Tag Shenzhen, China

05-12-2022

Designing for yourself: the JG PHOENIX studios in Shenzhen

Chinese design practice JG PHOENIX, founded in 2008, designed its own offices in Shenzhen, offering tangible proof of the architects’ creative philosophy conveying their characteristic team spirit of communication and cooperation.

18-04-2022

Various Associates and a blue and white Art High School in Shenzhen

The Chinese architecture firm Various Associates was commissioned with the design of an Art High School in Shenzhen. The School is focused on international arts programmes, affiliated with the Guangzhou Academy of Fine Arts (GAFA). The new campus is the result of the transformation of several abandoned buildings along the river, in an urban village.

28-01-2022

Original Chicken restaurant designed by Nature Times Art Design studio in Shenzhen, China

The Chinese Nature Times Art Design Co., Ltd. studio has designed the first restaurant of the Original Chicken fast food chain in southern China, in a shopping mall in Shenzhen. The design of the restaurant responds to the brand's philosophy of providing ecological and organic food, drawing inspiration from nature and the local territory.

26-01-2022

MVRDV designs Idea Factory, a creative recovery of an industrial building in Shenzhen, China

In the Shenzhen area, in China, the MVRDV architecture firm recently recovered a disused industrial building, transforming it into a "creative factory". The building houses the offices of the Urban Research Institute of China Vanke, as well as other offices for rent. The roof consists of a large green terrace, becoming a public garden that offers various services and activities.

12-01-2022

SOM designs Shenzhen Rural Commercial Bank Headquarters

In Shenzhen, in southeastern China, the headquarters of the Shenzhen Rural Commercial Bank, designed by the Skidmore, Owings & Merrill (SOM) architectural firm were recently completed. The building is a 158-metre-tall, 33-story tower built on the edge of a public park in one of the main commercial districts of the modern Chinese metropolis. To meet the comfort needs of the building’s indoor spaces – taking into consideration the warm tropical climate of this region – the architects adopted solutions that respect the principles of sustainability and biophilia.

26-10-2021

Shoku-tei Sushi restaurant in Shenzhen designed by NATURE TIMES ART DESIGN

The new Shoku-tei Sushi restaurant designed by the NATURE TIMES ART DESIGN studio is located on the ground floor of a shopping complex in the Futian Central Business District, in Shenzhen, China. Here, natural elements such as stones, trees, earth and plants provide a subtle balance to the surrounding modern skyscrapers and the lively city centre, creating a place of poetic minimalism.

21-07-2021

Vector Architects: Shenzhen Pingshan Art Museum

Vector Architects is leader of the consortium of firms and companies that has won the international competition for the construction of the Pingshan Art Museum. The project challenges the concept of the Chinese museum complex, ultimately creating a surprising deconstructed structure spread over multiple levels.

16-07-2021

High energy efficiency in COOP HIMMELB(L)AU’s Mocape

COOP HIMMELB(L)AU has built a twin ecological museum in Shenzhen to high standards of energy efficiency.

20-05-2021

MVRDV begins construction of the Shenzhen Terraces

In Shenzhen, in southeastern China, construction has begun on the Shenzhen Terraces, the mixed-use project designed by the MVRDV architecture firm and which will form the core of the thriving university district in the city’s Longgang District. The project, which stands as one of the most sustainable carried out in the Chinese metropolis, is characterised by a strong urban component, with a series of terraced areas that aim to maximise public life and an abundance of green spaces.