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Gad Line+ Studio perches white cloud-like pavilion to overlook sacred mountain in China

May 8, 2020 India Block 0

White membrane stretches over the curved rooftop of Jiunvfeng Study, a mountainside visitor centre built by Gad Line+ Studio above Dongximen Village in Shangdong, China. A lightweight steel frame forms the delicate skeleton of the pavilion, which perches on a rocky ridge looking towards Mount Tai. Considered China’s most famous sacred mountain, Mount Tai has been

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Precht creates monochromatic interiors for RayData office in Beijing

May 7, 2020 Natasha Levy 0

Grey upholstery helped architecture studio Precht bring a “human touch” to the interior of this data office in Beijing, which features black walls and white zigzag desks. RayData’s Beijing office takes over the 19th floor of Poly International Plaza, a 31-storey skyscraper completed by Skidmore Owings & Merril in 2017. The building’s cylindrical form and

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Shanghai’s Canal St shop is styled like the New York subway

April 15, 2020 Natasha Levy 0

A subway car-style corridor, worn concrete walls and metal railings feature inside this Shanghai clothing shop, which Sò Studio has designed to emulate New York. Canal St offers a selection of high-end streetwear and was designed by locally-based Sò Studio to “bring the downtown New York lifestyle to Shanghai”. The studio believes the two major

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10 significant concrete buildings featured in Chinese Brutalism Today

April 10, 2020 Lizzie Crook 0

Gymnasium of New Campus of Tianjin University by Atelier Li Xinggang

Alberto Bologna spotlights 10 key buildings from his book Chinese Brutalism Today, which examines the enduring trend of concrete architecture in China. Chinese Brutalism Today was curated by architect Bologna to offer a snapshot of the last two decades of architecture in the country, during which it has become the world’s largest concrete consumer. The

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C+ Architects perches glass restaurant above dramatic mountain landscape

April 3, 2020 Jon Astbury 0

Floating Island Restaurant by C+ Architects features a glazed dining room on stilts cantilevering from a hillside overlooking mountains in Chongquing, China. Originally designed for the inaugural 2019 Wulong Lanba Land Art Festival, the restaurant is described by its creators as part-architecture, installation and exhibition. A footbridge with glazed balustrades leads from a winding mountain road

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Riverside visitor centre in China built around existing trees

April 1, 2020 Jon Astbury 0

A visitor centre for the village of Xiahuangyu, China, is formed of interconnected pavilions built around existing pine trees by DnA_Design and Architecture. Called Pine Pavilion, the project in Songyang County is made of wood, with big glass windows and doors looking out onto the Songyin River. Pine Pavilion includes a tearoom, shop, toilets, viewing

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Mesh and paper-pulp partitions feature inside Nanjing’s Shiwu store

March 31, 2020 Ali Morris 0

Mesh panels dipped in paper pulp, polycarbonate and OSB timber merge to form the textured interior of this lifestyle store in Nanjing, China, designed by architecture studio CATS. Located along a narrow alleyway next to the city’s China Modern History Museum, the Shiwu store sells a selection of products handmade by Japanese craftsmen such as

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Wutopia inserts inverted triangular lightwell into book shop

March 24, 2020 Jon Astbury 0

Hubei Foreign Language Bookstore by Wutopia Lab

Architecture studio Wutopia Lab has renovated the Hubei Foreign Language Bookstore in Wuhan, China, inserting a shard-like glass lightwell that pierces through six stories. The shape of this lightwell is mirrored on the bookshop’s exterior by a facade of triangular-shaped aluminium plates. Hubei Foreign Language Bookstore is designed to reference a mountain range or run

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Sam Jacob Studio builds contemporary neolithic shelter in Shenzhen port

March 20, 2020 Tom Ravenscroft 0

Yantian Dolmen by Sam Jacob Studio in Yantian port district of Shenzhen

London architecture practice Sam Jacob Studio has created a shelter that combines prehistoric monumental elements with contemporary forms in Shenzhen, China. Named the Yantian Dolmen, the structure is one of a group of street furniture pieces being built by Sam Jacob Studio in the Yantian port district of Shenzhen. The shelter is constructed from a mixture of geometric and

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“Glimmer of hope” as studios in China reopen after coronavirus shutdown

March 19, 2020 Cajsa Carlson 0

As China recorded its first day with no new coronavirus cases, architecture and design studios in the country have said they are gradually returning to normality. “It’s a tough and challenging time, however, our colleagues in Hong Kong are back in the office and our stores in Hangzhou and Hong Kong have reopened,” said London-based

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