China’s government has introduced planning guidelines that call on officials to reject applications to construct “bizarre” buildings in the People’s Republic.
As well as “unsuitable” architecture, the new advice is intended to reduce urban sprawl and increase the quality of urban design.
The move is a response to a recent increase in unusual buildings. For example, there was one recent construction that resembled a mobile phone, two teapot-shaped structures and two pairs of trousers.
China also has at least 10 White Houses, three Arcs de Triomphe and an Eiffel Tower (pictured).
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China’s official Xinhua news agency commented: “Priority will be given to the protection of farmland, and land for construction use will be properly allocated.
“As part of efforts to provide low-income urban residents with affordable housing, China aims to complete renovation of rundown urban areas and dilapidated housing by 2020.
Shenzhen’s Eiffel Tower (Steve Jurvetson/Wikimedia Commons)
“China will also improve urban planning and construction of infrastructure, both underground and overground. Construction standards and project quality will be raised.”
