7architecturalwonders

7wondersofarchitecturenamed——CondeNastTraveler'sAprilissuepickssevendesignsasthe

AccordingtoTheAssociatedPress,TheSevenWonders

Whilepreservingasmuchofthenaturalrivercorridoraspossibleduringtheprocessofurbanisation．thisprojectdemonstrateshowaminimaIdesignsolutioncanachieveadramaticimprovementtothelandscape。

Today,aftertenyearsofpersistentwork,hisvisionofnativelandscapedesign,“amovementforurbanEnlightenment,”doesnotseemtobeacompleteimpossibilityanymore.

Sowewouldlikesharebrieflysomeotherprojectswehavedonerelatedtowetlandswhichencouragepreservation。

YuKongjian,professorofurbanplanningandlandscapearchitectureatPekingUniversity,saystheysetabadexampleofwastefulconstructioninaresource-poordevelopingnation.

China’srapidurbanisationisinevitablyencroachinguponarableterrain,raisingseriousissuesoffoodproductionandsustainablelanduse

“Inaneweraofmultipleunprecedentedchallengesimposedbytheprocessesofindustrializationandurbanization,landscapearchitectureisnowonthevergeofchangeintheworld,andespeciallyinChina

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