New eye-catching CNN stands nearly 100 meters high . Designed to look like a rising sun , hotel exterior is covered in more than 9,300 glass panels . From a side angle , the hotel takes on the appearance of a scallop , which represents fortune in Chinese culture . Ma Yansong says it took mid-November to build with help from more than 10,000 construction workers .
New eye-catching CNN stands nearly 100 meters high . Designed to look like a rising sun , hotel exterior is covered in more than 9,300 glass panels . Ma Yansong says it took mid-November to build with help from more than 10,000 construction workers .