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- Crazy Chinese Buildings from 163.com<a href="http://inhabitat.com/tag/china-architecture/" target="_blank">Architecture and urban development in contemporary China</a> is well known for being big and bold. Now a new gallery featuring 21 of the craziest buildings scattered across the country shows off some of the constructions in recent decades that have been causing a stir. Published by the Chinese website <a href="http://www.163.com/">163.com</a>, this diverse array of Chinese architecture documents the shift from tradition to the rise of the skyscraper into sometimes bizarre forms. Hit the jump for the full gallery of crazy constructions from all over China - you might even recognize a few from your own backyard!1
- Crazy Chinese Buildings from 163.comThe Wenling People's Court building.2
- Crazy Chinese Buildings from 163.comConstructed in the Henan province of Yichuan, this project within the city looks similar to a belt.3
- Crazy Chinese Buildings from 163.comThe Center of Bashu Culture Art will be completed later this year, and can be found in Chongqing, Guotai Art Center.4
- Crazy Chinese Buildings from 163.comWhite Swan created a cottage that is reminiscent of Sydney Opera House. It is located in the Jiangsu province, Funing County, Seongnam.5
- Crazy Chinese Buildings from 163.comThe Beijing Olympic Park watchtower, which is still under construction, and a building in Chongqing.6
- Crazy Chinese Buildings from 163.comHere, the "Eiffel Tower" tower is renamed Tiancheng. It is constructed in Fujian, Fuqing.7
- Crazy Chinese Buildings from 163.comThis absurd stack of houses in Chongqing is a colorful assemblage, while the Shandong Rizhao water tower is an elegant organic form.8
- Crazy Chinese Buildings from 163.comThe Government building in Nanjing, Yuhua, is similar to the Capitol in Washington D.C.9
- Crazy Chinese Buildings from 163.comThe customs office in the second ring road east of Changsha, Hunan Province, also resembles the U.S. Capitol.10
- Crazy Chinese Buildings from 163.comThese expensive apartments lie in Sanya, Hainan Island.11
- Crazy Chinese Buildings from 163.comThis building is located in the southeast of Beijing.12
- Crazy Chinese Buildings from 163.comThe building Linda Hai Square is located along the Dongsi ring.13
- Crazy Chinese Buildings from 163.comThe Taihu Pearl China is in the Huzhou Sheraton Haikou Resort.14
- Crazy Chinese Buildings from 163.comThis controversial archway is "the East Gateway of Suzhou" and is still under construction.15
- Crazy Chinese Buildings from 163.comThis bottle-shaped building is not surprisingly the headquarters for a drink company.16
- Crazy Chinese Buildings from 163.comIn Yiling, District of Yichang City, in Hubei Province, a bottle-shaped building is home to local offices. Located in Hebei, Yanjiao, this controversial Hotel of the Emperor, incorporates the images of three gods.17