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Xisui Design models metal pavilion on birds' nests and eggshells
Shanghai studio Xisui Design drew on natural shapes for the minimalist Thin-Shell Metal Woven Pavilion, which was designed as a sunken resting space on a pond in China. The ovoid metal pavilion was...
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BIG tops waterfront art museum in Suzhou with swooping roof planes
The Suzhou Museum of Contemporary Art by Danish studio BIG, engineering firm Arts Group and architecture studio Front has topped out in China, with curved metal roofs designed as a "fifth facade"....
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Atelier Tao+C creates "luminous" bookshop in Chinese ski resort
Interior studio Atelier Tao+C has completed a light-filled bookshop with a timber roof at a ski report in northern China for local retailer Naïve. Located in the ski resort of Aranya Chongli in...
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Tianjin 4A Sports Park is a multipurpose play area in China by BAM
A range of colours, patterns and forms animate this sports and play area in Tianjin, China, designed by international studio Ballistic Architecture Machine to "rethink the role of parks in dense...
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Temp nestles charred-wood pavilion in rocky Shanghai garden
Chinese studio Temp has used charred wood to create 3-to-1 Pavilion, a triangular shelter nestled in a rocky garden in Shanghai. Intended as a sanctuary-like space for drinking tea and gathering, the...
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Trace Architecture Office creates bookstore "with spatial experiences" within...
Chinese studio Trace Architecture Office has repaired and renovated a historic building in Yunnan, China, to house the Weishan Chongzheng Academy Bookstore. Trace Architecture Office (TAO)...
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Various Associates creates irregular pyramid-shaped flagship store for DJI
Chinese interior studio Various Associates has completed an irregular pyramid-shaped flagship store for drone brand DJI in Shenzhen, China. Located at OCT Harbour on the shores of Shenzhen Bay, the...
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Swooping roofs of Beijing Art Centre evoke the site's granary history
Architecture studios Schmidt Hammer Lassen and Perkins&Will have completed a multi-functional art centre in Beijing, referencing the shape of a granary that once occupied the site. Located in the...
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UAD completes concrete visitor centre to "preserve collective culture" of...
Fragments of rammed-earth walls have been incorporated into the concrete exterior of Villagers' Home, a visitor centre in Zhejiang Province by The Architectural Design and Research Institute of...
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AIM Architecture connects resort buildings with tentacle-like canopies
A cluster of buildings interconnected by sweeping, tentacle-like canopies form The Spine Resort, a rural resort that Shanghai studio AIM Architecture has completed in Sichuan. Located next to a lake an...
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CPlus Architects uses pale bricks for "rustic" home in rural China
Pale brick, stone and timber were used to create a "rustic and warm feeling" at this home in rural China, designed by local studio CPlus Architects. Named Mother's House, the home is located in Xiyang...
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Dezeen to host Global China architecture and design exhibition in Shanghai
Dezeen has curated an exhibition during the World Design Cities Conference in Shanghai to showcase works by Chinese and international architects and designers that successfully bridge east and west....
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Society Particular crowns mall in Qingdao with amphitheatre-style terrace
Architecture studio Society Particular has completed Skybowl, a rooftop extension to the Hisense Plaza mall in Qingdao, China, formed of a glass hall and amphitheatre-style terrace. Society Particular...
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Neri&Hu captures "spirit of traditional alleyways" at Shanghai arts centre
Rows of arches and barrel vaults reference Shanghai's historic alleyways at New Bund Performing Arts Centre, completed by local architecture studio Neri&Hu. Located in the Qiantan International...
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Dezeen's Global China exhibition spotlights cultural collaboration
Models, sketches and photos of works by architects and designers including Neri&Hu, Büro Ole Scheeren, Paul Priestman and FOG Architecture feature in Dezeen's Global China: Connecting The World...
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Wutopia Lab wraps Chinese arts centre in translucent mesh
Translucent mesh informed by mosquito nets wraps the forms of Flickering Peak, an arts centre in Hainan, China, by architecture studio Wutopia Lab. Located in an area known as Coffee Village in...
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Mur Mur Lab creates glazed pavilions overlooking "mysterious" landscape in China
Architecture studio Mur Mur Lab has designed the Dongdan Grassland Sea Ruins Station in eastern China, creating two wave-topped glass pavilions that offer passers-by a "moment to connect with nature"....
