House of 1,000 windows

Source: Ananova

A new office block being built in China is believed to have the most windows of any building of its size in the world.

The nine-storey building, designed by Japanese architect Sako Keiichiro, has close to a 1,000 windows, reports Today Morning.

People walking past the new development in Jinhua say it makes them feel dizzy if they look at the building for too long because it's so unusual.

One local newspaper journalist counted 113 windows in the 15 rooms of the 9th floor, and said one room alone had 21 windows.

Japanese creativity with unlimited Chinese money. What could go wrong?

The Mode-Gakuen Spiral Towers

Source: Inhabitat

Scholastic architecture doesn’t get much better than these stunning Mode-Gakuen Spiral Towers in Nagoya, Japan. The shimmering towers corkscrew 36 stories [170 m] above the busy streets of Nagoya, Japan, and house educational facilities for three different disciplines in three tapered ‘wings’ - fashion design, computer programming and a medical support. Architectural group Nikken Sekkei included a host of ecological features in the towers including a double-glassed air flow window system and a natural air ventilation system.

That would be a really fun building to work in. I wonder if the inside also has funny angles so that you get lost getting from on corner to the next. No buildings like this here in Calgary. It's all just plain conventional.

632-Meter Shanghai Tower Will Spin Towards The Sky

Source: The Design Blog

Completing the trio of new super-tall towers, the Shanghai Tower is gonna be the highest skyscraper in China. Standing tall at 632 m, the Shanghai Tower accommodates numerous offices, a luxury hotel and retail and cultural venues, together with three floors of underground parking. The Shanghai Metro connects the building to the city. Enclosed with the inner layer of the double-skin facade, the Tower is comprised of nine cylindrical buildings heaped one on the other. While the building cover or the second skin is finished with a triangular exterior layer that swivels as it gets higher. The Shanghai Tower also features nine foyer sky gardens, developed between the two facade layers. The other two structures of the trio are the Shanghai World Financial Center and the Jin Mao Tower located in the Luijiazui Finance and Trade Zone.

WooooooooooW. Shanghai's skyline is always changing with buildings going up at an insane pace. And a Helicopter pad too! That's nuts!