In Shenzen they have an amazing place where there is a village of commercial artist that paint everything under the sun.

Hong Kong

I am going to start uploading pictures from my iphone. I'm really impressed with the quality of the pictures that the phone takes. The resolution is not that high but the lighting quality that it takes always surprises me.

The Hong Kong skyline is amazing and unique. Outside of the food, this is how to experience HK.

Beijing traffic

This is what Beijing traffic looks like, well it looks like everywhere else that has bad congestion. As most people know getting to certain spots in the central areas is a wait like no other. There are 3.5 million cars in Beijing for a population of 15 million. Compared to Los Angeles which has 6.9 million cars for 3.8 million people. They will have to have a road expansions on a different olympian scale if they reach 1.8 cars per person as in LA.

Beijing Dining

If you are looking for an interesting place to eat in Beijing, you may want to try Da Dong. Yes once you get past the "dong" jokes the restaurant is quite nice. The dining room is pleasant without being over designed. The food is upscale. Across the street you have a well preserved historical monument.

I guess I am curious as to weather the name and graphics were conscious and intentional or completely accidental, or both.

Beijing

The CCTV Tower post fire. There are certain events that seem to define an era or age or transition point. I wonder if this event will be a historical icon representing a change in architectural production in China.

On the other hand someone told me that, for Chinese fire brings good fortune.

LA Times Article

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Ordos Western

Here are some images of our villa project in Ordos Inner Mongolia. It's not part of the famous Ordos 100, but it's the same client. The concept and geometry is derived from the site conditions (views,wind,solar,land forms....) combined with the local (non yurt) brick homes that dot the landscape, executed from Chinese living in Los Angeles.

Needless to say, this client likes Western Architecture. Thats why we created a re-engineered Chinese Farm House! You don't get many opportunities to build a single family detached house in China. They build tower after tower. So there has not been much evolution of the single family home. We shied away from the updated yurt which will ultimately finds its zenith when its framed by a mega mall courtyard. We focused on the local farm house that seemed connected to traditional living while at the same time upened by the modernization that was occurring all around. This cultural sensitivity it's embellishment is well...."western".