I was thinking about the places I would like to design a project in the world if I had the chance. The places would not be anywhere I had designed a project before and limiting it to 5 places makes it harder to choose. I thought about it for a while and came up with […]
faslanyc: interview with Yu Kongjian ä¿žå”åš
Recently Yu Kongjian (ä¿žå”åš) was interviewed by faslanyc blog. Yu gives insight into his firm – Turenscape and his design influences and methodology that help him create the myriad of designs in China and the USA. Yu Kongjian is quickly gaining noteraity overseas for his designs and influence on modern landscape architecture in China. Turenscape has also been a finalist in […]
Grenelle Tower by Atelier Zündel & Cristea
Atelier Zündel & Cristea have created Granelle tower, a design that provides a design that offers an alternative to the standard office or mixed use block. Creating dynamic and fluid spaces through various parts of the building proves that there can be more in a standard office or residential building than just stacked 3-4m high floor plates […]
Nokia tie up with Microsoft, does it really matter?
I have used Nokia phones since 1995 with a 2110i and onto a 5110 in 1999 then 3310 in 2002. 2004-05 I was in Canada with some awful phone and then China with 6210 and E71 and recently X3. One thing that has struck me is that the phones over time have had Nokia phones […]
Response to Sean Chiao: Planning China’s megacities
Mega-cities are becoming a hot topic in China and academics & government seems to moving on from eco-city and low carbon city to mega-city. Recently Sean Chiao, the executive vice president of China for AECOM posted Planning China’s megacities on McKinsey stating that Mega-cities need to be planned, managed in an innovative way. Scott goes […]