Tag Beijing, China

09-01-2019

United Units Architects (UUA) designs a photography studio in Beijing

The designers from Chinese firm United Units Architects (UUA) have completed the architectural project of ASTUDIO, the photography studio founded in Beijing by renowned photographer Li Xiaoliang and his team.

04-01-2019

A year of skyscrapers: the CTBUH annual report

China and Shenzhen in particular are the country and the city with the largest number of supertall buildings, defined as taller than 300 m. Kohn Pedersen Fox Associates’ 528 m tall CITIC Tower in Beijing is the tallest building of 2018 and the sixth tallest skyscraper in the world.

12-12-2018

CTBUH’s list of outstanding skyscrapers

The list of skyscrapers presented with an Award of Excellence, the first step in the CTBUH 2019 Awards presented to the world’s best tall buildings by the Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat, have been announced.

30-11-2018

Air China Tower with aluminium cladding by AREP and IPPR

The Air China Tower is a simple building with a double skin of glass and micro-perforated aluminium, with a wing shape like the fuselage of a plane

02-11-2018

Hologram H10 by Pierre Le Riche at the Minsheng Museum, Beijing

South African artist Pierre Le Riche developed the installation for Cartier's Coloratura High-Jewelry in the largest public space for contemporary art in China, the Minsheng Contemporary Art Museum in Beijing, housed in a former factory converted by architecture firm Pei-Zhu.

22-10-2018

Farewell to Paul Andreu, the airport architect

Paul Andreu died in Paris at the age of 80 on October 11, 2018. The architect, engineer, writer and painter was known primarily for his airports, starting with Charles-de-Gaulle in Paris – Roissy, opened in 1974, and also including airports in Bordeaux, Nice, Abu Dhabi, Cairo, Dar es Salaam, Point-à-Pitre and many more all over the world.

08-10-2018

Living Garden: the house of the future, by Ma Yansong and MAD Architects

Eliminating the boundaries between indoors and outdoors to enjoy the sensation of living entirely surrounded by nature, without giving up the comfort and security of a home. Living Garden is a project by architect Ma Yansong of MAD Architects designed to give form to his concept of the house of the future for the 2018 China House Vision Exhibition.

07-09-2018

Blue Note Jazz Club in Beijing, Chiasmus Partners Inc.

The project in Beijing by the Chinese architecture firm, Chiasmus Partners Inc.