The Greenland Plaza has now become a bit of a skyline marker in Nanjing and is visible from most of the important areas within the city. I drop the GLP probably too often…but it is like my skyscraper baby – I watched the initial foundation excavation and was present for all the major moments in […]
Familiar spaces become very different after living in them them, then visiting them after a prolonged absence. Nanjing University campus is a good example. I lived just a block away from this campus for several years and walked through it or nearby it on a regular basis, drank beer in on its street curbs and […]
Interestingly enough, I was thinking about public spaces this morning as I walked through the desolate, abandoned landscape that is Queen’s University – Reading Week Edition. One of the things I admire about the Queen’s campus is the way it effortlessly incorporates itself within the surrounding urban space, streets and fabric. The municipal streets slice […]