This Week’s Crazy Building: Congress Center
Sunday, 15 November 2015
This week’s crazy building is Congress Center in Hangzhou, China. Completed in 2010, this massive complex is actually seven buildings in one. It consists of six high-rise office buildings that are all connected by a circular skybridge. These surround a seventh hub building in the center that comes complete with a rooftop garden. The building
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This Week’s Crazy Building: Potala Palace
Tuesday, 14 April 2015
This week’s crazy building is Potala Palace in Lhasa, China. The Fifth Dalai Lama began construction of this imposing structure back in 1645. The exterior was done in just 3 years, but the interior and its furnishing took 45 years. The Potala Palace served as the chief residence for the Dalai Lama until the 1959
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This Week’s Crazy Building: Shenzhen Bao’an International Airport
Tuesday, 07 April 2015
This week’s crazy building is Shenzhen Bao’an International Airport in Shenzhen, China. More specifically, we’re looking at the airport’s recent Terminal 3 expansion. Completed in 2013, it increased the airport’s previous capacity by almost 60%, adding 45 million passengers a year. The terminal’s unusual shape resembles the very airplanes it was meant to cater to.
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This Week’s Crazy Building: Zhongyuan Tower
Monday, 17 November 2014
This week’s crazy building is Zhongyuan Tower in Zhengzhou, China. Completed in 2011, it was briefly the tallest steel tower in the world (at 1273 feet) until surpassed by Tokyo Skytree. While the core of the building is tube shaped, there are structural elements surrounding it that widen at the top and bottom to create
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This Week’s Crazy Building: MGM Grand Macau
Thursday, 08 May 2014
This week’s crazy building is the MGM Grand Resort in Macau, China. The building cost $1.25 billion to construct, and consists of 35 stories with 600 hotel rooms. The resort also includes a 5-acre casino, a convention space, and a dozen food and beverage outlets. But it looks more like three separate buildings stacked on top
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This Week’s Crazy Building: Tianning Temple
Friday, 28 March 2014
This week’s crazy building is Tianning Temple in Changzhou, China. At 13 stories and 505 feet in height, Tianning Temple is the tallest pagoda in the world. That feat is even more remarkable given that it’s constructed out of wood. Though completed in 2007 for $38.5 million, the site has been the home of several other
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