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Movie reveals Neri&Hu’s Aranya Art Center in Qinhuangdao

September 4, 2019 Tom Ravenscroft 0

Movie of Aranya Art Center by Neri & Hu in Qinhuangdao, China

Neri&Hu has released a short movie showing the faceted concrete Aranya Art Center, which recently opened in Qinhuangdao, China. The movie shot by Pedro Pegenaute shows the art gallery, which is built around a circular courtyard, now in use. Drone footage shows the central gathering space from above, as well as the building’s rooftop viewing platform

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Arch Studio reconnects a series of neglected Beijing houses with rooftop walkways

August 26, 2019 Jon Astbury 0

Chinese practice Arch Studio has completely rebuilt a group of old brick and concrete structures in Beijing, joining them together with a “folding” circulation route that reimagines their flat roofs as walkways. Divided into five blocks built by recycling the original building’s bricks and arranged between green yards, the building – called Folding Courtyard –

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IAAC graduates propose parasitic pods as alternative to cage homes in Hong Kong

August 19, 2019 Lizzie Crook 0

Flux Haus by IAAC graduates Kammil Carranza, Jitendra Farkade and Vinay Khare

Flux Haus is a parasitic housing scheme, which has been conceptualised by Kammil Carranza, Jitendra Farkade and Vinay Khare, that would engulf five towers in Hong Kong with single-person pods. The Institute for Advanced Architecture of Catalonia graduates designed the grid structure covered in moving single-occupancy pods to be a “more dignified” alternative to cage homes – tiny dwellings enclosed

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Stufish models the Chimelong Theatre in China on traditional circus tents

August 16, 2019 Lizzie Crook 0

An undulating golden facade wraps around the 6,700-seat Chimelong Theatre on Hengqin Island in China, which Stufish has designed to evoke the form of traditional circus tents. Located south of Macau, the giant circus theatre was built by entertainment architecture studio Stufish to replace the Chimelong Hengqin International Circus City that was irreparably damaged by

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Red concrete walls enclose The Walls teaching restaurant for children in China

August 15, 2019 Lizzie Crook 0

The Wall Childrens' Teaching Restaurant in China

Kids that attend The Walls teaching restaurant in Xiamutang, China, are invited to take part in cooking courses where they pick, prepare and eat produce from nearby fields. Built by The Scarcity and Creativity Studio and Tianjin University School of Architecture, the linear building nestles within a grove of camphor trees on a steep, narrow

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360-degree images reveal inside Zaha Hadid Architects’ Beijing Daxing International Airport

August 14, 2019 Benedict Hobson 0

Beijing Daxing International Airport by Zaha Hadid Architects

Chinese television channel CGTN has released 360-degree photography that shows the interiors of Zaha Hadid Architects’ airport terminal building in Beijing, which is set to open next month. The images allow people to virtually explore the terminal building at the Beijing Daxing International Airport in China. They feature alongside visualisations and infographics in an interactive

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Penda China creates rosy interiors for Ecnesse beauty salon

August 12, 2019 Natasha Levy 0

Pale pink surfaces meet arched doorways inside this rose-tinted beauty salon in Xiangyun, China, designed by architecture studio Penda China. Ecnesse – which specialises in using high-end beauty and skincare products – already has a host of salons dotted across China, with each featuring a different fit-out. Penda China were approached to overhaul five of

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Vanke Design Community is cluster of workspaces topped by parks

August 5, 2019 Jon Astbury 0

Vanke Design Community Liuxiandong Plot A4 B2 by fcha

A campus-like park of concrete offices topped with green roofs forms the new Vanke Design Community in Shenzhen, featuring two sunken plots completed by architecture practice FCHA. Located in a green corridor of the Dashahe Innovation Zone, the masterplan for the new design community was developed by Urbanus, who collaborated with several firms on structures

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X+Living creates the illusion of a myriad of staircases at Chongqing Zhongshuge Bookstore

August 4, 2019 Semi Han 0

Chongqing Zhongshuge Bookstore by X+Living

Mirrored ceilings and zigzag staircases help form the perplexing interiors of this bookstore in south-west China, which has been designed by architecture studio X+Living. Tucked away from street view, the Chongqing Zhongshuge Bookstore by Shanghai-based X+Living occupies the third and fourth floors of Chongqing’s Zodi Plaza retail development. As well as providing space for locals

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Indoor courtyards interrupt Restaurant y Sea in northeast China

August 3, 2019 Natasha Levy 0

Greenery-filled courtyards and waffle ceilings bring light to the interiors of this concrete restaurant, which Vector Architects has erected near the shore of Beidaihe, China. Restaurant y Sea has been designed by Vector Architects with a series of permeable dining spaces which are meant to turn the blocky concrete building into a pavilion-like open structure.

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