Spiralling ramp surrounds arts centre in China by Syn Architects

A spiralling ramp creates an unfolding, experiential route for visitors through the Tiangang Arts Center, a combined art gallery and hotel in China's Hebei Province designed by Syn Architects.
The centre is located in the village of Tiangang, next to a lake at the foot of the Taihang Mountains.
Tiangang Art Center is a geometric building that was designed by Syn Architects
Its distinctive spiral shape, described by the Beijing-based studio as a "vortex", was informed by an existing semicircular