Grand Lisboa, Macao
“The distinct and iconic architectural design for the Grand Lisboa was inspired by the lotus symbol of Macau combined with the flamboyancy of headdress plumes of Brazilian dancers and the exquisite intrigue of a Fabergé egg. At night, the base is a kaleidoscope of colours thanks to 1.2 million light emitting diodes (LEDs) on its surface.
The Grand Lisboa is one of Macau’s tallest buildings with 52 storeys. In phase two, it will open a 430 room hotel.
Grand Lisboa will offer our guests a truly memorable and unique experience. Stylistically, a daring and contemporary entertainment attraction, it remains true to our history and heritage within the Macau market, while reflecting the progressive direction of the organisation,” explained Dr Stanley Ho.
The owner, Dr. Ho, was advised by a fengshui expert that the location and architectural design would loose money, unless he made revisions to change the fengshui energy. So Dr. Ho made the necessary changes, and had the top of the building designed to be like a bottle neck, so money comes in, but cannot come out easily. It was supposed to look like feather plumes”
Grand Lisboa media facade was conceived by Magic Monkey
via: kaishin (@flickr)
July 29th, 2008 at 2:06 pm
Just came back from Macao. The Grand Lisboa is definitely the ugliest building I have seen in a long long time. The building sticks out like a soar thumb in Macao’s skyline. I suspect the owner Mr Ho had a huge hand in the ‘design’ of this thing. I simply cannot imagine a schooled architect coming up with such an hideous shape. Okay, it’s a casino, so it should look flashy and gaudy. But that doesn’t mean it should be a sight for soar eyes. A decent architect would have found a way to be inspired by a lotus pant, rather than building this butt-ugly thing of glass, concrete and steel.
November 16th, 2008 at 7:49 am
Agreed.This is perhaps the worst looking casino in the world. It has a ruinous effect on the skyline of Macau.