Architecture critic for the Chicago Tribune, Blair Kamin, writes about China's building boom in his story, "Designed in Chicago, made in China." [...]
"Chinese developers lack the expertise to do great skyscrapers," he says. "During the Cultural Revolution their architectural profession was decimated. It really became more about purely engineering. So if you're a Chinese developer, you go to Chicago."
— Public Radio International
Also read Blair Kamin's recent three-part series for the Chicago Tribune about China's building boom, "Designed in Chicago, Made in China."
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