Author Archives: Adam Mayer
Chengdu’s Tangba Jie – One of the World’s Coolest Neighborhoods
Last year Time Out Magazine rated Chengdu’s Tangba Jie as one of the coolest neighborhoods in the world. This is probably notView full post »
What the New York Times Misses in its Article About China’s Property Market
The New York Times has published yet another article about China’s real estate market and the proliferation of empty apartmentView full post »
CHINA’S URBAN REVOLUTION: An Interview with British Architect Austin Williams
Image courtesy of Austin Williams Very rare is it to meet a China expat in the architecture and design field who is as an astute observerView full post »
How China’s ‘Mall Mania’ Destroys Local Communities
Photo by Adam Mayer This article by Harry den Hartog originally appeared at Sixth Tone. As early as 2002, the Dutch architect Rem KoolhaasView full post »
SUPERDENSITY: An Interview with HASSELL Principal David Tickle
Image courtesy of HASSELL On my Twitter feed I recently came across a post about a new urban development concept calledView full post »
Developers Draw Shanghai Residents Back to the Waterside
East Bund Waterfront Competition Proposal, Design by Agence Ter This article by Harry den Hartog originally appeared at SixthView full post »
TRT World Interview: CUD Blog’s Ziyou Tian on Hong Kong’s Housing Crisis
China Urban Development readers: I’m very pleased to share with you a recent TV news interview with our very own Ziyou Tian on theView full post »
Why China’s Cities Must Maintain Ties With the Countryside
Shanghai Street. Photo by Henry Nee This article by Harry den Hartog originally appeared at Sixth Tone. One of the first things thatView full post »
Q&A With Author of “The People’s Republic of Chemicals”
Nothing threatens the stability of China’s economic miracle more than the hazardous levels of pollution generated by rapidView full post »
5 Questions for Shaun Rein, Author of “The End of Copycat China”
More can happen in two years in a developing country like China than can happen in a decade or more in developed countries. And given thisView full post »
Hong Kong Protests & The Role of the City
View over Victoria Harbor towards Central- the center of the pro-democracy protests Hong Kong is an unlikely setting for massive politicalView full post »
China Regional Urbanization Trends: 2014 Edition
The Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU) shared with us their new study on “China’s Urban Dreams 2014” – an update onView full post »