Han River

River, east-central China. A principal tributary of the Yangtze River (Chang Jiang), it has a total length of about 950 mi (1,530 km). It rises in the mountains in southwestern Shaanxi province; known by various names in its upper course, it becomes the Han at Hanzhong and flows through a fertile basin some 60 mi (100 km) long and 12 mi (19 km) wide, then cuts through a series of deep gorges and emerges into the central Yangtze basin in Hubei province. Its lower course forms a dense network of water transport covering the southern part of the North China Plain.

In 2004 it won the grand prize at the Wuhan International Design competition in China for its master plan of an 8-mile stretch of land alongside the Han River (a tributary of the Yangtze River).

Building up: the boom in L.A. school construction is bringing a slew ... by Fine, Howard / Los Angeles Business Journal

It was won by Rudy Ricciotti whose imagination -- austere, dramatic, and at times, ironic and surreal -- we have seen exercised on design of structures as varied as a slender footbridge across the Han River, from Seoul to Sunyudo Island, an equally tautly designed sailing school at Bandol (AR July 1998), and the great anthracite monolith of the Vitrolles Stadium (AR February 1996), built in what was once a municipal rubbish tip.

Romanesque refuge: A new visitors' centre in an ancient French ... by McGuire, Penny / The Architectural Review

military personnel and the infringement on South Korean sovereignty during subsequent legal proceedings; a dispute over a coastal bombing range, considered dangerous and noisy by nearby residents; and military dumping of deadly formaldehyde into the Han River, a source of drinking water for Seoul.

Blowback: The Costs and Consequences of American Empire by Huebner, Albert L. / The Humanist

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