Thames Town
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Thames Town is the proposed name in English for a new town in Songjiang, about 30 km from central Shanghai, China. The town features buildings designed in imitation of traditional English country styles. The difference, however, is that these houses or townhouses are set closely together because of the premium price of land in Shanghai.
The town, which is mostly complete, is expected to house approximately 10,000 people and has cost 5 billion yuan to construct.
- Chief Developer： Shanghai Songjiang New Town Developing and Construction Co. Ltd
- Developer： Shanghai Henghe Real Estate Co. Ltd
- Supervising Architects: Atkins
[edit] External links
- Thames Town (official site)
- Pubs, privet and parody as China builds little Britain by the Yangtse , The Guardian, 16 August 2006.
- Shanghai surprise ... a new town in ye olde English style, The Guardian, 2 June 2004.
- Ye Olde Shanghai, Time, 14 February 2005.
- Pirated English town in China, Reuters, 6th November 2006.
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