by Dilpreet Bhullar Dec 07, 2022
The multidisciplinary artist Sizhu Li constructs immersive kinetic installations with digital control systems and motorised mechanisms to appreciate life and nature.
by STIRworld Dec 05, 2022
The 15th edition of the World Architecture Festival celebrates architectural responses to collective life renewal post pandemic and commitments to combating climate change.
by Jerry Elengical Dec 03, 2022
On the fringes of Hangzhou, China, this centuries-old residence has been bestowed with a new purpose, merging its traditional architectural roots with neat contemporary flourishes.
by Manu Sharma Dec 02, 2022
Candian artist Patrick Doan discusses his art, cyberpunk philosophy, and the recent trip to Vietnam.
by Sunena V Maju Dec 01, 2022
Inspired by the original landscape pattern of ‘Lotus Pond-Reed Sea,’ Baiyangdian Waterfront Park responds to the ecological issues and modern flooding affecting the shallow lake.
by Jerry Elengical Nov 26, 2022
Comprising four stone masonry-clad volumes linked by swooping hyperboloid roofs, the cultural complex in Zibo, Shandong Province, China, blends traditional and modernist references.
by Sunena V Maju Nov 25, 2022
The Jiuzhaigou Visitor Service Facilities takes cues from its surroundings, and Tibetan traditions, and uses modern technologies to build in an earthquake-prone region.
by Sunena V Maju Nov 21, 2022
China-based HCCH Studio has transformed the ruins of Pudong Hoffman Brick Kiln in Nanhui, China, into a public space, renovating it to generate a greater social value.
by Jincy Iype Nov 21, 2022
MUDA-Architects follows a theme of "reading in nature" for this lakeside bookstore in Chengdu, China, with its dynamic yet austere form emulating a book falling from the sky.
by Visionnaire Nov 17, 2022
The meta-luxury Italian brand displays one of its latest interior design solutions in Hangzhou, China.
by Susmita Mohanty Nov 12, 2022
In the third essay in our space design series, STIRship Enterprise, Dr. Susmita Mohanty focuses on the spacecraft Dragon by SpaceX and NASA.
by Jerry Elengical Nov 11, 2022
The Miro Store of Duoyun Bookstore in the city of Yancheng, creates a narrative based on the work of Italian artist Cristina Làstrego to infuse an ethereal ambience to retail design.
by Jincy Iype Nov 11, 2022
Domain Architects reveals the understated value of existing buildings with the renovation of an abandoned primary school in rural China, now transformed into a serene luxury hotel.
by Jerry Elengical Nov 09, 2022
In the city of Changsha, this multifaceted cyberpunk-style recreational space has been described as an "offline social entertainment metaverse” born from an explosion of design.
by Pallavi Mehra Nov 09, 2022
The one-of-a-kind Wuliang Interstice campus in China is conceptualised keeping in mind the local climate, and is inspired by the natural canyon on which it is located.
by Sunena V Maju Nov 05, 2022
The winning design for Wuxi Art Museum by Ennead Architects adorns an articulated limestone facade with unique perforations and textures inspired by the scholar stones.
by STIRworld Oct 31, 2022
Inspired by terraced tea farms around the city of Hangzhou, China, the complex’s design includes a stadium, aquatics centre, and indoor arena, alongside parks and public spaces.
by Jerry Elengical Oct 22, 2022
KiKi ARCHi brings a contemporary outlook to traditional Chinese architecture in one of China’s most important Taoist temple complexes on Tiantai Mountain in Zhejiang Province.
by Jincy Iype Oct 14, 2022
Ma Yansong conceived the first completed building of the Quzhou Sports Park in China as a “piece of land art”; upon completion the complex will be the world’s largest earth-sheltered one.
by Sunena V Maju Oct 11, 2022
The new retail store for B.C. Glacial Water in Deji Plaza Phase II, Nanjing, transforms the passageway to Deji Art Museum into an unmanned retail space.
by Jincy Iype Oct 08, 2022
The minimal white form of Woyun Platform is designed as a landscape mingling with clouds, catering to locals and city dwellers around China’s mountainous Longmenshan Town.
by Jerry Elengical Oct 07, 2022
As the new Shenzhen headquarters for Chinese drone manufacturer DJI, the twin skyscrapers are said to boast the first asymmetrical suspended steel structures over 200m.
by Salvatore Peluso Sep 27, 2022
Vladimir Belogolovsky has conducted 21 interviews with leading Chinese architects. The result is a portrait of a movement that is revolutionising the way of looking at the built environment.
by Vladimir Belogolovsky Sep 26, 2022
Vladimir Belogolovsky interviewed Argentine-American architect Juan Ignacio Ramos who says, "If you are repeating yourself, you start to die as an architect."
by Sunena V Maju Sep 26, 2022
With the renovation of Brickyard Retreat in Beigou, llLab. adds to the architectural and cultural layers of the old tile factory with local materials and contemporary interventions.
