Nicolai review's "Tulou: Affordable Housing for China", which just opened at the Cooper-Hewitt National Design Museum.
NYT
He finds that;
Designed by the up-and-coming Chinese firm Urbanus, the tulou is a centuries-old housing prototype, reworked for the hard realities of the global capitalist city. It reminds us that bold architecture can serve a good cause, acknowledging the dignity of people who are often treated as invisible.
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get ready CHINA watchers!
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