•make your fridays matter with a well-read weekend
by Ranjana Dave Apr 25, 2025
The executive director and chief curator of Shanghai’s Rockbund Art Museum in conversation with STIR about returning to China, institutional models and their wildest curatorial ideas.
by Jincy Iype Jul 05, 2023
An aesthetic of fragmentation and conflicting geometries guide the ambiguous and dramatic interiors of the M2 Art Centre, conjuring an ambience of ‘otherwordly sanctity.’
by STIRworld Jun 14, 2023
The competition-winning design will transform the former industrial district into an energy-neutral cultural centre set amidst a parametric forest.
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 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 Jan 24, 2022
The new UAD Campus in ZITOWN consists of three interlocked cubes sheathed in modular systems of perforated aluminium and UHPC, to demonstrate the beauty of prefabricated design.
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 Apr 24, 2021
Vladimir Belogolovsky asks Wang Shu of Hangzhou-based Amateur Architecture Studio about the essence of his work and what western architects could learn from China.
by STIRworld Apr 22, 2021
Settled between a lake, an urban centre, and a 10,000 sqm park at the heart of Yuhang District, the tower will provide an integrated public space revolving around a courtyard.
by Jincy Iype Apr 01, 2021
Afterain is an immersive, nature-themed multimedia restaurant in Hangzhou, China, that features an explosion of indoor gardens in its glass and timber-lined, minimal interiors.
by Zohra Khan Jan 06, 2020
Creating the image of a 'mountain plateau', the winning proposal overlooking the historic canal in China comprises a museum, a conference centre, a hotel and a public plaza.
make your fridays matter with a well-read weekend
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