The concept picture of "Paris Heart Beat" Photo: Screenshot of GoArchitect official website

The concept picture of "Paris Heart Beat" Photo: Screenshot of GoArchitect official website

The concept picture of "Paris Heart Beat" Photo: Screenshot of GoArchitect official website

The final results of The People's Notre-Dame Cathedral Design Competition - held by GoArchitect, an independent book publisher in Los Angeles - was announced on Tuesday.

Cai Zeyu and Li Sibei, two architects from China, won the championship with their creative and beautiful design "Paris Heart Beat."

The competition received 226 entries from 56 countries and regions. The Chinese architects' work earned more than 30,000 votes from the public.

The 850-year-old Notre-Dame Cathedral was engulfed by a terrible fire in April.

Cai and Li explained their design on the GoArchitect website. A spire was replaced by a mirror that will act as a kaleidoscope of sorts reflecting different scenes as the city's environment changes. The architects call the spire "Time Capsule" as they intend it to be opened every 50 years.

The new spire also uses a magnetic levitation technology.

"Time capsule moves rhythmically up and down, breathing and beating together with the city," said Cai and Li in the introduction.