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       Cave Hotel
   DIR By: Mac
       Date: June 28, 2013, 12:29 pm
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       Too cool... but I think the sail boats might have a hard time
       being very fun.  :P
       [glow=red,2,300]Cave hotel underway in water-filled Chinese
       quarry[/glow]
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       > News: construction has started on a hotel resort that will
       nestle into the 100 metre-high rockface of an abandoned
       water-filled quarry outside Shanghai.
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       > A huge waterfall will pour down from the roof of the 19-storey
       hotel complex, which will have part of its body built into the
       cave and two of its floors submerged beneath the water.
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       > An extreme-sports facility will be cantilevered over the
       quarry, offering rock climbing and bungee jumping, and there
       will also be an underwater restaurant facing a ten-metre deep
       aquarium.
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       > The Songjiang Hotel is designed by UK architecture firm
       Atkins, who won the competition bid in 2006. Construction has
       just begun and will take up to three years, although the hotel
       could open in 2015.
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       > Once complete, the hotel will offer around 400 rooms, as well
       as conference facilities for up to 1000 people, a banqueting
       hall, restaurants, a swimming pool and a water-sports centre.
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       > The building will use geothermal technologies to generate its
       own electricity and lighting, while greenery will blanket a roof
       that extends just two storeys above the edge of the quarry.
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       > China remains at the centre of a construction boom, as nine of
       the 20 tallest buildings underway in 2012 are located there.
       Other major projects set for construction in the country include
       a 838-metre skyscraper with a 90-day construction period and a
       car-free "satellite city" for 80,000 people. See more
       architecture in China.
       >
       > Other radical hotel proposals to surface in recent months
       include a 300-metre "space hotel" for Barcelona and the world's
       largest underwater hotel planned for Dubai. See more hotels on
       Dezeen.
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       > Atkins is providing architecture, structural and civil
       engineering services for this leisure resort in China which
       includes extreme sports facilities, visitor centre and a
       five-star luxury hotel with some levels of the hotel situated
       under water. Sustainability is integral to Atkins' design of
       this unique resort, built into an abandoned, water-filled
       quarry.
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       > Our design solution includes the use of green roofing and
       exploiting the site's geothermal heat to generate electricity
       and heating. A naturally-lit internal atrium incorporates the
       existing rock face, with its waterfalls and green vegetation.
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       Re: Cave Hotel
   DIR By: Chiprocks1
       Date: June 29, 2013, 9:53 pm
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       Sh*t man, I can only imagine how much a room will cost for the
       night. Looks cool though.
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