Gate to the East: Difference between revisions

|alternate_names = Gate of the Orient or The Pants Building

|image = Suzhou Gate ofto the OrientEast feb20152019.JPGjpg

|caption image_size = Gate to the East in 2015200px

|status caption = CompleteGate to the East in Suzhou

|start_datestatus = 2004Completed

|completion_datestart_date = 2014June 7, 2004

|budgetcost = $700,000,000 (USD) (Budget)

|references =<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.rmjm.com/portfolio/gate-to-the-east-china/ |title=Gate of the Orient, Suzhou, China – Portfolio |publisher=RMJM |access-date= |accessdate=2012-11-22}}</ref>

The '''Gate to the East''', also known as the '''Gate of the Orient''', ({{zh|s=东方之门|t=東方之門|p=dōng fāng zhī mén}}) is athe $700second Milliontallest (USD) (893620000 CAD) skyscraper recently builtbuilding in [[Suzhou]], [[Jiangsu]], [[China]] behind [[Suzhou IFS]]. It is intended to be a symbol of a gateway to the city thatwhich emphasizes the city's continuing significance in modern China. The building is planned to be built toWith a height of {{convert|301.8|m|ft}}, andthe building is located in the heart of Suzhou's [[China–Singapore Suzhou Industrial Park]] (SIP) district. ItConstruction willbegan bein used2004 mainlyand forwas transportcompleted andin commercial2016 purposesat a cost of $700 million [[USD]]. ConstructionIts beganlocation inprecisely 2004indicates andthe wasintersection completedof inthe 2014historical east-west-axis of Suzhou Old Town with the west bank of [[Jinji Lake]].

Though its design was intended asto anevoke iconica gateway, the Gate to the East has been oftsubjected criticizedto –mockery bothby humorouslymany Chinese netizens and angrilywestern –mass media as well, as "resembling a pair of trouserspanties".<ref>{{cite web|author=04 Sep 2012 |url=httphttps://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/asia/china/9520245/British-designed-skyscraper-resembles-big-pants-say-angry-Chinese.html |title=British-designed skyscraper resembles big pants, say angry Chinese |publisher=Telegraph |date=2012-09-04 |accessdateaccess-date=2012-11-22}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|author= |url=http://www.news.com.au/travel/news/m-skyscraper-resembles-pair-of-pants/story-e6frfq80-1226465544901 |title=$700 million skyscraper 'resembles a pair of pants' |publisher=News.com.au |date=2012-09-05 |accessdateaccess-date=2012-11-22 |archive-date=2012-11-17 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121117000146/http://www.news.com.au/travel/news/m-skyscraper-resembles-pair-of-pants/story-e6frfq80-1226465544901 |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref name=CNN>{{cite web|url=http://travel.cnn.com/shanghai/life/new-china-building-is-pants-807091 |title=Netizens: New China building is 'pants' &#124; CNN Travel |publisher=Travel.cnn.com |date=2012-09-07 |accessdate=2012access-11-22}}</ref> The [[Daily Mail]] questioned: "Architectural triumphs or just plain pants?", stating: "China's latest superstructures resemble a giant pair of long johns..."<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2198218/Architectural-triumph-just-plain-pants-Chinas-latest-skyscraper-mocked-resembling-giant-pair-long-johns.html#ixzz2CHN9BvKx |title=Architectural triumph or just plain pants? China's latest skyscraper mocked for resembling giant pair of long johns &#124; Mail Online |publisher=Dailymail.co.uk |date=2012-09-04 |accessdate=2012-11-22}}</ref> The landmark has thus led to a slew of internet parodies.<ref name=CNN />

*[[Suzhou Rail Transit]]: {{Chinarail linecolor box|stylesystem=fullbox|SZRT-|line=1}} {{rail color box|system=SZRT|line=3}} at [[Dongfangzhimen Station]]