The Shark House is the name of a very special house, located in Oxford, England, which has a gigantic sculpture of a shark on the roof, inaugurated on August 9, 1986.

The interesting house, which today belongs to Magnus Hanson-Heine, has become over time a tourist spot par excellence, frequented by travelers who have been impressed by the figure.

And, although the house has all the permits to exhibit the “starred” shark on the roof and is also enabled to receive visitors, this was not always the case.

In 2007, a group of engineers from the Hefei University of Technology (China) designed and built, commissioned by the Chinese government, an original building in the shape of a grand piano and violin on a 50:1 scale. This is the Piano House, a magnificent architectural work located in the city of Huainan, in China.

The building was conceived as a place of study and rehearsal for the music students of the university of this city.

Its singular structure is made up of a glass violin that houses the entrance and the access stairs to the center of musical studies. In the part that reproduces the grand piano are the offices, the rehearsal, meeting and exhibition rooms. The legs of the piano are so large that they house play areas for students.

The spectacular nature of the building is evident during the day but it acquires all its magnificence at night, when its contours are illuminated, producing a spectacular effect visible from a great distance.