[BITList] Flatpack Skyscapers

[Michael Feltham]

> http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/resources/idt-3cca82c0-af80-4c3a-8a79-84fda5015115 <http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/resources/idt-3cca82c0-af80-4c3a-8a79-84fda5015115>
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> Chairman Zhang's flatpack skyscrapers
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> On the outskirts of Changsha in southern China stands a new tower. Its size is modest by Chinese standards.
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> At a mere 204m it's less than a third of the height of Shanghai's tallest. Its blocky glass and steel form may be unlikely to win any architectural beauty awards.
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> But what is startling is the speed at which it was built. A time-lapse video shows it shoot up at the rate of three storeys per day.
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> For the man behind it, Zhang Yue, this is only the beginning.
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> “Humans have experienced revolutions in industry, agriculture, transportation and information, but not yet in buildings,” says the handbook of the company he founded, Broad Group.
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