Western Architects Flock to China

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Keith B Richburg, Foreign architects put stamp on Chinese skyline. Washington Post, Dec. 14, 2010.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/12/13/AR2010121305792.html

Quote:

"There's hardly a building you see today that stood 15 years ago" in Shanghai

"Another lure for U.S. architects is the chance to see a project designed, built and in regular use in as little as a few years. In the United States, by contrast, with various bureaucratic hassles, projects can typically take more than a decade to come to fruition, and often much longer.

"an American architect said that in the United States, buildings are typically designed to last 75 to 100 years * * * But in China, he said, the private developers often want 'a building to last 30 years' maximum. 'Their idea of a building is like a commodity. It's disposable.'

Note:
(a) New Poly Plaza 新保利大厦
(b) The report talks about "the size of the downtown of a midsize American city."

City of Boston fits the bill of a mid-side American city. But its downtown, as well as those of other mid-size US cities, is very small--just several blocks.

(c) Silas CHIOU 周 学望
(d) Pearl River Tower 珠江大厦
(e) PENG Peigen 彭 培根
(f) National Grand Theater, known as "The Egg" 国家大剧院/巨蛋
(g) Plaza 66  恒隆广场


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