A memorable example is the Yangshuo Sugar House Hotel, where the Beijing-based Vector Architects have transformed a disused sugar mill - which just happens to be set in an extraordinarily dramatic riverside landscape - into an inspired piece of contemporary post-industrial architecture and expanding it into a fantastically inventive luxury resort.Ĭoncrete never felt as light as it does in these perforated, screen-like structures, which contrast with the weathered brickwork of the original industrial buildings, while all around, the craggy limestone peaks rise at impossible angles. China’s hospitality scene is a dramatic blend of the historical and the ultra-modern - sometimes within the same hotel.
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