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SOM unveils Shenzhen bank tower enclosed in diagrid

January 6, 2022 Rima Sabina Aouf 0

SOM's Rural Commercial Bank headquarters in Shenzhen visible through park treeline

Architecture firm SOM has completed its headquarters for Shenzhen’s Rural Commercial Bank, a steel-wrapped office building with an exterior that resembles an exoskeleton. Located on the edge of a public park in one of Shenzhen’s business districts, the 33-storey, 158-metre-tall tower is distinguished by its external steel diagrid, which is both a structural and solar-shading

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Snøhetta designs library in Beijing to resemble a ginkgo-tree forest

January 5, 2022 James Parkes 0

Norwegian architecture studio Snøhetta has unveiled designs for a 16-metre-tall glass-enclosed library in Beijing formed from pillars that create a forest-like canopy. Located in the Chinese capital, the building was selected as the winning entry in an international competition to design the Sub-Center Library in 2018. The library will take shape as a glass-enclosed structure characterised

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Trace Architecture Office designs theatre complex in China as a “stage for the city”

January 3, 2022 Jon Astbury 0

An amphitheatre by Trace Architecture Office

Chinese studio Trace Architecture Office has completed the Aranya Theatre complex at the seaside resort of Aranya in Hebei Province, with a stone amphitheatre for outdoor performances. Instead of designing a single block filling the seafront site, the Beijing-based practice split the complex into three distinctive spaces – the outdoor Dionysus Theatre, the 500-seat A

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CCD designs hotel within Dongfengyun’s unique brick architecture

January 2, 2022 Amy Frearson 0

Entrance to Dongfengyun Hotel Mi'Le by Cheng Chung Design

Cheng Chung Design has used soft-hued materials for the interiors of Dongfengyun Hotel Mi’Le, which forms part of a huge art installation in rural China. The hotel sits within Dongfengyun Art Town, a new village in Yunnan Province designed entirely by local artist Luo Xu. Set to span two square miles, it consists of a series of

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Heatherwick Studio’s 1,000 Trees opens in Shanghai

December 28, 2021 Cajsa Carlson 0

Heatherwick Studio's 1,000 Trees Tian An project

The first section of the plant-covered 1,000 Trees development, designed by British designer Thomas Heatherwick’s studio, has officially opened in Shanghai, China. Described as “Shanghai’s Hanging Gardens of Babylon”, the mixed-use development features up to 1,000 pillars, each with a tree planted on top. It was designed by Heatherwick for developer Tian An. The first

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BLUE Architecture Studio erects rocky columns inside Zolaism cafe in Aranya

December 27, 2021 Natasha Levy 0

Boulder-like columns surround white chairs and tables in Zolaism Café in Aranya designed by B.L.U.E. Architecture Studio

Structural columns disguised as huge, craggy boulders dominate the interior of this cafe designed by BLUE Architecture Studio in the Chinese seaside resort of Aranya. The Zolaism cafe is situated in a coastal area in the city of Qinhuangdao known as the Aranya Gold Coast, just a few hours drive from Beijing. The coffee shop has

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Dezeen’s top 10 Chinese architecture projects of 2021

December 17, 2021 Christina Yao 0

At the end of yet another big year for Chinese architecture, Dezeen’s China editor Christina Yao continues our review of 2021 by picking out 10 of the most impressive projects completed in the past 12 months. Hometown Moon, Tai’an, by Syn Architects Set in the dramatic landscape surrounding Mount Tai, this ceremonial hall is topped

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MVRDV creates jade-coloured Bulgari storefront from recycled champagne bottles

December 16, 2021 Jane Englefield 0

Architecture studio MVRDV took cues from the glamour of art deco architecture when creating the jade-coloured facade of the Bulgari Shanghai store. Incorporating recycled champagne and beer bottles, the facade wraps Bulgari Shanghai, which is located at the Shanghai Plaza 66 shopping centre. The Shanghai store, which was the third designed by the studio for the Italian

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Wutopia Lab creates chocolate-informed pavilion on Shanghai farm

December 11, 2021 Jon Astbury 0

Architecture studio Wutopia Lab has created a cloud-shaped pavilion called the Shrine of Everyman on a shallow pool designed to look like melted chocolate near Shanghai, China. Described as a “sacred space for ordinary people”, the 35-square-metre resting spot replaces an old roadside pumping station on the Dongtanya Quad Shan Farm, which is owned by food

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Pulse On designs “zen-like” lobby for Shanghai cinema

November 23, 2021 Alyn Griffiths 0

SFC Shangying Cinema Luxe was designed by Pulse On

The strings of musical instruments informed the vertical lighting elements and bookshelves of this cinema lobby and bookshop created by Hong Kong-based Pulse On for a site in Shanghai’s Bingo Plaza shopping mall. Pulse On, which is part of the One Plus Partnership headed by Virginia Lung and Ajax Law, designed all of the communal

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