“Architecture starts when you carefully put two bricks together. There it begins.” — Ludwig Mies van der Rohe
OMA Landmark Jeopardized By Fire
Reuters Image
The future Mandarin Oriental Hotel as photographed during the fire that consumed it this evening. Apparently, the OMA/Koolhaas CCTV tower has sustained little damage. This marks the third major fire in less than a year that have afflicted modern architecture projects.
Nina Jørgensen
February 11, 2009 at 12:04 amwow, what a shame, but the photograph is awesome..
Traff
February 16, 2009 at 2:16 pmOh my, that is amazing and terrifying. I had this building on my blog list to write about next