Entire New 13-Story Building Tips Over in Shanghai

[ceramictec]

in Shanghai an entire apartment building collapsed. the building was under construction
and thus unoccupied, but it's still a minor miracle that there was only one fatality.

Sounds like there was a problem with some nearby flood prevention walls at the Dianpu River,
but there's no hard evidence as to why this huge building simply fell over.

Anyway, here are some sweet pictures of the architectural carnage.

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[scuttlebuttrp]

I'd be feeling a bit nervous if I lived in those buildings right next to that one.

[jjwq8]

Relax, my Chinese sources tell me it is one of the new generation intelligent buildings with built in internet and everything.

It simply went into sleep mode.

[gueuzeman]

MADE IN CHINA. I wonder if they used that bad drywall as well or if it's for export only.

Maybe only housing for lazy people who lay about all the time, named........ "Irene". :wtf:

gueuze

[GraniteGirl]

Look at the upside, eh? There was relatively little damage to the building - they could just pick it up and add a few tapcons to the foundation. It will be good to go for the next two weeks...

[Dave Taylor]

They used mastic.

[ddmoit]

One fatality so far. Someone is gonna get a bullet to the head if Chinese history is any gauge.

[dhagin]

I can see it now, new setback requirements for apartment buildings.... "So, how tall is that building over there?":D

[Old World Tile and Marble]

stateside we'd call that uncoupling and preach its benefits