Xiling Ski Resort, Sichuan Building, China

Xiling Sichuan Building, Chinese Ski Resort Images, Architect, Proposals, Project, Design News Xiling Ski Resort, China Sichuan Building – design by Sutherland Hussey Architects (SHA), Edinburgh, Scotland 24 Jun 2009 Xiling Ski Resort in China Photos of SHA’s first completed project in China 24 Jun 2009 Xiling Gateway, Xiling, Sichuan, south west China 2008- Sutherland … Read more

Beihai Fake Hills: Chinese Residential Development

Throughout China’s ultra-rapid urbanization, attention has been focused on set-piece architecture: opera houses, museums, stadia. However these would-be icons are the exception rather than the rule. The vast majority of development in China’s new cities takes the form of residential schemes, often standardized and cheap to guarantee a quick return for the developer. Is it possible to build high-density, economically viable housing which is also architecturally innovative?