Hey everyone-
Look forward to seeing your posts...
To report for now: the list of seminar topics and assignments is posted in the course folder... and a pdf of the Invitation Letter from Tongji is now posted in the "logistics" subfolder.
Here are some recent articles on preservation of vernacular housing in Beijing, from the New York Times:

http://www.nytimes.com/2009/01/19/world/asia/19beijing.html?scp=1&sq=beijing&st=cse

http://www.nytimes.com/2008/07/24/garden/24beijing.html?scp=2&sq=beijing%20preservation&st=cse

http://www.nytimes.com/2008/07/27/arts/design/27ouro.html?scp=1&sq=beijing%20preservation&st=cse

Cheers, Randy