Zen Circus Chair by carlonie kermarrec

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On a casual visit to the city of Hong Kong, Romain Jacquet-Lagrèze became enamored with the sheer size of some of the city’s skyscrapers. Since Hong Kong has so many people in such a small area, they’ve had to look towards the skies.

Romain’s pictures seem to perfectly capture that feeling of gazing upwards at the towering structures.

A View of Hong Kong’s Skyscrapers from the Ground

via Huffpost Arts

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Holi, the Hindu festival of colour. (x)

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Atelier Brückner - Magic Box (2010)

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Anatomy of a Chinese City via Archdaily

In cities around the globe, change happens almost instantly. Buildings rise, buildings disappear, and skylines morph before one’s eyes. There is no better example of this, of course, than China. From Ordos to Shanghai, Chinese cities are in a constant state of flux, as the Chinese people willfully abandon signs of the past and embrace the new.

Of course, it’s one thing to know this fact; it’s quite another to witness it firsthand, to experience this urgent impetus to demolish and demolish in order to build, build, build, and build. In the face of such large-scale, exponential urban development, it’s easy to feel powerless to suggest another path.

However, in publishing Anatomy of a Chinese City, that is exactly what two young architects have done. By taking the time to observe the “urban artifacts” that make a Chinese city unique, compiling over 100 drawings of everything from buildings to bicycles, Thomas Batzenschlager and Clémence Pybaro have preserved a piece of Chinese history that is quickly going extinct. 

In a world where, in the race for progress, quotidian realities are erased unthinkingly, Anatomy of a Chinese City is not just a resource, but a call-to-action, reminding us to slow down and observe the very human context that surrounds us.

i miss wandering hutongs in beijing 

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This is close to perfect.

Kinfolk picnic in Paris

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