The giant toilet & other odd Chinese buildings

Does this building look like anything to you?  What if we told you it was the new home of North China University of Water Conservancy and Electric Power?

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But this giant toilet isn’t the only unusual shaped building in China.

The construction phase of building for The People’s Daily HQ got a bit awkward in 2013 when photos of the scaffolding creating this rather striking image:

In fact in February 2016, China’s State Council put out an edict banning “bizarre” and “odd-shaped” buildings.  

This followed the revelation that in 2014 President Xi Jinping called for less “weird architecture”. Just how odd looking are buildings in that part of the world?

Here’s a look at eye-catching designs from China:

Resource: realestate.com.au