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Mix Architecture refreshes Nanjing Combat Machinery Factory with red brick extensions

August 8, 2023 Katie Last 0

Chinese studio Mix Architecture has turned a disused 1950s factory into an updated office and public park in Nanjing, China. Named Nanjing Combat Machinery Factory, the new development builds upon a 1950s factory in the north of the city. The building was abandoned by its occupants, a machinery manufacturing company, towards the end of the

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Watch cars being elevated through an automated parking lot in Hangzhou

August 4, 2023 Lizzie Crook 0

The vertical Future Car Park in China by Daniel Statham Studio is the focus of this video, which shows vehicles being lifted and stacked via a fully automated lift system. Named Future Car Park, the sculptural building in Hangzhou’s central business district was designed to store 500 vehicles within a series of tree-like towers that

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Zaha Hadid Architects references “mountainside waterfalls” for Xi’an skyscraper

August 3, 2023 James Parkes 0

British architecture studio Zaha Hadid Architects has announced its plans for Daxia Tower, a 210-metre-tall skyscraper in China’s Xi’an business district with a curved form and planted terraces. The mixed-use building is set to be located on a 16,700-square-metre site and will encompass 127,220 square metres of office and retail facilities linked to the metro

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Three weeks left to enter Dezeen Awards China 2023

August 3, 2023 Harry Cruttenden 0

There are only three weeks left to complete your Dezeen Awards China 2023 entry! Dezeen Awards China, in partnership with Bentley Motors, is open for entries. The entry period ends at midnight Beijing time on Thursday 24 August, after which late entry fees will apply. Why enter Dezeen Awards China? Dezeen Awards China will celebrate

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Daniel Statham Studio creates automated Future Car Park as “canopy of trees”

August 2, 2023 Christina Yao 0

Architecture firm Daniel Statham Studio has designed a vertical car park in central Hangzhou, China, where cars are stacked using a fully automated lift system. Named Future Car Park, the building is located in the city’s central business district and has a capacity of 500 parking spaces. “Future Car Park invents a new way people

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Büro Ziyu Zhuang designs Longquan Mountain Observatory to resemble “spaceship or alien form”

August 1, 2023 Christina Yao 0

German-Chinese architecture practice Büro Ziyu Zhuang has topped a restaurant and teahouse in Chengdu, China, with sweeping roofs and a viewpoint. Named Longquan Mountain Observatory, the building overlooks the city of Chengdu from the top of Longquan Mountain. It houses a restaurant, bar and teahouse, as well as a swimming pool, and is topped by a

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Five key projects by interior designer and Dezeen Awards China judge Alex Mok

July 26, 2023 Christina Yao 0

Shanghai-based interior designer Alex Mok has joined Dezeen Awards China 2023 as a judge. Here she selects five projects that best reflect her work. Mok and Briar Hickling are the co-founders of architecture and interior design practice Linehouse. The female duo’s work has been recognised internationally and won a number of international design awards, including

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Snøhetta creates Holzweiler store informed by Norwegian coastline

July 24, 2023 Christina Yao 0

Architecture studio Snøhetta has completed a shop for fashion and lifestyle brand Holzweiler in Chengdu, China, informed by its Norwegian heritage. Located in Taikoo Li mall in central Chengdu, the 130-square-metre store is Norwegian brand Holzweiler’s first outpost outside of Scandinavia. “The store features recurring themes of currents, reflections and contrasts inspired by landscapes and coastal

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Red Dunes Playtopia features “cave-like” play spaces and undulating hills

July 15, 2023 Katie Last 0

Sloping red dunes and cavernous spaces feature in this playground, which local studio XISUI Design has created in a residential area in Guangzhou, China. Built above an underground parking unit, the play area takes cues from natural forms including mountains and caves and comprises a playful arrangement of hills and arches designed for climbing and discovery.

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People’s Architecture Office creates amorphous Amoeba Public Restroom for all genders

July 14, 2023 Betty Owoo 0

Curved micro cement and stucco walls define this amoeba-shaped public restroom in Beijing, China, designed by People’s Architecture Office “with inclusivity as a priority.” Called Amoeba Public Restroom, the facility designed by People’s Architecture Office has an irregular and organic shape reminiscent of cellular organisms. “The Amoeba Public Restroom is designed with inclusivity as a

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