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...
View ArticleOpen 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...
View ArticleDezeen 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...
View ArticleSemester 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....
View ArticleUrbanus 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...
View ArticleKengo 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,...
View ArticleLichao 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...
View ArticleDelugan 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...
View ArticleAudi 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...
View ArticleProject 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...
View ArticleThe 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...
View ArticlePAO 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...
View ArticleShannan 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...
View ArticleBamboo 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...
View ArticleHeatherwick 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,...
View ArticleMAD 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...
View ArticleCurved 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...
View ArticleVector 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...
View ArticleChaoffice 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...
View ArticleZaha 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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