10 Wonders Of The New China - The Building Boom With No End In Sight

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10 Wonders Of The New China - The Building Boom With No End In Sight

With China ramping up for the 2008 Summer Olympic Games it's no surprise that Beijing, and China in general, continues to experience what seems like a perpetual building boom. Of course, it doesn't hurt to have the world's fastest growing economy either. But building and growing are one thing, and designing breathtaking architectural masterpieces is quite another. There is a new generation of architecture sprouting up in places like Dubai and Kuala Lumpur but it is China that is clearly setting the bar highest from concept to construction.

China will soon be home to the world's largest airport, the world's first fully sustainable city, and the world's highest outdoor observation deck, to name just a few of its innovative architectural feats.

The roster of talent hired to complete projects in these two megacities (Shanghai, Beijing) reads like a Who's Who of star architects: Holland's Rem Koolhaas, Switzerland's Herzog & de Meuron, and Britain's Foster & Partners are all completing buildings scheduled to debut by the time the Olympic torch is lit. But more remarkable than the architects' names are the projects themselves.

10 Wonders Of The New China [Business Week]

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