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Atelier Xi designs weathering steel pavilions that "elegantly meander"...
Chinese studio Atelier Xi has completed a visitor centre for Qiaochengbei Park in Shenzhen, using weathering steel and grass roofs to blend two pavilion-like structures into the landscape. Atelier Xi...
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Line+ Studio floats doughnut-shaped weather balloon above rural Chinese...
A doughnut-shaped meteorological balloon and woven timber tunnel have been completed by architecture practice Line+ Studio in rural area in Zhejiang, China. Named Woven Gateway and Sky Ring, the two...
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Dezeen Debate features doughnut-shaped weather balloon praised as "sheer genius"
The latest edition of our Dezeen Debate newsletter features a pair of landmarks in China designed by Line + Studio. Subscribe to Dezeen Debate now. Architecture firm Line + Studio introduced a...
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Neri&Hu creates "urban oasis" for Artyzen New Bund 31 hotel in Shanghai
Chinese studio Neri&Hu has completed a hotel in Shanghai alongside the New Bund Performing Arts Centre, which was also designed by the studio. Located in Pudong District, Artyzen New Bund 31 hotel...
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IARA piggybacks stone aqueduct with sheltered timber bridge in China
Architecture studio IARA has reinvigorated an abandoned aqueduct in Huangshan, China, by attaching a sheltered timber bridge on top of its stone structure. Named FW JI Covered Bridge on Aqueduct, the...
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Turenscape transforms concrete sea wall into "resilient public space"
Chinese landscape architecture studio Turenscape has transformed a concrete sea wall on an abandoned fish farm into a public space in Haikou City, Hainan. Named A Breathing Sea Wall, the project aims...
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Bricks made with tea leaves clad Beijing teahouse by Kooo Architects
Japanese studio Kooo Architects used custom-made bricks that combine compressed earth with waste tea leaves to create a natural feel inside the Théatre teashop in Beijing. The store located in...
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Open Architecture designs conical Sun Tower as "giant sundial"
Chinese studio Open Architecture has completed the 50-metre-tall Sun Tower, which has a conical concrete form designed to follow the path of the sun, in Yantai, northeast China. Located in Yantai's...
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Dezeen Debate features "cultural hit for generations to come"
The latest edition of our Dezeen Debate newsletter features a conical community venue by Open Architecture. Subscribe to Dezeen Debate now. The 50-meter-tall Sun Tower, designed by Chinese studio Open...
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Semester Studio creates exhibition pavilion for Camerich using "borrowed...
This pavilion, designed by architecture firm Semester Studio for a furniture exhibition in Shanghai, was built entirely using materials that were separated and returned to their source after the show....
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Urbanus adds colourful rooftop additions to Shenzhen block
Architecture studio Urbanus renovated and combined five buildings in Shenzhen, China, adding colourful additions and circulation. Named Nantou Hybrid Building, the development unifies a cluster of five...
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Kengo Kuma and Associates cloaks Chinese clay museum in handmade tiles
Japanese studio Kengo Kuma and Associates has completed UCCA Clay Museum in China, creating a peaked form clad in handmade ceramic tiles to celebrate the "warmth of craftsmanship". Located in Yixing,...
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Lichao Architecture Design Studio combines "meticulous repair" with modern...
Chinese studio Lichao Architecture Design Studio has transformed an abandoned brewery in Zhejiang, China, into a creative park, retaining its industrial character with additions in reclaimed brick and...
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Delugan Meissl transforms disused steelworks in China with "organic curved...
Austrian studio Delugan Meissl Associated Architects has completed the Expo Cultural Park Greenhouse in China, engulfing a disused steelworks with a mass of curved glass pavilions. The 35-metre-tall...
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Audi ditches four-ring logo for Chinese electric car range
Audi has unveiled the visual identity for its new Chinese EV brand, which sees the carmaker's distinctive four-ringed logo replaced with an all-caps AUDI wordmark. The branding was unveiled at the...
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Project Mingde uses "cascading" roofs on Chinese nursery to recycle rainfall
Non-profit Project Mingde has unveiled Duling Educational Centre, a staggered complex topped with roofs that help recycle rainfall into clean water for schoolchildren in rural southern China. The new...
