Is this building in Liaoning Province a good example of modern crap Chinese architecture:
telegraph.co.uk/property/pro … me=2104906
Or is this in Macau even more ridiculous:
telegraph.co.uk/property/pro … me=2159742
Anything made out of concrete and glass in a tropical climate is heinous, IMHO :stinkyface:
Shenyang is not tropical. It’s in the area formerly known as Manchuria, which means bloody cold outside a few moist months in summer.
I’ve seen that building. Looks okay in person. 
I was commenting on that monstrosity in Macau (and similar things in Taiwan). And come to think of it, concrete buildings in cold climates are even worse. I’m thinking Chigago in the middle of winter - my only remaining impression is of sitting on the subway watching miles and miles of snow-covered grey concrete. What a fugly place.
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This reminded me of the story of the Seven Sisters and the Palace of Culture and Science. The Seven Sisters are a series of buildings in Moscow built in the Stalinist style. Another, similar building, the Palace of Culture and Science was built in Warsaw, supposedly as a gift from the people of the Soviet Union to those of Poland.
Poles say that the best views in Warsaw are from the Palace of Culture and Science because they are the only views in Warsaw that do not contain the Palace of Culture and Science.
I was commenting on that monstrosity in Macau (and similar things in Taiwan). [/quote]
I know. But I have been looking for an opportunity, any opportunity, for years, to show off my intimate knowledge of Shenyang. 
I’ve been to Changchun a few times, but I’ve only dared go in the Summer! I guess the classic view of modern Chinese architecture is of Pudong across from the Bund. That Macau building is exceptionally ugly it has to be said. Go into those Chinese casinos and see the faux-red and golden decoration…urrrgghhh.
Yinchuan in Ningxia is like nothing I’ve yet seen. Kilometre after kilometer of fake European colonial style edifices (every building seems to look like it was plucked from Washington DC), some Muslim inspired wonders, and loads of parks, lakes, small forests, and giant plazas. It’s actually very nice in a weird sort of way. Far preferable to the shitty urban environment in Taiwan.
The subject line reminded me of these buildings from the important Chinese architectural school of salt-shaker kitsch.
And just imagine what these will look like after a decade or so of neglect, after the use of shoddy materials and techniques starts to show. Then there’s the acid rain…
I go with Albert Speer’s theory of “Ruin value” - you have to build stuff from the point of view of what it wiill look like 2,000 years from now
after a few invasions, wars, centuries of neglect etc.
From that pov Angkor Wat scores double, for being the world’s coolest monument when it was built, and still being the coolest 1,000 years later with a jungle growing on top of it.
So we should all be thinking about what Taipei will look like in 1,000 years time…
My guess is that with the global warming and rise in sea level, just a few of the freeways will still be standing iin the big lagoon – if they can survive the quakes, that is…
Sounds like a big improvement. 
Judging from the photo, the acid rain cannot come soon enough.