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Taming the Concrete DragonThe Shanghai Bund, all image courtesy SWA Group unless noted The following is an excerpt from Cite 88, a special issue that offers a unique and critical glimpse into the evolving state of architecture, economic growth, and overall well-being in China. Below is an interview conducted by Tom Colbert and Raj Mankad with SWA Group’s [...] |
06.05.12 | Architecture Preservation |
Wang Shu: You Must Change Your Way of LifeWang Shu’s drawing for the Xiangshan Campus, China Academy of Art, Hangzhou, all images courtesy Wang Shu In the Fall of 2011, the Rice Design Alliance (RDA) brought three architects from China to lecture in Houston at The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston. One of the speakers, Wang Shu, was just announced as the next [...] |
03.01.12 | Architecture |
Ron Witte on Civic HubrisA two-million-square-foot building designed by WW Architecture. All images courtesy WW unless noted. To introduce himself to the Glasscock School class for “Spotlight on Rice Architecture School,” Ron Witte said in comparison to his wife, Dean Sarah Whiting, his partner in their practice WW and the first speaker in our series, that she’s the more [...] |
11.17.11 | Architecture |
Everything is Bigger in ChinaA gated community of highrises in China This morning the Houston Chronicle printed an op-ed by Christof Spieler about his journey to China. He blogged about the trip on OffCite and you can find all his posts here. If this interests you, be sure to attend the Chinese Architecture lecture series that starts next week. [...] |
09.23.11 | Architecture |
OffCite Goes to China: Time WarpIn this post, Christof Spieler finishes his series of reports on his trip to China for an upcoming special issue of Cite. Read more about RDA’s China initiative here, which includes a knockout lecture series in the Fall. To browse all of Spieler’s posts from China, click here. The most startling aspect of the China [...] |
08.15.11 | Place |
OffCite Goes to China: High Speed RailIn this series, Christof Spieler gives regular reports on his trip to China for a special issue of Cite. Read more about RDA’s China initiative here, which includes a knockout lecture series in the Fall. The Beijing-Shanghai high speed rail line opened on June 30; I rode it four days later. Cruising along smoothly at [...] |
08.12.11 | Infrastructure |
Offcite in China: Planned CommunityIn this series, Christof Spieler gives regular reports on his trip to China for a special issue of Cite. Read more about RDA’s China initiative here, which includes a knockout lecture series in the Fall. This is the Chinese version of a planned community: 30 highrise residential towers, each 30 stories tall, all behind gates [...] |
08.11.11 | Architecture |
OffCite Goes to China: HutongIn this series, Christof Spieler gives regular reports on his trip to China for a special issue of Cite. Read more about RDA’s China initiative here, which includes a knockout lecture series in the Fall. You walk down a busy street in Beijing: busses, cabs, mopeds, bikes, crowds. But then you turn into an alley—a [...] |
08.08.11 | Place |
OffCite Goes to China: Patron SaintDeng Xiaoping billboard in Shenzhen. Photos by Christof Spieler. In this series, Christof Spieler gives regular reports on his trip to China for a special issue of Cite. Read more about RDA’s China initiative here, which includes a knockout lecture series in the Fall. History is always shaped by the present, and Shenzhen’s economic boom [...] |
08.05.11 | Place |
OffCite Goes to China: PlanningBeijing Planning Exhibition, photo by Christof Spieler In this series, Christof Spieler gives regular reports on his trip to China for a special issue of Cite. Read more about RDA’s China initiative here, which includes a knockout lecture series in the Fall. In Beijing, like in most Chinese cities, there’s a planning exhibition. The centerpiece [...] |
08.03.11 | Architecture |
