2023.2-住宅-北京东城区
Photo Credit: Li Xiao (李潇)
LIVING IN CHINA

Skyline Stories

Chronicling the modern history of Beijing’s apartment buildings on camera

One autumn day in 2022, as I took a walk through Beijing, a high-rise apartment block caught my eye. I paused for a few minutes to admire it and snapped some shots with my camera. After I got home, I examined the architecture in the photos closely. It felt like all the various details of the building were competing to tell different stories.

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