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08-08-2017

Abu Dhabi: stellar architecture and design

Abu Dhabi currently faces its most ambitious challenge yet: becoming a centre of culture and the arts through the culture of design. After building numerous luxury hotels, shopping malls and golf courses, the largest of the Arab Emirates is now assigning a priority role to architecture and design.

04-07-2017

Celebrating nature. An office by Muxin Design and Research

The Chinese studio Muxin Design and Research has been asked to redesign an ‘old style’ office so that the environment could be more pleasant for staff. The first step, say the architects, was to eliminate the cubicles to “let the forest in”.

19-06-2017

Aluminium sunbreaks on Kengo Kuma’s Shanghai Soho Building

Kengo Kuma has built a classic skyscraper in Shanghai with aluminium sunbreaks designed to look like origami, with shapes recalling silent columns of rising incense smoke.

30-05-2017

The Zanadu Travel Experience by Shishang Architecture

Zanadu is a Chinese e-commerce company that works in the luxury holiday sector. To help its clients understand what it offers, it has commissioned a centre from Shishang Architecture where it presents hotels and holiday package destinations in virtual reality.

24-04-2017

Open reveals plans for Shanghai’s Pudong Art Museum

The die is cast, but nobody knows yet which is the winning project for the Pudong Art Museum in Shanghai. The finalists in the competition are OPEN, SANAA, Jean Nouvel and David Chipperfield.

13-03-2017

Jacques Ferrier Impressionismus exhibition Architektur Galerie Berlin

The exhibition due to open on March 16 at Architektur Galerie Berlin includes an optical installation recalling the façade of the Metropole Rouen-Normandie, architect Jacques Ferrier’s homage to Impressionist painter Claude Monet’s work in Rouen.

13-02-2017

The artistic philosophy of an office according to Muxin Design Research

Architecture definitely plays an important role in determining the quality of life for people who work indoors. And so Chinese studio Muxin created the ideal office, custom tailored and including lounge areas for relaxing.

12-01-2017

Guangzhou CTF Finance Centre 2 Skyscraper, China

At the end of 2016 the CTBUH updated its ranking of the world’s tallest skyscrapers. The Burj Khalifa in Dubai still tops the list, but there is a new building in fifth place, Guangzhou CTF Finance Centre in Guangzhou, China’s second tallest skyscraper.