Architecture

Guangzhou Circle

Area: Guangzhou, China

Hours: Visitor hours are not published; the public plaza and fountain in front are open, while the building’s public interior areas are not open to visitors.
How to visit: View the building from the public plaza by the river. Tourists cannot generally enter the building, except for occasional public events or exhibitions when available.
Hours: About 30 min

Why it is worth the detour

The world's tallest circular building, designed to resemble a jade bi-disc.

The Guangzhou Circle is a landmark building in Guangzhou, known for its unique circular design inspired by Chinese jade discs and numerology. It serves as the headquarters for the Guangdong Plastic Exchange.

What else is close by

The nearest places we have written up, with straight-line distance from here.

4.4 km
Taikoo Cang Wharf
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4.9 km
Lingnan School Memorial Hall
A torch-like white dome inside the Guangzhou Academy of Fine Arts commemorates the painters who argued that Chinese painting should absorb modern life and selected foreign techniques rather than merely copy old masters. Statues of Gao Jianfu, Gao Qifeng, and Chen Shuren stand before the building, which was completed in 1991 and substantially restored before reopening in 2024.
5.8 km
Found Museum
The walls of this bungalow are covered with more than 2,100 discarded address plates rescued from demolished urban villages. Inside, keys, diaries, photographs, work certificates and shop equipment preserve the intimate traces of migrant families whose former neighborhoods have vanished beneath redevelopment.
5.9 km
Guangdong Museum of Art, Bai'etan
Bai'etan branch of the Guangdong Museum of Art, inside the Greater Bay Area Art Center. The Ersha Island venue is a separate place.
6.1 km
Guangdong Intangible Cultural Heritage Museum
Intangible-heritage museum inside the Bai'etan art center, with its own entrance.
6.1 km
Haichuang Temple
A historic Buddhist temple and monastery in Guangzhou, known for its rich history and cultural significance.