Apartment building fell down in China (12 pics)

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13-storey apartment building collapsed in Chinese city of Shanghai, which was almost finished. It fell without being destroyed, like a domino.
It gives the impression as if the building was razed as a tree and was laid down...
According to the official version, the reason of the building collapsing was the construction of the underground garage and the loose soil.

Apartment building fell down in China (12 pics)

Apartment building fell down in China (12 pics)

[via dailymail.co.uk]
[via zonaeuropa.com]

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Comments (17):

1

Holy shit, Im glad it fell before it was finished, could have killed hundreds if not thousands of people.

quote | 29 Jun 2009 07:31 | Double J (user's comments: 24)

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quote | 29 Jun 2009 08:01 | rubending (user's comments: 760)

3

hmm i bet the neighbours living in identical buildings will want to move the **** out. dance3

quote | 29 Jun 2009 09:21 | thinkker (user's comments: 0)

4

It missed the next building so closely its almost like they expected them to fall down and left some space just in case.

quote | 29 Jun 2009 13:32 | bobnine (user's comments: 0)

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quote | 29 Jun 2009 16:00 | Miguel Angel (user's comments: 168)

6

It missed the next building so closely its almost like they expected them to fall down and left some space just in case.

in Mexico City they buld like that

quote | 29 Jun 2009 18:52 | exor (user's comments: 0)

7

you mean you want them to fall as dominos...?

Men have two emotions: Hungry and Horny.
If you see him without an erection, make him a sandwich :)

quote | 29 Jun 2009 23:12 | Tarzan (user's comments: 1414)

8

Vizça el Barça

quote | 29 Jun 2009 23:46 | diegopol (user's comments: 1621)

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quote | 29 Jun 2009 23:48 | Ariel (user's comments: 459)

10

But their windows are allright though. acute

quote | 1 Jul 2009 14:07 | PETE (user's comments: 0)

11

New way of building, cheaper - flat on the ground then lift it. Takes more space, but it much cheaper.

quote | 1 Jul 2009 14:17 | grah (user's comments: 0)

12

26 employers dies

quote | 1 Jul 2009 20:28 | Premo (user's comments: 0)

13

oh my GOD it is horable JC_OMG_sign

quote | 12 Aug 2009 15:34 | kami (user's comments: 0)

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quote | 15 Aug 2009 20:13 | giafantasou.. (user's comments: 0)

15

Something is fishy in this story. Shanghai is VERY short on space - I doubt they could afford to build at such distance between blocks.

quote | 27 Oct 2009 13:46 | Chinaman (user's comments: 0)

16

But there is NO trace of any underground garage.... seems like a little lie there..

quote | 27 Oct 2009 22:45 | Jo (user's comments: 0)

17

I'm civil engineer. Building near river banks is complicated cause of soil conditions. Those guys should consider slab foundation, or just use reinforcing steel in those poles :) And I was afraid of upcoming flood of affordable chineese engineers :>

quote | 29 Oct 2009 11:29 | Jacek25 (user's comments: 0)