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.
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13 Moody Refinery Pictures That Will Change Your Mind About Petroleum Processing
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
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Directly on a beach in Vietnam is an entire village presumably made up of Rông Houses manifested from the Central Highland of the country. Upon closer scrutiny, these are actually the villas of a failed beach resort.
Read More11 Never-Before-Seen Pictures of an Abandoned Minimalist Housing Estate
This development of minimalist concrete cuboidal villas was almost complete. Housing developments that are built, unfinished and demolished are nothing unusual in China
Read MoreThe 5 worst pictures of the Zhuhai Grand Theatre they don't want you to see
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.
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