China invested a record 985.6 billion yuan (about 137.09 billion U.S. dollars) in the construction of water conservancy facilities during the first eight months of this year, an official said Wednesday.A total of 23,600 water conservancy projects were launched during this period, also a historical h...

Taiping Bridge, Longnan County, Jiangxi Photographer: Wu WeipingWhether it is the unexpected encounter and romance on Waterloo Bridge, or the heartbreaking parting on Madison County‘s Roseman Bridge, bridges are often meaningful symbols in artistic works as well as silent listeners in...

The 9th Bi-City Biennale of UrbanismArchitecture (Shenzhen) is co-curated by architecture and urban planning scholar Andong Lu, young architect Zigeng Wang and design curator Aric Chen. Continuing the principle of "the city is the exhibition site, the exhibition is the practice", the prim...

This light grey covered bridge may look very ordinary, but it is actually very special since it is the only bridge in China that is built over the boundary between two cities!The Wuxing Bridge was built during the reign of Emperor Daoguang (1822) of the Qing Dynasty. This five-span covered bridge wi...

Look at this single-span timber arch bridge. Does it seem very simple and ordinary? But will you be surprised if I tell you this plain bridge is constructed without a single iron nail or clamp, yet survived unscathed after a flood?The Huilong Bridge, situated in Youyang County, Chongqing, was built...

In 1932, British real estate tycoon Victor Sassoon, one of the earliest foreign explorers of Shanghai, built an “Eden Garden” on today’s Hongqiao Road. This red-brick villa with semi-exposed wooden framework and a spire has an obvious rural British flavor. The lush grove nearby became its natural...