A 58-year-old man in China just won the sandcastle game by covering his traditional-style beach home in hundreds of thousands of shells. The story goes that Xiao Yongsheng wanted to rebuild his humdrum house but was aghast by the prices architects demanded. His solution? Redo his house by dipping into the "huge, free supply of beautiful building material" in his front yard. Curbed National has more. [Curbed National]
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