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Built mostly below ground in a deep pit of an abandoned quarry in southwestern Shanghai, it's being hailed as a modern architectural wonder. …

Located in the Sheshan area in Songjiang district, the Shimao Wonderland Intercontinental Hotel (nicknamed the 'deep pit hotel') is built on an abandoned quarry site. Occupying an area of nearly 50,000 square meters, the five-star hotel is said to spread over 18 floors with a capacity of 336 guest rooms.

The five-star hotel in the town of Songjiang, approximately 35km from the city of Shanghai, is a feat of architectural ambition and engineering bravado. Adopting an unconventional design, the hotel is built into the side of an 88-metre deep, water-filled quarry. Of its 18 floors, 16 are technically below ground, including two floors underwater.

The incredible 'earthscraper' (the opposite of a skyscraper) is InterContinental Hotels Group's 200th hotel. Built into the side of an 88-metre-deep quarry in Songjiang, the subterranean hotel features 336 decadent rooms over 18 floors. The bottom two floors are submerged inside a 10-metre-deep saltwater aquarium, allowing the guests in ...

PRICE FROM $343 BOOK ONLINE. Chen Hua Road No. 5888, Songjiang District, 201619 Songjiang, China. Tags: 5-Star Luxurious Shimao Quarry Hotel Songjiang Tianma Pit Hotel Underwater Hotel Underwater Room. Woah, Intercontinental has gone all out on this one! Looking at visuals of InterContinental Shanghai Wonderland, you might be …

Nov 16, '18 3:50 PM EST. 0. Photo: Thomas Yau, image via South China Morning Post. Rising 88 metres (290 feet) from the floor of an abandoned quarry, the 18-storey InterContinental Shanghai Wonderland Hotel in the city's Songjiang district has been in development for 12 years and cost 2 billion yuan (US$287.9 million) to complete.

The Shimao Wonderland Intercontinental (also known as the Songjiang Quarry Hotel) is the world's first five-star hotel built inside an underground, water-filled …

The Shimao Wonderland Intercontinental Hotel is located in Songjiang, Shanghai, China, and comprises 337 rooms. It has a total floorspace of 62,171 sq m (around 670,000 sq ft), which is spread ...

The world's first quarry hotel has been opened in China, designed by Martin Jochman and his studio JADE + QA. Situated in an 88-meter-deep, water-filled, disused quarry, the 337-guestroom ...

Quarry inspires hotel concept. This proposed five-star, 400-room resort hotel is currently awaiting construction in Songjiang District, near Shanghai in China. Architecture firm Atkins Design Studio, based in Bristol, UK, won a competition in 2008 to design the resort from concept paintings inspired by the landscape of this water filled, …

Waterworld is a hotel built in a natural element: a spectacular career filled with water from Songjiang ( China ).The uniqueness of this hotel of 400 rooms will increase the number of tourists. Status: Concept. The unique design of the hotel called Waterworld, to be built in the Chinese city of Songjiang, a group of architects engaged in its design, won the first …

A WEEK WITH ANTONIOLUPI. the 'shimao wonderland intercontinental' by global practice atkins is currently under construction within a water-filled quarry near shanghai in songjiang, china to...

Songjiang Quarry Hotel is built on the side of an abandoned water-filled quarry. The futuristic hotel features underwater public areas, guest rooms and conference facilities for up to 1,000 …

Located in Songjiang, 19 miles from Shanghai South Train Station, InterContinental Shanghai Wonderland, an IHG Hotel has …

The hotel, InterContinental Shanghai Wonderland,, Shànghǎi Zhōujì Shìmào Xiānjìng Jiǔdiàn, called also Tianma Pit Hotel, or Shimao Quarry Hotel, Songjiang, or Pit Pegasus Hotel, is built in a deep pit beside Tianma Mountain in Songjiang district of Shanghai. After few delays, the opening of the hotel is ...

SHANGHAI, Nov. 15 (Xinhua) -- An 88-meter-deep hotel, built vertically along the precipice of an underground, water-filled quarry, made its public debut in Shanghai Thursday. Located in Songjiang district, the Intercontinental Shanghai Wonderland, also known as Shimao Quarry Hotel, has boasted its engineering feat and cliff-view rooms that ...

The hotel was built into the side of the abandoned Shenkeng Quarry in Songjiang, about 22 miles outside of Shanghai. It plummets 300 feet down to a pool of water at the bottom of the quarry.

Costing 2 billion yuan ($287.9 million) to complete, the 88-meter-deep hotel is located in the Songjiang district. The Intercontinental Shanghai Wonderland, also known as Shimao Quarry Hotel, has cliff-view rooms that allow guests to stare into the abyss. Prices for the suites range from 3,400 to 3,800 yuan ($489 - $546) per night.

The World's First Quarry Hotel Opens in China, Designed by JADE + QA. Zoom image | View original size. Share Share this image. Facebook. Twitter. Mail. Pinterest. Or.

View Slideshow. Construction just began on a sustainable hotel resort built into a 100-meter high quarry in the Songjiang district just outside Shanghai. Looking like a villain's lair from a ...

The eye-popping, luxury hotel is standing out as a must-see destination in itself. Built mostly below ground in a deep pit of an abandoned quarry in southwestern Shanghai, it's being hailed as a …

Latest images of songjiang quarry hotel.Latest images of songjiang quarry hotel.Construction on fivestar waterfall hotel new atlas.Apr 24, 2012 construction is already underway on the shimao intercontinental hotel in the songjiang district of shanghai a fivestar, 19story, 380room, luxury hotel built into an abandoned, partflooded. ...

The quarry was one of a handful in the Songjiang suburb of Shanghai that operated through the 1950s but has been abandoned ever since. "The site was really a …

InterContinental Shanghai Wonderland, an IHG Hotel. 2,745 reviews. #25 of 2,561 hotels in Shanghai. 5888 Chenhua Road Songjiang District, Shanghai 201619 China. Visit hotel website. 1 (877) 859-5095. E-mail hotel. Write a review. Check availability.

A long abandoned former quarry in one of Shanghai's distant suburbs hardly seems like a promising site for a new resort. But more than a dozen years and $300 million later, the InterContinental ...

Located not far from Shanghai, in Songjiang district, the five star hotel is built almost entirely in an abandoned industrial quarry. During World War II, coal was mined at this place. But, due to its inconsistency with the modern environmental requirements, the quarry was officially closed in 2000. The construction of the hotel took over a decade.

It's been a couple of years since the start of construction of the award-winning Shimao Wonderland Intercontinental (a.k.a. Songjiang Quarry Hotel), the world's first luxury hotel built in a 90m deep, water-filled quarry next to the Tianma Mountain in Songjiang district of Shanghai. There have been a few delays, but finally, its owner has …

CONSTRUCTION IMAGE SOURCE. You can follow the construction progress directly from the concept designer, Martin Jochman's twitter feed where he …

1/5 Songjiang Hotel Atkins Architects. Construction just began on a sustainable hotel resort built into a 100-meter high quarry in the Songjiang district just outside Shanghai.