An entire building complex being pirated? How wrong is that? “Der Speigel reports that an
An entire building complex being pirated? How wrong is that? “Der Speigel reports that an unauthorised ‘copy’ of Zaha Hadid’s Wangjing Soho office and retail complex in Beijing is being built in Chongqing, the emerging mega city 1,000 miles south west of the capital. What’s more, Chongqing’s copy of this 521,265m², 39 storey complex, dubbed Meiquan 22nd Century, could even be completed before the original is due to be finished, in 2014.” (via Zaha Hadid design becomes first 'faked’ building | Architecture | Agenda | Phaidon) -- source link
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