Tag: architecture
All the articles with the tag "architecture".
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Wuhan's Tallest Buildings: A Skyline Guide
Wuhan's three tallest towers: the 636m design cut to 475m by a flight path, the 438m shell that stood empty for a decade, and one that actually works.
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Bridges of the Yangtze: Wuhan Crossings
For 38 years, one bridge carried all traffic across the Yangtze at Wuhan. Then it multiplied into eleven crossings.
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Jianghan Road: Wuhan's Open-Air Museum
Wuhan's most famous shopping street is also its best-preserved collection of early 20th-century architecture. A local walks you through.
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Wuhan's Lifang: Hankou's Vanishing Alleys
Before the towers, there were the lifang: red-brick alley neighborhoods. Hankou had 200. Fewer than 30 remain.
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Wuhan's Elevated Highways Over Three Towns
Over 400 kilometers of elevated highways built 15 meters above the ground. A local driver explains what it's like to navigate the sky.