The Telegraph recently published this picture of the boot-shaped Lavenu Center in Shanghai, China. You can view a larger image at the link.
At first I thought it was some sort of photographic hoax - I mean, who in their right mind would build a skyscraper looking so uncannily like a boot? - but other Web sites confirm that it's real. Must have been an unduly straight-laced designer . . .
Verily, sometimes the mind doth boggle!
Peter
They need to build a second identical one a few blocks away...
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And a model from 2009:
http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showpost.php?p=38788184&postcount=976
And an article with interior renderings:
http://maosuit.com/real-estate/lvmh-create-luxury-shopping-paradise-in-shanghai/
So straight-laced, in fact, that if any of his subordinates fail to toe the line, heel give them the boot! (But that's another storey.)
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