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At present Beijing has three railway stations in operation – one in the east and one in the west. The new station in southern Beijing will manage trains shuttling between the capital city and neighboring Tianjin on China's first 300…
Art districts
As noted last year, ChaoChangdi is the new place to see modern Chinese art and architecture. Once a village, the place has filled in recent years with art galleries and artists’ studios. The architecture is …
Copenhagen based 3XN win the design competition for a new aquarium, “The Blue Planet,“ scheduled to open in 2013 in their hometown. The contemporary waterfront building is inspired by the whirling streams of the sea and draws you “into …
Small rooms with a lot of luxury: that’s the formula behind Citizen M. 'If you’re in town for a short stay, then you certainly don’t want a big luxury room with all the extras', argues Jeroen Vester of Amsterdam design firm Con…

De Ruiter started his office for architecture, product development and project development back then on the basis of his doctoral research. Sustainability has been a priority right from the start. The ultimate aim of De Ruiter …