In the age of data explosion, the power to visualize, strategically organize and overlay complex information has become an invaluable design tool. New York based architectural and urban designers Ida Tam, Ran Yan & Felita Li in their recent publication, entitled "Reconsidering Authenticity: urban analytics and historic preservation of Lilong in Shanghai" leveraging on various data mining and infographics techniques to visualize the problem of historic preservation in Shanghai. As the team notes, "despite the abundant data available, the power of mapping in architectural design has under...