going to work there everyday ... The Jing may soon need some new TV journos.

.the leaning towers on their way to completion ...

EXHIBIT 2: Sanlitun's 'Fairytale Pumpkin Palace' or as the architect's have coined it: "the cradle of the rejuvenation of the entire village." When the Village is complete, it will house over 20 four-story retail blocks, a boutique hotel, a cinema complex, bars, restaurants, and the world's biggest Adidas store.


.the windows glisten a brilliant orange in the afternoon sun!


.venturing into the fairytale pumpkin!
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