{"id":28651,"date":"2013-08-13T01:41:48","date_gmt":"2013-08-12T21:41:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/archive2.ankakh.com\/?p=28651"},"modified":"2013-08-13T01:41:48","modified_gmt":"2013-08-12T21:41:48","slug":"professor-builds-dream-mountain-villa-where-he-can-get-away-from-it-all-only-problem-is-its-on-top-of-a-beijing-apartment-block-and-the-people-underneath-arent-too-happy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archive2.ankakh.com\/en\/?p=28651","title":{"rendered":"Professor builds dream mountain villa where he can get away from it all. Only problem is, it&#8217;s on top of a Beijing apartment block (and the people underneath aren&#8217;t too happy)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/archive2.ankakh.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/mountaintop-villa-on-top-of-a-Beijing-apartment-block.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-28648\" alt=\"Rocky style villa on the roof of a tower block, Haidian, China - 12 Aug 2013\" src=\"https:\/\/archive2.ankakh.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/mountaintop-villa-on-top-of-a-Beijing-apartment-block.jpg\" width=\"964\" height=\"578\" srcset=\"https:\/\/archive2.ankakh.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/mountaintop-villa-on-top-of-a-Beijing-apartment-block.jpg 964w, https:\/\/archive2.ankakh.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/mountaintop-villa-on-top-of-a-Beijing-apartment-block-300x179.jpg 300w, https:\/\/archive2.ankakh.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/mountaintop-villa-on-top-of-a-Beijing-apartment-block-500x300.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 964px) 100vw, 964px\" \/><\/a>A Chinese man has spent six years building his dream mountaintop villa &#8211; on top of a Beijing apartment block.<\/p>\n<p>Eccentric Professor Zhang Lin shifted tons of rubble and rock onto the roof of the building to construct the outrageous home which looks like it has been carved from a mountainside.<\/p>\n<p>The property even has a rocky mountain garden, complete with rubble and shrubbery.<\/p>\n<p>But his distraught neighbours are less than impressed with the project and fear the building is about to collapse.<\/p>\n<p>The rooftop home, which never received planning approval, has caused cracks to appear in his neighbours&#8217; ceilings and walls while some have had to put up with leaks from broken pipes and drains.<\/p>\n<p>They have also been forced to live with the noise and disturbance caused from the building work.<\/p>\n<p>One resident said their apartment is constantly flooded while another described the academic as a &#8216;menace&#8217;.<\/p>\n<p>Mr Lin could now be ordered to tear down his mountain penthouse if it is deemed unsafe.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;It has come to our attention that Professor Zhang did not apply for permission for this structure. So unless he can prove it is safe, it will have to come down,&#8217; explained an city official.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A Chinese man has spent six years building his dream mountaintop villa &#8211; on top&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"image","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[221,224,137],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-28651","post","type-post","status-publish","format-image","hentry","category-editors-choice","category-news","category-world","post_format-post-format-image"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/archive2.ankakh.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28651","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/archive2.ankakh.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/archive2.ankakh.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/archive2.ankakh.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/archive2.ankakh.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=28651"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/archive2.ankakh.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28651\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/archive2.ankakh.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=28651"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/archive2.ankakh.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=28651"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/archive2.ankakh.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=28651"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}