He is the founder of Offspring Photo Meet and the Sicily Photo Masterclass, and the author of Terra Nostra, East London Up Close, and his latest book, Moon City. In Moon City (co-published with Dewi Lewis Publishing), Mollica spent more than five years photographing the lunar surface and the city's glass and steel towers, overlaying images of people walking the streets, captured through telescope and mobile phone.
Construction has concluded on the Grand Canal Gateway Bridge in Hangzhou, a new pedestrian and cyclist crossing by Zaha Hadid Architects. When it opens later this year, the bridge will unite the east and west banks of the Grand Canal, anchoring the 800,000-square-meter Seamless City masterplan and serving as the centerpiece of River Middle Park, an expansive 14.7-hectare public landscape along the water.
The park is situated on a road in the city called Houndsditch and was once part of the old Roman Wall that surrounded the city. The name is alleged to have originated from various sources, either the dumping of waste into the ditch that ran along the outside of the wall, resulting in numerous dogs scavenging for food, or perhaps that kennels for the City hunt used to be located here.
The Lucas Museum of Narrative Art, designed by MAD, features 1,500 uniquely molded FRP panels and organic geometries, creating a floating effect above the park.