Chinese Architecture
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A vision in silver: TAOA’s new studio
A simple and stark silver box juts out into the street. It can be no other than architectural practice TAOA’s new studio.
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What’s behind the translucent veil at this Chinese church?
Creating a clear and legible space of spiritual purity, Wutopia Lab’s Fengxian Qixian Jesus Church, south of Shanghai, posits the sublime calm of faith within a vast metropolis.
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7 projects reshaping Chinese architecture today
The new wave of architecture shaping the changing face of China is extraordinary. We round up 7 projects – from floating monasteries to breathtaking high rises – that reveal the scope, skill, history and tradition that is Chinese architecture today.
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Space for the spirit: Wood Pavilion is the Social Space of 2022
Situated near a river and designed as a gathering place for people to meet and contemplate life, Wood Pavilion #1 has been named The Social Space of 2022.
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Cantilevered meeting rooms are a centrepiece of this Chinese workplace
The newly refurbished Yeahka office conceived by JSPA Design features a stripped away aesthetic that emphasises transparency – fit for a company that specialises in payment.
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Pinghe Bibliotheater: An ocean of knowledge for students
Part library, part theatre, Pinghe Bibliotheater by OPEN Architecture presents an ocean of knowledge for students of Qingpu Pinghe International School in Shanghai, China.
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A sustainable garment manufacturing plant that rehabilitates the poor wetland
A beautiful project has been designed and completed in Guilin, China by Ronald Lu & Partners and is both sympathetic to the landscape and conceived with sustainability at its heart.
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This pavilion has an unexpectedly cavernous and undulating shell-like interior
SpActrum has conceived a “brutal” reaction to a tidy tourist village in Shangen Village, China.
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One substantial building formed from four perforated volumes
Clever lighting and monolithic perforated walls combine in ShuiFa Information Town Industrial Exhibition Center, China, to create an intriguingly illuminated modern castle.
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INTEGRAL to work and wellbeing
A beautiful project has been designed and completed in Guilin, China by Ronald Lu & Partners and is both sympathetic to the landscape and conceived with sustainability at its heart.
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Y-Loft City by Superimpose counters design convention
Three Bauhaus shaped multi-residences have brought a hinterland region in China rapidly up to speed with modern urbanity and the lifestyles of the Y generation.
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Designed to Show, Not Tell
ONE-CU Interior Design Lab renders doing business with Vanke Property an enriching experience when at Guanhu Sales Center in Guiyang, China.
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The 123s of Architecture
123 Architects’ renovation of a factory turned photography studio in Beijing’s art district shows off the real art that can be achieved in this industry.
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The unfolding lotus flower of Hangzhou
While stadiums packed with people aren’t exactly the image we’re all looking for right now we know that one day they will be filled again. In Hangzhou the latest 80,000 capacity stadium by NBBJ is a beautiful example of the clever and beautiful architecture possible with these public spaces.
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The unfolding lotus flower of Hangzhou
While stadiums packed with people aren’t exactly the image we’re all looking for right now we know that one day they will be filled again. In Hangzhou the latest 80,000 capacity stadium by NBBJ is a beautiful example of the clever and beautiful architecture possible with these public spaces.
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How we can layer tradition into the modern
PANORAMA Design Group create the ultimate urban getaway that transports the guest into a bamboo-filled sanctuary of comfort and opulence at MeeHotel.
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Mooncraft takes you on a journey
Hong Kong-based o&o Studio took a very specific, and very romantic, image as the inspiration for the branding and design of an uber-cool craft beer and whisky bar in an old grease factory in Shanghai’s South Bund.
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MOONCRAFT Takes You On A Journey
Hong Kong-based o&o Studio took a very specific, and very romantic, image as the inspiration for the branding and design of an uber-cool craft beer and whisky bar in an old grease factory in Shanghai’s South Bund.
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An Instrument Coming To Life: Liyang Museum by CROX
Drawing inspiration from an iconic Chinese musical instrument, the Liyang Museum by CROX makes a statement in the landscape.
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An Instrument Coming To Life: Liyang Museum by CROX
Drawing inspiration from an iconic Chinese musical instrument, the Liyang Museum by CROX makes a statement in the landscape.
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More Than a Brown Blob: Liyang Museum by CROX
Drawing inspiration from an iconic Chinese musical instrument, the Liyang Museum by CROX makes a statement in the landscape.
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A Joan Miró inspired bookstore
Panorama Design Group brings an imaginative world to life for knowledge hunting in a kids’ bookstore in Chengdu – and Joan Miró was the source of inspiration.
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Various Associates brings shock and wonder to retail
In China where a majority of people shop online, Various Associates raises the stakes to connect with customers through intense emotion.
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Eat hot pot in the middle of a wetland
Letting the landscape take centre stage, this Hot Pot restaurant makes an impressive design statement weaving through the canopy of a wetland in Chengdu, China.
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Biasol’s modern bubble tea café in Shenzhen
Tea drinking may be steeped in tradition but 蜜葉裡 Ambrosia in Shenzhen has been designed by Biasol for the modern, mindful tea drinker of today.
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Traditional Chinese Architecture Inspires A Modern Bubble Tea Café
Tea drinking may be steeped in tradition but 蜜葉裡 Ambrosia in Shenzhen has been designed by Biasol for the modern, mindful tea drinker of today.