9. The Fang Yuan Building, Shenyang, China 中國(guó)沈陽方圓大廈

File photo of The Fang Yuan Building.

Like most of the buildings on our list, this effort is distinctive if not distinguished. Architect CY Lee –- who did a much better job with his Taipei 101 skyscraper over in Taiwan -– wanted to fuse cultures by merging an old Chinese coin, complete with square cut-out, with a contemporary modern office block.

就像我們所列出的大多數(shù)建筑那樣，這幢建筑的設(shè)計(jì)也很有特色，但并不杰出。它的設(shè)計(jì)師是李祖原，其所設(shè)計(jì)的臺(tái)北101大廈要好很多。設(shè)計(jì)師希望通過將中國(guó)古老孔方形狀錢幣與現(xiàn)代辦公大樓相結(jié)合來達(dá)到文化相融的目的。