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Ignore That Logo Under the Tape
Apparently the authorities in Beijing are banning all corporate logos in the olympic venues, except for those of the official sponsors. This means that all sinks, toilets, fire extinguishers, security systems etc. have ugly bits of white tape on them.
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A hotel made from stacked shipping containers, which comes out looking like a somewhat conventional hotel. It was apparently much cheaper, faster, and caused less waste on site.
Unfortunately, however, the shipping containers, which form the rooms, are put together in China and shipped halfway around the world. So basically they’ve figured out how to outsource the construction of buildings.
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Looks like it’s from the Conan O’Brien show, but I don’t know anything about this.
Tags: Architecture, Links
August 22nd, 2008
at 8:25 pm on September 12th, 2008
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