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Chinese studio Neri&Hu has designed the Sanya Wellness Retreat hotel on the Chinese island of Hainan, with public spaces arranged around a central water courtyard. Located in Haitang Bay, Neri&Hu designed two L-shaped buildings with wood-clad upper levels containing 343 guest rooms perched on top of a masonry base, where the lobby, reception, dining hall and event spaces

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Dutch architecture studio MVRDV has added a colourful gridded facade to a skyscraper in Shenzhen, to create a hotel and centre dedicated to the welfare of women and children. Aiming to set an example of adaptive reuse in the city, the Shenzhen Women and Children’s Centre contains a library, auditorium, children’s theatre, therapy rooms and staff

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This month’s Dezeen In Depth newsletter looks at Chinese architects’ nightmare working conditions and features an interview with the first Black president of the RIBA. Subscribe to Dezeen in Depth now. Chinese architects told Dezeen they are regularly working through the night while their pay plummets as the country’s property industry deals with a severe crisis. Dezeen

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After a year-long delay the 19th Asian Games begins in Hangzhou on Saturday. Here, Dezeen rounds up eight new stadiums built specifically to host the sporting tournament. The games were originally scheduled for September 2022, but were postponed due to the Covid pandemic and subsequent lockdown in China. They will take place across six cities

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