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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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White steel and mirrored halls form sci-fi themed architectural model museum in China

October 31, 2019 Jon Astbury 0
The Last Redoubt: first architectural model museum by Wutopia Lab

Wutopia Lab has used over 5,000 white steel pipes to form the structure of The Last Redoubt, China’s first museum for architectural models. Steel walkways connect rooms lined with thin white columns, where the models are displayed on floating white shelves at different levels. Designed by for exhibition company Fengyuzhu, the museum is divided into

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Open Architecture converts airport fuel tanks into gallery spaces

April 7, 2019 Jon Astbury 0
TANK Shanghai by OPEN Architecture in China

Five aviation fuel containers on the former Longhua airport in Shanghai have been transformed into art and culture park Tank Shanghai, by local studio Open Architecture. Open Architecture has created 60,000 square metres of gallery space on the former industrial site, for Chinese collector Qiao Zhibing. Tank Shanghai sits atop a landscaped “super-surface” – a newly constructed ground

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Atelier Tao + C uses wooden structure to divide U-shape Room in Shanghai

April 3, 2019 Natasha Levy 0
U-shape Room by Atelier Tao+C

A plywood volume that contains sleep, study and bathing spaces adds structure to this unusually-shaped Shanghai apartment, which architecture studio Atelier Tao+C has recently overhauled. Fronted by a huge bay window that curve out from its front facade, the aptly named U-shape Room apartment has been overhauled to feature a multifunctional wooden volume that Atelier

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Cityscapes inform interiors of Shanghai fashion store Assemble by Réel

March 25, 2019 Natasha Levy 0
Interiors of Assemble by Réel store in Shanghai, designed by Kokaistudios

Skate ramp-style fitting rooms and church-like archways feature inside this menswear store in Shanghai, which Kokaistudios has designed to reflect the “eclecticism” of city life. Assemble by Réel, which sells high-end menswear, has been designed to take customers on “a journey through an eclectic, curated assortment of styles and lifestyles”. The 1,037-square-metre store occupies the third

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Take a tour of Shanghai via our new Pinterest board

March 10, 2019 Fiona Hartley 0

To coincide with Design Shanghai, we’ve curated a Pinterest board celebrating the best architecture and design that the city has to offer, including a shopping centre with a tessellating diamond facade by UNStudio and iridescent furniture created from …

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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World’s longest 3D-printed concrete bridge opens in Shanghai

February 5, 2019 Tom Ravenscroft 0

A team led by professor Xu Weiguo at the Tsinghua University School of Architecture in Beijing has 3D-printed a 26.3-metre-long concrete bridge, which they claim is the world’s longest. The 3.6-metre-wide pedestrian bridge, which spans a canal in Shanghai’s Baoshan District, was installed earlier this year. It was designed by Tsinghua University School of Architecture’s Zoina Land Joint

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This Teahouse Was Designed With Elevated Private Rooms

February 1, 2019 Erin 0

Photography by Dirk Weiblen   Architecture firm Linehouse, have recently completed the Tingtai Teahouse, that’s located within a former factory space and art gallery in Shanghai’s art district of Moganshan Road. The client, a tea enthusiast, sought to create a traditional Chinese teahouse with a modern aesthetic.   Entering Tingtai Teahouse from the street, a staircase is […]