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21-12-2022

ACRC: Xu Wei Art Museum and Qingteng Square, Shaoxing, Zhejiang

ACRC The Architectural Design & Research Institute of Zhejiang University offers a surprising new project in the Xu Wei Art Museum and the adjacent Qingteng Square. A new landmark dedicated to culture has now found its place amidst the historical homes of Shaoxing, in the Zhejiang province.

14-09-2022

Zaha Hadid Architects Jinghe New City Culture & Art Centre

Zaha Hadid Architects has won the design competition for the arts and cultural centre to be built in the Jinghe Bay science and technology innovation district in China's Shaanxi province. The complex, consisting of a series of fluid volumes, planes and surfaces interconnected by courtyards and landscapes, will provide a range of both indoor and outdoor cultural spaces for the community.

19-02-2020

TAO: Belvedere with a tower overlooking the Swan Lake in Rongcheng, China

A spiritual tourist visit concept lies at the heart of the belvedere with a tower overlooking the Swan Lake in Rongcheng, China, designed by TAO: Trace Architecture Office. A flat volume stretches out, ‘grazing’ the ground, whilst a tower provides a stunning raised viewpoint over the entire lagoon.

08-03-2019

CTBUH 2019 10 Year Award of Excellence Winners

On March 4 CTBUH, The Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat announced the Winners of the 2019 Award for Lifetime Achievement and 10 Year Award of Excellence, a prize presented to skyscrapers with a decade of history behind them, assessed in terms of the results they have achieved on the basis of environmental and technological criteria ten years after their construction.

28-09-2018

Tsutsumi & Associates: Tsingpu Baisha Retreat in China

In the village of Baisha, in China’s Yunnan province, Tsutsumi & Associates have restored a group of original Naxi homes and converted them into the Tsingpu Baisha Retreat. Now a luxurious resort, Yoshimasa Tsutsumi’s Tsingpu Baisha Retreat preserves the masonry of the old homes, made using local Wuhua stone.

22-08-2018

He Wei: Shangping Village Regeneration

Chinese architects are showing new interest in rural life. In the Shangping Village Regeneration project, He Wei revives village life by reclaiming ancient farming structures to stimulate an economy that can rely on more than just tourism.

11-10-2017

Vector Architects: renovation of the Captain’s House

Vector Architects renovated the Captain’s House, a home like many others on Huanggi Peninsula in China’s Fujian province. In Vector Architects’ project, the Captain’s House becomes a ring joining the two walls over the sea.

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.

21-06-2017

Open Architecture: Tsinghua Ocean Center Shenzhen, Cina

In Tsinghua Ocean Center in Shenzhen, Open Architecture has designed a symbolic building inspired by the sea, in which the model of the university campus with pavilions take the form of a broken-down asymmetrical tower which Open Architecture paints in all the colours of the abyss.