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In the ongoing expansion of Bejings’s CBD, the KPF designed Huamao Center acts as an eastern gateway to the city proper. Situated on Bejing’s main east west artery, the three office towers are offset against the city grid, opening up views for all the corporate occupants. Behind the bravado of the main facades with their retail podium, the scale drops to include open landscaped plazas, two hotels and a series of residential apartment blocks.

Despite the global retail names and sleek finishes, reminders of the old Beijing still creep in here and there to remind you of the rapid changes that have taken place in the old capital.

This entry was posted on Thursday, October 15th, 2009 at 3:48 am and is filed under Architecture, Travel.