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BDP wraps waterside stadium in double-helix walking route

March 19, 2024 Amy Peacock 0

UK architecture studio BDP has unveiled the Suoyuwan Barracuda Bay Stadium in Dalian Bay, China, which is wrapped with a spiral footpath that overlooks the waterside. The 63,000-capacity football stadium was designed by BDP’s sports and entertainment division BDP Pattern with engineering firm Buro Happold, aiming to create a landmark for the city of Dalian. Located

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Foster + Partners draws on “historic water towns” for Shanghai neighbourhood

March 12, 2024 Starr Charles 0

British architecture studio Foster + Partners has unveiled plans for the Xicen Science and Technology Centre, a mixed-use development located within the Yangtze River Delta region in Shanghai, China. Informed by the region’s historic water towns, the development by Foster + Partners will utilise the site’s new and existing waterways to create a “waterside community”

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Wave-shaped roofs top cultural space in Shanghai by Wutopia Lab

March 11, 2024 Jon Astbury 0

Chinese studio Wutopia Lab has used wave-shaped roofs of blue aluminium and translucent fabric to transform an industrial yard in Shanghai into a mixed-use cultural space. Named Klein Blue Hills and White Cliff after its distinctive roofs, the project is part of a wider initiative to turn the former campus of the Shanghai Marine Instrument

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Mesh veil wraps exhibition space in China by Trace Architecture Office

March 5, 2024 Jon Astbury 0

A veil of metal mesh wraps the steel structure of In-Between Pavilion, an exhibition space in Shenzhen, China, designed by Beijing studio Trace Architecture Office. In-Between Pavilion provides a home for the Design Homology Museum, tucked between two buildings in the dense streetscape of the historic Nantou area. The museum is dedicated to exploring “the

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Dezeen Debate features Snøhetta library with a “feeling of extravagance”

February 29, 2024 Saudatu Bah 0

The latest edition of our Dezeen Debate newsletter features Beijing City Library in China by Snøhetta. Subscribe to Dezeen Debate now. The Beijing City Library in China, designed by Norwegian studio Snøhetta, features a glass-lined structure punctuated by towering tree-like columns and rooms disguised as hills. Commenters analysed the structure closely, with one characterising it as

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Snøhetta creates library to emulate feeling of “sitting under a tree”

February 26, 2024 Lizzie Crook 0

International studio Snøhetta has completed Beijing City Library in China, a glass-lined building filled with towering tree-like columns and rooms disguised as hills. Located in Beijing’s Tongzhou district, the library was designed by Snøhetta to “reinstate the library’s relevance in the 21st century” and aims to offer a “new vision” for the typology. Its design

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Concrete vaults support rooftop football pitch in China by UAD

February 24, 2024 Jon Astbury 0

A vaulted concrete base supports an elevated football pitch and running track at the Hexi Sports Field, which The Architectural Design and Research Institute of Zhejiang University has completed in Shaoxing, China. Hexi Sports Field is located on a site to the northwest of Shaoxing University’s campus, which borders the old town and overlooks the

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Atelier Xi creates angular library within Chinese tea plantation

February 14, 2024 Starr Charles 0

Five interconnected, angular volumes form this library and tea-tasting room designed by Chinese architecture studio Atelier Xi on an ice-chrysanthemum plantation in Xiuwu, China. Designed to resemble a “miniature village”, the library by Atelier Xi draws on the silhouette of the local village houses, as well as the composition of petals on a chrysanthemum flower.

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“Some of the most interesting work published these days” says commenter

February 14, 2024 Rheanna Hopkins 0

In this week’s comments update, readers are discussing a monolithic concrete concert hall in the coastal resort of Aranya in Qinhuangdao, completed by Chinese studio Vector Architects. Called the Chapel of Music, the three-pronged concrete structure has concave walls, a curving elevated ramp and a circular auditorium with a translucent roof. “Some of the most

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Line+ Studio sits curvaceous viewpoint overlooking Shenzhen

February 13, 2024 Starr Charles 0

Large steps and open-air terraces wind around the curvaceous Yunhai Forest Service Station in Shenzhen, which was designed by Chinese architecture firm Line+ Studio. Situated on Maluan Mountain, the centre by Line+ Studio was wrapped by glass openings – “maximizing transparency” to offer expansive views of the landscape, nearby seaport and Shenzhen city. “The unique site

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