This elegant building will be gracing Shenzhen by the end of  2025, as one of the city's '10 Cultural Facilities of the New Era'. Designed by 3XN, B+H Architects and Zhubo Design, Shenzhen's new Natural History Museum will "rise seamlessly from the river delta", according to B+H, its walls echoing the undulating curves of the city waterfront.

The green roof will be a public park, with every turn framing "a new spectacular view over the surrounding park, hills and lake" from dedicated viewing terraces.

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