New video footage reveals the latest incredible skyscraper being constructed in China, which incorporates a giant waterfall into its facade.
Named the Liebian International Building, the 121-metre tall tower in Guiyang, southwest China, has been built to include a dramatic a 108-metre-high water feature.
This unique feature is one of the largest artificial waterfalls in the world, and the tallest to be included in a building. It is operated by four pumps that feed from underground tanks containing rainwater and runoff.
The dramatic building, which is being developed by Ludi Industry Group, is not yet complete. But it is believed that the water feature has been functional for the past two years.

 
Although full details of the tower are not available, it is part of a complex that includes another equally high tower extending upward from a podium structure. Offices and a luxury hotel will be placed in the towers, while the podium building will house a shopping centre. The building's architect designed the tower to bring water into the city, according to Ludi Industry Group director Cheng Xiamao.

"Guiyang is a city of mountains, and with many trees, just like a forest," Xiamao is quoted in the Independent newspaper as saying.
"He [the architect] wanted to create a feeling of water and greenery, even when you are surrounded by skyscrapers."
The Independent also reports that, because the running cost of the waterfall amounts to £90 per hour, it h...