As an increasing number of postmodern buildings face the threat of demolition, architect Robert A. M. Stern assembles a list of 15 "landmarks-in-waiting."
In a wooded valley in the Jinshanling mountains, in China’s Hebei province, some 150km from Beijing by road, a new shape rises from the ground. It is dark and spreads upwards and outwards like smoke, yet it is solid like rock, stratified and flat-topped. It has large openings, and as you approach it, you may hear music coming from them..