shanghai
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From floorplate to cityscape
M Moser Associates has reimagined DuPont’s Shanghai R&D Centre as a network of connected neighbourhoods, using local references and workplace strategy to support collaboration, flexibility and future growth.
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Flipping the mirror ball
The absolutely hottest spot in Kuala Lumpur, Lane 23 by K2LD is all about having fun.
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The Catcher: a rural guesthouse framed by rice fields
Set among the rice fields near Shanghai’s Xinchang Ancient Town, The Catcher by TEAM_BLDG reworks two rural houses into a guesthouse that mediates quietly between architecture, landscape and time.
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AIM Architecture elevates HARMAY’s signature style at Hongqiao Airport
With its latest outpost inside Shanghai’s bustling Hongqiao International Airport, HARMAY once again partners with AIM Architecture to reimagine retail through colour, movement and cultural expression.
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HAS design and research
Practicing architecture and giving back to the next generation of students, Jenchieh Hung of HAS design and research is ensuring that the landscape of Thailand is in very good hands for the future.
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The Joy of Books
In his seminal essay, Stéphane Mallarmé famously wrote: “Everything in the world exists to end up as a book.” Wutopia Lab embraced this ideal, conceiving Shanghai Book City as, quite literally, a vertical city made of books.
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Theatre of arches
Neri&Hu’s design for the Cultural Arena at New Bund 31 Performing Arts Center makes a strong impression through differentiated spaces.
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The Shanghai food market inspired by Victorian greenhouses
Foodie Social, designed by Linehouse in Shanghai’s Hong Shou Fang, blends traditional market elements with modern, sustainable design features, fostering community through diverse, flexible food vendor spaces.
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Lululemon getting active in Shanghai
AIM Architecture has conceived a new flagship store for Lululemon and with 2024 INDE.Awards juror Wendy Saunders as joint design principal on the project, the result is, of course, outstanding.
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Taigu Design, shaping the future of education in China
Taigu Design and CEIBS Shenzhen Campus have collaborated to design the first business school in China, signifying a shift in the region’s educational framework.
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Shanghai high dining at TIDU RESERVE by RooMoo Design Studio
Winners of The Social Space category in the 2023 INDE.Awards, RooMoo Design Studio has made its mark on the Shanghai’s hospitality landscape with a new restaurant design.
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A sense of place at Shanghai’s Shangri-la Qiantan by Takenouchi Webb
This executive lounge and Chinese restaurant in the Shangri-La Qiantan draws sumptuously from the architecture of Shanghai Shikumen houses.
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Beyond retail: UNStudio completes Huawei’s flagship Shanghai store
UNStudio, in collaboration with Chinese information and communications technology firm, Huawei, has unveiled the design for a new flagship store in Shanghai.
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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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LOAM cafe&bar: From art exhibition space to a coffee shop and bar
Delve into a transformative journey from a porcelain house in the heart of the West Bund, Shanghai, to LOAM cafe&bar. Designers STUDIO8 have cultivated a blend of openness and privacy while paying homage to the original structure and its surroundings.
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The green oasis amidst the urban jungle of Shanghai: LOAM cafe&bar
Delve into a transformative journey from a porcelain house in the heart of the West Bund, Shanghai, to LOAM cafe&bar. STUDIO8 has cultivated a blend of openness and privacy while paying homage to the original structure and its surroundings.
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Space rabbit in the ROBBiverse
This Shanghai exhibition is all sparkling silver rooms, matte black faceted rocks and at the centre of it all, ROBBi, the collectible rabbit.
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Le Coq Wine & Bistro, Taikooli offers a walk-in vineyard experience
Le Coq Wine & Bistro, Taikooli by RooMoo offers a twist on the usual restaurant and bar experience. Visitors to the Shanghai venue can explore the process of wine production through a reinterpreted spatial design.
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Walk-in vineyard offers immersive dine-and-wine experience
Le Coq Wine & Bistro, Taikooli by RooMoo offers a twist on the usual restaurant and bar experience. Visitors to the Shanghai venue can explore the process of wine production through a reinterpreted spatial design.
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Zero waste exhibition shines light on the recycling possibilities of glass
100%, a new exhibition at the Shanghai Museum of Glass, invites its audience to consider the innate circularity of this ubiquitous and much-loved building material.
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AIM Architecture creates a space as mysterious as ‘Severance’ TV series set design
It’s bold and futuristic and a thoroughly grand interior design. Designed by AIM Architecture, the flagship store for JMGO certainly captures the imagination but also perfectly presents its brand to customers.
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HONG 0871 restaurant references the mountainous Yunnan landscape
Designed by IN•X, this new restaurant in Shanghai combines authentic materials with detailed application for a dramatic interior.
