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Open Architecture designs Chapel of Sound concert hall to look like hollowed-out boulder

March 1, 2019 Amy Frearson 0
Chapel of Sound by Open Architecture

Open Architecture is building a concert hall in a valley north of Beijing, designed to look “as if a strange and prehistoric boulder had fallen there long ago”. The Beijing-based studio looked to ancient rock formations and shells when designing the irregular form of the Chapel of Sound. Currently under construction, the structure is being

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Dezeen to co-host Assembly 2019 talks programme at Design Shanghai

March 1, 2019 Ben Hobson 0
Assembly 2019 at Design Shanghai

Dezeen is co-hosting a programme of architecture and design panel discussions at Design Shanghai on 7 and 8 March 2019. Dezeen editor-in-chief Marcus Fairs and chief content officer Ben Hobson will each moderate a panel discussion at the Assembly 2019 architecture and design forum, which is hosted at the Design Shanghai 2019 trade fair. Hobson

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Mecanoo completes giant red cultural centre in China

February 20, 2019 Lizzie Crook 0
Longgang Cultural Centre by Mecanoo

The Longgang Cultural Centre in Shenzhen, China, occupies a row of angular four red buildings designed by Mecanoo. Located on a long and narrow site in the Longgang district, the the 95,000-square-metre  complex comprises an art gallery, science museum, youth centre and bookshop. Described by Mecanoo as an “urban connector”, the row of four-storey blocks join at

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Trace Architecture Office completes coffee processing facility and hotel in China

February 15, 2019 Katie de Klee 0
Xinzhai Coffee Manor coffee processing facility and hotel by Trace Architecture Office

Beijing-based architecture studio Trace Architecture Office has completed the Xinzhai Coffee Manor complex in the Yunnan Province, China, which processes coffee from the surrounding hills and is a hotel for visitors to the area. Named the Xinzhai Coffee Manor, the hotel contains all the normal facilities alongside space for processing, storing, tasting, and selling coffee. “Xinzhai Coffee Manor is

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Wutopia Lab wraps visitor centre with striped wall inspired by nautical shirts

February 14, 2019 Katie de Klee 0
Striped house by Wutopia

Shanghai-based architecture studio Wutopia Lab has revamped a tourism company’s entrance office into the Striped House visitor centre in Qinhuangdao, China. Striped House acts as both a visitor information centre and concierge office for the Aranya tourism company on a resort near the port city of Qinhuangdao, on the coast of China’s northeastern Hebei province. Wutopia Lab rebuilt

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LUO Studio reuses wood salvaged from traditional houses to create Luotuowan Pergola

February 12, 2019 Alyn Griffiths 0
LUO Studio's Luotuowan Pergola reuses wood salvaged from traditional houses

Luotuowan Pergola’s undulating geodesic canopy has been made by LUO Studio from wooden beams salvaged during the renovation of Luotuowan village in China. Chinese architecture firm LUO Studio used timber struts discarded during the village’s renovation works to create a geodesic tunnel that serves as a sheltered community gathering space. Like many parts of rural China, the settlement

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Wuyuan Skywells hotel occupies a 300-year-old building in rural China

February 8, 2019 Natasha Levy 0
Interiors of Wuyuan Skywells hotel, designed by anySCALE Architecture Design

Anyspace Architecture Design made only subtle interventions to this centuries-old building in rural China to transform it into this boutique hotel, which features a host of original decor details. Composed of just 14 guest suites, Wuyuan Skywells has been designed to have a series of spaces that “capture the essence of a bygone era”. The hotel

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Stainless steel partition frames fashion boutique by Xian Xiang Design

February 7, 2019 Ali Morris 0
Stainless steel partition frames Wellsky fashion boutique by Xian Xiang Design

A stainless steel wall with rose-tinted windows sits at the centre of the Wellsky store in Hangzhou, China, designed by Xian Xiang Design. The Chinese studio’s interior for the Wellsky womenswear boutique blends futuristic elements, such as stainless steel and white terazzo tiles, with “soft and warm” touches, such as pink glass and velvet-upholstered furniture. The

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Curled aluminium ribs envelope Xiqu Centre Chinese opera house in Hong Kong

February 6, 2019 Bridget Cogley 0
Xiqu Centre by Revery Architecture

Canadian studio Revery Architecture has completed an opera house in Hong Kong’s West Kowloon Cultural District, which is covered in curved aluminium slats arranged in wavy patterns. Revery Architecture designed the Xiqu Centre in collaboration with local firm Ronald Lu & Partners. It is located in the Kowloon neighbourhood in Hong Kong. The eight-storey musical complex is the latest

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