Comments on: Mandarin Hotel in Beijing by OMA on fire [UPDATED]

By: michael scott

michael scott — Fri, 13 May 2011 17:06:42 +0000

i heard the goverment didnt liked that building becuase it ruined the iconic wiew of the other building: the only reason why they build it in the first place.
so they burnt it down as an “perfectly safe accident” and the world wouldn’t take it as an offense to the architect work.

By: OMA’s Mandarin Oriental Hotel - Burned Down | Oscar Scarlet design blog

Fri, 13 Feb 2009 16:49:12 +0000

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By: An Architectural Tragedy: Fire engulfs landmark of skyline in Beijing « Rants on modernism

Wed, 11 Feb 2009 23:24:30 +0000

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By: baobabs

baobabs — Wed, 11 Feb 2009 03:22:01 +0000

The local news says that the CCTV set off unlicensed custom made fireworks that went out of control… The question is how could a building of steel and glass catch fire so quickly and keep burning?

By: flip

flip — Wed, 11 Feb 2009 00:53:31 +0000

can a firework burn a building down? in the video, the fire started in a corner, then spread upwards.. am i right? in just one corner?

By: 威

Tue, 10 Feb 2009 22:09:46 +0000

唉！悲哀！

By: gonzales

gonzales — Tue, 10 Feb 2009 15:59:05 +0000

not constructors or materials failed…the organisors of fireworks and city govenment are responsible for it !!!

5 minutes of happyness

By: massive high-rise fire in china - The Liverpool Way

massive high-rise fire in china - The Liverpool Way — Tue, 10 Feb 2009 14:55:39 +0000

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By: branxu

branxu — Tue, 10 Feb 2009 13:24:11 +0000

hmmm
something was fishy with the facade it burned out to quick.

By: J

Tue, 10 Feb 2009 12:28:35 +0000

@MZ: Koolhaas inspected the building three weeks ago and told the press the spinklers were to be installed after Chinese holiday.

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By: Ash

Ash — Tue, 10 Feb 2009 10:24:01 +0000

That horrible building is not a loss to architecture. but its sad for those construction workers, architects and engineers whos spent years of their lives erecting it.

By: Motonaga Jiro

Motonaga Jiro — Tue, 10 Feb 2009 10:23:18 +0000

新年大花火まとめページ http://tinyurl.com/cthkgm

By: MZ

MZ — Tue, 10 Feb 2009 09:23:32 +0000

You start yourself asking: what are the local fire-protection regulations? Non-inflamable materials required? Curtainwall systems with nonburning core? Sprinklersystems? Smokealarms? Firefree elevators for the firefighters to locally fight the fire? The capacity of the firefighters? Where are the firefighter on the pictures anyways? O.K., we know way to little about this to make a fair judgement, but such high flames are really scary, and there should have been a number of barriers to be broken before it got so out of controll. Such high-rise buildings are planned all over the world with outmost care, in some regions the design is directly effected by fire regulations. We can only hope that the load bearing structure didn´t get damaged too bad.

By: flip

flip — Tue, 10 Feb 2009 06:39:30 +0000

KINDLY REFRAIN FROM “NONSENSE” STATEMENTS..

By: baobabs

baobabs — Tue, 10 Feb 2009 06:38:45 +0000

I am still in disbelief. I stood right infront of the burning building, the fire engines and police took forever to arrive with the bottleneck traffic.

Ironically, the news has been censored by CCTV when it involved the tragedy of its new building.

By: provecho

provecho — Tue, 10 Feb 2009 04:47:54 +0000

About the only thing more horrifying than this is the number of spelling and grammar mistakes in your post. Yowzers. Bonus points for making an extra effort.

By: mil

mil — Tue, 10 Feb 2009 04:41:57 +0000

the beginnin of the end.

By: ornament and crime

ornament and crime — Tue, 10 Feb 2009 04:38:27 +0000

What an incredible loss to the global architecture community.

By: { kattyface }

{ kattyface } — Tue, 10 Feb 2009 03:20:33 +0000

yikes.