China’s ‘Impossible’ Pyramid Is Full of Homes — Inside Kunshan’s Architectural Wonder

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A mixed-use complex in Huaqiao shaped by rice terraces and urban innovation.

Its Real Name Is Youzhan Future City

It Stands in Kunshan’s Huaqiao District

The “Pyramid” Is Actually Three Buildings

It Has Two Sloping Sides and Two Vertical Ones

The Apartments Climb at a 45-Degree Angle

Rice Terraces Inspired the Design

Many Homes Receive Large Private Terraces

It Was Designed as a City Inside a Building

Architect Mao Houde Wanted Residents to Be Central

It Became Famous Years After Opening

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At first glance, the enormous stepped structure rising above Kunshan appears closer to a science-fiction set than an apartment building. Its stacked terraces create the illusion of a modern pyramid assembled from hundreds of giant blocks.

Yet the building is neither an ancient monument nor an experimental concept abandoned on paper. It forms part of a functioning urban complex where homes, workplaces and commercial spaces are arranged inside one of China’s most unconventional architectural landmarks.

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