And lo, there was much nift

Aug 02, 2007 02:28

(found via wandering Livejournal.ru at random)

There's a hotel project underway near Shanghai that sounds *ultracool*.

The Songjiang hotel plans to turn an abandoned quarry 100m deep into a 400 room hotel. Using hydro/geothermal energy to power, heat and cool the building off, they're aiming for extreme energy efficiency. Plus having underwater passageways and in-property aquaria is just plain nifty.

Here's what the site looks like now:


And here's what they plan to end up with:


Seriously, folks, is this not nifty?

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