A 100m tall cliff-face of blue mirrored glass, stretching 500m along a triumphal plaza, the New Century Global Centre houses an entire seaside resort, along with a 14-screen Imax cinema, Olympic-sized ice rink, two five-star hotels and its own Mediterranean shopping village – all wrapped with a vast ribbon of offices. Sprawling for 1.7m square metres, it could fit 20 Sydney Opera Houses beneath its glass roof. — guardian.co.uk
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"It is a world class modern city of idyllic beauty," trumpets the promotional video, "where recreation has become the core value of modern business concepts and business will become a way of life."
A gift to the World... A "Gin Fizz" supreme.. All 17 minutes of it.
The proletariat paradise..with all the sincerity of a quick handshake and a smirk.
I am really looking forward to the "passionate sprays"
Weird
What a nightmare! Let them eat a gigantic glass cake.
I love cosplay!
China's Titanic
I just keep playing from 1:23 to 1:26 over and over. It's mesmerizing, possibly the best 3 seconds of architectural presentation I've ever seen in my life!
Donna, thanks so much, I am the designer of that monstrosity.
hey!
can you make that pigeon fly over my house?
it could use a li'l make over.
LOL sameolddoctor did you also do the voiceover? Well guess *someone* has to make these designs and renderings.
It's actually a petty good first shot at the bubbles we will all have to live under after we've sufficiently destroyed the planet's atmosphere. Sort of like Logan's Run - so where is the Carousel?
I wonder how many migrant workers they could have permanently housed in this monstrosity.
No, Donna, that was my Chinese cousin. Brothers from different mothers. My English is really not that good.
Oh, i think the design language hints at it being a Noah's Ark for the people of Chengdu.
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