Piano House - Huainan,China

*am so falling in love with this building, so cool! and wondering, when will i be there? soon!*

In the wonderful world of architecture, nothing thrills Tanglewood Conservatories more than coming across buildings that are creative, useful and visually appealing. One of the more interesting concepts we have seen in recent years is the Urban Planning Exhibition Hall in Huainan City in AnHui Province, China.

Built in 2007, the main part of the building is designed to look like a grand piano, complete with the lid propped open. Leaning against the piano is a large glass violin. The transparent violin houses the staircase that connects the glass building to the piano and leads into the main part of the building. The grand piano base of the building houses two concert halls and is used by music students from a local college.

The Urban Planning Exhibition Hall is also being used by city officials to display plans for more innovative architectural projects in the newly developed city of Huainan; including what is sure to be a huge attraction, the world’s first ping-pong paddle-shaped hotel!To make sure that the rooms in this new hotel are booked, Huainin City has even bigger building plans in the making. It was revealed in March 2011, that city officials want to build an Olympic Park, complete with other oddly shaped buildings, including an American football-shaped stadium and an indoor swimming pool shaped like volleyball.

Tanglewood Conservatories will continue to follow this innovative city and its building plans, and hopes that someday we will be able to visit these architectural marvels in person!

this is it!

the other side of building

on the night! it really glow!