When you picture the Shanghai skyline, rows of skyscrapers likely come to mind. But the city well known for building to extreme heights has recently completed a project that drops to a new low: a vast ...

After almost 10 years of construction, Shanghai has unveiled to the public its ‘earthscraper’ hotel built vertically along the precipice of an underground, water-filled quarry. Costing 2 billion yuan ...

SHANGHAI, China — A hotel carved out of an old rock quarry opened its doors to the media in Shanghai Thursday. The owner offered reassurance on the safety of the building, despite possible fears of ...

Though at this point only computer-rendered images area available for this audacious project, don't be mistaken. This is no mere concept. In fact, construction is already underway on the Shimao ...

Skyscrapers, beaches, tropical forests. When looking for amazing views, travelers rarely head underground. But a new hotel in China is breaking the mold. After a decade of construction, the mostly ...

The idea of building a hotel around or inside a natural wonder—take the Conrad Maldives Rangali Island’s new Muraka undersea villa—is not a new one. There are plenty of examples of taking ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A hotel carved out of an old rock quarry opened its doors to the media in Shanghai on Thursday, with its owner offering ...

A Shanghai developer last month broke ground on an InterContinental hotel that will be built more than 300 feet deep into the side of an abandoned rock quarry outside of Shanghai, the blog Shanghaiist ...

China's latest luxury hotel yesterday opened inside an abandoned quarry after nearly a decade of construction. InterContinental Shanghai Wonderland, a much-anticipated £225 million project, is built ...

After a decade of construction, the mostly subterranean InterContinental Shanghai Wonderland has opened inside a formerly abandoned quarry about 20 miles southwest of Shanghai. Yes, you read that ...