Mandarin Oriental Hotel burned down!
Erik Amir, a senior architect at the firm behind the complex, the Office for Metropolitan Architecture, said the fire had destroyed years of hard work.
"I think it's really sad that this building is destroyed before it can be opened to the public."
The unfinished 159-metre Mandarin Oriental hotel, which was scheduled to open later this year, was part of CCTV's iconic headquarters complex that helped transform the Chinese capital's skyline for last year's Olympics. The CCTV building itself was not damaged. The authorities suspect the blaze could have been sparked by an Olympics-style fireworks display set off on the final day of Chinese New Year celebrations on Monday night. The blaze, which raged for five hours before being put out early on Tuesday, killed one fireman and injured several others...
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Yes,the fire has destroyed years of hard work (I feel sorry for that, it was a cool building)...but In NATO agression against Serbia there were even more works and lifes distroyed and it was not an accident!
And not only it was on purpose but was even called humanitarian!
Great blog! Svaka cast!
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