The roof is quite ugly. I saw it in person.
BEIJING | Pangu Plaza | 192m | 39 fl | Com
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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.
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(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.
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The top is weird but a nice project overall. 
Sorry but I'm not really a fan of this. The low rise buildings look like commieblocks and the highrise, just plain ugly
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from laogao, beijingupdates.com
this building looks good in fireworks
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from laogao, beijingupdates.com
this building looks good in fireworks
yes, really strange top, but i like it...it's something new
and btw....ROT-Thread done already since the project seems to be very completed, at least the exterior: http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showthread.php?t=677858
and btw....ROT-Thread done already since the project seems to be very completed, at least the exterior: http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showthread.php?t=677858
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