<p>Paris-based architect Zone Of Utopia has created a tourist attraction in northern China out of a series of stacked ice cubes. The Cultural Tourism City Demonstration Centre hopes to lure skiers to Xinxiang, a city in China’s northern Henan province, with a ski slope, restaurants, cafes and a series of open terraces giving views over an artificial lake. The development’s nine cubes are made from frosted glass and rise to a height of 49m.</p><p>Zone of Utopia describes its creation as a new symbol for the city and says it will remind people of the joy of ice and snow, sunlight and winter sports.</p><p>Fellow Parisian firm Mathieu Forest Architecte also worked on the project.</p>
<p>Paris-based architect Zone Of Utopia has created a tourist attraction in northern China out of a series of stacked ice cubes. The Cultural Tourism City Demonstration Centre hopes to lure skiers to Xinxiang, a city in China’s northern Henan province, with a ski slope, restaurants, cafes and a series of open terraces giving views over an artificial lake. The development’s nine cubes are made from frosted glass and rise to a height of 49m.</p><p>Zone of Utopia describes its creation as a new symbol for the city and says it will remind people of the joy of ice and snow, sunlight and winter sports.</p><p>Fellow Parisian firm Mathieu Forest Architecte also worked on the project.</p>
