DW Documentary, China has numerous dazzling cities for you to walk around singing “Bright lights and the big city”. Shanghai, Beijing, Shenzhen… these money-making cities are the bustling lands that…
Located in Northern New Taipei in Taiwan lies a district called Sanzhi, an area that was originally a vacation beach resort built in 1978. Unlike the beach houses that usually…
The Jian Mu tower is an office building to be located in the southern city of Shenzhen in China and it is a green skyscraper with a twist. An international…
Well-Known Shanghai Architects Rossana Hu and Lyndon Neri were tasked with coming up with a design solution for a 20-room boutique hotel amidst Yangzhou’s scenic Slender West Lake, occupying the entire western…
Alejandro Aravena was born in 1967 in Santiago, Chile. After graduating as an architect from Universidad Católica de Chile, he started his firm, Alejandro Aravena Architects, in 1994. He has…
The new town of Kangbashi in northern China, which was planned to house over one million people, now only has a tenth of its original population. Chinese government officials invested…
China is the world’s most populous country, with over 22 provinces that cover approximately 9.6 square kilometers of land. The large area of land in China contains various geographic characteristics…
‘’Cities have the capability of providing something for everybody, only because, and only when, they are created by everybody.’’ Jane Jacobs. The increasing problems of congestion and poor quality of…
China globally contributes 20% of the world’s food making it the largest contributor to the agricultural economy. Located in the largest city and global financial hub of China, MVRDV has…
Yaodong is an ancient beautiful dwelling of the Loess Plateau of Northern China. Yaodong translates to cave houses. An unusual simple construction that enriched the relationship between man and the…
Wang Shu is an architect of Chinese origin. He is based in Hangzhou, Zhejiang Province. He was born on the 4th of November 1963, in Urumqi, in China’s far west.…
In China, architecture and culture are closely related to one another. Many buildings hold cultural connotations. The facts from the culture of China help people understand the architectural structure and…