Mandarin Oriental Beijing, at the CCTV Complex, is on Fire

The CCTV Complex is on fire. Or more specifically, the Mandarin Oriental, Beijing designed by OMA at the CCTV Complex. From the NY Times:

A fierce fire engulfed one of the Chinese capital’s most architecturally celebrated modern buildings on Monday, the last day of festivities for the lunar new year when the city was ablaze with fireworks.
By late evening the blaze was still raging and the cause remained unknown, but it seemed clear that the 34-story structure, not yet completed, had been rendered unusable.


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As BLDG BLOG put it, The Boom is Over.