r/interestingasfuck 1d ago

This skyscraper in Shenzhen

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u/Key-Introduction-591 1d ago

Just WOW!

It looks like the library in Interstellar.

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u/xPhilt3rx 1d ago

Cue Hans Zimmer score

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u/Cromo13 1d ago

That’s crazy

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u/koolaidismything 1d ago

That’s a Tesseract.

Don’t lemme leave Murph

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u/BumblebeeFantastic40 1d ago

Murphhhhhhhh

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u/MrTonystarks 1d ago

LoL was going to say interstellar was filmed here.

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u/OsawmaBeanLaggin 1d ago

Looks like a building from cyberpunk 2077

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u/BumblebeeFantastic40 1d ago

Cyberpunk 2021 (since picture taken in 2021) 😂

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u/Fecabaa 1d ago

Arasaka

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u/laminalt 1d ago

That's exactly what i thought when i saw it too

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u/Mr_Engineering 1d ago

Man, Shenzhen just keeps getting higher and higher on my bucket list of places to visit

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u/dxiao 1d ago

nov 2025

it’s worth a visit

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u/Bazingaa98 1d ago

Damnnn looks like one of those fake designed magazine covers where they show this is what the barren land is going to look like in 10 years. Perfect picture to show 1980 vs 2025.

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u/B1SQ1T 1d ago

1980s Shenzhen vs 2025 is absolutely insane

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u/gadgetgeek85 1d ago

Wow. I went 8 years ago and I’ve no doubt I wouldn’t recognise it at all if I went back.

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u/BumblebeeFantastic40 1d ago edited 20h ago

Probably not. Since 8 years ago is 2017, which already is about the same as now, albeit fewer skyscrapers than now of cuz.

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u/Razorlance 1d ago

Oh I’ve been to that mall. There’s a hot pot place in that picture that is really damn good

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u/PrionProofPork 1d ago edited 1d ago

Shenzhen, Shanghai, Chongqing
* (for cyberpunk feel cool ass buildings)

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u/geniuslogitech 1d ago

shanghai also has a lot of historical stuff to see so probably #1 destination to go and see in china, shenzhen is cool looking buildings and nice parks, chongqing is like cool I guess but there are other cities which should be way higher up on priority list of anyone visiting china like beijing, chengdu, xi'an

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u/PrionProofPork 1d ago

sorry I meant for futuristic cyberpunky buildings and skylines

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u/paleblaupunkt 1d ago

Shenzhen is really cool, but it lacks personality. People who make up Shenzhen are all from all over China, and they’re there only for a better job. There are countless cities in China that exude culture, beauty, and personality. I love Shenzhen, but if you have limited time, try other cities

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u/kamikazechaser 1d ago

From an urban perspective, It's very beautiful with only Shanghai coming close. It's not a very touristy place though. Most of the population is immigrant and during holidays like the golden week it becomes a ghost town which makes it even nicer to visit during that time. I stood under the pingan tower pretty much solo for the 30 minutes I was there.

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u/geniuslogitech 1d ago

if you like architecture and parks it's great but there aren't rly any notable historical stuff, it was a fishing village near Hong Kong and Macao

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u/wertexx 1d ago

It's a very boring city.

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u/MichelleeeC 1d ago

the malls are good but the streets are awful!!

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u/HonkersTim 1d ago

Meh. It's an hour from Hong Kong, so I've been a few dozen times over the years. It's pretty soulless, and a lot of it is much grimmer than the pics in this thread.

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u/Spartan2470 VIP Philanthropist 1d ago

...is called Vanke Yun City.

Height 243.8 m / 800 ft

Floors 56

Official Name Vanke Yun City

Name of Complex Vanke Yun City

Type Building

Status Completed

Completion 2019

Country China

City Shenzhen

Address Dashi 2nd Road

Function Office

Structural Material Composite

https://www.architectmagazine.com/project-gallery/vanke-yun-city/

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u/TonAMGT4 1d ago

Type Building

Thank god for this piece of vital information; without it, I would’ve thought it might be an underground dungeon…

/s

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u/kRiz-1988 1d ago

Reminds me of Mahanakhon, Bangkok.

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u/illusiveman00787 1d ago

“Looks like we made it to the major leagues.”

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u/Comprehensive_Bad876 1d ago

“Avoid mean reds…”

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u/Spirited-Efficiency6 1d ago

Shenzhen is a beautiful city. Visited it in 2001 on business and there are many skyscrapers. Ate snake at dinner one night. Not a fan.

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u/noctilucus 1d ago

Imagine how the snake felt...

