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Architecture as sculpture: a roundup of buildings that double as urban artefacts
Dec 30, 2023by Zohra Khan Dec 30, 2023
STIRred 2023: five buildings from this year that reimagine architecture as curious edifices.
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Exploring Yantai’s future with Space Crystals and Sea Square by OPEN Architecture
Nov 11, 2023by 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.
OPEN Architecture’s design for Shanfeng Academy reflects Suzhou’s garden heritage
May 14, 2022by Jerry Elengical May 14, 2022
The Beijing and New York-based practice has devised a program for a campus centre within a new international school articulated as sculpted volumes separated by landscaped voids.
OPEN Architecture's Sun Tower is a soaring concrete edifice facing the Yellow Sea
Feb 28, 2022by Zohra Khan Feb 28, 2022
Chinese architects Li Hu and Huang Wenjing reveal their vision for a two-layered concrete shell tower, designed to witness the equinox, in the coastal city of Yantai, China.
The story of swagger buildings and "experience architecture"
Feb 25, 2022by John Jervis Feb 25, 2022
From towers and domes to wheels and vessels, these spectacular structures blow budgets, attract controversy and risk disaster. Yet, just occasionally, they triumph.
The World Around Summit 2022 ignites urgent conversations in architecture
Feb 11, 2022by Anmol Ahuja, Devanshi Shah Feb 11, 2022
In its third edition held on February 5 at the Guggenheim Museum, The World Around Summit facilitated discussions among changemakers on architecture’s now, near, and next.
The World Around's Beatrice Galilee on architecture's now, near, and next
Feb 03, 2022by Anmol Ahuja Feb 03, 2022
In a conversation with STIR, Beatrice Galilee - writer, curator, cultural consultant, and co-founder of The World Around - reflects on the contemporary challenges of the practice.
What is the shape of sound? OPEN Architecture probes with a monolith chapel
Dec 15, 2021by Jincy Iype Dec 15, 2021
The Chapel of Sound by OPEN Architecture sits one with nature as frozen music, a rippling concrete form resembling a natural rock formation in China, emulating the shape of sound.
Balenciaga transforms Tank Shanghai into a Couture salon for its 50th collection
Dec 02, 2021by Anmol Ahuja Dec 02, 2021
Bringing the luxury fashion brand’s 50th Couture collection to China, Balenciaga’s refurbishment of the museum showcases a tapestried contrast to the concrete exteriors.
Pinghe Bibliotheatre by OPEN Architecture finds curious inspiration in the blue whale
Mar 03, 2021by Anmol Ahuja Mar 03, 2021
A striking blue colour and a wave like thick sheath wrapping around its three-sided layout lend this library-cum-theatre in Shanghai its famous nickname, ‘the blue whale’.
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