Bizarre 'Razor Blade' Building Pops Up at Chinese University

By Catherine Lee, January 18, 2017

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Although President Xi Jinping himself demanded an end to weird buildings a few years back, that hasn't stopped China's architects from continuing the fad. 

The latest is a gymnasium built at Shandong University, which has attracted attention online due to its bizarre appearance that makes the complex look like a ring of razor blades from afar.

Razor building in China

As we said, this isn't anything new. China has seen all kinds of buildings of various resemblances: a pair of pants (CCTV Headquarters in Beijing)...

CCTV Building Beijing

... a cellphone (building in Yun'nan):

Cell Phone Building Yunnan

... a tea pot (building in Jiangsu):

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... and much more.


[Images via People's Daily]

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