{"id":1614,"date":"2018-12-10T07:24:03","date_gmt":"2018-12-09T23:24:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.hiredchina.com\/articles\/2018\/12\/10\/top-10-ugliest-buildings-in-china-have-you-visited-any\/"},"modified":"2024-12-19T16:48:06","modified_gmt":"2024-12-19T08:48:06","slug":"top-10-ugliest-buildings-in-china-have-you-visited-any","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hiredchina.com\/articles\/top-10-ugliest-buildings-in-china-have-you-visited-any\/","title":{"rendered":"Top 10 Ugliest Buildings in China &#8211; Have You Visited Any?"},"content":{"rendered":"<blockquote><p>Have you ever heard of the top 10 list of China\u2019s ugliest buildings?<br \/>\nEvery year, netizens vote to choose the ugliest <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hiredchina.com\/jobs\">buildings seen<\/a> around the country, and 2018 marks the ninth year of this nationwide vote.<br \/>\nCan you imagine what these ugly buildings look<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/media.hiredchina.com\/Fms8BuQjaY-IVO3p4z_0fkTPEy6C?imageView2\/0\/format\/webp\/q\/75\" alt=\"1.gif\" width=\"640\" height=\"213\" title=\"\"><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 15px;\">Have you ever heard of the top 10 list of China\u2019s ugliest buildings?<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 15px;\">Every year, netizens vote to choose the ugliest buildings seen around the country, and 2018 marks the ninth year of this nationwide vote.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 15px;\">Can you imagine what these ugly buildings look like? Here\u2019s a hint: you\u2019d better let your imagination run wild.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/media.hiredchina.com\/Fn79xJ4PByL2ifqsy4pfcw-4uxw8?imageView2\/0\/format\/webp\/q\/75\" alt=\"1.png\" width=\"598\" height=\"412.201646090535\" title=\"\"><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 15px;\">The &#8220;giant crab&#8221; was originally located in a cafe that had been vacant for many years due to poor management. In March 2017, the cafe underwent facade maintenance to make the shape of the crab.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 15px;\">In the future, it is expected to be a small &#8220;crab\u201d-themed complex that integrates leisure, entertainment, and crab cultural experience, staff said.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/media.hiredchina.com\/Fs015ykpm_82NGYL-gVaRCpCEKtD?imageView2\/0\/format\/webp\/q\/75\" alt=\"2.png\" width=\"598\" height=\"724.1\" title=\"\"><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #888888; font-size: 15px;\">Ummm, why do I want to eat crab after seeing these pictures all of a sudden?? I\u2019m either really hungry, or this design looks very real\u2026 Or both?<\/span><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong><span style=\"font-size: 14px;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong><span style=\"font-size: 14px;\">ULO PARK<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/media.hiredchina.com\/FnhUYh6gpORbZAywTwlyheSi8b2u?imageView2\/0\/format\/webp\/q\/75\" alt=\"a.png\" width=\"598\" height=\"432.3378378378378\" title=\"\"><span style=\"font-size: 15px;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 15px;\">&#8220;Big octopus&#8221; is located in the Wangjing Subdistrict of Beijing, on Guangshun south street. Just like the above-mentioned crab, this one shows a very &#8220;surrealist&#8221; architectural style.<br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 15px;\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/media.hiredchina.com\/FiLR2AuH1NCsFwoVVDpeQaeX--EK?imageView2\/0\/format\/webp\/q\/75\" alt=\"4.png\" width=\"589\" height=\"475.534632034632\" title=\"\"><br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong>Yunnan Kaleidoscope Art Estate<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong><strong style=\"color: #333333;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14px;\">\u4e91\u5357\u4e07\u82b1\u7b52\u827a\u672f\u5e84\u56ed<\/span><\/strong><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/media.hiredchina.com\/FgTGosmZhQvAELGXdSJ6XAehjRWz?imageView2\/0\/format\/webp\/q\/75\" alt=\"QQ\u622a\u56fe20181012152820.png\" width=\"598\" height=\"399.11160714285717\" title=\"\"><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">\n<p>Y<span style=\"font-size: 15px;\">unnan sculptor Luo Xu spent more than 700 days building this fairy tale house in the valley of Maitreya, a massive structure <a href=\"https:\/\/dictionary.cambridge.org\/dictionary\/english\/consist-of\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">consisting<\/a> of more than 20 large and small, upside-down kaleidoscopic tubes.