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The top 10 Chinese architecture projects of 2024
Continuing our review of 2024, Dezeen's China editor Christina Yao rounds up this year's most impressive Chinese architecture, including a one-kilometre-long museum and a conical viewing tower. Photo...
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PAO transforms Chinese porcelain factory using "plug-in architecture"
Chinese studio People's Architecture Office has converted an old porcelain factory in Jingdezhen into workshops and a gallery using colourful steel and glass extensions. Named Porcelain Factory Plug-in...
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Shannan Beehive Observation Cabin named best building at Dezeen Awards China...
An observation cabin in Tibet has been named Dezeen Awards China 2024 architecture project of the year at a ceremony in Shanghai where all eight architecture winners were named. The winners were...
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Bamboo forest-informed home named Dezeen Awards China 2024 best interior
A Bamboo Sanctuary has been named Dezeen Awards China 2024 interiors project of the year following the announcement of all seven interior winners at this evening's ceremony in Shanghai. The seven...
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Heatherwick Studio arranges "unexpected three-dimensional urban landscape"...
Architecture practice Heatherwick Studio has completed a commercial district in Xi'an, China, containing a series of cascading volumes and a vertical park. Located south of the city's historic centre,...
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MAD Architects unveils "flying saucer-shaped" hut
Architecture studio MAD Architects has unveiled a round pavilion topped with a distinctive roof called The Never Hut in Foshan, China. Created for The Guangdong Nanhai Land Art Festival, the round hut...
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Curved brick protrusions fill Hainan cinema by One Plus Partnership
Chinese studio One Plus Partnership used red bricks to create wave-like surfaces inside this cinema lobby in the city of Haikou, China, emerging from the floors and ceilings to form a reception...
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Vector Architects funnels light to forest spa with tubular concrete lightwells
Local practice Vector Architects has unveiled the Wulingshan Eye Stone Spring spa in Aranya, China, which was designed to resemble a piece of hot spring "apparatus". Topped with a stack of eight...
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Chaoffice fills concrete grid with reclaimed stone for home in rural China
An exposed concrete frame infilled with reclaimed stone walls encases warm, timber-lined interiors at this home near Beijing by architecture studio Chaoffice. Named House of Bluff, the five-bedroom...
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Zaha Hadid Architects unveils sweeping culture centre for China
UK studio Zaha Hadid Architects has released its design for a sweeping arts centre intended to become the centrepiece of a cultural quarter in Shaoxing city's Shangyu District. Named Zheijang Shaoxing...
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Dezeen Debate features a "wonderful and powerful execution of space"
The latest edition of our Dezeen Debate newsletter features a forest spa in China by Vector Architects. Subscribe to Dezeen Debate now. Vector Architects designed the Wulingshan Eye Stone Spring spa in...
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Aedas unveils infinity loop-shaped museum in Hangzhou
Architecture studio Aedas has completed the Yohoo Museum on an artificial island in Hangzhou, China, which is shaped like an infinity loop. Located within Liangzhu Yohoo Park at the centre of...
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Chetwoods and J&A unveil beach-informed metro station in Shenzhen
Architecture studios Chetwoods and J&A have transformed a metro station in Shenzhen, China, into a coastal-themed transit hub, drawing on the local landscape and cultural identity. Created as part...
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OMA's CCTV Headquarters was the most significant building of 2012
Continuing our 21st-Century Architecture: 25 Years 25 Buildings series, we take a look at OMA's CCTV Headquarters in Beijing, an iconic symbol of China's construction boom. OMA's skyscraper was among...
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China to launch one-kilometre-wide solar farm into space
Construction of a giant celestial solar farm is underway in China, with a scale comparable to creating a "Three Gorges Dam project above the Earth". The solar farm, which would be launched into space...
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Modum Atelier arranges boutique around raised wooden pavilion
Architecture studio Modum Atelier has created the Moment boutique within a historic building that encloses a hidden courtyard in Nanjing, China. Located in the Xinanli district – known for its network...
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Dezeen Agenda features plans for a one-kilometre-wide solar farm in space
The latest edition of our weekly Dezeen Agenda newsletter features China's plan to launch a solar farm into space. Subscribe to Dezeen Agenda now. China has begun constructing a giant celestial solar...
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