There will be 336 rooms and an underwater restaurant when the Sheshan Shimao quarry hotel opens in late May. The project’s chief engineer described it as a “fight against gravity” in an interview with the state-run China Daily last year. Facebook Twitter Pinterest The Shanghai hotel takes shape. Guests may be able to indulge in rock climbing on the same surface the hotel is built into, according to local media reports. Some were more literal, designed to look like liquor bottles or teapots, while others were more whimsical, like the headquarters of China’s state broadcaster CCTV in Beijing.

Source: The Guardian March 22, 2018 06:11 UTC