Category: buildings
Beijing Design Graduate Lives in a 2 Meter Egg!
Dai Haifei, a 24 year old design graduate in Beijing has been living in a giant bamboo egg for the past 2 months. The young designer, inspired by an exhibit held at his firm which featured a movable egg-shaped cabin, Dai decided to borrow 6400 Yuan ($960) and build one for himself.
China To Build New Super Computer Center
Plans for China’s third National Super Computer center we’re unveiled earlier today. The new computing center will be located in Hunan Province and will become the home of the now legendary Tianhe-1a which officially became the worlds fastest super computer last month. Once up and running the Tianhe-1a, located on the campus of Hunan University [...]
Overpass Overturns Killing 7 Nanjing
7 people were killed and 3 injured on Friday night after steel box girders used for building an overpass overturned and fell to the ground.
15 Story Shanghai Hotel Built In Just 6 Days!
Located in the bustling metropolis of Shanghai is the 15 story Ark Hotel. It has all the fixtures and fittings you expect a hotel to have, plus the added security that it’s designed to survive level 9 earthquakes. Cool, awesome…so what! It took Chinese builders a lightning 6 days to construct and created on 1% [...]
Guangzhou Games Fireworks Spectacular
These photos were taken at the rehearsal for the opening ceremony of the 16th Asian Games, which will be held in Guangzhou this year. Via: Crienglish.com
China Goes Potty For High Tech Toilets
The property boom in China is still booming with house prices rising way above what the average home buyer could possibly afford. The boom and rising property prices have also sparked an interest in luxury house fittings. The most popular areas where Chinese home owners are attempting to out do loo one another are the [...]
Foxconn To Build $2 Billion Factory
Foxconn, the Taiwanese electronics giant is building a new $2 Billion factory in south west China in the city of Chegdu. The now infamous company have been plagued with a cluster of worker suicides and strikes, which prompted management to hold a ‘Cherish Life’ activity at it’s factory in Shenzhen city. The manufacturing giant is [...]
China Looks For Aliens From The South Pole
China is looking to build an observatory at the South Pole with the specific purposes of studying dark matter and searching for alien life. Construction should begin next year at Dome Argus, an area of the South Pole which stands 4100 meters above sea level making space observations more accurate.
330 Meter Tall World Trade Tower Opens in Beijing
Not only is this 330 meter tall building currently the tallest building in China’s capital, but is also has a mighty long name to go along with it. The (deep breath) ‘China World Trade Center Tower III” has been completed in 3 stages , hence the “III”. Stage 1 of the build was commenced construction [...]
New Foxconn Factory Opens in Central China
Foxconn Technology Group’s latest factory started production today (Monday 2nd August 2010) in central China’s Henan Province. The 100 million U.S dollar facility will primarily be used to make iPhones for Apple according to sources close to the factory. The current production line is only a temporary site and is manned by more than 500 [...]
Asia’s Largest Water Park Opens In Beijing Next Month
Take 350 billion yuan and the former Olympic Beijing National Swimming Center aka the Water Cube blend for 10 months and add a smattering or rapid water and plastic piping and what do you get? Asia’s Largest and most advanced water park complete with ‘Aqua Loop!’.
Chinese Architects Turn To Playstation For Inspiration
Buildings in the shape of giant Playstaions!? What next bamboo Olympic stadiums and oil drum submarines? Oh, wait that’s already old news!
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