Japanese architect Shuhei Aoyama gives an introduction on a hutong near the centuries-old Miaoying Temple, also known as the White Stupa Temple, in downtown Beijing, capital of China, April 8, 2025.

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Japanese architect Shuhei Aoyama gives an introduction on a hutong near the centuries-old Miaoying Temple, also known as the White Stupa Temple, in downtown Beijing, capital of China, April 8, 2025. T ...

Typically, these Hutongs, in back-alley buildings ... composed of stacked roofs and ancient trees in the old town of Beijing, and the shiny high-rises in the distant new city of Beijing.

IT IS IMPOSSIBLE TO imagine Beijing without its hutongs. The ancient alleyways harbour the city’s character, culture and history inside their low, grey walls. But for decades the hutongs have ...

Any project in the precious few hutong areas of Beijing needs careful consideration ... so the architects adopted a two-pronged approach, ‘renovating the old and inserting the new', they explain. At ...

For the Caochang hutong, a different approach was adopted ... and was one of the liveliest neighbourhoods in old Beijing,” says Mr Joe Cheng, founder of Hong Kong-based design firm CCD, which ...

An old cotton cap hides ... [pronounced "who-TONG." Hutong is both the singular and plural romanization of the word], one of the lanes that lattice the heart of Beijing. The Widow has lived ...