Category Archives: Urban Design
Shifting Real Estate Development Priorities
Last week I had a chance to chat with Russell Flannery, the Shanghai bureau chief for Forbes magazine, at a conference I spoke at inView full post »
Foster + Partners Wins Hong Kong’s West Kowloon Cultural District Master Plan Competition
Although famous as an international trading and banking center, Hong Kong, save for a strong culinary tradition, lacks in the cultureView full post »
Urbanizing Towards a Clean and Sustainable Future
An article I wrote about the sustainable development in China’s cities was recently published in the Winter 2010/2011 Issue of theView full post »
Preservation in Beijing: The Battle for Gulou
A frequently revisited topic in discussions about China’s development is the widespread loss of historic structures andView full post »
Mega-City Semantics in the Pearl River Delta
Dongguan Housing. Photo by livinginchina4now. Several people have called my attention to a recent article from The Telegraph about ChinaView full post »
Defining Western Bias
Architecture critic Guy Horton has an excellent essay on ArchDaily about redefining the way we judge and evaluate Chinese urbanView full post »
City Journal’s Guy Sorman: China Basher
Beijing’s 798 Arts District While browsing through the front page of the planning website Planetizen the other day, I came across aView full post »