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In a city that has looked to the West for architectural inspiration during the past decade, not to mention during its colonial heyday, architect Benjamin Wood, did something that many people thought was impossible, he sold the idea of Shanghai back to its own residents. Wood has transformed two city blocks of forlorn residential buildings from the 1920s and '30s into a lively entertainment and retail quarter with chic fusion restaurants and some of China's favorite American brands, such as Hä agen-Dazs and Starbucks. By day, professionals lunch and make deals at tables lining walkways, while at night they chug pints of lager and tap their feet to sounds of live music.

This article reports that the Association of Tennis Professionals, tennis's governing body, has announced that the Qi Zhong Stadium, the first phase of a new $200 million tennis facility in Shanghai, will be completed in September 2005. The project is being designed and built by a Chinese team, including the Xian Dai Architectural Design Company, the China Construction Third Bureau, Jiangnan Heavy Industry Co., and the Shanghai Mechanical Construction Company, which is responsible for the roof.