If you’ve ever thought that huge apartment building next to Ysterplaat on the N1 looks depressing, check out this human version of an ant hill. Located in Qianjiang Century City, Hangzhou’s central business district, the S-shaped Regent International was originally designed as a luxury hotel, but was eventually converted into a colossal apartment building, with the rooms turned into thousands of high-end residential apartments. With around 20,000 inhabitants, the complex is bigger than most towns you drive through in the Karoo.
