Luxury Hotel 'Groundscraper' Planned In Abandoned Quarry

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Would you spend US$ 300 a night to sleep underground? You might, once you see the jaw-dropping designs for China's latest hotel project. For more than a decade, China has been a front-runner in the world's skyscraper race. Now the country is taking t...

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China Opens Record-Breaking Bridge Over Canyon

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The world's highest and longest tunnel-to-tunnel bridge has been completed in China, reported The Telegraph. The bridge, named the Aizhai Extra Large Suspension Bridge, will link together two tunnels 1176 meters apart, and 355 meters above Hunan's De...

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The First Chinese Architect Won the Pritzker Prize

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2012 Pritzker prize awarded to Wang Shu - first Chinese architect to win the award, reported the official site of Pritzker Prize. Wang Shu runs Amateur Architecture Studio with his wife Lu Wenyu out of Hangzhou and is also the head of the Architectur...

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China Erects 30-Story Skyscraper In 15 Days

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The prefab Hotel in China's south-central Hunan province, 170 square meters hotel standing 30 stories, was erected in an incredible 360 hours or in 15 days, reported Constructiondigital. The hotel built Chinese sustainable-building firm Broad Group a...

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China Kicks Off Great Wall Protection Project

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The municipal government of Jiayuguan in northwest China's Gansu province on November 18 kicked off a repair and construction project focused on the western end of China's Great Wall, reported Xinhua.

The project will involve repair work...

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