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Chinese architects facing nightmare working conditions amid real-estate crisis

September 12, 2023 Dezeen reporters 0

Chinese architects have told Dezeen they are regularly working through the night while their pay plummets as the country’s property industry deals with a severe crisis. Dezeen has spoken to more than 10 architects based in Beijing, Shanghai, Guangzhou and Shenzhen who reported widespread layoffs, pay cuts and wage arrears in the industry in the

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Blue Bottle Coffee Qiantan references greenhouses and Shanghai’s brick architecture

August 22, 2023 Cajsa Carlson 0

Architect Keiji Ashizawa has created a Blue Bottle Coffee shop in Shanghai’s Qiantan area with a glazed facade and interiors in a hue that nods to the city’s brick buildings. Located next to a park in the recently developed Qiantan area, Ashizawa designed the oval-shaped cafe to reference its immediate surroundings. His studio removed the floor slabs from

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FOG Architecture adds playful tailoring motifs to Xiaozhuo boutique in Shanghai

August 9, 2023 Christina Yao 0

Chinese architecture studio FOG Architecture has completed a shop for local fashion boutique Xiaozhuo on Julu Road in central Shanghai that features oversized buttons and zippers. The 300-square-metre shop features tactile surfaces and playful motifs that reference the process of tailoring. FOG Architecture used a glazed facade to open up the front of the shop,

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“Heatherwick is showing architects how it’s done” says commenter

June 14, 2023 Kate McCusker 0

In this week’s comments update, readers are discussing Heatherwick Studio’s “weird and wonderful” design for the West Bund Orbit exhibition centre in Shanghai, China. The Heatherwick Studio-designed West Bund Orbit exhibition centre is currently under construction on the West Bund waterfront in Xuhui District and will feature a series of interwoven “ribbons” that wrap around

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Heatherwick Studio reveals design for Shanghai exhibition hall wrapped in “ribbons” in

June 9, 2023 Christina Yao 0

British architecture firm Heatherwick Studio has revealed the design of West Bund Orbit exhibition centre in Shanghai, China, which will be wrapped in a series of curved balconies. Currently being built on the West Bund waterfront in Xuhui District, the new exhibition hall will feature a series of interwoven “ribbons” that wrap around the main exhibition

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Wutopia Lab reveals “shimmering whale” Shanghai museum with arched copper shell

May 16, 2023 Christina Yao 0

Chinese studio Wutopia Lab has created Copper Blockhouse, a multi-functional cultural space located inside a copper arch in Shanghai, China. The 405-square-metre structure was designed as the centrepiece of a creative industry park located in the Pudong district and will be used to host exhibitions, performances, lectures, parties, and even skateboarding events. Wutopia Lab used

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Kooo Architects creates Shanghai Freitag store in 1970s textile factory

April 5, 2023 Tom Ravenscroft 0

Japanese studio Kooo Architects has converted a 1970s textile factory in Shanghai into a store that aims to capture the ethos of messenger bag manufacturer Freitag. Located on an alley in the Xian-Suo district in central Shanghai, the store was designed to retain elements of the former state-run factory while incorporating reused material. Kooo Architects aimed

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Linehouse creates tactile restaurant with “Mediterranean soul” in Shanghai

March 27, 2023 Kate Jacobs 0

Design studio Linehouse has used natural, tactile materials for the interiors of the Coast restaurant in Shanghai for China’s casual dining brand Gaga. The restaurant is set inside a traditional mid-century Shikumen house – a blend of Western and Chinese architecture – with a renovated interior informed by its Mediterranean menu. “We aimed to create a deep

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Watch talks on the future of architecture education at the Global Dean’s Forum

January 16, 2023 Dezeen staff 0

Promotion: talks given by 13 deans and heads of department from major architecture schools at the Global Dean’s Forum hosted by Shanghai’s Tongji University are now available to stream online. Themed Design Education in a Transformational World, the forum took place on 15 December 2022 as part of the 70th-anniversary celebrations for Tongji University’s College

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Heatherwick Studio opens “first permanent overseas base” in Shanghai

December 16, 2022 Christina Yao 0

British designer Thomas Heatherwick’s studio has opened its first office outside of the UK at 1000 Trees in Shanghai, a commercial building designed by the practice that opened late last year. Its Shanghai studio will house a team of ten and be located on the fourth floor of the newly developed shopping centre, alongside the M50 art

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