China Modern

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Sharon Leece. China Modern

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Entrance to the courtyard of Ochoa-Piccardo's villa, the Cantilever House, Beijing

With its doors open and the landscape changing fast, China is undergoing a revolution of a different kind. Traditional structures and paddy fields are being replaced in the blink of an eye by futuristic neon-clad skyscrapers that are more modern metropolis than Oriental elegance. Global attention is focused on the East-Beijing will host the 2008 Olympic Games, and Shanghai the World Expo in 2010-and a new dynamism is reaping far-reaching changes in every part of life.

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TMSK is an acronym of Tou Ming Si Kao, which roughly translates as Crystal Mind. "We were bored by minimalism," explains Chang Yi. "It is too safe. We thought, as Chinese, what is the most gorgeous moment in our history? We believe it was the Tang dynasty and so we collected lots of colorful references and decided to interpret it our way."

The interplay between light and shade anchors the restaurant's design, which mixes lush colored glass with gold leaf backdrops. "We thought what a dramatic effect it would have if we put the gold leaf in the background and allowed light to flicker off it," says Chang Yi.

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