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Atelier Xi creates cave-like pavilions for Chinese arts centre

November 7, 2025 Jon Astbury 0

Architecture studio Atelier Xi has completed the AYDC Public Art Centre in Guiyang, China, dividing its spaces across three sculptural stone-clad pavilions set in a landscaped park. The art centre comprises a library, an events space and an outdoor stage for the “culture-driven experimental hub” A Yun Duo Cang (AYDC), which translates to Our Land

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Atelier Xi creates cave-like pavilions for Chinese arts centre

November 7, 2025 Jon Astbury 0

Architecture studio Atelier Xi has completed the AYDC Public Art Centre in Guiyang, China, dividing its spaces across three sculptural stone-clad pavilions set in a landscaped park. The art centre comprises a library, an events space and an outdoor stage for the “culture-driven experimental hub” A Yun Duo Cang (AYDC), which translates to Our Land

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AAN Architects creates indoor skatepark overlooking Shanghai

November 7, 2025 Alice Laycock 0

Local firm AAN Architects looked to skateboarding trails when designing the Moreprk Skyline skatepark within a glass-sided space in central Shanghai. Located in the city’s Xuhui District, the indoor skatepark has a glazed facade that allows uninterrupted views across the urban landscape. AAN Architects created the undulating structure using concrete reinforced with steel. “Steel-reinforced concrete provides

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Rippling charity headquarters by Zaha Hadid Architects tops out in Shenzhen

November 5, 2025 Amy Peacock 0

UK studio Zaha Hadid Architects has released photos of a sinuous high-rise building under construction in Shenzhen, which is set to become the headquarters for education charity Chen Yidan Foundation. The Yidan Center, which has topped out, features two towers with curving floor plates that join at the top, and a bridge element providing a

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“Sinuous structural system” supports Hangzhou footbridge by Zaha Hadid Architects

October 31, 2025 Amy Peacock 0

UK studio Zaha Hadid Architects has unveiled the Grand Canal Gateway Bridge, a curving footbridge in Hangzhou that weaves around a trio of arches. Set to open to the public later this year, the tied-arch bridge is designed as the centrepiece of the Seamless City masterplan, which contains a park, housing and civic and commercial districts, also

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Fold-out greenhouse with opening sides transforms into pavilion for agricultural education

October 31, 2025 Alyn Griffiths 0

Architecture practices Office for Roundtable and JXY Studio have designed an expandable greenhouse clad in polycarbonate panels that hinge open to create a space for sharing food and knowledge about urban farming in Guangzhou, China. The project, titled Your Greenhouse Is Your Kitchen Is Your Living Room, aims to challenge systemic farming practices by presenting

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Steel slats form sculptural shelves at Tianjin Zhongshuge bookstore by X+Living

October 26, 2025 Alyn Griffiths 0

Architecture firm X+Living has renovated a large bookstore in Tianjin, China, using layered brickwork and slatted steel to form wave-like shelves, steps and seating that flow around its central hall. The project, which is shortlisted for Dezeen Awards 2025 in the retail interior (large) category, involved the transformation of a building in Tianjin’s Italian style

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Dezeen Awards China 2025 winners revealed at party in Shanghai

October 24, 2025 Kaia Wang 0

All 27 winners of this year’s Dezeen Awards China, along with the projects of the year including a wetland museum, cafe set on a cliff and an installation combining steel containers with inflatables, have been revealed at ceremony in Shanghai. Over 150 shortlisted architects and designers from all over China, joined by Dezeen Awards China judges

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Over 100 architecture, interiors and design projects shortlisted for Dezeen Awards China 2025

September 29, 2025 Kaia Wang 0

Dezeen has announced the shortlisted projects for this year’s Dezeen Awards China, which include a seaside pavilion on the remote island of Chaishan and a cultural centre sheltered by sloping roofs in Guangzhou. In total, 120 projects by studios from 30 different cities are in the running to win awards in 23 categories spanning architecture,

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Semester Studio creates exhibition pavilion for Camerich using “borrowed materials”

November 7, 2024 Alyn Griffiths 0

This pavilion, designed by architecture firm Semester Studio for a furniture exhibition in Shanghai, was built entirely using materials that were separated and returned to their source after the show. The Temporary Storage Garden pavilion was created by Semester Studio for furniture producer Camerich’s presentation at the 2023 China International Furniture Fair. Rather than displaying

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