China

Fold-out greenhouse with opening sides transforms into pavilion for agricultural education

October 31, 2025 Alyn Griffiths 0

Architecture practices Office for Roundtable and JXY Studio have designed an expandable greenhouse clad in polycarbonate panels that hinge open to create a space for sharing food and knowledge about urban farming in Guangzhou, China. The project, titled Your Greenhouse Is Your Kitchen Is Your Living Room, aims to challenge systemic farming practices by presenting

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Steel slats form sculptural shelves at Tianjin Zhongshuge bookstore by X+Living

October 26, 2025 Alyn Griffiths 0

Architecture firm X+Living has renovated a large bookstore in Tianjin, China, using layered brickwork and slatted steel to form wave-like shelves, steps and seating that flow around its central hall. The project, which is shortlisted for Dezeen Awards 2025 in the retail interior (large) category, involved the transformation of a building in Tianjin’s Italian style

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Dezeen Awards China 2025 winners revealed at party in Shanghai

October 24, 2025 Kaia Wang 0

All 27 winners of this year’s Dezeen Awards China, along with the projects of the year including a wetland museum, cafe set on a cliff and an installation combining steel containers with inflatables, have been revealed at ceremony in Shanghai. Over 150 shortlisted architects and designers from all over China, joined by Dezeen Awards China judges

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Over 100 architecture, interiors and design projects shortlisted for Dezeen Awards China 2025

September 29, 2025 Kaia Wang 0

Dezeen has announced the shortlisted projects for this year’s Dezeen Awards China, which include a seaside pavilion on the remote island of Chaishan and a cultural centre sheltered by sloping roofs in Guangzhou. In total, 120 projects by studios from 30 different cities are in the running to win awards in 23 categories spanning architecture,

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Semester Studio creates exhibition pavilion for Camerich using “borrowed materials”

November 7, 2024 Alyn Griffiths 0

This pavilion, designed by architecture firm Semester Studio for a furniture exhibition in Shanghai, was built entirely using materials that were separated and returned to their source after the show. The Temporary Storage Garden pavilion was created by Semester Studio for furniture producer Camerich’s presentation at the 2023 China International Furniture Fair. Rather than displaying

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Dezeen Debate features “cultural hit for generations to come”

November 5, 2024 Saudatu Bah 0

The latest edition of our Dezeen Debate newsletter features a conical community venue by Open Architecture. Subscribe to Dezeen Debate now. The 50-meter-tall Sun Tower, designed by Chinese studio Open Architecture in Yantai, northeast China, has a conical concrete shape crafted to align with the sun’s path. Commenters were captivated, with one describing it as a

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Open Architecture designs conical Sun Tower as “giant sundial”

November 4, 2024 Christina Yao 0

Chinese studio Open Architecture has completed the 50-metre-tall Sun Tower, which has a conical concrete form designed to follow the path of the sun, in Yantai, northeast China. Located in Yantai’s Yeda Development Zone, the cultural and community venue comprises exhibition spaces, a semi-outdoor theatre, a library, a viewing deck, a cafe and a bar. According

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Bricks made with tea leaves clad Beijing teahouse by Kooo Architects

November 4, 2024 Alyn Griffiths 0

Japanese studio Kooo Architects used custom-made bricks that combine compressed earth with waste tea leaves to create a natural feel inside the Théatre teashop in Beijing. The store located in Beijing’s central business district belongs to Chinese brand Théatre, which wanted to immerse guests in the tea-drinking experience. Kooo Architects created a multi-sensory space featuring

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Turenscape transforms concrete sea wall into “resilient public space”

October 30, 2024 Saudatu Bah 0

Chinese landscape architecture studio Turenscape has transformed a concrete sea wall on an abandoned fish farm into a public space in Haikou City, Hainan. Named A Breathing Sea Wall, the project aims to help alleviate the local threat of rising sea levels while providing locals with useable outdoor space. The concrete structure, which spans a

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IARA piggybacks stone aqueduct with sheltered timber bridge in China

October 27, 2024 Jon Astbury 0

Architecture studio IARA has reinvigorated an abandoned aqueduct in Huangshan, China, by attaching a sheltered timber bridge on top of its stone structure. Named FW JI Covered Bridge on Aqueduct, the project in Fengwu Village is shortlisted in the infrastructure and transport project category of Dezeen Awards 2024. The narrow stone aqueduct, which crosses over

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