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TheCityFix.com: Is There a Future for Human-Scale Chinese Cities?
(Originally published on TheCityFix.com)
James Fallows of the Atlantic recently blogged about “today’s enormous, expanding Chinese cities,” comparing the more intimate architecture of Shanghai to the sprawling concrete slabs in Beijing.
“This is not a ‘which do you like better?’ discussion,” he emphasizes.
Rather the question is why the look and feel of Beijing seem so clearly to [...]
Beijing Olympic Village is world’s first green neighborhood
Read the original press release here.
The Beijing Olympic Village is the first Olympic Village to achieve certification under the U.S. Green Building Council’s LEED for Neighborhood Development rating system. The 42 buildings that housed 17,000 athletes from around the world earned a Gold rating, one step below the highest Platinum rating. The residential complex is [...]
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