10 architects imagine the Chinese home of the future for China House Vision exhibition

October 2, 2018 Katie de Klee 0

MAD, Penda and Open Architecture are among 10 Asian studios that have built futuristic concept homes in Beijing, including a living garden, a nomadic Martian pod and a modular home inspired by Beijing’s hutongs. China House Vision, which opened last week to coincide with Beijing Design Week, is an exhibition exploring how maximum quality of life can be achieved in

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Gad Line+ Studio creates low-cost housing in rural Chinese village

September 30, 2018 Alyn Griffiths 0

This affordable housing development in China’s Fuyang District, near Hangzhou, features sloping tiled roofs and a pared-back material palette inspired by the region’s vernacular architecture. Gad Line+ Studio, which is based at Zhejiang Gongshang University in Hangzhou, developed the proposal in response to the poor living conditions that affect many communities in rural China. According

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HAO Design uses pastel hues for pitched-roof apartment in Beijing

September 6, 2018 Natasha Levy 0

HAO Design took advantage of this apartment’s peaked roof to turn it into a bright and spacious family home, finishing its interiors with a selection of pastel furnishings. Starburst House is set within the city’s Haidian District and belongs to a young couple and their son. The apartment – which measures 116 square-metres – was purchased

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Renovated cottage in rural China retains original rustic features

August 25, 2018 Ali Morris 0

Fashion designer Sun Min and architect Christian Taeubert have renovated a neglected cottage set around a courtyard in rural China. Located in a village outside of Beijing, China, the refurbished cottage retains many of the its original rustic features such as its original timber beams and roof, which sit alongside modern additions such as the large sliding

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Chinese Villa With Open Plan Spaces & Mezzanine Levels

August 23, 2018 HD Staff 0

A slick modern villa, designed by the QBI studio in China, cuts into the blue sky from lush green gardens. Led by architect Tran Le Quoc Binh, the project has a unique and youthful look that was based not only around great style but on the individual personality of the homeowners and how they use […]

Neri&Hu animates Little B store in Shanghai with white-glazed tiles and neon lights

August 18, 2018 Natashah Hitti 0

Chinese studio Neri&Hu has paired curved white-glazed tiles with stainless steel at this high-end convenience store in Shanghai, designed for lifestyle brand The Beast. The Little B retail store sits amongst the narrow alleys that make up Shanghai’s central Xintiandi district, which is made up of reconstructed mid-19th-century Shikumen – or “stone gate” – houses.

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Curving shades arch over terraces of Chongqing housing development by Safdie Architects

August 13, 2018 India Block 0

Moshe Safdie’s firm has completed a set of stepped homes on a hill overlooking the Yangtze River in Chongqing, China. The 42,740-square-metre Eling Hill development includes 126 apartments spread across three bands of buildings rising up a hill on the Yuzhong Peninsula, in the city in central China Safdie Architects created the housing scheme for

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Xiangmi Science Library connected to park by glazed walkway through treetops

August 11, 2018 Alyn Griffiths 0

Cantilevered metal roofs shade the glazed walls of this library designed by MLA+, which is connected by a treetop walkway to Shenzhen’s Xiangmi Park. Global architecture studio MLA+ designed the Xiangmi Science Library as part of its masterplan to regenerate Xiangmi Park, which is found in the Chinese city’s central Futian District. The park was originally used

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Ai Weiwei’s Beijing studio demolished by Chinese authorities

August 6, 2018 India Block 0

Artist and activist Ai Weiwei took to Instagram to show Chinese authorities knocking down his studio in Beijing, with many of his artworks still inside. Weiwei, who worked with Herzog and de Meuron to design the Bird’s Nest stadium in Beijing for the 2008 Olympic Games, posted a series of clips showing construction machinery being used to tear

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Eight-storey sky atriums top a pair of skyscrapers by GMP in Zhengzhou

August 3, 2018 India Block 0

Gerkan, Marg and Partners has completed twin 284-metre skyscrapers that dominate the skyline of Zhengzhou, China. Two glass towers, which rise from L-shaped plinths either side of a square, have recessed “sky lobbies” positioned on alternating sides of the building. German firm Gerkan, Marg and Partners (GMP) won the competition to design the Greenland Central Plaza for developers

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