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Chinese Architecture

Why China's Copy-Cats Are Good For Architecture

2012-02-16-archdailyreal.jpg | Posted 04.12.2013 | Arts
Read More: Chinese Copy Cats, Hp, Art News, Architecture, China Architecture Copy Cats, China's Copy Cats, Architecture in China, Chinese Copy Zaha Hadid, Chinese Copy Halstatt, Chinese Architecture, Arts News

By Vanessa Quirk (Read the original story here) When we see another Eiffel Tower, idyllic English village, or, most recently, a Zaha Hadid shopp...

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A Twisted Tea House In Shanghai

2012-02-16-archdailyreal.jpg | Posted 03.19.2012 | Home
Read More: Architecture, Architecture in China, Chinese Architecture, Tea House China, Recycled Buildings, Chinese Tea House, Recycled Tea House, Tea House Architecture, Home News

By Victoria King (click here for original article) Copyright Zhonghai Shen Architect: Archi-Union Architects Location: No. 1436 Jungong Roa...

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Shady Beijing Developers Demolish the Home of China's "Father of Modern Architecture"

ARTINFO | Posted 04.07.2012 | Arts
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Liang Sicheng (1901-1972) is known as China's "Father of Modern Architecture," but he expressed strong sentiments throughout his career when it came t...

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Frank Gehry In Hong Kong

www.cnngo.com | Posted 11.14.2011 | Arts
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Canadian-American Pritzker Prize-winning architect Frank Gehry's first building in Hong Kong is almost complete. Dubbed OPUS HONG KONG, the 12-story r...

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Fifty Cities in Twenty Years

J. Michael Welton | Posted 05.25.2011 | World
Read More: Architecture, Kohn Pedersen Fox, Som, Duda Paine, China, China World TradeCenter, Hok, New York Architecture, Chinese Architecture, Chinese Architects, City Planning, World News
J. Michael Welton

The Chinese people, their collective memory wiped clean by Mao's Cultural Revolution, need context for their new cities. Not surprisingly, American architects are swarming there.

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