Guangzhou's landmark curtain wall building

According to the query on the Alibaba auction platform, although the auction price of 1.36 billion yuan attracted more than 20,000 onlookers, no bidder submitted a registration application in the end.

The design lineup is also luxurious enough, jointly designed by Professor Joseph of the Politecnico di Milano in Italy and Professor He Jingtang of the South China University of Technology, inspired by the ancient jade jade of the tomb of the King of Nanyue and the gong of the opening city, which is known as a cultural landmark that is said to be a "combination of Chinese and Western".
Guangzhou Round Building has two major functions of super Grade A office building and commercial, and the building is planned to be equipped with two 30-storey serviced apartments and a plastic museum, as well as a wax museum, integrating business office, shopping, serviced apartments and tourism.

Guangzhou Round Building, a building that has caused countless controversies since its completion, the architectural shape resembles a copper coin, and even the color of the surface of the building is golden. Not only does it look like a copper coin, and the reflection in the water, but it also forms a "8" character, For Cantonese people who trade feng shui, it is indeed a very auspicious shape.
The architectural design is inspired by traditional Chinese jade, which resembles a double-ring jade bi, but also resembles the number 8 and the symbol of infinity, which has a strong interpretation value in Chinese culture. The design of the building comes from JDP architects in Italy, and draws on the Italian Renaissance meaning of "turning a circle into a square", and the outer and inner circles of the façade support the floors of the building, as if perfectly "turning a circle into a square", creating a pleasant interior space.

The project is located in Liwan District, Guangzhou, which is the "convergence of three rivers and a thousand-year-old commercial capital", within the scope of the Baietan Economic Circle, which belongs to the new ten projects of Guangdong and the key projects of Guangzhou, and is a large-scale modern development project supported by the provincial government.
But the ideal is very plump, and the reality is very skinny! In 2012, it was named "The World's Ugliest Building" by CNN, and in 2017, it was selected as one of the "Top Ten Ugly Buildings in China", laughing......
Although some supporters feel that "uniqueness is recognition", the label of "ugliest building" cannot be torn off, and everyone ridiculed: "It looks like a coin from a distance, looks like a hula hoop up close, and those who don't know think it's a large amusement ride." ”

As night falls, the lights on the exterior wall of the Round Building are lit up from bottom to top, implying that it is glorious and rising, and since the completion of the building, it has attracted a large number of tourists every day to see this landmark building known as local tyrant gold.
Some people say that its shape is too straightforward, like an enlarged copper coin, and the golden appearance exudes a "local tyrant", which is incompatible with the modern urban style of Guangzhou; Some people also joked about the Cantonese homonym, saying that "Guangzhou Yuan" sounds like "Guangzhou is over", which means unlucky.
Senior readers who often visit the China Curtain Wall Network ALwindoor.com must know that when the building was still in the drawing stage, it caused controversy because of its "local tyrant gold" color, and netizens had mixed reviews of its appearance, and the owner also offered a reward of 100,000 yuan to name the building......