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Cue the elegance and drama at HONG 9871
A new restaurant in Shanghai is making waves in both the design and culinary worlds. Its bold and inventive menu is complemented by an elegant and dramatic interior.
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HARMAY cosmetics store presents as an office
With its citrusy palette and edgy office vibe, HARMAY is serving up cosmetics with a twist. Thirsty for more? Read on.
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Artist Lucas Zanotto’s exhibition is sure to lift your MOODS
From CGI animation and blackbox projections to AR installations and life-size sculptures, Lucas Zanotto’s first solo exhibition brings kinetic characters to life.
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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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Artist Lucas Zanotto’s exhibition is sure to lift your MOODS
From CGI animation and blackbox projections to AR installations and life-size sculptures, Lucas Zanotto’s first solo exhibition brings kinetic characters to life.
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The future looks rosy with Bestseller’s fashion-forward, technologically driven workplace
An interplay of dualities, Bestseller’s new Shanghai workspace offers a rose-tinted perspective on the future of fashion.
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A former glass-making workshop turned into a kids museum
Coordination Asia’s design for the Kids Museum of Glass 2.0 in Shanghai is a sophisticated scheme that appeals to both young and old.
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Zenith conquers new frontiers with showroom in Shenzhen
The new space makes waves in one of the most popular cities in Southeast China by showcasing the best in corporate and commercial furniture.
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Zenith advances its presence across APAC with a new showroom in China
The new space makes waves in one of the most popular cities in Southeast China by showcasing the best in corporate and commercial furniture.
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M Moser’s culturally resonant workspace for Kids2
The Kids2 Shanghai office champions brand storytelling while strengthening connections with customers and partners in China.
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Salone Del Mobile Shanghai Showed Expansion of Italian Brands In China
The Salone del Mobile.Milano Shanghai presented 127 brands over three days, with a stronger emphasis on innovative design than in previous years.
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Skyscraper design, construction & history of the high rise phenomenon
An in-depth look at the history and evolution of the iconic skyscraper design; from 10-storey origins to a century-long competition to be named the tallest building.
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Saccharine Sweet: Holiland Patisserie Shanghai
London-based practice Universal Design Studio has designed a pastel sweet bakery in Shanghai, where the fitout almost steals the show from the sweets.
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Sculpted metal: Icha Chateau by Spacemen
Referencing the rolling hills of Icha Chateau brand’s own tea plantations, Spacemen created a sculptural destination for Shanghai’s discerning tea drinkers.
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Salone del Mobile.Milano Returns To Shanghai In November
China is the best-represented foreign country among visitors to the Salone del Mobile in Milan. The Shanghai edition returns with high visitor numbers anticipated.
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Millennial Lifestyles And City Settings Drove Kokaistudios’ Design For Assemble By Réel
Kokaistudios looked to the city and the style-inspired passions of its millennial demographic to design a large yet dynamic retail space for a men’s fashion brand in Shanghai.
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A Mall With A Theatrical Heart In Shanghai By Kokaistudios
The newly renovated Shimao Festival City in Shanghai references the world of the theatre and incorporates public spaces of engagement and exchange.
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A Mall With A Theatrical Heart By Kokaistudios
The newly renovated Shimao Festival City in Shanghai references the world of the theatre and incorporates public spaces of engagement and exchange.
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Spacemen Sculpt A Picturesque Teahouse Restaurant With Metal Chain
Referencing the rolling hills of Icha Chateau brand’s own tea plantations, Spacemen created a sculptural destination for Shanghai’s discerning tea drinkers.
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Snøhetta to design Shanghai Grand Opera House
Featuring a dramatic roof space that unfolds like a fan, Snøhetta’s winning proposal for the Shanghai Grand Opera House generates surface and space designed to engender a sense of public ownership.
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Snøhetta’s Helical Design Chosen For Shanghai Grand Opera House
Featuring a dramatic roof space that unfolds like a fan, Snøhetta’s winning proposal for the Shanghai Grand Opera House generates surface and space designed to engender a sense of public ownership.
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Snøhetta’s Helical Design Chosen For Shanghai Grand Opera House
Featuring a dramatic roof space that unfolds like a fan, Snøhetta’s winning proposal for the Shanghai Grand Opera House generates surface and space designed to engender a sense of public ownership.
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Jiahui Hospital By NBBJ: Shanghai’s Hospital In A Garden
China’s first-ever hospital to earn LEED Healthcare Gold Certification leads the way for innovative, human-focused healing environments.
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Junya Ishigami Creates A Gravity-Defying Counter System For JINS Shanghai
Striking cantilevered concrete shelves catch the eye in this Shanghai retail space for Japanese eyewear brand JINS, crafted by Junya Ishigami.
