Spare a thought today for all those residents of Beijing who have been forced out of their homes (often the lanes around Tiananmen Square) so that the Olympic projects could be built. In particular,...
"Rem Koolhaas has some photographs to show me. Not glossy shots of some earth-shattering new building he has created but small snaps of street life in the age-old courtyards of Beijing. Known as "hutongs", these are tight webs of hotchpotch homes and alleys gathered around...