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Aedas unveils “most twisted tower in the world” in Chongqing

August 31, 2022 Tom Ravenscroft 0

Twisted skyscraper in Chongqing by Aedas

Architecture studio Aedas has unveiled its Dance of Light office skyscraper in Chongqing, China, with a twisted facade informed by the shape of the northern lights. Located on Xingfu Plaza in the Jiangbei District of Chongqing, the 180-metre-tall tower has two double-curved facades that create the impression that the building is being twisted. Aedas designed the 39-storey skyscraper

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3andwich Design tops clifftop library in China with circular pool

August 24, 2022 Tom Ravenscroft 0

Water Drop Library in Shuangyue Bay by 3andwich Design

Chinese studio 3andwich Design has unveiled the circular Water Drop Library in Shuangyue Bay, China, which is topped with a pool overlooking the sea. Set on the hillside above Shuangyue Bay near Huizhou City in China’s Guangdong Province, the library consists of two geometric forms – a circular library and a long white wall. “The library strives

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Muda Architects models Tianfu Museum of Chinese Medicine on yin-yang symbol

August 23, 2022 Christina Yao 0

Aerial visual of Tianfu Museum of Chinese Medicine

Chinese studio Muda Architects has revealed its design of a museum in Chengdu that will be dedicated to the history of Chinese medicine and arranged in the shape of the yin-yang symbol. Named the Tianfu Museum of Chinese Medicine, the 13,000-square-metre building will occupy a site beside Huitong lake in Pengzhou. Local studio Muda Architects’

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MVRDV unveils pair of skyscrapers with “stratified cliff” facades

August 16, 2022 James Parkes 0

Dutch architecture studio MVRDV has revealed the Oasis Towers development in Nanjing, China, which is comprised of two L-shaped skyscrapers with angular cliff-like facades. Named Oasis Towers, the mixed-use residential and commercial development comprises two 150-metre tall skyscrapers and is set to be built on a site at the edge of Nanjing’s Jiangbei New Area

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GOA tops Metasequoia Grove Restaurant with cluster of tree-informed pyramids

August 15, 2022 Katie Last 0

Chinese studio Group of Architects has created a restaurant topped with a canopy made from a series of aluminium pyramidal forms in the village of Suzhou, China. The structure, which was informed by a grove of metasequoia trees, was designed by Group of Architects (GOA) for a waterside site in China’s Jiangnan region. “We want the design of Metasequoia Grove Restaurant to

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Kiki Archi uses red brick to revamp Anna Garden House near Beijing

August 9, 2022 Jon Astbury 0

Front facade of Anna Garden House by Kiki Archi in China

Japanese studio Kiki Archi has redesigned an existing home in Changping District, China, with pared-back volumes clad in red brick and a landscaped garden. The large site north of Beijing was originally occupied by a 200-square-metre European-style home, which has been stripped back to create the simple and geometric form of the Anna Garden House.

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Chapel of Sound in China is given a “science-fiction vibe” in new video

August 8, 2022 Christina Yao 0

Rock-like Chapel of Sound building in China

An otherwordly character explores the Chapel of Sound, a rock-like concert hall designed by Chinese studio Open Architecture, in this science-fiction-informed video by Xia Zhi. Nestled in a valley next to the ruins of the Great Wall of China outside Beijing, the project was completed in November last year. “When I first saw the building,

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Traditional Chinese roof tiles decorate the interior of Blue Bottle Coffee shop in Shanghai

August 5, 2022 Christina Yao 0

Brick-clad bar in Blue Bottle Coffee shop

Japanese studio Keiji Ashizawa Design has used traditional Chinese roof tiles as the key material at Blue Bottle Coffee’s latest shop in Shanghai to celebrate local culture. Set to open on Friday, the cafe is located on the first and second floors of a building connected to the Kerry Centre in downtown Shanghai, close to

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Trace Architecture Office creates school to be “like a cluster of huts in fairy tales”

July 17, 2022 Jon Astbury 0

Quing Yi Jiang Road Elementary School by Trace Architecture Office

A mixture of curved, pitched and sawtooth roofs creates different spatial qualities in the classrooms of this school in Deyang, China, designed by Beijing-based studio Trace Architecture Office. Built on an expansive site, the Quing Yi Jiang Road Elementary School contains 54 classrooms alongside an accommodation block, auditorium and football pitch. Instead of adopting the

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Zhengzhou Grand Theatre’s sail-like forms reference a “majestic ship”

July 11, 2022 Jon Astbury 0

State-owned Chinese firm The Architectural Design and Research Institute of HIT has completed a theatre in Henan Province with a metal-clad exterior informed by the sails and hulls of ships. The Zhengzhou Grand Theatre contains a 1,687-seat theatre, 884-seat concert hall and an opera rehearsal hall, alongside a multifunctional hall and rehearsal spaces. Treated as

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