Shanghai and Batumi

Two cities I have enjoyed visiting and hope to visit again. They are quite a long distance apart and in many ways very different, but they have one thing in common. In both cities, all the architects are crazy.Not, however, in the same way. Shanghai architects are science fiction crazy: A spherical building of glassA skyscraper with a stylized Saturn on top. Or a space station. A very large transformer, about to transform.Batumi architects are fantasy crazy. Build a tower. Take a bite out of one side. Insert a magic spinning array of capsules.Each, presumably, containing someone. Or something.A three pointed tower, complete with clock and gilded dome.A steampunk palace.