The Studhorse residence was designed to represent the bridge between nature, culture and people, it’s divided into four buildings serving as unattached structures. They are all organized around a central courtyard and the pool. Each ...
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Located in Chaoshou Hutong, Star Theater boasts five small performance spaces in its courtyard complex, with total capacity of no more than 1,000. Some of the spaces have stages surrounded by seats, while others don't even have a ...
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A room from the the "Apartment of Dreams Come True". [Photo/art-ba-ba.com] An icy wind blows through the streets of Beijing as we head for the northeastern part of the capital. We are driving to a neighborhood called Cuigezhuang, which ...
Entering the new storehouse you can see the dust removal equipment mounted on the walls. [Photo/Beijing News] Unearthed after 59 years, more than 3,000 precious historical relics from the Ming Tombs in Beijing's suburban district of ...
The Yonghegong Lama Temple generally gets the hype from visitors in the capital, but the older Dongyue Temple is also in downtown Beijing, offering a surprisingly tranquil environment is home to some incredible buddha statues, as well as ...
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The 2015 International Beijing Design Week (BJDW) kicked off on Wednesday, highlighting designs that are open and inclusive, and devoted to improving people's lives. Co-hosted by the Ministry of Education, Ministry of Culture, Ministry of ...
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An ongoing photo exhibition looks at the progress in poverty reduction that has been achieved in the Hobq Desert in China's Inner Mongolia autonomous region over three decades. More than 130 snapshots show how local residents have greened ...
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Peking opera performers take part in a decorated vehicle parade as a celebration for the Chinese New Year in London, Feb 22, 2015. The China-UK Year of Cultural Exchange has been going on throughout 2015, during which the countries have ...
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South African retailer Woolworths is on a mission to save water and to do so, is changing store designs in its retail store network across the whole African continent. The retailer has set out to drastically reduce the amount of water ...
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Known to many as the Mosuo, but known often to themselves as the Na, the Mosuo are a small ethnic group living in Yunnan and Sichuan Provinces in China, close to the border with Tibet. Consisting of a population of approximately 40,000, ...
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While plastics and bioplastics continue slogging it out to develop the most sustainable plastic options, one company has developed a packaging form that makes plastic redundant. Material science company, Ecovative, has created a new class ...
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The shop has been celebrated for its events both in-store and as part of the farm’s attractions. Independent toy store the Cheshire Toy Shop has been named the Good Toy Guide’s Retailer of the Month for August. The shop has ...
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The U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC) has named the recipients of the 2013 LEED for Homes Awards, recognizing projects, developers and homebuilders that have demonstrated outstanding leadership in residential green building. The award ...
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The U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC) has named the recipients of the 2013 LEED for Homes Awards, recognizing projects, developers and homebuilders that have demonstrated outstanding leadership in residential green building. The award ...
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Three winners of the inaugural AkzoNobel Architecture Prize were announced at a ceremony held in Brazil recently. Developed in partnership with the Tomie Ohtake Institute, the award was specifically set up to help develop the careers of ...
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