Located on Middle Furong Road, Changsha, the 17-storey Firework Mansion used to be the dormitory building for staff of the former state-owned Hunan Firecrackers & Fireworks Import and Export Company. The company spared no expense to build this mansion and poured the whole building structure with concrete. Nowadays, young people have moved out of this mansion, so those left are mostly retired elderly people.

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Architects: Cao Pu

Location: 1703 Firework Mansion, No.605 Furong Mid Road, Changsha,China

Project Planning: Sun Shengqi, Xiong Yong, Zhao Xuru, Zou Rong

Area: 60.0 sqm

Project Year: 2016

Photographs: Zhang Zheming
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From the architect. Located on Middle Furong Road, Changsha, the 17-storey Firework Mansion used to be the dormitory building for staff of the former state-owned Hunan Firecrackers & Fireworks Import and Export Company. The company spared no expense to build this mansion and poured the whole building structure with concrete. Nowadays, young people have moved out of this mansion, so those left are mostly retired elderly people.

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