Telepizza Opens In Xu Jia Hui
Telepizza (a client) have opened a store in the Shanghai Xu Jia Hui metro station (near the Grand Gateway exit). It's part of a huge Christine store. We visited today to try it out. The pizzas are delicious.
Bamboo German-Chinese House At Shanghai Expo
For the Shanghai Expo Markus Heinsdorff designed a bamboo structure that is used as an exhibition and event space. It is the only two-storey building at the Expo whose load-bearing structures are made of bamboo. The structure marks the end…
Shanghai Expo Starts yaean Gets A Holiday
The Shanghai Expo officially opens on 1 May. See the Big Picture for some very nice photos.
In other news, Shanghai decided (about three weeks ago! hey, it's not like they've known about the expo coming for eight years or…
A Visit To Shanghai Botanical Gardens
After planning for 2 weeks, we finally decided to go to Shanghai Botanical Gardens last Saturday. It is located in the North West part of Shanghai, close to the South Railway Station.
After a freezing week, Saturday turned out to…
Shanghai Expo Preparation Pictures
The Shanghai Expo starts in 45 days. The Big Picture photo blog has lots of good pictures of the expo preparations. I think the British Pavilion (see above) may be the iconic image of the Expo. The weather is…
Shanghai Shopping Malls Christmas Decorations
Christmas has come to Shanghai's shopping malls in the form of large outside displays. For example, outside of Le Meridien on Nanjing Road at People's Square is a Christmas tree built out of Heineken beer bottles.
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Shanghai Expo Sun Valley
The "Expo Axis" is a 1km long multi-level boulevard connecting the main areas of the Shanghai Expo. It features six huge cone shaped "Sun Valleys" which collect sun light for the lower levels and rain water for re-cycling.…
Shanghai Expo's Solar Powered Theme Pavilion
Shanghai Expo is shaping up to the solar powered expo. Shanghai Daily has an article about the Theme Pavilion which has the World's largest rooftop solar energy system. Solar power will also be used at many other sites throughout the…
Shanghai Expo Corporate Pavilion
The Shanghai Expo Corporate Pavilion is partly made from recycled CDs and uses solar power. It looks really cool. ArchDaily have more pics and an intro video.
