Interview with DeStefano and Partners on Yinzhou Fantasy Island Master Plan,Ningbo

Prominent Architecture firm DeStefano and Partners has recently create a new retail hub in the heart of Ningbo, China. The proposal introduces a dynamic shopping concept of Eight International Shopping Streets with a 200 meter tall landmark tower, giving rise to a new image of Yinzhou marked with a hybridization of cultural and ecogical friendly spaces. We [...]

Chong qing-China’s ‘Chicago’?

China is building megacities like this at a pace and scale the world has never seen before. Chongqing has a current population of 12 million people and counting. It’s part of the central government’s plan to bring some of China’s economic boom to its impoverished interior province whereby the majority of Chinese live.
As Chong qing, [...]

Lahore in danger!

Lahore ,a glittering city of the British Raj and the seat of Moghul emperors 400 years ago, is in danger as  modern development is rapidly destroying much of the city’s priceless heritage.
Today, the streets of Lahore resonate to the sounds of congestion and pollution. The city is building at a rapid pace without much thought [...]

Realising the Marina Bay vision

 

From The Business Times
THE vision for Marina Bay is that of a high-quality, 24/7 live-work-play environment, one that encapsulates the essence of the global city Singapore is envisaged to be.
Waterfront business districts such as Canary Wharf in London and Pudong in Shanghai have come, in recent years, to signify urban progress and prosperity. They have [...]

Five ideas for Singapore Planners

Extracted from the Straits Times 24th Oct 2008

MONOCLE’S editor-in-chief offers five suggestions for Singapore’s urban planners:There are cities where people are making a lot of money that aren’t necessarily liveable.
# A shopping street to challenge Orchard Road
A second hub would keep the retail scene ‘interesting and dynamic’. Singapore could take its cue from central Tokyo, [...]

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