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The Red Pavilion / AND Architecture OFFICE/ Zhun Zhang. Image Courtesy of AND Office The masonry materials of the shell are made of terracotta bricks and polymer mortar. The masonry structure is made of three bricks with two mortar layers. The arch support is partially equipped with concrete cores to increase the thickness to 450~750mm. The finished reinforced masonry has characteristics similar to the concrete structure but has a different mechanical property in directions. The Future of Struc...

Summer Palace Digital Restoration. Image Courtesy of Yuan Ming Yuan (2006 Documentary) In 2009, the nearly one-and-a-half-hour-long documentary "Daming Palace" was filmed, and nearly half of the time was completed with special effects, restoring the Tang Changan City, Danfeng Gate, Hanyuan Palace, and other things that only exist in history books. According to statistics, this documentary has restored about 500 football fields the size of Daming Palace. It is the first time that China has resto...