Shanghai engineers are using 432 walking robots to relocate a complex, preserving Shikumen architecture while creating space ...

How do you relocate an entire 8,270-ton, 43,380-sq-ft (4,030 sq m), 100-year-old Shikumen brick building complex so you can ...

Many of the historic buildings were built as grand mansions for single families. At the time of their demolition, they were often occupied by 20-40 families or hundreds of people in worker units.

The city also has a track record of relocating old buildings. In 2003, the Shanghai Concert Hall, built in 1930, was moved over 66 metes (217 feet) to make way for an elevated highway.

An incredible feat of engineering has unfolded in Shanghai, China, as 432 robots moved a 7,500-tonne (8,267 US ton) historic building complex back to its original location. The shikumen-style ...

A Virtual Reality Experience invites viewers to step into some of the most iconic paintings in the collection of the Prado ...

On the eastern side of Nanjing Road are historic buildings that date back to the early 20th century. The European-style structures are relics of Shanghai’s foreign concessions, where foreign ...

Laoximen — whose name means “Old West Gate” in Chinese — is one of the last vestiges of Shanghai’s precolonial past. A stretch of city wall said to date to at least the 16th century once stood here, ...

Historic landmarks surrounded the excavation site in every direction: the City God Temple to the east, the Shanghai Museum to the west, and remnants of the old city wall to the south. With many ...

The city also has a track record of relocating old buildings. In 2003, the Shanghai Concert Hall, built in 1930, was moved over 66 metes (217 feet) to make way for an elevated highway.