Shanghai

AIM Architecture turns shopping mall atrium into plant-filled plaza

May 3, 2021 Amy Frearson 0

Shopping centres don’t have to “bright, white and shiny” according to AIM Architecture, which has transformed the Xintiandi mall in Shanghai by adding natural materials and plants. The previously underused atrium has been reimagined in the spirit of a garden plaza, with wooden surfaces, plants hanging down from the balconies and natural light filtering in from above.

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Neri&Hu contrasts tactile brick podium with minimalist office blocks at Schindler campus

March 15, 2021 Lizzie Crook 0

A monochrome office block with a grey brick base

A podium made of recycled grey bricks links three clean-cut office blocks on the campus that Neri&Hu has created for elevator manufacturer Schindler in Shanghai, China. Named Schindler City, the 32,400-square-metre complex in the Jiading district unites all of the company’s departments in one place, having previously been scattered throughout Shanghai. The campus comprises offices,

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Open Architecture combines library and theatre in “blue whale” Bibliotheater

January 29, 2021 Tom Ravenscroft 0

Pinghe Bibliotheater at the Shanghai Qingpu Pinghe International School China

Chinese studio Open Architecture has designed a theatre and library at the Shanghai Qingpu Pinghe International School China within a blue-coloured building that resembles a whale. Named the Pinghe Bibliotheater, the building was designed by Open Architecture to combine two theatres with a library in one structure that would be a visual marker for the international school

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Former Shanghai airport transformed into Xuhui Runway Park

January 10, 2021 Tom Ravenscroft 0

Architecture studio Sasaki has created an expansive linear park on the site of the runway for the former Longhua Airport in the Xuhui riverfront area of Shanghai. The 1,830-metre-long park was built on the site of the runway of Longhua Airport, which was Shanghai’s only civilian airport until 1949 and closed in 2011. “Xuhui Runway Park is an innovative urban revitalization project

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Neri&Hu embody ethos of “reflective nostalgia” with own architecture studio in Shanghai

December 3, 2020 Tom Ravenscroft 0

Multidisciplinary studio Neri&Hu has converted an office and staff dormitory building in Shanghai into its own architecture and design offices named No 31. Part of a former industrial complex in Shanghai’s Jing’an Temple area, the block is the latest building that Neri&Hu has converted into its own offices as the studio has expanded since it was

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BLUE Architecture Studio adds U-shaped glass box to Shanghai coffee shop

November 22, 2020 Cajsa Carlson 0

Street view of % Arabica West by BLUE Architecture studio

Beijing-based BLUE Architecture Studio has renovated the % Arabica West shop in Shanghai’s Xuhui district, adding a glass box and a courtyard to open the cafe up to the surrounding neighbourhood. The studio’s aim for the 50-square-metre renovation was to break the boundary between the commercial space and the street. To do so it designed

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Terrazzo and bronze staircase forms focal point of The Sukhothai hotel by Neri&Hu

November 3, 2020 Natasha Levy 0

Terrazzo and bronze staircase features in The Sukhothai Shanghai hotel

A dramatic staircase connects floors inside this Shanghai hotel, which Neri&Hu has designed with calming, nature-inspired rooms. The staircase can be found in the entrance lobby of The Sukhothai hotel, which is situated in Shanghai’s Jing’an district. It features a bronze balustrade and a staggered sequence of slim, grey-terrazzo steps that have been slightly set

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KCC Design creates monochrome office for own studio in former factory space

October 5, 2020 Cajsa Carlson 0

Reception of the KCC Office by KCC Design

KCC Design has completed the interior design for its own office in Shanghai, which features an exhibition space and 21 enclosed boxes for individual work in a subdued colour palette. The studio, which works in architecture and interior design as well as wayfinding, regional planning and lighting design, created the office in an old factory

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KCC Design creates monochrome office for own studio in former factory space

October 5, 2020 Cajsa Carlson 0

KCC Design has completed the interior design for its own office in Shanghai, which features an exhibition space and 21 enclosed boxes for individual work in a subdued colour palette. The studio, which works in architecture and interior design as well as wayfinding, regional planning and lighting design, created the office in an old factory

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Atelier XY covers cocktail bar in Shanghai with over 1,000 insects

October 1, 2020 Natasha Levy 0

Glass wall contains preserved spiders in J Boroski bar in Shanghai by Atelier XY

Preserved tarantulas and beetles decorate the shadowy rooms inside this bar in Shanghai, China designed by local studio Atelier XY. Atelier XY designed the bar, which is called J Boroski, to reflect its owners’ interest in insects. It’s located in Shanghai French Concession – a region of the city that was occupied and governed by

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