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Steven Holl completes “energetic and open” Cofco Cultural and Health Center in Shanghai

October 29, 2021 Alyn Griffiths 0

Cofco Cultural and Health Center exterior view

Steven Holl Architects has completed a cultural and health centre in Shanghai, comprising a pair of concrete buildings punctured by irregular openings that are set within a landscaped park. The firm headed by architect Steven Holl designed the Cofco Cultural and Health Center in 2016 for a site next to the Punan Canal in Shanghai’s

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Fritz Hansen creates beige, white and rose showroom in Shanghai

October 22, 2021 Christina Yao 0

Danish brand Fritz Hansen has opened a showroom in Shanghai’s Jing’an district, which is the brand’s latest outpost in China. Located in the ShanKang Li lifestyle and dining hub, the 220-square-metre showroom is decorated in a palette of beige, white and rose. The directly owned showroom marks the latest step in Fritz Hansen’s expansion into

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AIM Architecture adds slide-like staircase to Shanghai store In the Park

September 3, 2021 Alice Finney 0

Shanghai studio AIM Architecture has inserted a red staircase that resembles a children’s slide in the middle of this clothing store to create a playful interior. Named In the Park, the Shanghai store was designed to reflect the playfulness of the clothing brand while drawing on the layout of traditional Chinese parks. AIM Architecture wanted to

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Ennead Architects designs Shanghai Astronomy Museum to “echo the essence of the Universe”

August 9, 2021 Tom Ravenscroft 0

New York studio Ennead Architects has completed the world’s largest museum dedicated to astronomy in Shanghai, China. Designed to reflect the shapes and geometry within the universe, the form of the recently opened museum in Shanghai has no straight lines or right angles. “The foundational design concept of the Shanghai Astronomy Museum was to abstractly embody within

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Taste Studio pays tribute to the art of coffee roasting with Paga cafe

August 6, 2021 Alice Finney 0

Interior design studio Taste Space designed this roastery and cafe in Bangkok to take customers on a journey from coffee bean roasting to cup. The Bangkok-based studio drew on the process of coffee roasting to inform its design of the three-storey roastery in the Watthana district of Thailand’s capital. Spread out over three floors on the corner

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Ten pieces that showcase the “authentic voice” of Zaha Hadid

August 5, 2021 Tom Ravenscroft 0

A retrospective of architect Zaha Hadid’s work called ZHA Close Up – Work & Research is currently on display at MAM Shanghai. Its curator Shai Baitel picks 10 items from the exhibition that demonstrate the diversity of her work. The exhibition at Shanghai’s Modern Art Museum is the first show dedicated to the work of Zaha Hadid Architects

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MVRDV unveils terraced LAD headquarters in Shanghai designed as “agricultural oasis”

July 13, 2021 Cajsa Carlson 0

Dutch architecture studio MVRDV has released designs for a terraced office block clad in solar panels for Chinese agriculture development company Lankuaikei Agriculture Development. Located lakeside in Lingang New Town, Shanghai, the building will feature a “technological” roof that will follow the shape of its 11 stepped storeys. The northern part of the roof is

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Jean Nouvel unveils bright red covered shopping street in Shanghai

June 12, 2021 Alyn Griffiths 0

Ateliers Jean Nouvel has completed a mixed-use building in Shanghai’s Huangpu district with a covered shopping street flanked by bright red offices adorned with earthenware planters. The studio headed by Pritzker Architecture Prize-winning architect Jean Nouvel designed the Henderson CIFI Tiandi building for property development and investment company CIFI Holdings. The building is located on Jian Guo

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Wutopia Lab’s latest bookstore in Shanghai borrows from traditional Chinese garden design

June 7, 2021 Ali Morris 0

Bookshelves made from perforated aluminium and quartz stone double as partition walls in this maze-like Shanghai bookstore by local architecture studio Wutopia Lab. The 452-square-metre bookstore, which opened last month, is located at the base of a recently completed brick-red office block called Cifi Xintiandi (which translates as “The Roof”) by Ateliers Jean Nouvel. The

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Open Architecture designs Shanghai school to be more like a village than a megastructure

May 19, 2021 Amy Frearson 0

Arts Centre at Shanghai Qingpu Pinghe International School by Open Architecture

An eclectic mix of buildings form the Shanghai Qingpu Pinghe International School, designed by Chinese studio Open Architecture to promote a richer and more varied learning experience. Open Architecture co-founder Huang Wenjing told Dezeen the aim was to find an alternative to the “school-as megastructure” model, which has become particularly prevalent in China. Instead of

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