China Goes all Out on Some Random Library

If there’s one thing China can do it’s massive stuff quickly. The Tianjin Binhai Library on the coast of the Yellow Sea is no exception. Designed with the help of Netherlands-based architecture and urban design practice MVRDV the Tianjin Binhai Library is 33,700m2 with enough space for 1.2 million books and was built in under 3 years due to…

NK and the USA, Them’s Fighting Words

Sanctions. Condemnations. Threats of military action. A distinct lack of follow up. It’s a song and dance we all know – in the days and weeks following a nuclear test by the DPRK, the international community mounts sanctions and a chorus of reprimands amounting to handcuffing someone who blew their hands off years ago experimenting…