Golden A' Design Award Winner 2021
A striking contemporary building dominates this architectural photograph, presenting a large angular structure that appears to float above ground level. Beginning with orientation, the composition shows a substantial exhibition center captured from a low viewing angle that emphasizes its monumental presence. The building consists of two primary elements: an upper volume wrapped in luminous silvery-white material and a darker angular base of charcoal-colored stone. The upper mass takes the form of a tilted parallelogram or rhomboid shape, projecting dramatically toward the left side of the image, creating a sense of forward motion or emergence. This hovering volume is clad entirely in what appears to be translucent or frosted panels arranged in vertical strips, giving the surface a quality like thick ice or frosted glass, cool to the touch and glowing softly with diffused light. The color suggests cool morning fog or the silvery underside of clouds. Below this floating mass, the supporting structure employs dark granite or similar stone, rough-textured like weathered coastal rock, in deep charcoal and graphite tones. Angular glass walls create sheltered entrance areas within the shadowed base. In the foreground, a broad ceremonial stairway constructed of similar gray stone rises in graduated steps toward the building entrance. The steps feel solid and substantial, like ancient temple approaches. The sky behind presents a pale blue-gray tone, soft and even like an overcast morning, creating a quiet atmospheric backdrop that allows the building's pale upper volume to glow gently. The overall atmosphere suggests stillness and contemplation, with the cool silvery tones evoking maritime mist or dawn light over water.
The Exhibition Center is located in Huangdao District, Qingdao. To its west is Mount Dazhu, and to its east is Lingshan Bay, facing the Yellow Sea. It is a new industrial park specializing in the marine industry and smart technology. The Exhibition Center is not only a core building of the new district, but is also representative of the image and position of the entire intelligent park, and has unique importance. Main roads, metro tracks, and other large-scale urban features form the background of the Exhibition Center.