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Ai Weiwei
Chinese architect Ai Weiwei was detained at an airport in China in early April and is still locked up without charge. BD Online surveys the attitudes of architects working in China on the arrest.
24.05.11 in architects
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Melbourne in miniature
A new 90 hectare suburb in Tianjin, China, is set to get a Melbourne theme. This doesn’t mean that it will be encouraged to sprawl with inadequate public transport, we ‘re talking more of a postcard version of Melbourne.
22.05.10 in urban-planning weird-wonderful
Shanghai over the topness
At Boston.com are some startling pics of nation pavilions competing with one another to be the craziest thing in town, for a moment.
25.03.10 in exhibition
nether regions
Was Rem being honest / cheeky / stupid when he collaged naked women in lewd positions around his Beijing TV　buildings, highlighting certain similarities between the building and the nether regions. The locals have woken up to it and aren’t happy.
21.08.09 in buildings weird-wonderful
Inside Beijing's Big Box of Blue Bubbles
A detailed technological (and geometrical review) of PTW’s Beijing Water Cube.
14.08.08 in reviews
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