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Concrete colonnade wraps oatmeal factory in China by JSPA Design

February 5, 2023 Jon Astbury 0

A thin concrete colonnade on a perforated brick base forms the Ningwu Oatmeal Factory in Shanxi province, China, which has been designed by Beijing architecture studio JSPA Design. Located on an open, green site surrounded by industrial buildings, the 8,600-square-metre factory was conceived as an “introverted” space, buffered by a landscape of grass and low

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FOG Architecture transforms Beijing courtyard house into fragrance store

February 3, 2023 Christina Yao 0

Chinese studio FOG Architecture has turned a courtyard house in Beijing into a flagship store for fragrance brand ToSummer with exposed wooden roof trusses and columns. Located within a 500-square-meter Siheyuan complex, the store occupies a 280-year-old courtyard house that are common in the region. FOG Architecture renovated the building to reveal its original architecture, which features triangle-shaped timber roof

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Twelve Chinese architecture projects completing in the Year of the Rabbit

January 20, 2023 Christina Yao 0

As China prepares to celebrate Chinese New Year tomorrow, we round up the 12 most anticipated architecture projects set to complete in the country this year. After the government scrapped its zero-Covid policy at the end of last year, a flurry of high-profile architecture projects in China are now expected to open soon having suffered

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Chinese architects and designers confident of bounceback as Covid restrictions ease

January 19, 2023 Christina Yao 0

Architects and designers in China have told Dezeen they expect domestic and international work to ramp up now that tight Covid restrictions are finally easing. “I believe as a Chinese architect, it’s an opportunity for us to take projects from overseas,” said Weico founder Wei Sun. “We will also look into doing more international projects

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Watch talks on the future of architecture education at the Global Dean’s Forum

January 16, 2023 Dezeen staff 0

Promotion: talks given by 13 deans and heads of department from major architecture schools at the Global Dean’s Forum hosted by Shanghai’s Tongji University are now available to stream online. Themed Design Education in a Transformational World, the forum took place on 15 December 2022 as part of the 70th-anniversary celebrations for Tongji University’s College

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Aedas designs arched skyscraper in Zhuhai to resemble local “auspicious stones”

January 16, 2023 Cajsa Carlson 0

Rock formations along the Zhuhai coast inspired architecture studio Aedas’ design of the North Xingge Jinze skyscraper, which comprises two connected towers and has a cut-out sky garden. The 145-metre-high skyscraper will be located in Zhuhai in China’s Pearl River Delta, close to Macau and Hong Kong, in a neighbourhood that’s currently changing from an

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Studio Zhu-Pei tops art centre in China with wave-like concrete roofs

January 10, 2023 Jon Astbury 0

Architecture practice Studio Zhu-Pei drew on traditional Chinese architecture to create the sweeping concrete roofs and stone walls of the Zibo OCT Art Centre in the eastern province of Shandong. Located in a semi-rural area outside the city of Zibo, the centre was informed by the region’s vernacular materials and architecture, specifically the “siheyuan”, or

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MVRDV reveals plans for “stepped terraces of books” in Wuhan Library

January 10, 2023 James Parkes 0

Dutch architecture studio MVRDV has unveiled designs for a 140,000 square metre library in Wuhan, China, with a sweeping form that takes cues from the topography of its surroundings. Set to become one of China’s biggest libraries and a landmark for the central, Chinese city, the Wuhan Library will be located beside the Baofend Overpass

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Atelier d’More designs curved concrete Sleeping Lab hotel in Beijing

January 8, 2023 Christina Yao 0

Shanghai studio Atelier d’More has turned a concrete brick building outside Beijing, China, into a boutique hotel with a courtyard filled with sculptural concrete dividers. Located in Huangmuchang Village, the Sleeping Lab hotel building previously held residential housing and offices and features an enclosed courtyard typical of homes in this area. Atelier d’More retained and

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Sybarite tops submerged mall with James Corner Field Operations-designed park

January 6, 2023 Tom Ravenscroft 0

London studio Sybarite has created a shopping centre for department store SKP in Chengdu, China, that is topped with a landscape created in collaboration with New York-based James Corner Field Operations. Set alongside the New Century Global Centre, which is the world’s largest building, the mall contains 500,000 square metres of retail and hospitality spaces with 99 per cent of the

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