Cycling in Hong Kong: Mission Impossible?
Conceptual Rendering of the Hong Kong “HarbourLoop” Proposal by Lead 8. Image Courtesy of Lead 8 Hong Kong Limited. From Norway’s cross-country bicycle highway to Copenhagen’s cycling snake,...
View ArticleWhy China’s Cities Must Maintain Ties With the Countryside
Shanghai Street. Photo by Henry Nee This article by Harry den Hartog originally appeared at Sixth Tone. One of the first things that struck me when I came to Shanghai was the wide variety of lifestyles...
View ArticleChina’s Overheated Real Estate Market
Photo by 发课 吴 Since the end of 2015, property values have been heating up throughout China. In over 15 cities, home prices increased over 20% since September 2015. Although home prices have been...
View ArticleTRT World Interview: CUD Blog’s Ziyou Tian on Hong Kong’s Housing Crisis
China Urban Development readers: I’m very pleased to share with you a recent TV news interview with our very own Ziyou Tian on the state of housing in Hong Kong. In this segment she offers a fresh take...
View ArticleDevelopers Draw Shanghai Residents Back to the Waterside
East Bund Waterfront Competition Proposal, Design by Agence Ter This article by Harry den Hartog originally appeared at Sixth Tone. Shanghai used to be a city crisscrossed by waterways, and dozens of...
View ArticleSUPERDENSITY: An Interview with HASSELL Principal David Tickle
Image courtesy of HASSELL On my Twitter feed I recently came across a post about a new urban development concept called “SuperDensity” crafted by the international design practice HASSELL. Introduced...
View ArticleHow China’s ‘Mall Mania’ Destroys Local Communities
Photo by Adam Mayer This article by Harry den Hartog originally appeared at Sixth Tone. As early as 2002, the Dutch architect Rem Koolhaas noted how architectural spaces facilitated the urge to...
View ArticleCHINA’S URBAN REVOLUTION: An Interview with British Architect Austin Williams
Image courtesy of Austin Williams Very rare is it to meet a China expat in the architecture and design field who is as an astute observer of development trends as Austin Williams. Williams is a British...
View ArticleWhat the New York Times Misses in its Article About China’s Property Market
The New York Times has published yet another article about China’s real estate market and the proliferation of empty apartment buildings. This time the focus is on Jurong, a suburb of Nanjing in...
View ArticleChengdu’s Tangba Jie – One of the World’s Coolest Neighborhoods
Last year Time Out Magazine rated Chengdu’s Tangba Jie as one of the coolest neighborhoods in the world. This is probably not surprising to residents of Chengdu or anyone who has been following the...
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