A rock and a high place: British architects complete major projects in China's third city

摘要

As Wilkinson Eyre's International Finance Centre nears completion, taking Guangzhou's skyline to new and dizzying heights, Zaha Hadid's newly minted Guangzhou Opera House deploys an altogether different architectural strategy, hunkering down to anchor an ambitious programme of cultural development in China's rapidly expanding third city. As part of the masterplan for the city's Zhujiang New Town, both projects sit to the west of a linear park that runs perpendicular to Pearl River.