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Pyramids in China?

by Tommy Manuel

Leg­end tells us that near the city of Xi’an, China, there lies a gigan­tic white pyra­mid  –  far larger than any Egypt­ian pyra­mid  –  that has remained undis­cov­ered for mil­len­nia. The story goes that this pyra­mid is encased in “pure shim­mer­ing stone” and “capped with an enormous jewel”…

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Manhattan Studio News: Shanghai Cruise Ship Terminal

by Andrew MacNair

Frank Repas, Archi­tect: Week 2, Ses­sion 4  —  June 18, 2009

This project by Frank Repas is like the Grand Canyon. When you go from Man­hat­tan to the Grand Canyon, you drive for days, arrive in the end­less flats of the desert, ditch your car in the vast hot park­ing lot, wend your way through herds of ice cream […]

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New York Times: To Protect an Ancient City, China Moves to Raze It

by Tommy Manuel

By MICHAEL WINES

KASHGAR, China — A thou­sand years ago, the north­ern and south­ern branches of the Silk Road con­verged at this oasis town near the west­ern edge of the Tak­la­makan Desert. Traders from Delhi and Samarkand, wea­ried by frigid treks through the world’s most daunt­ing moun­tain ranges, unloaded their pack horses here and sold saf­fron and lutes along the city’s […]

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