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Neri&Hu embody ethos of “reflective nostalgia” with own architecture studio in Shanghai

December 3, 2020 Tom Ravenscroft 0

Multidisciplinary studio Neri&Hu has converted an office and staff dormitory building in Shanghai into its own architecture and design offices named No 31. Part of a former industrial complex in Shanghai’s Jing’an Temple area, the block is the latest building that Neri&Hu has converted into its own offices as the studio has expanded since it was

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Zaha Hadid Architects unveils pebble-shaped science museum for Shenzhen

December 1, 2020 Lizzie Crook 0

Terraces at the entrance of the proposed Shenzhen Science and Technology Museum by Zaha Hadid Architects in China

A cascade of terraces will frame a large atrium at the heart of the Shenzhen Science & Technology Museum that Zaha Hadid Architects is developing in China. Slated for completion in late 2023, the pebble-shaped museum will encompass 125,000-square-metres and contain a mix of public spaces, galleries and educational facilities. It has been designed by

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Shenzhen Natural History Museum has meandering form that mimics flow of rivers

November 30, 2020 Tom Ravenscroft 0

Shenzhen Natural History Museum by B+H, 3XN and Zhubo Design

Architecture studios B+H Architects, 3XN and Zhubo Design have revealed the design for a natural history museum that will be built in Shenzhen, China. The three studios’ competition-winning project, which is entitled Delta, was designed to have a curved, flowing shape that resembles the flowing form of a river. B+H Architects, 3XN and Zhubo Design’s

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BLUE Architecture Studio adds U-shaped glass box to Shanghai coffee shop

November 22, 2020 Cajsa Carlson 0

Street view of % Arabica West by BLUE Architecture studio

Beijing-based BLUE Architecture Studio has renovated the % Arabica West shop in Shanghai’s Xuhui district, adding a glass box and a courtyard to open the cafe up to the surrounding neighbourhood. The studio’s aim for the 50-square-metre renovation was to break the boundary between the commercial space and the street. To do so it designed

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Daosheng Design creates monochromatic bar with looping bamboo sculpture

November 19, 2020 India Block 0

The Flow of Ecstatic bar interiors by Daosheng Design

The Flow of Ecstatic is a bar in Dongguan, China, designed by Daosheng Design with an all-grey interior featuring a swooping ceiling sculpture of bamboo. Located in the city’s business district, the bar counter is topped by stainless steel, the walls are covered in textured grey silk and the floors are tiled in a matching

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Light & Luxe Modern Home Interiors From China

November 19, 2020 HD Staff 0

Light & luxe, these two modern home interiors from China are elegant examples of how plain white decor translates to high-end living. A double height lounge space and cut away voids flood our first residence with copious amounts of bright natural light. Black accents create sharp anchors within the chic scheme, whilst wood grain and […]

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Cavernous brick vaults define Jingdezhen Imperial Kiln Museum in China

November 16, 2020 Lizzie Crook 0

Inside the Jingdezhen Imperial Kiln Museum by Studio Zhu-Pei

Studio Zhu-Pei housed galleries within vaulted red-brick structures to create the Jingdezhen Imperial Kiln Museum in Jiangxi province, China. Located in the city of Jingdezhen, the museum’s sweeping structures each have a unique size, curvature and length, designed by Studio Zhu-Pei to recall the forms of traditional brick kilns. Both Jingdezhen Imperial Kiln Museum’s design

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Tiny exhibition centre on remote Chinese farm features timber interiors

November 13, 2020 Natasha Levy 0

Table in Huo-shui-yuan exhibition centre balances on rammed-earth legs

SHAW Architecture & Design Studio has created a modest exhibition centre for an organic farm in Loudi, a secluded village in China’s Shanxi province. The exhibition centre sits beside an eco-farm in Loudi called Huo-shui-yuan. Presided over by the village collective, the farm focuses on cultivating organic produce and educating locals about the natural environment.

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Hufton + Crow films MAD’s playground-topped kindergarten in Beijing

November 11, 2020 Tom Ravenscroft 0

YueCheng Courtyard Kindergarten in Beijing by MAD

Architectural photographer Hufton + Crow has created a video of MAD’s YueCheng Courtyard Kindergarten in Beijing, which incorporates a group of 18th-century buildings and is topped with a red playground. Titled Hufton + Crow’s Day at YueCheng Courtyard Kindergarten, the short film combines shots of the kindergarten with an interview with Allan Crow – one half

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MAD tops Beijing kindergarten with red rooftop playground

November 10, 2020 Tom Ravenscroft 0

Chinese studio MAD has converted an 18th-century courtyard building in Beijing into the YueCheng Courtyard Kindergarten, which is topped with a playspace for the children. The architecture studio wrapped the new kindergarten in Beijing’s Chaoyang District around a traditional courtyard building that was original constructed in 1725. “While preserving the cultural heritage of the site,

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