By Ben OlsonReader Staff Architecture may be the most functional of art forms. A building can reflect the culture, identity, ...

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Throughout history, architecture has always been associated with the elite and the wealthiest echelons of society, who commissioned sumptuous buildings to satisfy their aesthetic and functional needs.

Qijiang River, the mother river of Zhongshan, has long been neglected throughout the rapid and inward urban expansion in recent decades. The Banfu Riverside ...