Almost Paradise: In China, The Largest Building in the World Has Its Own Sun | ARTINFO

Almost Paradise: In China, The Largest Building in the World Has Its Own Sun | ARTINFO

Welcome to paradise!
In Chengdu, a booming tech industry hub in the Sichuan province, the 1.7-million-square-meter New Century Global Center opened at the beginning of July. The mammoth commercial complex, despite its landlocked location, features all the amenities of a vacation on the French Riviera: ample shopping, palm trees, fine hotels, a "Mediterranean" village, and a water park complete with an artificial beach.

"Chengdu's rapid development has meant the city is regularly blanketed by smog," the Telegraph remarks, although you'd never be able to tell: a 24-hour artificial sun shines down into the consumer oasis. Unlike the world outside, the New Century Global Center's simulated horizon is never plagued with acid rain.