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Line+ Studio sits curvaceous viewpoint overlooking Shenzhen

February 13, 2024 Starr Charles 0

Large steps and open-air terraces wind around the curvaceous Yunhai Forest Service Station in Shenzhen, which was designed by Chinese architecture firm Line+ Studio. Situated on Maluan Mountain, the centre by Line+ Studio was wrapped by glass openings – “maximizing transparency” to offer expansive views of the landscape, nearby seaport and Shenzhen city. “The unique site

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Lin Architecture designs Concrete Pavilion in China as “lighthouse” for farmers

February 11, 2024 Jon Astbury 0

Chinese studio Lin Architecture abstracted and merged local architectural forms for the design of this angular pavilion in rural Yunnan, which is made from white-painted concrete. Simply named Concrete Pavilion, the structure is surrounded by rice fields near Botou Village in Eryuan County and functions as a pumphouse, as well as an orienting landmark for

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Twelve Chinese architecture projects completing in the Year of the Dragon

February 9, 2024 Christina Yao 0

As China prepares to celebrate Chinese New Year tomorrow, Dezeen rounds up the 12 most anticipated architecture projects set to complete in the country this year. China’s architecture industry has been hit hard by the commercial property crisis in the past year – and that is reflected in the projects selected below. With no sign

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Vector Architects designs concave Chapel of Music for Chinese seaside resort

February 8, 2024 Kate Donaldson 0

Chinese studio Vector Architects has completed a monolithic, concrete concert hall in the coastal resort of Aranya in Qinhuangdao. Located centrally within the town’s public square, the three-pronged concrete structure was designed as an intimate space for musical performances. Its three concave walls were informed by the Echo Wall that encircles the Imperial Vault of

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MAD unveils sunken Train Station in the Forest in Jiaxing

February 7, 2024 Christina Yao 0

Chinese architecture studio MAD has rebuilt a historic train station in central Jiaxing, China, and expanded it with an underground terminal and public park. Named Train Station in the Forest, the revamp of the 354,000-square-metre building is MAD’s first station and the studio hopes it will “redefine transportation infrastructure buildings in China”. MAD created an

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Hill-like concrete forms shape arts centre in China by DUO

February 7, 2024 Jon Astbury 0

Chinese studio DUO has completed Nanchang OCT Contemporary Arts Centre, a series of exhibition spaces housed in stepped concrete forms with accessible green roofs. Overlooking a wetland park and the nearby Gan River in Nanchang, the building is designed by DUO to “coexist” with the site. This is achieved by creating natural-looking, hill-like forms rather than

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Dezeen Agenda features Junya Ishigami’s one-kilometre-long museum

February 6, 2024 Saudatu Bah 0

The latest edition of our weekly Dezeen Agenda newsletter features a one-kilometre-long museum in China. Subscribe to Dezeen Agenda now. This week, Japanese architect Junya Ishigami revealed the one-kilometre-long Zaishui Art Museum that stretches across a lake in China. The 20,000-square-metre, linear museum was designed as the entrance to a new development zone in Rizhao in

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Ten buildings in China that interact with dramatic landscapes

February 2, 2024 Nat Barker 0

After Junya Ishigami unveiled a kilometre-long art museum that emerges from an artificial lake, Dezeen rounds up 10 recent Chinese architecture projects that play with arresting landscapes. Japanese architect Ishigami said he wanted his project to address a tendency for buildings in China to be “closed off” from their environment. But he is not the

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Yatofu fosters “relaxed holiday atmosphere” in Jianze showroom

February 2, 2024 Alyn Griffiths 0

Design studio Yatofu has completed a furniture showroom in Hangzhou, China, featuring a playful pastel colour palette and a display area housed on a steel-mesh platform. The 80-square-metre retail space belongs to Chinese design brand Jianze and forms part of an emerging cultural district in the city’s Liangzhe New Town. Yatofu set out to create

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Junya Ishigami reveals one-kilometre-long museum emerging from Chinese lake

February 1, 2024 Christina Yao 0

Japanese architect Junya Ishigami has unveiled the one-kilometre-long Zaishui Art Museum on a lake in China, which features openings that let water flow over the museum floor. Located on an artificial lake at the entrance of a new development zone in Rizhao in China’s Shandong Province, the 20,000-square-metre linear museum extends from one side of

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