![]() The apse is capped by a hyperboloid vault reaching seventy-five metres (246 feet). The central vault reaches sixty metres (200 feet). The crossing rests on the four central columns of porphyry supporting a great hyperboloid surrounded by two rings of twelve hyperboloids (currently under construction). However, the columns of the apse, resting on del Villar's foundation, do not adhere to the grid, requiring a section of columns of the ambulatory to transition to the grid thus creating a horseshoe pattern to the layout of those columns. The columns are on a 7.5 metre (25 ft) grid. The central nave vaults reach forty-five metres (148 feet) while the side nave vaults reach thirty metres (98 feet). The church plan is that of a Latin cross with five aisles. Sassoon House reopened in 2010, as the Fairmont Peace Hotel Shanghai. In 2007, the hotel closed for a three-year renovation of both the exterior and interior, including the guest rooms, the lobby, and the dining and entertainment venues. This hotel was also used as an inspiration for Vicki Baum's 1937 novel "Shanghai '37", also known as "Hotel Shanghai" and "Nanjing Road". Its roof terrace restaurant overlooks the district of Pudong across the Huangpu. Its Old Jazz Band was recently the basis for a movie, "As Time Goes By" a film by Uli Gaulke. During the Cultural Revolution, the hotel was used by the Gang of Four, most famously by Zhang Chunqiao as he headed the Shanghai Commune from headquarters in the Peace Hotel. In 1956, it once again became a hotel under the name "Peace Hotel". In 1952, the building was taken over by the Municipal Government. The pyramid is faced with copper, which has corroded to light green.Īfter the Communist takeover in 1949, some of the offices were used by the Municipal Finance Committee. The eastern facade (facing the Huangpu River and the Bund) features a pyramidal roof with steep sides, and a height of about 10 meters (33 feet). Most of the building features granite facing, while the ninth floor and the roof are surfaced with terracotta. The builders who created the structure followed a consistent art deco scheme from exterior design to interior decor. The Peace Hotel lobby is the entrance to a building called Sassoon House. ![]()
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