<br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 15px;\">This city is without a steel bar or a nail.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/media.hiredchina.com\/Fp5-Zw5f1clJO-HzAcpTHOja84DB?imageView2\/0\/format\/webp\/q\/75\" alt=\"6.png\" width=\"598\" height=\"645.480686695279\" title=\"\"><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 15px;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong>Puffer Tower in Yangzhong Garden, Jiangsu province<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong><strong style=\"color: #333333;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14px;\">\u6c5f\u82cf\u626c\u4e2d\u56ed\u535a\u56ed\u6cb3\u8c5a\u5854<\/span><\/strong><br \/>\n<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/media.hiredchina.com\/Fp7TXcA2CBPrGeLBt3f_cWvdF8re?imageView2\/0\/format\/webp\/q\/75\" alt=\"QQ\u622a\u56fe20181012152947.png\" width=\"598\" height=\"389.3644444444444\" title=\"\"><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 15px;\">The Fugu tower is an important symbol of the 8th Jiangsu provincial garden expo, located on Xisha Island of the Yangzhong garden.<br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/media.hiredchina.com\/FmAaz7iXN3l7ueW48KTxwucHWsc8?imageView2\/0\/format\/webp\/q\/75\" alt=\"QQ\u622a\u56fe20181012153100.png\" width=\"598\" height=\"391.9776286353468\" title=\"\"><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><strong><span style=\"font-size: 14px;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><strong><span style=\"font-size: 14px;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/strong><\/strong><span style=\"font-size: 16px;\"><strong><strong>Shanghai LV building\u00a0<\/strong><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><span style=\"font-size: 14px;\">\u4e0a\u6d77LV\u5927\u53a6<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/media.hiredchina.com\/FodlLRylLqECcD-903Whf5bhjjvr?imageView2\/0\/format\/webp\/q\/75\" alt=\"QQ\u622a\u56fe20181012153137.png\" width=\"598\" height=\"445.8063063063063\" title=\"\"><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 15px;\">The Shanghai LV Tower, also known as Shanghai Hongqiao Shangjia Center, was designed by famous Japanese architect Aoki Chun. The facade is designed to give the building a streamlined shape from top to bottom to look, like an elegant lady in a white dress.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/media.hiredchina.com\/FlzRP68T9bKYm4vifmRYnFFGeLOX?imageView2\/0\/format\/webp\/q\/75\" alt=\"10.png\" width=\"598\" height=\"479.442265795207\" title=\"\"><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14px; color: #888888;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong>Guangdong Nanhai No. 1 museum<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong><strong style=\"color: #333333;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14px;\">\u5e7f\u4e1c\u5357\u6d77\u4e00\u53f7\u535a\u7269\u9986<\/span><\/strong><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/media.hiredchina.com\/FsTNDov4_KgWT1kSjK_Tp6d_rv4v?imageView2\/0\/format\/webp\/q\/75\" alt=\"QQ\u622a\u56fe20181012153312.png\" width=\"598\" height=\"425.4126582278481\" title=\"\"><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 15px;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 15px;\">The building facade of the No. 1 museum in Nanhai, also known as the Guangdong maritime silk road museum, consists of five interlocking ellipsoids of different sizes.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 15px;\">It is shaped like the keel of an ancient ship, and the whole is like undulating waves, and like the seagull spread its wings.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/media.hiredchina.com\/Fg4fQMNw9a7aOIjq9H585COatADt?imageView2\/0\/format\/webp\/q\/75\" alt=\"12.png\" width=\"598\" height=\"458.1244635193133\" title=\"\"><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14px; color: #888888;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong>Hebei Baiyangdian Lotus Grand View Garden<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong>Gold tortoise pavilion<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong><strong style=\"color: #333333;\"><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: 14px;\">\u6cb3\u5317\u767d\u6d0b\u6dc0\u8377\u82b1\u5927\u89c2\u56ed\u91d1\u9ccc\u9986<\/span><\/strong><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/media.hiredchina.com\/FpHXBO7GMc-_7rzgVyWojqGTB_7t?imageView2\/0\/format\/webp\/q\/75\" alt=\"QQ\u622a\u56fe20181012153838.png\" width=\"598\" height=\"388.47058823529414\" title=\"\"><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 15px;\">With a floor area of 1,680 square meters, the world record society awarded this building the recognition of the \u201cworld&#8217;s largest turtle building\u201d.