Street Screen
A new shoppingmall in the center of the city houses many expensive clothing stores.In the evening, the overhead screen shows images from the revolution.
Leaning Towers
The city'snew business district features a building (still under construction)designed by renowned architect Rem Koolhaas. The structure willeventually house the new head offices of Chinese State Television.
Things to Come
This construction site will evolve into an extension of the hotel on the right and a shopping mall.
Lost Legacy
Residents of a demolished
hutonggather on the street. Much of the new development has come at theexpense of the old, narrow alleyways which for centuries defined thecity's character. About 1,000 of the original 6,000 remain.
Crossroad
A cyclist stops along Jianguomenwai Dajie, one of the city's main thoroughfares.
Bustling
A bus stops alongJianguomenwai Dajie during rush hour. The building boom has luredhundreds of thousands of migrant workers to the city.
The Bird's Nest
The Olympic Stadium was designed by the Swiss architectural firm Herzog and Meuron.
The National Grand Theater
Close to Tiananmen Square, the structure is nicknamed the 'eggshell building.'
Photographer Kadir van Lohuizen photographs the city's transformationinto a modern metropolis in anticipation of the 2008 Summer OlympicGames.
