posts tagged ‘beijing 北京’
Beijing | Do You Hutong?
July 15th, 2010 • cities, movingmemos
Tags: beijing 北京, demolition, urbanism
Lumicang Hutong | Beijing, July 5, 2010
Do You Hutong? [看！胡同 http://www.doyouhutong.com/] – upcoming Saturday, July 17 from 19:00 to 23:00, at the Three Shadows Photography Art Centre – is a fund-raising event hosted by the Beijing Cultural Heritage Protection Center (CHP). The eve will blend cultural heritage, art, dialogue and interpretation. Our distant contribution to support awareness around this subject is our yearly coverage of the current debate and some snapshots. MovingCities features the Lumicang Hutong. read more »
Beijing | SOHO Sanlitun & skyline
July 14th, 2010 • cities, movingmemos
Tags: beijing 北京, skyline
SOHO Sanlitun by Kengo Kuma | April 26, 2010
During the past few months MovingCities was a couple of times in Beijing [北京]. As we did not keep up the pace of posting, this week we present a selection of past impressions centered around our favorite Beijing topics: hutong(s), highways, hyperblocks and skylines. We lift off with some rooftop-views on Kengo Kuma‘s recently completed Sanlitun SOHO-project [三里屯SOHO官方网站]. read more »
Shenzhen | Taking A Stance
June 23rd, 2010 • 2 comments events, movingmemos
Tags: beijing 北京, exhibition, lectures, shenzhen 深圳
Taking A Stance | Beijing, April 27 2010
This weekend, MovingCities will be in Shenzhen to be part of the opening and symposium of the China-touring ‘Taking A Stance’-exhibition. After Shanghai and Beijing, the NAi-exhibit will land in Shenzhen presenting 8 critical attitudes in Chinese and Dutch architecture and design featuring OMA, URBANUS, Ai Weiwei, Irma Boom, Alexander van Slobbe, MeWe, Ma Ke and Hella Jongerius. read more »
XU Tiantian | publication
June 22nd, 2010 • architectures, movingmemos, writings
Tags: architecture, beijing 北京, interviews, publications
Xu Tiantian (DnA) | Songzhuang artists’ residence
Bert de Muynck | MovingCities published in a recent issue of MARK magazine an interview with Chinese architect XU Tiantian 徐甜甜 [DnA_Design and architecture]. The talk gave some background to and insight in one of her recently completed projects: the Songzhuang artists’ residence. Located in Beijing’s Tongzhou district, the residences (20 living and working units) are organized in an intriguing play of stacked boxes. Now online. read more »
Illegal Copying | publication
April 19th, 2010 • movingmemos, writings
Tags: architecture, beijing 北京, books, publications
Illegal Copying | Mark Magazine#24
[re-post] Bert de Muynck | MovingCities published in a recent issue of MARK magazine ‘Illegal Copying’, an article about the phenomenon of the underground architectural booksellers and their trade in illegally copied architecture books, DVD’s and magazines. Location: Beijing, China. Original pirate material [back] online! read more »
