Peter Calthorpe: Urbanism in the Age of Climate Change: China Grows, USA Refills
Peter Calthorpe, Principal Calthorpe Associates Response by Alan Mountjoy, Principal NBBJ Discussion Moderate by Alex Krieger, Professor…
Topic China
ChinaGSD Distinguished Lecture: Professor Kenneth Frampton, “Chinese Architecture”
On Monday, September 19th, ChinaGSD will be hosting a Distinguished Lecture by Prof.Kenneth Frampton, co-supported…
Aga Khan Program Lecture: Zhang Ke, “Rethinking Basics: From Tibet to Beijing and Beyond”
Zhang Ke, the Aga Khan Design Critic in Architecture in fall 2016,…
Niall Kirkwood cohosts first ever conference on Brownfields in China
Niall Kirkwood, Professor of Landscape Architecture and Technology is cohosting and organizing the first ever…
Phyto Garden
A New Paradise-Renewal of Damaged and Polluted City Land with the Power and Work of…
Towards a Critical Pragmatism: Contemporary Architecture in China
From the last decades of the twentieth century leading up to today, much attention has been paid to the expedient strategies that have driven construction activities in China. Distinct from the shortsighted operations, an experimental phase in Chinese architecture emerged in the early 1990s. Independent…
Common Frameworks: Rethinking the Developmental City in China
The dazzling scale and mesmerizing speed of China’s development in the early 21st century have…
Health and Places Initiative
Who We Are This project has had two phases. The first phase of the Health and…
Urbanization in China and North-East Asia Region
According to some estimates, China’s gross domestic product seems likely to increase substantially during the…
Hutong Metabolism, Beijing
Zhang Ke
Hutongs in Beijing, the traditional courtyard-and-alley system of urban dwelling that is the most…