9. The Fang Yuan Building, Shenyang, China 中國沈陽方圓大廈

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，這幢建筑的設計也很有特色，但并不杰出。它的設計師是李祖原，其所設計的臺北101大廈要好很多。設計師希望通過將中國古老孔方形狀錢幣與現(xiàn)代辦公大樓相結合來達到文化相融的目的。