The CSCEC-built Greater Bay Area Culture and Sports Center has been named one of the Top 10 Chinese Buildings of 2025 by Dezeen, a leading global architecture and design publication. With its striking design, the landmark embodies the elegance and vitality of a pearl of the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area, presented to a worldwide audience.

Located at the southern tip of Guangzhou's Nansha District, the center is a large-scale urban complex integrating culture, tourism, and sports. Its main stadium seats 60,000 and spans approximately 186,000 square meters. 

Inspired by traditional Chinese folding fans and sailing junks from the Song Dynasty, the stadium features a layered roof that unfolds like an paper fan, creating a rhythmic architectural profile. The asymmetric seating and façade openings work together to create an immersive experience described as “the sky as the canopy and the sea as the grandstand.” 

The lighting design, themed “rising winds and surging tides,” uses low-reflectivity materials traced by over 160,000 light nodes and 8,000 meters of light strips, delicately outlining the structure's dynamic form. Colors draw from regional floral symbols—kapok, bauhinia, and lotus—as well as blue and green inspired by coastal wetlands. Intelligent lighting controls adjust by time, zone, and event, enabling vibrant displays during major occasions and subtle illumination when inactive, blending colorful fan patterns with flowing blue waves at night.

Built in a challenging coastal environment, the stadium required 1,019 cast-in-place piles for a stable foundation. For the 154-meter-span steel structure, the CSCEC team used its self-developed photogrammetry technology to model the complex metal roof with five-millimeter precision, followed by on-site assembly and ultra-large hydraulic synchronous lifting to ensure accurate installation. 

To address the rare four-curved grille curtain wall, the team introduced a prefabricated system integrating panels and keels into unified modules. This enabled high-precision factory production and efficient on-site assembly, shortening construction time while reducing waste and energy use. The result is a sustainable venue where ecological responsibility, cultural expression, and sporting spirit are seamlessly united. 

Since opening, the center has hosted major concerts and sporting events, including football matches, delivering vibrant cultural and athletic experiences. More than a stage for global competitions, it is emerging as a new urban hub where residents enjoy life and connect with the waterfront's dynamic energy.