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FOG Architecture creates kinetic display for Super Seed’s Hangzhou store

October 14, 2022 Christina Yao 0

Chinese studio FOG Architecture has added over a hundred moving display boxes to skincare brand Super Seed’s latest retail store in Hangzhou, China. The studio installed 168 kinetic semitransparent acrylic boxes in the main product display area of the 300-square-metre store. Its aim was for the boxes to help create a variety of different display

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Schmidt Hammer Lassen wraps China’s biggest library in marble-printed glass facade

September 30, 2022 Christina Yao 0

The long-awaited Shanghai Library East designed by Danish studio Schmidt Hammer Lassen Architects has opened to the public in China. The 115,000-square-metre Shanghai Library East, located in the Pudong district of Shanghai, is the biggest library in the country. Schmidt Hammer Lassen designed its monumental shape in reference to a unique type of stone from

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Neri&Hu creates “nomadic” office interiors for Shanghai media company

September 20, 2022 Christina Yao 0

Chinese architecture studio Neri&Hu has designed a flexible office space in Shanghai for the changing needs of media company Red+Plus Studio’s employees. The Shanghai-based studio stripped back the 529-square-metre space on the second floor of a factory building within a former industrial campus by removing numerous layers of previous renovations. The concrete structure of the building was left exposed throughout with

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Muda Architects models Tianfu Museum of Chinese Medicine on yin-yang symbol

August 23, 2022 Christina Yao 0

Aerial visual of Tianfu Museum of Chinese Medicine

Chinese studio Muda Architects has revealed its design of a museum in Chengdu that will be dedicated to the history of Chinese medicine and arranged in the shape of the yin-yang symbol. Named the Tianfu Museum of Chinese Medicine, the 13,000-square-metre building will occupy a site beside Huitong lake in Pengzhou. Local studio Muda Architects’

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Chapel of Sound in China is given a “science-fiction vibe” in new video

August 8, 2022 Christina Yao 0

Rock-like Chapel of Sound building in China

An otherwordly character explores the Chapel of Sound, a rock-like concert hall designed by Chinese studio Open Architecture, in this video informed by science fiction. Nestled in a valley next to the ruins of the Great Wall of China outside Beijing, the project was completed in November last year. “When I first saw the building,

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Traditional Chinese roof tiles decorate the interior of Blue Bottle Coffee shop in Shanghai

August 5, 2022 Christina Yao 0

Brick-clad bar in Blue Bottle Coffee shop

Japanese studio Keiji Ashizawa Design has used traditional Chinese roof tiles as the key material at Blue Bottle Coffee’s latest shop in Shanghai to celebrate local culture. Set to open on Friday, the cafe is located on the first and second floors of a building connected to the Kerry Centre in downtown Shanghai, close to

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Metaverse real estate community The Row launches with six architectural designs by artists

July 27, 2022 Christina Yao 0

Designers have created a number of virtual buildings for metaverse community The Row, including a giant statue turned into a house designed by Daniel Arsham and a home that changes colour during the day. Members-only metaverse community The Row has launched with 30 virtual properties created by artists including Arsham, Misha Kahn, Andrés Reisinger, Alexis

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MAD aims to “challenge to the status quo” with first social housing project

June 20, 2022 Christina Yao 0

Architecture studio MAD has completed its first social housing development, which consists of 12 residential buildings in Beijing connected by raised walkways and a “floating park”. Named Baiziwan, the development near the Central Business District in east Beijing is divided by roads into six areas that contain multiple apartment blocks. The blocks were built around green spaces,

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Architects in China adapting to more sustainable and culturally relevant skyscrapers after supertall ban

May 12, 2022 Christina Yao 0

China’s decision to ban supertall skyscrapers “will not hinder the potential of architecture” and is in fact leading to more sustainable, culturally sensitive buildings, architects have told Dezeen. After the Chinese government announced a full ban on skyscrapers taller than 500 metres last October, architecture firms working in the country have had to adjust their

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“Projects on hold” as China’s Covid lockdown hits architects and designers

March 21, 2022 Christina Yao 0

Coronavirus lockdowns in major cities in China are impacting architecture projects, causing design fairs to be cancelled and triggering concerns over global supply chains. With the country experiencing record levels of Covid cases, businesses in Shenzhen, Shanghai and other affected regions have had to close or switch to remote working. Rossana Hu, co-founder of Shanghai

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