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What the map does not know: Examining the land in Photographic Geomancy
Sep 12, 2025by Avani Tandon Vieira Sep 12, 2025
Fotografiska Shanghai’s group exhibition considers geography through the lens of contemporary Chinese image-making.
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Tsing-Tien Making renovates a century-old residence into a quaint bookstore
May 23, 2024by Anushka Sharma May 23, 2024
The design studio transforms Zhang Taiyan’s former residence in Suzhou into a bookstore and museum housing rich history, culture and art.
The Boatyard Hotel: A nautical design by GOA inspired by boat awnings
Jun 01, 2023by Shivangi Buch Jun 01, 2023
Inspired by the local boats with curved covers, the China-based Group of Architects has designed a boutique hotel that becomes part of the river town landscape.
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.
In conversation with Aric Chen on the role of cultural institutions
Jan 14, 2022by Devanshi Shah Jan 14, 2022
STIR speaks with Aric Chen on decolonising cultural terminology, his new role as the General and Artistic Director of Het Nieuwe Instituut (HNI) in Rotterdam, and working with an asterisk.
Neri&Hu interprets duality in Pernod Ricard’s first whiskey distillery in China
Nov 19, 2021by Zohra Khan Nov 19, 2021
The Shanghai-based studio’s design embodies the Chinese concept of the dichotomy of two elements that exist in opposition yet complement each other.
Christian de Portzamparc wraps Suzhou Bay Cultural Centre in a swirling ribbon
May 29, 2021by Jincy Iype May 29, 2021
Conceived by the Pritzker winning architect, a 500-metre ribbon of steel and aluminium encircles the two distinct wings of Suzhou Bay Cultural Centre in China.
Wang Shu believes each generation has its own understanding of traditions
Apr 24, 2021by 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.
Li Xiaodong on purpose, form, space and order in architecture
Jan 15, 2020by Vladimir Belogolovsky Jan 15, 2020
The Chinese architect, in an interview with Vladimir Belogolovsky, shares why he likes to work on small, self-initiated projects, and the subjectivity he tries to bring to his work.
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