by Jerry Elengical Sep 22, 2022
Offering dining experiences centred on Japanese barbecue and wine in a commercial hub of Chengdu, China, this space features immersive displays and biomorphic design elements.
by Rahul Kumar Sep 21, 2022
Illustrative Chronicles: Investigating Eya Mordyakova's fairytale-inspired illustration approach as it appears in children's books, and discovering what drives her as an artist.
by Zohra Khan Sep 20, 2022
Rethinking the narrative of exhibition design to showcase a furniture collection, Neri&Hu packages a series of dualities in a temporary pavilion titled The Structural Field.
by Pallavi Mehra Sep 19, 2022
The spectacular Dance of Light tower in Chongqing, China, featuring an arresting form, is one of the most twisted skyscrapers in the world.
by Jerry Elengical Sep 10, 2022
Completed by gmp Architekten in Games in Chengdu, China, the sports complex comprises three aluminium clad blocks separated by open spaces and playing fields, having been envisioned as a landmark in its urban context.
by Dhwani Shanghvi Sep 09, 2022
Designed with the aim of creating an introspective environment, away from the hustle of urban life, the Late Night Kitchen in Shantou, China emulates the desired imagination of tranquillity.
by Jincy Iype Sep 09, 2022
AD Architecture relies on restrained geometries and choreographed illumination to bring alive the sleek and alluring Fietser International Private Clubhouse in Shenzhen, China.
by Jerry Elengical Sep 06, 2022
Mix Architecture has completed this hostel in Anshi Village, within the Sichuan Province of China, using a blend of local materials and techniques that celebrate regional heritage.
by Jerry Elengical Sep 02, 2022
Crowned by a rooftop pool that stretches towards the South China Sea, this library by 3andwich Design / He Wei Studio radiates a “poetic tension” by virtue of its dramatic form.
by Jincy Iype Sep 02, 2022
Described by Wutopia Lab as a “slowly unfolding hand scroll”, the Monologue Art Museum in China with three monoliths placed around a water garden, practices intended introversion.
by Sunena V Maju Aug 29, 2022
Winning the competition for a mixed-use complex, MVRDV proposes the Oasis Towers extending an integral dialogue between nature and the urban fabric of the Jiangbei financial district.
by Jerry Elengical Aug 22, 2022
Celebrating the cultural legacy of the city of Xi'an, the capital of China's Shaanxi Province, this restaurant space reinterprets traditional design elements in a contemporary vein.
by Sunena V Maju Aug 20, 2022
Renovating an old factory into a retail store, dongqi Design reimagines retail design as an immersive experience for XC273 by XCOMMONS in Shanghai, China.
by STIRworld Aug 06, 2022
Spanning 75,000 sqm, the new headquarters in the city’s Xuhui District features a fragmented exterior concealing a courtyard layout that prioritises collaboration and wellness.
by Zohra Khan Aug 03, 2022
The Shanghai-based firm's design of The Brick Wall – Tsingpu Yangzhou Retreat ties the wall and the courtyard with the builtscape to create an inward-looking hospitality complex.
by Anushka Sharma Jul 22, 2022
With an urban renewal project for Chengdu Qinglong Lake Wetland Park, the Chinese firm interweaves history into the fabric of urbanisation.
by Jincy Iype Jul 21, 2022
Group of Architects crowns this lakeside restaurant in China with a choreographed cluster of pyramidal frustums, its form an abstracted geometry of the metasequoia trees growing on site.
by STIRworld Jul 16, 2022
Ahead of the live event in Lisbon, World Architecture Festival (WAF) 2022 reveals the shortlisted projects in the categories of Completed Buildings, Future Projects and Landscape.
by STIRworld Jul 14, 2022
Located in Changping district near Beijing, Anna Garden emerges as an ode to a simplistic and material-pure architectural style in response to its site surroundings.
by Sukanya Deb Jul 11, 2022
Meta-space by Zhang Zikang looks at the continuities between virtual reality and spirituality, with the use of AI generated art, a conversation between nature and culture.
by Shraddha Nair Jul 10, 2022
South Korea-born artist and music composer, Yunchul Kim, is presenting at the Venice Art Biennale 2022 with five installations that alchemise physics and art to produce a fantasy.
by Jerry Elengical Jul 06, 2022
The corten steel-clad structure by AZL Architects in Nanjing, China, probes into how conflicting forces in urban character can shape morphology along the lines of geotectonics.
by STIRworld Jul 06, 2022
With the much-awaited release of the Nothing Phone (1) around the corner, the brand’s CEO Carl Pei drops the phone’s design details at its showcase during the Art Basel in Switzerland.
by Jincy Iype Jun 29, 2022
MAD Architects' Baiziwan Social Housing in Beijing connects the neighbourhood to the city, with 4,000 affordable households in 12 Y-shaped towers linked by an elevated public park.
by STIRworld Jun 28, 2022
Ai Weiwei's Arch is a 40-foot-tall stainless steel sculpture that signifies freedom of expression.
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