Architects in China apparently need to tone down the quirkiness of their designs and quit erecting buildings that pass as giant pants, penises, and ancient coins. As the South China Morning Post (SCMP) first reported, the State Council on Sunday issued a directive concerning the country’s future blueprint that includes a ban on “weird” architecture. Rather than being “oversized, xenocentric, weird,” and non-representative of China’s cultural heritage, as so many current buildings supposedly are, new structures must be “suitable, economic green and pleasing to the eye.”
by Claire Voon on February 24, 2016
