The new Guangxi New Media Centre, which is located in Guangxi in south-east China, has taken two years to complete, but has been widely criticised.

In a bid to deflate lewd remarks about their new home, the architect has said that the design was inspired by the famous terraced landscapes that you see in the provinces of Guangxi and Yunnan.

This fake viral video didn’t help.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=feZkBT_A-ec

The Chinese government had previously taken steps to forbid the construction of “bizarre” and “odd-shaped” buildings that are devoid of character or cultural heritage.

A new directive was issued to ban architecture that is “oversized, xenocentric, weird” and called for buildings that are “suitable, economic, green and pleasing to the eye”.