The bottle opener, cooking syringe and egg whisk: Is “modern” architecture ruining Chinese cities?
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Beijing, (People’s Daily Online), December 17, 2013 – Since China entered the modern era, a modernist trend in architecture has swept the country. The design of modern Chinese buildings is deeply influenced by western styles; traditional Chinese architecture has generally disappeared from view and some inappropriate elements of western construction are taking hold in China’s contemporary architecture.
Some modern buildings in China have won favor for their structure and their functional suitability, but others are famous for their strange appearance or their radical style. An example is the twisted skyscraper in Xiamen which is the headquarters of the Ruihua high-tech R&D Center. 99.7m tall, the building has been described as “a giant fried dough twist”- a Chinese snack. Someone joked that “the building makes my stomach ache.”