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Onexn Architects squeezes Shenzhen micro cafe into gap narrower than a parking space

September 12, 2020 India Block 0

Microcafe joys by Onexn in narrow gap in Shenzhen

Chinese studio Onexn Architects has squeezed Joys cafe into a space less than 2.6 metres wide in a street in Shenzhen, which used to house an air conditioner repair shop. Narrower than one of the parking spaces outside, Joys serves drinks and pastries from a counter behind an entryway framed by built-in shelves and benches. Seating

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Onexn Architects squeezes Shenzhen micro cafe into gap narrower than a parking space

September 12, 2020 India Block 0

Chinese studio Onexn Architects has squeezed Joys cafe into a space less than 2.6 metres wide in a street in Shenzhen, which used to house an air conditioner repair shop. Narrower than one of the parking spaces outside, Joys serves drinks and pastries from a counter behind an entryway framed by built-in shelves and benches. Seating

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O shop in Chengdu is a lifestyle store by day and a bar by night

September 6, 2020 Natasha Levy 0

Shop O in Chengdu designed by Office AIO becomes a bar at night

A series of mirrored panels obscure the cocktail bar that lies inside this shop-cum-cafe in Chengdu, China created by design studio Office AIO. The shop, which is unusually called O, was named by its owner and the co-founder of Office AIO, Tim Kwan. Taking the first letter from the word “object”, Kwan and the shop

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World’s longest glass-bottomed bridge opens in China

September 4, 2020 Tom Ravenscroft 0

World's longest glass-bottomed bridge in Huangchuan Three Gorges Scenic Area in southern China

Chinese studio Architectural Design & Research Institute of Zhejiang University has completed a 526-metre-long glass-bottomed bridge in the Huangchuan Three Gorges Scenic Area of southern China. Spanning the Lianjiang River in Guangdong Province, the structure has been officially recognised by Guinness World Records as the longest glass-bottomed bridge in the world. Built as a tourist attraction, the 526.14-metre-long suspension

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Guallart Architects designs post-covid housing for new city in China

September 2, 2020 India Block 0

Self-Sufficient City proposal by Guallart Architects for Xiong'an New Area in China

Self-Sufficient City by Guallart Architects is a concept for a housing development in Xiong’an New Area, China, which would be able to produce its own energy and food during another coronavirus lockdown. Spanish studio Guallart Architects included greenhouses for growing food, large sloping roofs covered in solar panels, and workshops filled with 3D-printers in its

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OMA creates three open-air terraces for Prince Plaza in Shenzhen

September 1, 2020 India Block 0

Prince Plaza skyscraper by OMA in Shezhen

Dutch architecture firm OMA has built Prince Plaza in Shezhen, an office skyscraper with three cut-outs for terraces lined with golden hexagons. Located on the waterfront in Shenzhen’s Shekou district, the 200-metre-tall tower was built for property company China Merchants Shekou Holdings (CMSH). OMA created the open-air terraces – called “sky decks” – high above

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Cascade of sky gardens to crown Shenzhen children’s hospital by B+H Architects

August 25, 2020 Lizzie Crook 0

Shenzhen Children's Hospital and Science and Education Building by B+H Architects for China

An “urban living room” and rooftop gardens will animate the Shenzhen Children’s Hospital and Science and Education Building, which B+H Architects is developing in China. Set to be built at the edge of Lianhuashan Park in Shenzhen, the building will marry research facilities with treatment spaces in an effort to advance pediatric healthcare in the

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Zaha Hadid Architects unveils Chinese football stadium with “garden terraces”

August 21, 2020 Lizzie Crook 0

Xi'an International Football Centre stadium proposal by Zaha Hadid Architects in China

Plant-filled terraces, a translucent roof and palatial columns adorn the Xi’an International Football Centre stadium that Zaha Hadid Architects is developing for central China. Set to be built in the Fengdong business district of Xi’an, one of China’s oldest cities, the stadium will contain 60,000 seats and become a venue for the 2023 AFC Asian

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Trade show pavilion transformed into furniture for rural Chinese community

August 21, 2020 Lizzie Crook 0

Furniture Pavilion S by Rooi Design and Research

Furniture Pavilion S is a modular structure that Rooi Design and Research created for a Chinese trade show, before recycling its plywood body into chairs and tables. The temporary structure was developed as an easily dismantlable and sustainable showroom for a brand exhibiting at Shanghai International Furniture Fair in 2019. A year on, Rooi Design

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MVRDV to convert disused Shenzhen factory into creative office space

August 19, 2020 Lizzie Crook 0

Dutch architecture firm MVRDV has announced its plans to renovate a deteriorating concrete building in Shenzhen, China, to create the If Factory offices and a maze-like roof garden. Located in the historic district of Nantou, the 11,000-square-metre disused factory will be transformed into rentable workspaces for creative companies and a home for the Urban Research Institute

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