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Wangjing Soho by Zaha Hadid is a complex of three skyscrapers designed to look like giant pebbles.
\nCCTV headquarters in Beijing, which opened in 2012, famously sparked president Xi Jinping to call for an end to “weird architecture” in the country.<\/p>\n
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However, many people defended the project, especially the OMA founder declared that the building played an important role in “conceptualising, liberating and realising structure that did not exist in China before”.<\/p>\n
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“The CCTV headquarters is definitely a unique project, both from an engineering point of view, but more so from a city image building point of view,” Provoost told Dezeen.<\/p>\n
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The Belgian artist also stated that this series marks a change in the architectural style in the country, with architects moving away from these bold designs towards proposals more focused on context.<\/p>\n
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He cites Zaha Hadid Architects’ 46-storey Leeza Soho Tower, which will feature the world’s tallest atrium, as an example of a more “rational” approach, even if the building is all the same an architectural masterwork.<\/p>\n
“In my opinion, the change in architectural style has to do with maturity. There was a time of exploration on a very large scale. With this exploring, there came a realisation that cities cannot expand indefinitely, so people started to look back at city centres. They started asking: is this flamboyant architecture still necessary?” added Provoost.<\/p>\n
Other projects which are not included in the series but belong to this generation of unique buildings are the Bund International Finance Center and International Youth Centre in Nanjing.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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