Buildings and Grounds

Rachel, I’m not sure if you are still in Australia or what, but this one’s for you.

This is a picture taken from the hotel where I’m staying in Beijing. I think it is interesting because in the lower part you can see a fairly old set of buildings. Don’t get me wrong- these folks live a pretty modern life, but the homes they live in are old and simple. In the top part, past the traffic, you see high rises where a majority of people live. I’m sure you can find this kind of juxtaposition in the States, but the “old” buildings are never really that old.

There are also some examples of very modern large skyscrapers that I have seen. The Jin Mao Tower is one example. Here are some other buildings I thought looked cool. One has the first “flexible glass curtain wall”, whatever that means.

Here’s a stadium that’s going up for the Olympics (okay I didn’t take this picture, but I did drive past it on Friday).