China
A few houses prominently stand in the way of the completion of a highway interchange. As countryside space is consumed by urban development, encounters with opposition of some form is unavoidable. The nail house has become an emblematic characteristic, intricately connected to rapid urbanization.
Read MoreThese photos capture the brief mid-demolition period of a factory town, which itself is a product of a quickly changing man-altered urban-landscape, dismantled to make way for yet another redefining of that landscape.
Read MoreSurrealistic photos of a disused shipping container city part of Beitang Residential District in the Binhai New Area.
Read MoreThe No.3 Blast Furnace at Shougang Iron and Steel, 2011.
A decade before Shougang Iron and Steel hosted Olympic sporting events, it was an immense decaying complex of blast furnaces, coke ovens, pipes and coal conveyors. While the 2008 Olympics brought the end of the manufacturing operations of Shougang Steel, the 2022 Olympics catalyzed its rebirth.
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Local authorities identified this petroleum refinery as a major cause of poor air quality in the region. In its later years it was fined for environmental violations and slated for relocation
Read MoreTwo of the larger water slide attractions
Business was operating normally toward the end of summer when a group of ruffians barged into the park, demanding money. They kicked out the staff and blocked the entrances. Staff called the police, but they refused to intervene. What was the story behind this abandoned water park?
Read MoreThe most authentic sections of the Great Wall stand slowly decaying since their original construction hundreds of years before. These are far off the tourist routes and not serviced by roads, cable cars or tourist infrastructure.
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As major Chinese urban centers develop and environmental protection standards improve, tolerance for polluting industries. After 60 years of operation, this cafeteria was one of the few structures in the sprawling factory compound that had not yet been razed.
Read MoreThis castle was to be the emblem of the largest amusement park in Asia. But, even from the highway, it's clear that something is not quite right with this attraction. The castle looks more like a rocket launch tower rather than the centerpiece of an amusement park.
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This development of minimalist concrete cuboidal villas was almost complete. Housing developments that are built, unfinished and demolished are nothing unusual in China
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Designed as a vanity project, a year after opening the Zhuhai Opera House still appeared unused and unfinished. The cultural and commercial spaces were nearly entirely vacant. Construction materials were piled up around the Opera House.
Read MoreThe plant reduced production over the next few years until it was finally closed in 2011. These pictures are taken later in 2011, many from the abandoned 碧霞元君庙 temple on an adjacent hill to the west of the Shougang site.
Read MoreA modeling shoot during the prime period of one of the largest abandoned steel plants in the world.
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