Stunning New Opera House Opens With a Gravity-Defying Grand Staircase (LOOK)

Originally published on Good News Network

Despite its curtain raising rather late in the year, Shanghai's new opera house has elbowed its way to the front row of international architectural debuts—thanks to a gravity-defying grand staircase. Rising above the banks of the Huangpu River, commission for the Grand Opera House was awarded 10 years ago to Norwegian architecture firm Snøhetta. The