There has widespread debate on whether Xi's remarks calling for an end to "weird buildings" spell the end of an era of ambitious architectural design in China. Rem Koolhaas' CCTV building in Beijing is one of the city's most recognizable structures..

China's skylines could look a lot more uniform in the years to come, if a statement by a Beijing official is to believed.

The backlash against "weird buildings" escalated earlier this week when the capital's vice mayor, Chen Gang, announced that the city would be taking a greater role in influencing its structures' aesthetics.

The city plans to implement "building ordinances to govern the city's building size, style, color and materials," Chinese state media hina's cities, with their huge growth and increasingly bold architectural choices, have been a boon to the architecture industry over the past decade or so, with eye-catching structures popping up across the country.