9. The Fang Yuan Building, Shenyang, China 中国沈阳方圆大厦

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.

就像我们所列出的大多数建筑那样，这幢建筑的设计也很有特色，但并不杰出。它的设计师是李祖原，其所设计的台北101大厦要好很多。设计师希望通过将中国古老孔方形状钱币与现代办公大楼相结合来达到文化相融的目的。