Tag Shanghai

05-12-2017

FirstCry Office by RIGIDesign: the cinema comes to the office

Kai Liu, head of RIGI Design, recently completed a film studio’s headquarters, drawing inspiration from the way the industry connects people, places and various stages in production, in a way completely different from the linear narration of a film.

30-10-2017

Neobio Family Park by Li Xiang

Li Xiang has created a magical space, a children’s paradise that makes adults wish they were young again. Neobio is an indoor fun park in Shanghai with everything that one could desire, from forests of books where you can play hide and seek, to a child-sized mini city.

24-10-2017

A rooster for Chinese New Year by 100architects

2017 is the Chinese Year of the Rooster and, as usual, there were splendid celebrations. In particular, in Xintiandi, an important commercial area of Shanghai, there is an imposing interactive installation that is the work of 100architects.

23-08-2017

Neri&Hu and Suzhou Chapel

Suzhou Chapel is a building with many merits designed by the well-known studio Neri & Hu of Shanghai. Located in a dense residential neighbourhood in the city of Suzhou, the chapel is designed to be a place for worshipping and meeting.

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.