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by Simran Gandhi Apr 02, 2025
The hotel architecture features an intimate courtyard in the heart of Jingdezhen, preserving the relics of a historic warehouse and a network of age-old camphor trees.
by Mrinmayee Bhoot Apr 23, 2024
The redesign by the German-Chinese architecture practice turns an underground parking lot in Beijing into an art gallery cum community centre.
by Mrinmayee Bhoot Dec 13, 2023
Past jostles with the present on a former industrial site in Shenzhen, as Chinese architects URBANUS' refurbishment project envisions a lively public space for the local community.
by Aarthi Mohan Nov 11, 2023
OPEN’s transformative architectural projects will offer an immersive experience that bridges history, culture and the cosmos in Yantai, China.
by Mrinmayee Bhoot Oct 02, 2023
The adaptive reuse project by Beijing-based practice YI+MU converts an abandoned building in a park into a tranquil light-filled oasis where visitors can unwind over tea.
by Vladimir Belogolovsky May 16, 2023
Vladimir Belogolovsky talks to Yung Ho Chang who together with Zhang Xin and Pan Shiyi, the co-founders of SOHO China, brought modern architecture into the country.
by Sunena V Maju Apr 11, 2023
The Panda Pavilion by Atelier Ping Jiang | EID Arch encourages cross-disciplinary collaboration in panda conservation through an intriguing pavilion design.
by Nitija Immanuel Feb 11, 2023
A pictorial reconstruction of the Chinese character 舍, the contemporary temple italicises angular visages, topographical landscape and a carbon fibre roof.
by STIRworld Jan 21, 2023
The architecture of Slow Courtyard in the Hills in Yaoziyu, China provides a unique example of referencing history and memory through the typological exploration of courtyard design.
by Almas Sadique Dec 28, 2022
The biennial award, organised by Switzerland-based Teatro dell'architettura Foundation, recently revealed Xu Tiantian as the winner of the Swiss Architectural Award 2022.
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 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 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 STIRworld May 16, 2022
In pursuit of creating transformative spaces, PINES ARCH experiments with the concept of a wormhole for an exhibition space in the Golong Holding headquarters in Hangzhou, China.
by Anmol Ahuja May 10, 2022
Designed by Studio Zhu Pei, this public cultural edifice in Anhui, China, manifests courtyards inspired by ancient settlements in the region along its horizontal and vertical planes.
by Anmol Ahuja Mar 24, 2022
Host to Aedes Architecture Forum’s latest exhibition, locally titled Jinyun Quarries – The Quarry as Stage, the derelict caverns have been functionally carved out by architect Xu Tiantian.
by Zohra Khan Mar 05, 2022
Located in an overcrowded neighbourhood of Shenzhen, the intervention cuts through the massing of an old residential building to design the Nantou City Guesthouse.
by Jincy Iype Jan 27, 2022
Free flowing yet strict, the Nantong Urban Agricultural Park tourist service buildings by Z-One Architects features three distinct, ovoid figures adorned with light wells and skylights.
by Jincy Iype Sep 16, 2021
TRI-ORANGE DESIGN’s adaptive reuse of a derelict Chinese plant into Moments Photography Base is raw yet elegant, converging elements of its industrial past with the present.
by Vladimir Belogolovsky Nov 03, 2020
The Beijing-based architects of Atelier Alter speak with Vladimir Belogolovsky about their different backgrounds, dealing with tabula rasa, and the need to test their own ideas.
by Vladimir Belogolovsky May 15, 2020
Li Hua of Trace Architecture Office discusses with Vladimir Belogolovsky the significance of modern architecture, interpretation of materials, and the importance of asking questions.
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