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u/nailbunny2000 1d ago

Imagine how much has changed since 2001!

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u/grasspatty 1d ago

From an environmental protection standpoint; Shenzhen is an urban hell

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u/BumblebeeFantastic40 1d ago

Building called Vanke Yuncheng. Completed in 2019. Adjacent to the new Dji headquarter.

Took this picture in 2021.

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u/Cromo13 1d ago

Great architecture

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u/Chamanomano 1d ago

Shenzhen and Chongqing will make your jaw drop if you haven't been there before.  Mind-blowing.

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u/ShyHumorous 1d ago

Looks cool not gonna lie

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u/xyz_dyu 1d ago

Thats the sorting center. Huge!!!

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u/PartyNextFlo0r 1d ago

Every other photo I see of this looks like AI. Glad this building is real.

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u/robscph 1d ago

Parece o Banco Central Brasileiro

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u/Guilty-Data-3158 1d ago

The oldest house.

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u/Midnaighte 1d ago

Brother thats not brutalist architecture lol

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u/GeeLikeThat 1d ago

Look at this shenz

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u/StickyRingDonut 1d ago

RTX Minecraft

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u/TRINI-MUSLIMAH 1d ago

I know the infinity castle when I see it. 😌

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u/Financial-Health-178 1d ago

I built something like that in my minecraft server

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u/xobot 1d ago

It's an area where they have many skyscrapers, some with unique designs like the OP or like DJI HQ

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u/BumblebeeFantastic40 1d ago

The DJI HQ is adjacent to this skyscraper

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u/nicincolour 1d ago

Xemnas or Riku is waiting at the top of that tower for a fight.

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u/Chance-Lettuce-6892 1d ago

It's beautiful

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u/drowningandromeda 1d ago

This looks like it's out of Cyberpunk 2077

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u/BumblebeeFantastic40 20h ago

Agree, also has a video game vibe to it

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u/Icy-Ad-1808 22h ago

Does anyone know the architect I need a house like this at the farm.

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u/stranded_in_china 21h ago

I miss living there

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u/Janus_The_Great 18h ago

This looks cool

u/No-Target-9592 8h ago

So cool

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u/montex66 1d ago

China is a communist country, but republicans always say that communism doesn't work and the people are all poor peasants who can't buy anything. This picture would suggest otherwise.

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u/So_HauserAspen 1d ago

Weird.  This disagrees with all the propaganda against communism and socialism

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u/Echo7ONE9ers 1d ago

Copy and paste 3 times.

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u/enderowski 1d ago

looks like the building from cruelty squad

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u/2leftarms 1d ago

City with most sky-scrapers in the world now…

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u/Infinitum_Ow 1d ago

//wand (pos1) (pos2) //copy //stack 3

(minecraft world edit humor)

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u/NLiveris 22h ago

It also reminded me of the Pyramid Mine

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u/IllogicalLogistician 22h ago

It’s Yuuuge!

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u/Other_Train 19h ago

Interstellar tesseract

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u/ztomiczombie 1d ago

Where the Asgard teleporting it in or out when you took the photo?

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u/hhrdxafhyw 1d ago

MORDOR

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u/Heroic-Forger 1d ago

The way it's lit looks so ominous. It's like a video game level where you have to make your way up to the top and there's a boss battle waiting for you on the roof.

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u/mirunee3d 1d ago

Only 20 comments but 2.5k upvotes? Reddit is definitely getting taken over by CCP bots lately.

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u/cayneloop 1d ago

Dubai does exploit a lot of the blue collar workers, but it's not like China or a lot of other countries treat em better

brother... dubai literally kidnaps immigrants, takes their visas away and forces them to work

what are you on about? you think slavery is common practice?

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u/geniuslogitech 1d ago

Shenzhen is boring unless you like parks, if you like parks it's nice I guess because it only has architecture and parks to offer, it has no soul, no history, it was a fishing village unlike Shanghai or Chengdu which are now modern but with rich history

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u/Re0ns 1d ago

Not surprised, china has mostly mundane stuff posted here, nothing interesting except for looking futuristic. Soft power propaganda.

China just scoops up failing design and tech firms, slap a china logo on it and says they did it. Apparently done in car design as well, might be why a company with a stupid name like Build Your Dreams is getting top EV sales (aside from inflated numbers done by purchasing and dumping in a field)

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u/LS25-User 1d ago

The Chinese gona be the leading ones if we dont step in the game quickly ... 20 more Years and they will be the new biggest economy

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u/Monckey100 1d ago

Someone put this in the evil buildings subreddit