UN-CRAFTED CITY

Photo: Unsplash / Adam Dillon

30 January 2012

John Houghton-Brown quoting Chris Hopkinson, an English born architecture student, describing the rapid construction boom he has witnessed since moving to Beijing three months ago:

"Without identity, a sense of both personal and community pride is lost. Though the various posters that are up around the city advertising new developments present them in a nice, clean, friendly and liveable condition, the architectural production they depict seems to lack inspiration."

The opposite of the Crafted City.

From the The Independent. (LINK TO ARTICLE BROKEN)