Located in the Shannan district
in Huainan City, China, this glazed building in the form of a violin leaning
against a piano was completed in 2007.
Designed by architectural students from the Hefei University of Technology,
the building is built at a scale of 50:1,
and serves as a showroom for exhibiting development plans.
The transparent violin is made from
clear glass panels and contains
escalators and a staircase for the main piano building
which accommodates two concert halls.
The piano structure is built on
three concrete legs and is made
from hundreds of black glass panels
interspersed with clear and white glass to
represent piano keys. A roof terrace is sheltered beneath a canopy shaped like
the propped-open lid of a piano.
Because of its unique design, it has become a
popular tourist attraction, and has been called ‘the most romantic building in
China’ as newly-weds come to have their photograph taken in front of it.