Tag Azl Architects

22-06-2022

AZL Architects: BingDing Wood Kiln Factory, Qiancheng, China

AZL Architects has built a symbolic enclosure around an old kiln used for firing porcelain. The mission is to safeguard an ancient Chinese technique that is under threat from industrialisation, as well as to construct a space for respect and contemplation to make the population proud.

06-07-2018

Three hotels in China: unique experiences reclaiming the past

There is a trend in China toward reclaiming traditional forms of urban and rural architecture for conversion into hospitality facilities such as hotels, resorts and temporary residences. Thus local architectural history becomes the focus of attention for tourists.

30-08-2017

AZL Architects: Shitang Village Internet Conference Center, China

Atelier Zhang Lei designed Shitang Village Internet Conference Center, a public building for a growing community in Jiangning. AZL Architects see the building as another instance of ruralation, the process of renewal of rural areas drawing on their history and traditions.

24-05-2017

AZL Architects: Ruralation - Daijiashan Local Art Hotel, China

The latest addition to the Ruralation project from AZL Architects, which also includes the Librairie Avant-Garde bookstore, is the Daijiashan art hotel in Tonglu, eastern China. Home to the boutique hotel is a Shes Tsuchiya, a traditional Chinese dwelling built using rammed earth.

26-10-2016

AZL Architects and Librairie Avant-Garde Tonglu, China

The eleventh Librairie Avant-Garde is located in the village of Daijiashan, near Tonglu in eastern China. Designed by AZL Architects, the bookstore opened by the famous Chinese brand Librairie Avant-Garde is now part of life in the little village, a place for locals and visitors to mingle.

01-07-2015

AZL Architects and the Nanjing Wanjing Garden Chapel

AZL Architects have completed work on Nanjing Wanjing Garden Chapel in China, a project elaborating on the theme of the architectural façade as threshold, as the place where inside meets outside. The extremely lightweight look AZL Architects have given the Nanjing Wanjing Garden Chapel makes it the perfect example of the new vocabulary of religious architecture today.