Japanese architect Keiichiro Sako and his design team of SAKO Architects have created around 160 projects mainly in China over the last 20 years. Located in Tianshui, Northwest China s Gansu Province, the recently finished Yangzheng Library defines one of Sako s exceptional designs since it marks the country s first carbon neutral reading facility based in a rural village.
Many cultural relics in Northwest China’s Gansu and Qinghai provinces suffered damage during the Jishishan earthquake that occurred last week. China’s top cultural authority announced Saturday that emergency funds are being distributed for restoration of the damaged relics.
Following the 6.2-magnitude earthquake that hit Jishishan county in the Linxia Hui Autonomous Prefecture, Northwest China’s Gansu Province, on Monday, the Bingling Temple Grottoes, part of China’s first batch of cultural relic sites and located near the disaster’s epicenter, saw several stones get knocked loose and fall to the ground, according to the site’s official WeChat account on Tuesday.