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Foster + Partners tops out China Merchants Bank skyscraper in Shenzhen

April 16, 2024 Amy Peacock 0

The China Merchants Bank Headquarters by British architecture studio Foster + Partners has topped out in Shenzhen, with progress on a decorative ribbed steel and glass facade. Images of the skyscraper’s construction progress show the height of its structural core and facades made from steel and triangular glass panels taking shape around it. Once complete, the

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Muda Architects completes circular museum dedicated to traditional Chinese medicine

April 9, 2024 Starr Charles 0

Chengdu studio Muda Architects has completed Tianfu Museum of Chinese Medicine in Pengzhou, China, which is based on the shape of the yin-yang symbol. Situated beside the Huitong Lake, the museum aims to showcase the history of Chinese medicine while being a “spiritual emblem for the region”. Its circular form spans land and water and

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Stefano Boeri Architetti unveils design for Museum of Technology in Xi’an

April 3, 2024 Lizzie Crook 0

An undulating form topped with terraces will distinguish this technology museum, which the Shanghai office of architecture studio Stefano Boeri Architetti has designed for Xi’an, China. Stefano Boeri Architetti’s plans for Museum of Technology in Xi’an, also known as Culture CBD Modern Technology Experience Center, aims to become a hub for both the public and

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Foster + Partners frames underground Apple Store in Shanghai with “active public space”

April 3, 2024 Lizzie Crook 0

A multi-level plaza and elevated viewpoint flank this Apple Store, which British architecture studio Foster + Partners has buried below ground in Shanghai’s Jing’an district. Named Apple Jing’an, the subterranean store is accessed by the plaza that links with existing pedestrian routes in a bid to establish it as an “active public space”, Foster +

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Linehouse creates greenhouse-informed food market in Shanghai

March 28, 2024 Christina Yao 0

Architecture studio Linehouse has wrapped a food market in a Shanghai laneway neighbourhood around a central atrium informed by Victorian greenhouses. Named Foodie Social, the 2,000-square-metre food market is located within the Hong Shou Fang community – a residential area in Shanghai’s Putuo district known for its classic “longtang” laneway architecture. The entrance to the two-storey

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Dezeen Agenda features MVRDV’s plans for stepped high-rises in Shenzhen

March 26, 2024 Saudatu Bah 0

The latest edition of our weekly Dezeen Agenda newsletter features MVRDV’s designs for a series of bayside residential towers in China. Subscribe to Dezeen Agenda now. Dutch studio MVRDV has unveiled a collection of stepped high-rises arranged around inner courtyards next to Qianhai Bay in Shenzhen, China. These structures are set to be integral to

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MVRDV unveils residential high-rises for Tencent smart city in Shenzhen

March 25, 2024 Amy Peacock 0

Dutch studio MVRDV has revealed a series of residential high-rises arranged around courtyards in Shenzhen’s Qianhai bay, which will form part of a smart city development by technology company Tencent. Named Tencent 5, the residential complex will have four courtyards surrounded by 11 apartment buildings and an adjacent kindergarten, designed to be a neighbourhood that fosters

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Buzz creates subterranean Hermit Space galleries in Beijing park

March 24, 2024 Jon Astbury 0

Architecture studio Buzz has transformed three sunken courtyards created for an underground car park into gallery, event and activity spaces for Beijing MAHA Arts Centre in China. Collectively named the Hermit Space, the three venues are each designed with a distinct atmosphere and intended to “seamlessly integrate” with the parkland surroundings. “We attempt to investigate

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Longnan Garden estate in Shanghai wanted to escape the “virus” of boring Chinese housing

March 22, 2024 Christina Yao 0

Our next Social Housing Revival case study is Atelier GOM’s Shanghai Longnan Garden estate, the first social-housing project in China to abandon high-rise towers. Located in Shanghai’s central Xuhui district, the 100,000-square-metre Longnan Garden estate was completed in 2017. Commissioned by the district’s state-owned Assets Supervision and Administration Commission as low-rent housing, it comprises one commercial

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MAD reveals design for Lishui Airport with swooping “bird-like” roof

March 20, 2024 Amy Peacock 0

Chinese architecture studio MAD has unveiled its design for the Lishui Airport in China, which will feature a swooping white roof informed by soaring birds. Perched on a hilly terrain 15 kilometres outside the city centre, the domestic airport will be the first to service the city of Lishui. A swooping roof rising up to almost

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