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BRIC<br />
works<br />
A Four-Part<br />
Series on <strong>the</strong><br />
Emerging<br />
Design World<br />
CHINA<br />
Population:<br />
1.4 billion<br />
Capital:<br />
Beijing<br />
Area:<br />
3.7 million sq mi<br />
O ur BRICworks<br />
series continues<br />
with an in-depth look at<br />
<strong>the</strong> most populous country<br />
in <strong>the</strong> world. In describing<br />
China, <strong>the</strong> list of appropriate<br />
superlatives seems to be outpaced<br />
only by its GDP. A collision of<br />
ancient traditionalism and cuttingedge<br />
modernity, <strong>the</strong>re is perhaps not a<br />
more fruitful, dynamic, or speculative<br />
platform for contemporary<br />
architecture in <strong>the</strong> world today.<br />
Herzog & de Meuron, Steven Holl,<br />
Zaha Hadid, and OMA have all<br />
rolled <strong>the</strong> dice, with varying levels<br />
of success. In <strong>the</strong> following<br />
pages, we examine groundbreaking<br />
projects by <strong>the</strong><br />
latter two offices.<br />
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