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Two robotic fabrication methods entwine to make Tongji University bridge

November 29, 2019 Rima Sabina Aouf 0

Thin carbon fibres wind over a 3D-printed metal frame to form this hybrid bridge, made by university students in Shanghai using two emerging robotic fabrication techniques. Students participating in the DigitalFUTURES International 2019 summer workshop at Tongji University worked with local research studio Fab-Union to design the bridge, which can hold more than 20 people.

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Hutong Bubble 218 by MAD gives “new life” to ageing Beijing hutong

November 25, 2019 Lizzie Crook 0

Hutong Bubble 218 by MAD in Beijing, China

MAD has transformed a vacant courtyard house in one of Beijing’s ancient hutongs by adding two bubble-like workspaces to its roof. Named Hutong Bubble 218, the overhaul is hoped to revive the hutong – a type of alley formed by lines of traditional courtyard residences – and attract more people to the neighbourhood in the

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Vector Architects creates public space with Changjiang Art Museum

November 24, 2019 Jon Astbury 0

The pale brick volume of the Changjiang Art Museum by Vector Architects includes a raised public square and footbridge for the city of Taiyuan. The museum is located in Changjian village at the northeast corner of the city in Shanxi Province, in an area that was largely demolished in 2016 to make way for rapid

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Zaha Hadid Architects completes Leeza Soho skyscraper with world’s tallest atrium

November 20, 2019 Lizzie Crook 0

Leeza Soho tower by Zaha Hadid Architects in Beijing, China

The 45-storey Leeza Soho skyscraper, designed by the late Zaha Hadid in Beijing, China, contains the world’s tallest atrium twisting through its centre. Designed by the late founder of Zaha Hadid Architects before her death in 2016, the skyscraper is located in the Fengtai business district. Commissioned by Soho China, the developer of Galaxy Soho and Wangjing Soho, the Leeza

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Zigzagging white ramps encourage interaction at Huandou School in China

November 16, 2019 Jon Astbury 0

Huandou School by Trace Architecture Office TAO

Trace Architecture Office designed zigzagging ramps running round Huandou School in Haikou, China, to encourage interaction and play between students outside the classroom. Monolithic white pillars surround the internal courtyard of the school, which sits within a dense residential area. Trace Architecture Office (TAO) said the design is intended “create a nurturing environment that celebrates

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Kooo Architects inserts plywood-lined hotel rooms into an existing concrete frame

November 15, 2019 Jon Astbury 0

Hotel Far&Near XinYuqingli St by Kooo Architects in China

Plywood panels and fabric curtains have been used by by Kooo Architects to transform an existing concrete structure into a guesthouse in Guangzhou, China. The exterior has been clad with clad with grey and black bricks, which were reclaimed from the building that originally stood on the site. High parapets incorporate screens of perforated brickwork,

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Basic Coffee in Beijing is designed to be “like a live advertisement”

November 14, 2019 Natasha Levy 0

Basic Coffee in Beijing, designed by Office AIO

Design studio Office AIO has arranged partitions inside this pink-hued Beijing coffee shop to frame vignettes of customers enjoying their hot drinks. Set within a co-working space in Beijing’s Xian Yu Kou neighbourhood, Basic Coffee has been designed by locally-based Office AIO to spotlight the “orchestrated movements” of drinking coffee. “Like a live advertisement, these

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David Chipperfield completes iridescent West Bund Museum containing Centre Pompidou outpost

November 13, 2019 Lizzie Crook 0

West Bund Museum by David Chipperfield Architects in Shanghai, China

A public esplanade envelops David Chipperfield’s West Bund Museum in Shanghai, which contains the Centre Pompidou’s first Chinese outpost. The art museum was designed David Chipperfield Architects as a key part of Shanghai’s West Bund masterplan that is transforming a former industrial site on the Huangpu River into a 940 hectare cultural district. It takes

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David Chipperfield completes iridescent West Bund Museum containing Centre Pompidou outpost

November 13, 2019 Lizzie Crook 0

A public esplanade envelops David Chipperfield’s West Bund Museum in Shanghai, which contains the Centre Pompidou’s first Chinese outpost. The art museum was designed David Chipperfield Architects as a key part of Shanghai’s West Bund masterplan that is transforming a former industrial site on the Huangpu River into a 940 hectare cultural district. It takes

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Heatherwick Studio reveals 1,000 Trees nearing completion in Shanghai

November 12, 2019 Lizzie Crook 0

New photos of 1,000 Trees by Heatherwick Studio near completion in China

Heatherwick Studio has released photography of its plant-covered 1,000 Trees development in Shanghai, which has had its scaffolding removed. Split across two sites beside the city’s M50 arts district, 1,000 Trees will be two mountain-like peaks that contain a mix of retail, offices, eateries, event venues and galleries. The latest images unveiled by Heatherwick Studio

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