Name of project: Pangu Plaza 盤古大觀 (former name: Morgan Centre)
(Pangu is a figure in a Chinese myth who separated heaven and earth) Location: beside “Water Cube” and “Bird Nest”, Olympic zone, Beijing Height: 191.65m (office tower: 4.6m per storey) Floor count: 39 above ground, 5 under ground Utility: office space, apartments, hotel, shopping, club Architect: Li Zuyuan, Taiwan (architect of Taipei 101) Implied meaning of external form: a dragon (head, trunk and tail) (NOT AN OLYMPIC TORCH, AS MOST OF YOU MAY HAVE THOUHT IT TO BE! ) Other:1. Seven huge LED screens on wall, 3400 square metres in all. The biggest one, as well as China's biggest, is 900 square metres. They will present live broadcast of the Olympic Games in August. 2. white granite wall, made of high-quality stones from China's Shandong Province.
this building is absolutely mental, it looks like a design by 5 yr old kid. Corney and shameless, utterly disgraceful. I wish the talentless designer burn in hell
It might look a bit tacky, but in general I think it's great if architects include some local elements.
It would be a shame if skylines all over the world would have the same 'westernized' look and you couldn't tell whether you are in Europe or Asia anymore when looking at the buildings in a city.
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