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Queen of parks: Neobio by X+Living
Fantastical worlds and life-sized fun, Neobio by X+Living is a children’s play centre with a difference – it also considers the parents.
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Ma Yansong: Unapologetically MAD
We investigate MAD founder and one of the INDE.Awards 2018 Luminaries Ma Yansong’s process of finding his distinct voice in the global architecture industry.
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Benoy Shanghai Celebrates Ten Years
Benoy Shanghai celebrated its ten-year anniversary on 30 August in its newly refurbished studio at ICC Shanghai.
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Linehouse Brings A Humble Neighbourhood Feel To Shanghai’s F&B Scene With Bird And Bitter
One venue for daytime and another for the night. Linehouse designs a pair of F&B spaces in Shanghai’s former French Concession with an emphasis on relaxed simplicity.
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Y Home: A Beautiful Work Of Restraint And Reduction By Office ZHU
This Shanghai apartment by Office ZHU confronts the notion that interior design is like fashion and fast-moving consumer products. How? With careful restraint and sophisticated simplicity.
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Office ZHU’s Beautiful Work Of Restraint And Reduction in Shanghai
This Shanghai apartment by Office ZHU confronts the notion that interior design is like fashion and fast-moving consumer products. How? With careful restraint and sophisticated simplicity.
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The Studio By Atelier Tao+C: A Precise Conversion
Shanghai-based young architecture firm Atelier Tao+C converts three snug 80’s apartment units into a tranquil studio where the beauty of everyday life unfolds.
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Playing With Shapes: Elevating a Children’s Library
How do spaces for children differ from spaces for adults? Muxin Studio creates a cosy children’s library in Shanghai where fused spaces are comfortably scaled for little ones and choreographed to suit learning and play, introverted and extroverted activities.
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Capella: BLINK Design Group’s French Flair in the Heart of Old Shanghai
BLINK design group transforms one of the French Concession’s last 20th-century gated enclaves into a smart urban resort.
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China Chic: BLINK Design Group’s French Flair in the Heart of Old Shanghai
BLINK design group transforms one of the French Concession’s last 20th-century gated enclaves into a smart urban resort.
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Welcome To The Age Of Asia Pacific
As the global economy shifts to become more interconnected than ever and new manufacturing hubs crop up around the world, Asia Pacific is leading the way.
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Linehouse Deconstructs the Alpine Cabin With Colour and Light
Visitors to Shanghai’s YO’HOOD retail trade event had their sense of perspective and form warped by an abstract pop-up structure courtesy of Linehouse.
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Shine On, You Crazy Diamond! Prismverse Shanghai by XEX
When US skincare brand Dr.Jart+ commissioned Hong Kong designers XEX to create an interactive installation in Shanghai, they never could have imagined it would be this remarkable and outrageous.
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Shine on, you crazy diamond! Prismverse Shanghai by XEX Studio
When US skincare brand Dr.Jart+ commissioned XEX Studio to create an interactive installation in Shanghai, they never could have imagined it would be this remarkable and outrageous.
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Shine On, You Crazy Diamond! Prismverse Shanghai By Hong Kong Design Studio XEX
When US skincare brand Dr.Jart+ commissioned Hong Kong designers XEX to create an interactive installation in Shanghai, they never could have imagined it would be this remarkable and outrageous.
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Linehouse Uncovers the Past for a Shanghai Office
The first China office for backpack manufacturer Herschel Supply, designed by Linehouse, echoes the rapidly transforming urban fabric of its neighbourhood.
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The Semi-open Workplace
Linehouse designs a semi-open enclosure that imparts transparency, privacy and flexibility to the creative office of Chinese electric car brand NIO.
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KOKUYO Shanghai: Live Life, Love Work
On 18 August 2016, Kokuyo Shanghai threw a party in celebration of the theme, ‘LIVE LIFE, LOVE WORK’. Guests were invited to experience Kokuyo’s concept of the future workplace alongside live music and sumptuous food.
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Eye-catching design at the N3ON boutique
Serene white curves and directed perspective combine with a splash of vivid colour in this Shanghai eyewear store by Linehouse Design. Rik Glauert reports.
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Haworth Collection Showcase Comes to Shanghai – IDL
Celebrating the launch of the Haworth Collection, Giulio Cappellini and the Haworth team hosted a series of industry events set among a curated showcase of iconic designs at the Haworth showroom in the Jing’An Kerry Centre of Shanghai’s central business district.
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K11 Art Mall, Shanghai
A retail destination with artistic ambitions has arrived in Shanghai, China.
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Suhe Creek Project, Shanghai
A revived early 20th century warehouse forms part of the large-scale work underway to bring an urban renaissance to Shanghai’s historic Suzhou Creek.