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/media.hiredchina.com\/FiTFaAbUpnQ8fW97_gnF3T96O0FA?imageView2\/0\/format\/webp\/q\/75\" alt=\"14.png\" width=\"598\" height=\"453.6111111111111\" title=\"\"><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14px; color: #888888;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Dadonghai\uff0cSanya<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Harbour City 1<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong style=\"color: #333333;\"><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: 14px;\">\u4e09\u4e9a\u5927\u4e1c\u6d771\u53f7\u6e2f\u6e7e\u57ce<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/media.hiredchina.com\/Fg24r9OiItbH9EYigWlBSfTywxAe?imageView2\/0\/format\/webp\/q\/75\" alt=\"16.png\" width=\"589\" height=\"450\" title=\"\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/media.hiredchina.com\/FuL8KBnX3Qlo119005oN_vHYkxx_?imageView2\/0\/format\/webp\/q\/75\" alt=\"QQ\u622a\u56fe20181012154005.png\" width=\"598\" height=\"446.7816091954023\" title=\"\"><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><span style=\"font-size: 14px; color: #14c3a1;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Hebei Tianzi Hotel\u00a0<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: 14px;\">\u6cb3\u5317\u5929\u5b50\u5927\u9152\u5e97<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/media.hiredchina.com\/FlD-TAVwXf6eNKUvNh64_ztCRFGA?imageView2\/0\/format\/webp\/q\/75\" alt=\"QQ\u622a\u56fe20181012154119.png\" width=\"589\" height=\"592.9618834080718\" title=\"\"><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 15px;\">The hotel, in the shape of a traditional three-star painted sculpture known as \u2018fu lv shou\u798f\u7984\u5bff\u2019, has been named by the Guinness book of world records as the largest pictographic building.<br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14px; color: #888888;\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/media.hiredchina.com\/FmFZJGX2OSSBJTr9_Ne-fIYndY_U?imageView2\/0\/format\/webp\/q\/75\" alt=\"18.png\" width=\"589\" height=\"441.75\" title=\"\"><br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><span style=\"font-size: 14px;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><span style=\"font-size: 14px;\">Shuangyuhui\uff0cLiuzhou\uff0cGuangxi<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><span style=\"font-size: 14px;\">\u67f3\u5dde\u53cc\u6e14\u6c47<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/media.hiredchina.com\/Fjrxu1tt3plxC7QC67uEw4Xz5r3w?imageView2\/0\/format\/webp\/q\/75\" alt=\"QQ\u622a\u56fe20181012154314.png\" width=\"598\" height=\"398.6666666666667\" title=\"\"><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 15px;\">According to the designer, the project was positioned as an <a target=\"_blank\" class=\"inside_link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.hiredchina.com\/articles\/tag\/international\/\" title=\"View all posts in international\">international<\/a> boutique mall, and the building was designed to be a landmark with two giant carps leaping up.<br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/media.hiredchina.com\/FtU_-6Zv2QUmEiQ8ZeYfTge5mRmS?imageView2\/0\/format\/webp\/q\/75\" alt=\"QQ\u622a\u56fe20181012154420.png\" width=\"598\" height=\"233.1409691629956\" title=\"\"><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 15px;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 15px;\">I guess people may think of the Chinese new year when they look at it? Maybe?<br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 15px;\">It is undeniable that in some specific environments and cultural backgrounds, the pictographic approach of architecture is a good way of expression, which in turn can bring a lot of emotions. But too much might just make it worse.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 15px;\">What do you think of these buildings? If you had to pick one to visit, where would you go?<br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 15px;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/media.hiredchina.com\/FrUoEwTtUgnTBv4WNCTcJ95vjD19?imageView2\/0\/format\/webp\/q\/75\" alt=\"GIC Cooperation Code.jpeg\" width=\"1133\" height=\"1080\" title=\"\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/media.hiredchina.com\/FmO0rtKmh3kKE5hjmxR-_B4vpOgP?imageView2\/0\/format\/webp\/q\/75\" alt=\"GIC QR Code.jpeg\" width=\"682\" height=\"431\" title=\"\"><br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Have you ever heard of the top 10 list of China\u2019s ugliest buildings? 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