Wangjing SOHO paid a whopping £381 million for a piece of upmarket land in Beijing. They then got Zaha Hadid on board who designed this:
Very organic, reminds me of something, not sure what. Construction of the 521,000 sq m gross B1 space is already underway completion sometime in 2014.
I think they look very much like beehives.
I think you're right. The old fashioned type...