"Not only is China building like crazy these day, they are building BIG. The most populous country in the world is undertaking large-scale 'mega-projects' in an effort to rapidly industrialize and modernize. Many of these mega-projects are high-rise residential developments, designed to meet the country and local light and vent codes, but not much else. Their painted-concrete exteriors bend and turn to allow the required light and air into the appropriate spaces, such as bedrooms, but their sheer repetition of floors and building groups is a daunting and oppressive sight. One project that's set apart from the rest is the Jian Wai SOHO development in Beijing, designed by Japan's Riken Yamamoto and developed by SOHO China."
