left corner left corner
China Daily Website

China Lite

Building new lives: Rebuild and reuse

Updated: 2012-06-25 14:03
By chinadaily.com.cn

Robin, an architect from Brunei, came to Beijing in the early 2000s and lived in a hutong for about 10 years. His reconstruction turned the old Goddess Temple near the Bell Tower into a fashionable cafe. As an expert on structure and design, Robin talked about his opinion of the renovations and reuse of old buildings and communities.

Also see:

Building new lives: Zhang's memory

Special coverage: Drum and Bell towers: past, present, future

Building new lives: Rebuild and reuse

Video: Sun Peng

Subtitles: Christie Lee & Chris Clark

Producer: Flora Yue

...