At the foot of the Tianmashan mountain , at the situation of a now - abandoned pit , the InterContinental Shimao Wonderland will abide 18 - stories tall—16 of them below ground !
The hotel is being designed by Atkins , an prize - winning British firm of designer , who havedescribed their work so :
We reap our inspiration from the prey set itself , adopting the paradigm of a green mound cascade down the natural rock fount as a series of terrasse landscape hanging garden . In the centre , we have created a transparent glass ‘ waterfall ’ from a central upright circulation atrium connecting the prey base with the ground degree . This replicate the natural waterfall on the be target face .
The 380 - way hotel is projected to open later 2014 or former 2015 . Which seems fabulously ambitious , though China is the rural area thatbuilt a ( arguably less elaborate ) hotel in only 15 twenty-four hour period , so . [ Business Insider ]
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