With the atten­tion on Bei­jing, the New York Times has pre­pared a small but inter­est­ing inter­ac­tive map show­ing the cre­ation and destruc­tion of Bei­jing over the recent years. Three sec­tions of the map high­light the new Olympic venues, the urban change of Bei­jing as well as new archi­tec­tural projects.

You might have also seen a pre­vi­ous post on Dys​turb.Net about asso­cia­tive design and the typol­ogy of Chi­nese hous­ing stud­ied by the Berlage Insti­tute (Rot­ter­dam) that is also fascinating.