A rooftop garden can make for a peaceful and relaxing sanctuary when living in a high-rise apartment in the centre of Beijing. However, this one Chinese businessman went a little over the top with his rooftop landscaping project, and by over the top, I mean covering a 26-storey apartment block in an artificial mountain.
Local media sources have reported that the man spent six years creating the structure using real trees, grass and decorative rocks, and the artificial landscape covers the entire 1000-square-metre roof of the tower.
Local urban management officials have told the owner the structure is illegal and issued him with an ultimatum to prove it was built with proper government permission or dismantle it within 15 days.
Residents of the high-end Park View apartment block in the city’s Haidan district have complained that the two-storey house could cause structural damage to the building and have been regularly disturbed by noise from heavy machinery on the roof.
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