China

Neri&Hu creates “urban oasis” for Artyzen New Bund 31 hotel in Shanghai

October 23, 2024 Christina Yao 0

Chinese studio Neri&Hu has completed a hotel in Shanghai alongside the New Bund Performing Arts Centre, which was also designed by the studio. Located in Pudong District, Artyzen New Bund 31 hotel forms part of a larger development called Qiantan, which includes an office tower and a shopping centre. The hotel, which is connected directly

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Dezeen Debate features doughnut-shaped weather balloon praised as “sheer genius”

October 22, 2024 Saudatu Bah 0

The latest edition of our Dezeen Debate newsletter features a pair of landmarks in China designed by Line + Studio. Subscribe to Dezeen Debate now. Architecture firm Line + Studio introduced a doughnut-shaped meteorological balloon and a woven timber tunnel to rural Zhejiang. Commenters debated the project, with one calling it “sheer genius”. Another thought it

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Line+ Studio floats doughnut-shaped weather balloon above rural Chinese landscape

October 20, 2024 Jon Astbury 0

A doughnut-shaped meteorological balloon and woven timber tunnel have been completed by architecture practice Line+ Studio in rural area in Zhejiang, China. Named Woven Gateway and Sky Ring, the two structures were commissioned as part of the enhancement of the Chuan Yan Nineteen Peaks Scenic Area. Line+ Studio designed the structures to be minimal but

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Atelier Xi designs weathering steel pavilions that “elegantly meander” through Shenzhen park

October 18, 2024 Jon Astbury 0

Chinese studio Atelier Xi has completed a visitor centre for Qiaochengbei Park in Shenzhen, using weathering steel and grass roofs to blend two pavilion-like structures into the landscape. Atelier Xi created the visitor centre in Qiaochenbei North Park, a newly-created area of woodland in Shenzhen’s Nanshan District that was opened to the public in 2024.

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Mur Mur Lab creates glazed pavilions overlooking “mysterious” landscape in China

October 17, 2024 Jon Astbury 0

Architecture studio Mur Mur Lab has designed the Dongdan Grassland Sea Ruins Station in eastern China, creating two wave-topped glass pavilions that offer passers-by a “moment to connect with nature”. Located in the Dongshen Township in Zhejiang province, the structure overlooks an area of mudflat pasture spanning nearly 1,000 acres (405 hectares), that was created

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Wutopia Lab wraps Chinese arts centre in translucent mesh

October 12, 2024 Jon Astbury 0

Translucent mesh informed by mosquito nets wraps the forms of Flickering Peak, an arts centre in Hainan, China, by architecture studio Wutopia Lab. Located in an area known as Coffee Village in Wanning, the project involved completing a multipurpose arts centre that had been partially constructed, with its basement and structural frame already in place.

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Dezeen’s Global China exhibition spotlights cultural collaboration

October 10, 2024 Christina Yao 0

Models, sketches and photos of works by architects and designers including Neri&Hu, Büro Ole Scheeren, Paul Priestman and FOG Architecture feature in Dezeen’s Global China: Connecting The World Through Design exhibition in Shanghai Taking place during the World Design Cities Conference (WDCC) in Shanghai last month, Global China: Connecting The World Through Design showcased work

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Neri&Hu captures “spirit of traditional alleyways” at Shanghai arts centre

October 9, 2024 Jon Astbury 0

Rows of arches and barrel vaults reference Shanghai’s historic alleyways at New Bund Performing Arts Centre, completed by local architecture studio Neri&Hu. Located in the Qiantan International Business Zone, also called New Bund, the 17,580-square-metre complex contains a 2,500-seat grand theatre and multipurpose black box, alongside a bar, restaurant and lounges. Aiming to better link

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Society Particular crowns mall in Qingdao with amphitheatre-style terrace

September 25, 2024 Jon Astbury 0

Architecture studio Society Particular has completed Skybowl, a rooftop extension to the Hisense Plaza mall in Qingdao, China, formed of a glass hall and amphitheatre-style terrace. Society Particular was enlisted to create a glass-walled VIP lounge for the mall but instead proposed a freely accessible events space, terrace and stage to help reinstate a visual

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Dezeen to host Global China architecture and design exhibition in Shanghai

September 24, 2024 Christina Yao 0

Dezeen has curated an exhibition during the World Design Cities Conference in Shanghai to showcase works by Chinese and international architects and designers that successfully bridge east and west. Titled Global China: Connecting the World Through Design, the exhibition will take place from 27 to 30 September in Shanghai. It will feature six architecture and

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