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Longnan Garden estate in Shanghai wanted to escape the "virus" of boring...
Our next Social Housing Revival case study is Atelier GOM's Shanghai Longnan Garden estate, the first social-housing project in China to abandon high-rise towers. Located in Shanghai's central Xuhui...
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Buzz creates subterranean Hermit Space galleries in Beijing park
Architecture studio Buzz has transformed three sunken courtyards created for an underground car park into gallery, event and activity spaces for Beijing MAHA Arts Centre in China. Collectively named...
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MVRDV unveils residential high-rises for Tencent smart city in Shenzhen
Dutch studio MVRDV has revealed a series of residential high-rises arranged around courtyards in Shenzhen's Qianhai bay, which will form part of a smart city development by technology company Tencent....
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Dezeen Agenda features MVRDV's plans for stepped high-rises in Shenzhen
The latest edition of our weekly Dezeen Agenda newsletter features MVRDV's designs for a series of bayside residential towers in China. Subscribe to Dezeen Agenda now. Dutch studio MVRDV has unveiled a...
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Linehouse creates greenhouse-informed food market in Shanghai
Architecture studio Linehouse has wrapped a food market in a Shanghai laneway neighbourhood around a central atrium informed by Victorian greenhouses. Named Foodie Social, the 2,000-square-metre food...
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Foster + Partners frames underground Apple Store in Shanghai with "active...
A multi-level plaza and elevated viewpoint flank this Apple Store, which British architecture studio Foster + Partners has buried below ground in Shanghai's Jing'an district. Named Apple Jing'an, the...
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Stefano Boeri Architetti unveils design for Museum of Technology in Xi'an
An undulating form topped with terraces will distinguish this technology museum, which the Shanghai office of architecture studio Stefano Boeri Architetti has designed for Xi'an, China. Stefano Boeri...
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Muda Architects completes circular museum dedicated to traditional Chinese...
Chengdu studio Muda Architects has completed Tianfu Museum of Chinese Medicine in Pengzhou, China, which is based on the shape of the yin-yang symbol. Situated beside the Huitong Lake, the museum aims...
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Foster + Partners tops out China Merchants Bank skyscraper in Shenzhen
The China Merchants Bank Headquarters by British architecture studio Foster + Partners has topped out in Shenzhen, with progress on a decorative ribbed steel and glass facade. Images of the...
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"Research became the exhibition" at OMA-designed Crafted World for Loewe
Dutch studio OMA has designed Loewe's Crafted World exhibition, currently on show in Shanghai, which aims to celebrate the brand's craftsmanship. Crafted World, the Spanish fashion brand's first public...
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More Architecture perches Floating Hotel among Chinese mountains
Amsterdam studio More Architecture used a large zigzagging roof to shelter Floating Hotel, which is dramatically positioned among the bamboo forests and mountains of Dachangping, China. Located in the...
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Neri&Hu creates "wooden hut" and "cave-dwelling" interiors for Shanghai stores
Chinese studio Neri&Hu has completed two retail spaces for Shanghai fashion company Jisifang, using wood and concrete to evoke "a more primitive state of being". The two adjacent stores are located...
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MAD designs undulating Cloud 9 Sports Center for Shijiazhuang
Global architecture studio MAD has revealed its design for Cloud 9 Sports Center, a mirrored athletic complex designed as "a luminous cloud" with a wavy shape. Created for the city of Shijiazhuang in...
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Ateno lines subway station in "continuous waves" of red concrete panels in China
Chinese architecture studio Ateneo has used 3D technology to form the undulating, sculptural walls of Wuyuanwan subway station in Xiamen, China. Ateno drew on the red brick used for traditional village...
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MORE Architecture creates Ginkgo Gallery as "antidote to the museum boom" in...
Dutch studio MORE Architecture has completed a concrete museum on an island in a manmade lake in Jiaxing, China. Named Ginkgo Gallery after the ginkgo trees that cover the island, the contemporary art...
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ZZHK Architects completes bridge in China with spiralling viewpoint
Chinese Studio ZZHK has completed G Clef Bridge, a pedestrian walkway across the Bailu River in Chengdu, which culminates in a spiralling ramp and viewpoint informed by musical notation. The bridge...
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RSHP designs 1.7-kilometre-long convention centre in China
British studio RSHP has unveiled its design for The Zhongyuan International Convention Centre, which will have an almost two-kilometre-long elevated floor plane and include 16 exhibition halls. Located...
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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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