NBBJ’s Tencent Seafront Towers in Shenzhen is one of 78 buildings captured in 118 photos in Kris Provoost’s book Beautified China: The Architectural Revolution. Photo: Kris Provoost
Modern architecture in China by Aedas, Zaha Hadid and other star firms: is it awesome or absurd?
- From Beijing’s Wangjing Soho to Macau’s Morpheus Hotel, a new book by Kris Provoost includes more than 100 photos of iconic buildings across China
- Most of the projects are by Western architects, but Provoost says many are actually designed by Chinese architects who don’t get the credit they deserve
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Architecture and design
NBBJ’s Tencent Seafront Towers in Shenzhen is one of 78 buildings captured in 118 photos in Kris Provoost’s book Beautified China: The Architectural Revolution. Photo: Kris Provoost
Kowloon Walled City is depicted in stunning fashion by Greg Girard and Ian Lambot in photos including “Children playing on Walled City rooftop (1989)”, above, by Girard. Photo: courtesy of Blue Lotus Gallery
Stunning photos of Hong Kong’s Kowloon Walled City show life inside the crowded, lawless enclave before it was razed 25 years ago
- Before Kowloon Walled City was demolished in 1994, its 300 interconnected buildings were home to 50,000 people
- Infamous for drugs and prostitution, it was also home to factories, shops, restaurants and everything a city needed
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Photography
Kowloon Walled City is depicted in stunning fashion by Greg Girard and Ian Lambot in photos including “Children playing on Walled City rooftop (1989)”, above, by Girard. Photo: courtesy of Blue Lotus Gallery