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A Landscape Of Moss Covered Rocks Surrounds This Coffee Shop Inside A Bookstore

May 29, 2019 Erin 0

  Nota Architects have recently completed Seesaw Coffee, a new coffee shop in Beijing, China, that’s located within a bookstore.   A stepping stone path leads through a mist-covered landscape with mossy rocks and sand, to a wooden ‘ship deck’. The mist-covered landscape represents the water surface that surrounds a ship. The deck provides a […]

Atelier FCJZ’s Jishou Art Museum doubles as a pedestrian bridge

May 27, 2019 Alyn Griffiths 0
Atelier FCJZ's Jishou Art Museum doubles as a pedestrian bridge

Chinese firm Atelier FCJZ has completed an art gallery that bridges a river in the city of Jishou, to encourage people to engage with art on their daily commute. The Jishou Art Museum (JAM) traverses the Wanrong river, which runs through the old town of Jishou, China. The museum provides a pedestrian route that connects parts

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MAD reveals “snowflake” design for China’s Harbin Airport Terminal Three

May 24, 2019 India Block 0
Harbin Airport Terminal Three by MAD

Architecture firm MAD has proposed building a snowflake-shaped third terminal at Harbin Airport, China, which would feature indoor gardens for travellers. MAD’s design for Harbin Airport Terminal Three would increase the capacity of the airport serving the capital of Heilongjiang, China’s most northern province. The airport terminal is designed to serve 43 million passengers on

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Neri&Hu completes Aranya Art Center in Qinhuangdao

May 23, 2019 Tom Ravenscroft 0
Neri&Hu reveals Aranya Art Center in Qinhuangdao

These exclusive photographs show Neri&Hu’s Aranya Art Center, which opens today in Qinhuangdao on the Gold Coast in China. The art gallery in the Gold Coast seaside resort makes extensive use of concrete, inside and out, with the Chinese design studio likening its appearance to “a solid rock sitting firmly in the shifting environment”. The facades of the

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Amanyangyun resort by Kerry Hill Architects designed to be “a living museum”

May 17, 2019 Sebastian Jordahn 0

Amanyangyun hotel is designed to celebrate Chinese culture says Tanuj Goenka, director of Kerry Hill Architects, in this movie produced by Dezeen for the AHEAD awards. Part of the Aman Resorts collection of hotels, Amanyangyun was named Hotel of the Year at the AHEAD Asia Awards 2019, which celebrated the best in hotel and resort design

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Aluminium louvres and a membrane roof shade Wuyuanhe Stadium by GMP Architekten

May 17, 2019 Jon Astbury 0
Wuyuanhe Stadium by GMP

A crescent-shaped membrane roof and aluminium louvres shelter the grandstand of the new 41,000-seat Wuyuanhe Stadium by GMP Architekten on the island of Hainan, China. Designed by German practice Gerkan, Marg and Partners (GMP Architekten), the stadium is the island’s first major sports venue. Wuyuanhe Stadium’s visor-like roof, which has an illuminated band running around

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10 projects by Chinese interior designers worth knowing about

May 16, 2019 Natasha Levy 0
Elle Decoration China 2019 annual: 1 Wor by Domani

Elle Decoration China has released an annual showcasing work from the country’s best interior designers, featuring everything from a playful office to a pared-back hotel. Dezeen’s interiors reporter, Natasha Levy, has picked out 10 of the best. Named the China Interior Design Annual, the 240-page book published by Elle Decoration boasts over 100 interior designer

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Henning Larsen to create new city centre for Shenzhen

May 14, 2019 Tom Ravenscroft 0
Shenzhen Bay Headquarters City by Henning Larsen

Scandinavian firm Henning Larsen is collaborating with four Chinese studios to design a two-square-mile business district for Shenzhen. Henning Larsen won a competition in collaboration with Chinese consortiums Shenzhen Cube Architecture and Swooding Architects, plus the Urban Planning & Design Institute of Shenzhen and Why Art Projects SL. Named Shenzhen Bay Headquarters City, the masterplan aims

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Steven Holl Architects designs Beijing office block with curved glass roofs

May 14, 2019 India Block 0
CIFI Building by Stephen Holl

The CIFI Building in Beijing by Steven Holl Architects will have swooping glazed roofs that are designed to contrast with a textured concrete facade. New York practice Steven Holl Architects is designing the block for Chinese property developer CIFI Group. The 28,000-square-metre building will contain shops on the ground floor with offices above. Four concave roofs

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Hilarchitects completes contemplative meditation hall in eastern China

May 8, 2019 Natasha Levy 0

Wood-lined rooms, shaded corridors and water walkways are just some of the features that Hilarchitects has incorporated into this meditation space in north eastern China. Located in the rural outskirts of Cangzhou, a city in Hebei province, the meditation hall has been designed by Hilarchitects to let visitors “dissociate from their regular rhythm of daily life”.

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