Tag Shanghai

26-10-2018

The closed double helix of Bjarke Ingels’s EXPO 2010 pavilion

The closed double helix in welded sheet steel of Bjarke Ingels’s Norwegian pavilion for EXPO 2010 forms an endless loop to be travelled on foot or by bicycle

26-07-2018

Spain, Brazil and China: three different urban revitalisation projects

We take a look at a number of urban revitalisation projects, from Spain’s Palencia market designed by Ricardo Carracedo Castro to a project in San Paolo, Brazil by Italian studio Piuarch and another in Shanghai by 100architects: different ideas and solutions that involve and attract citizens while improving their experience of urban spaces.

27-06-2018

Stefano Boeri Architetti China designs the offices of the future in Shanghai

Stefano Boeri Architetti China planned the renovation of the Hecheng Building in Shanghai, which becomes More: 001 Jingan Creative Park, a new kind of space different from the conventional office format, proposing new spatial and relational models that take the Bosco Verticale experience into account.

05-06-2018

Grimshaw Shanghai Disney Resort Tomorrowland

This is the last week of the second event in The Architects Series, a new cultural format offered by the Iris Ceramica Group’s Milanese gallery. Visitors can view a docu-film on Grimshaw studio, which designed the Disney theme park in Shanghai, until June 8.

17-05-2018

CTBUH Urban Habitat Award for skyscrapers and urban context

Architecture’s impact on its context, whether natural or urban, goes farther than the footprint of the building itself; a skyscraper, for example, becomes a landmark visible from a great distance away. The CTBUH presents annual awards for tall buildings that have a positive impact on their surroundings. We take a look at the candidates for the 2018 awards.

01-05-2018

Ennead Architects / Thomas Wong Shanghai Planetarium

The new Shanghai Planetarium, designed by Ennead Architects and Thomas Wong, will represent a continuum between the past, with its long, rich history of Chinese astronomy, and the future, with the country as ambitious space programmes. Work is currently underway and completion is scheduled for 2020.

05-04-2018

Two urban projects: The Rising in Milano and Red Planet in Shanghai

Francesco Librizzi designed The Rising for Fuorisalone in Milan, transforming a junction of roads into a visitor attraction. 100architects’ Red Planet project in Shanghai also creates a new urban landmark.

19-03-2018

Red Planet, 100architects’ playground in Shanghai

Red Planet is the latest creation by studio 100architects, specialised in street architecture and urban interventions.