I recently participated in a design competition for a mixed use development in Kunming, China that included corporate offices, high-rise residential, conference center and a commercial mall within a compact site. My team was pleased to learn that Kunming, a sister city with Denver, Colorado, was known for a popular Chinese cultural dance named the peacock dance. Inspired by the beautiful solo Peacock Dance by Yang LiPing, we developed our design concept around her movement. I developed a…
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