China’s Dubai Deserted

In the wake of worldwide economic woes, property investors are pulling out of China’s Phoenix Island. For those looking to buy, the prices are now half of what they were just three years ago. Once the home to eager investors waiting in tents to purchase properties, the island is now largely uninhabited. Business Insider has ...

Chinese Architecture Pirates

a lofty thievery! from Fast Company: Superstar architect Zaha Hadid is facing a unique, if somewhat flattering, challenge: Contractor pirates copying one of her new, under-construction buildings. Hadid’s Wangjing SOHO complex in Beijing (pictured) was scheduled for a 2014 opening; however, rogue developers in the city of Chongqing are building an illegal copy of Wangjing ...

One in a Billion – China

For downloads and more information visit: http://www.journeyman.tv/?lid=64696 Several hundred billionaires now live on mainland China. Delving into their exclusive world, this report questions whether they can be accused of greed if they choose to contribute to wider society and culture. “60% of this piano is jade. Michael Jackson bought it. Then I bought it for ...

Meet The Stans

Huang Qingjun: Jiadang (Family Stuff)

From Flavorwire: For the past ten-odd years, Huang Qingjun has traveled the Chinese countryside, asking residents to allow him to photograph them outside their homes, with all their worldly possessions on display. ”Most people thought what I was proposing was not normal. When I explained I wanted to set up a photo, that it would involve ...

Inside the Olympic Training Camp of China’s World Record-Breaking Gold Medalists

Phoenix Island

and while i’m daydreaming today… here’s a lovely depiction of an island concept dubbed Phoenix Island. the concept plans to be located in Sanya, a town within the Chinese province.  they hope to finish by 2014!

Green T. House, Beijing

hmm… i like We Heart‘s description: Launched in 1997 by musician, artist, trendsetter and tea connoisseur, Ms. Zhang Jin Jie (aka JinR), Green T. House began life as a simple tea house, 3 tables that would serve as a cultural hub for fellow artists and musicians… Within 5 years, JinR had turned her hand to ...

China – CCTV Commercial

oooh… this is really cool! an advertisement for Chinese Central Center TV (CCTV). i like this sort of stuff!

Dalian Shide Stadium Concept

i’m diggin this design for a Chinese soccer stadium… from Arch Daily: NBBJ’s proposed design for the new Dalian Shide football stadium in China represents a new direction in sports architecture by moving away from the creation of a building based on pure form. The organic architecture of the building challenges the typical stadium typology ...