For more than a thousand years, young Chinese girls were forced to bind their feet to be able to marry citified elites.

Contemporary Shanghai should be an appropriate starting point for a critical reflection on sustainability and contemporary landscape aesthetics.

Havingavisionis,ofcourse,agoodthing.WhetherthecityandprivateinterestscanfinanceanUpperRiverredooverthenextseveraldecades,that’sthebigquestion.Seewhatyouthink.

IncludingthestoryonChineselandscapearchitectKongjianYu,"TheArtofSurvival."

AndTurenscape'sChinaTownPark

TurenscapeLandscapeArchitecture,UrbanDesign,Architecture,Beijing

Theconfidenceofthenewmastersoftheuniversedidnotforeseewarandliberation,butwhilethehubrisislonggone,thebuildingsremain.

HoutanPark,Shanghai

DesignteamsfromNewYork,Boston,BerkleyandBeijingvisitedMinneapolisduringthelastweekinNovembertogetanup-closelookattheMississippiriverfrontthey’recompetingtodesign.

RedRibbonTangheRiverPark