{"id":833,"date":"2008-04-27T00:01:29","date_gmt":"2008-04-27T05:01:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/spacingmontreal.ca\/2008\/04\/27\/the-linked-hybrid-in-beijing\/"},"modified":"2013-01-21T11:04:28","modified_gmt":"2013-01-21T16:04:28","slug":"the-linked-hybrid-in-beijing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/montreal\/2008\/04\/27\/the-linked-hybrid-in-beijing\/","title":{"rendered":"The Linked Hybrid in Beijing"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/smurfmatic\/2438173934\/\" title=\"Linked hybrid in Beijing (under construction) by Cedric Sam, on Flickr\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/farm3.static.flickr.com\/2050\/2438173934_7cb2dbb124.jpg\" alt=\"Linked hybrid in Beijing (under construction)\" height=\"334\" width=\"500\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>BEIJING, CHINA \u2014<\/strong> Last weekend, I was given a tour of the Linked Hybrid&#8217;s construction site out in <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Dongzhimen\">Dongzhimen<\/a>, to the northeast of Central Beijing. Designed by <a href=\"http:\/\/www.stevenholl.com\/\">Steven Holl Architects<\/a>, the Hybrid is a 8-tower habitation complex, complete which outstanding feature is a &#8220;link&#8221; of bridges connecting the towers at the 20th floor. These structures will be public spaces: shops, caf\u00e9s, and even a swimming pool.<\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Dongzhimen\">Dongzhimen<\/a> (\u4e1c\u76f4\u95e8) hub sees the 2nd ring road traverse it, is a interchange section for subway lines 2 and 13, and will become the city-side terminal to the new Airport Express to be inaugurated just before the Olympic Games. 1.5km away from Donzhimen is the <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Sanlitun\">Sanlitun<\/a> Embassy Area, making the Hybrid an even more attractive choice for Beijing&#8217;s class of international dwellers.<\/p>\n<p>The Hybrid is a scheduled for completion in August 2008.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/smurfmatic\/sets\/72157604747321610\/\">Flickr set of the walk<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>BEIJING, CHINA \u2014 Last weekend, I was given a tour of the Linked Hybrid&#8217;s construction site out in Dongzhimen, to the northeast of Central Beijing. 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These structures<a href=\"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/montreal\/2008\/04\/27\/the-linked-hybrid-in-beijing\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"sr-only\">&#8220;The Linked Hybrid in Beijing&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5016,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_ef_editorial_meta_paragraph_assignment":"","_ef_editorial_meta_date_first-draft-date":"","_ef_editorial_meta_checkbox_needs-photo":"","_ef_editorial_meta_number_word-count":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[15,213],"tags":[2281,1256,91,319,1055,18,2292],"class_list":["post-833","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-housing","category-infrastructure","tag-airport-express","tag-beijing","tag-bridges-and-spans","tag-china","tag-construction-site","tag-other-cities","tag-the-olympic-games"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>The Linked Hybrid in Beijing - Spacing Montreal<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/montreal\/2008\/04\/27\/the-linked-hybrid-in-beijing\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"The Linked Hybrid in Beijing - Spacing Montreal\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"BEIJING, CHINA \u2014 Last weekend, I was given a tour of the Linked Hybrid&#8217;s construction site out in Dongzhimen, to the northeast of Central Beijing. 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