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Shenzhen | highway snapshots

Shenzhen | June 28, 2010
Shenzhen | June 28, 2010

A quick glimpse of Shenzhen (深圳) while driving from the West to the East, from the OCT Art & Design Gallery to the Vanke Center.
Related news & readings: ‘Shenzhen house prices hamper growth‘, ‘Shenzhen Stock Exchange Tops Out‘, ‘Shenzhen Low Carbon City‘(pdf alert!), and  ‘Shenzhen ups property controls‘. read more »

Shenzhen | Vanke Center by Steven Holl

Vanke Center by Steven Holl Architects | June 28, 2010
Vanke Center by Steven Holl Architects | June 28, 2010

While in Shenzhen (深圳) last week, MovingCities – along with Ole Bouman [director NAi] – paid a visit to Steven Holl’s Vanke Center. We were there last December to attend the opening of the “URBANISMS Steven Holl + Li Hu: 4 Projects in China“-exhibit [see previous post]. This time around no images of models and masses, instead, snapshots from the inside. read more »

Shenzhen | Taking A Stance

Taking A Stance | Beijing, April 27 2010
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 »

Shenzhen | Vanke Center by Steven Holl

Vanke Center Shenzhen by Steven Holl Architects
Vanke Center Shenzhen by Steven Holl Architects

After a holiday hiatus (all best for 2010!), MovingCities is serving some leftover snapshots from the Vanke Center Shenzhen by Steven Holl Architects. The visit in December was part of the opening of the “URBANISMS Steven Holl + Li Hu: 4 Projects in China“-exhibition located in what is known as the Horizontal Skyscraper. read more »

Shenzhen | SZHKBiennale snapshots


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Shenzhen | SZHKBiennale opening day

2009 Shenzhen Architecture Biennale | December 6, 2009
2009 Shenzhen Architecture Biennale | December 6, 2009

MovingCities spend last week in Shenzhen attending the opening of the 2009 Shenzhen & Hong Kong Bi-city Biennale of Urbanism\Architecture (SZHKB). On Sunday, we went sightseeing on the biennale’s main spot: Shenzhen’s Civic Square, the political and bureaucratic heart of the city. Snapshots of accidental encounters with installations. read more »

Shenzhen | Stock Exchange by OMA

Shenzhen Stock Exchange by OMA | November 14, 2009
Shenzhen Stock Exchange by OMA | November 14, 2009

A quick follow-up on our Shenzhen-trip of mid-November, as MovingCities is on the brink of returning to the city. In the third and final installment of our PRD-under-construction series (previous Opera House and the Pearl River Tower), we feature the Rem Koolhaas/OMA Shenzhen Stock Exchange project. Close-ups and bird’s eye. read more »

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Arq’a > Interviews Bert de Muynck & Mónica Carriço: “Acções Patrimoniais – Perspectivas Críticas” (excerto) por Luís Santiago Baptista e Paula Melâneo [PORTUGUESE]

we make money not art > book review: Beyond no.2 – Values and Symptoms edited by Pedro Gadanho (SUN publishers) w/ Bert de Muynck’s contribution: ‘The City Seekers

ArchiNed > Shanghai World Expo 2010 – de Europese Paviljoens Bert de Muynck over Europese paviljoens Expo 2010 [DUTCH]

La Biennale di Venezia > People meet the architect. WANG SHU 12th International Architecture Exhibition – People meet in architecture