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Major works to visit include the Xi’an International Football Centre, Xi’an, designed by Zaha Hadid Architects, and the Wormhole Library, Haikou, Hainan Province, by MAD Architects.
Key major recent structures are Changzhou Culture Center by Germany’s gmp · von Gerkan, Marg and Partners · Architects, and Shanghai Sanctum by Wutopia Lab.
Finally, we feature Fuhuali Jinan, an innovative hub by CLOU architects. Across from Jinan’s famous lake, geometric volumes form a multi-level waterfront village, an animated commercial and social meeting point with a front-row view.
Design: LAVA. These tall buildings form an iconic entrance to the city of Hangzhou. The design of the two towers is based on the Chinese characters for ‘gate’, and they feature a shimmering façade of fins
Design: Li Xiang
The focus of the design logic is to express the form of each set of furniture, and every detail of the expression. Furniture is the protagonist of the play. In the lobby, we have caved two leaf boats out of real wood. One of the boats is dangling and floating in the air with a support, like being filled up water here.
Design: CCD, architects
Marriott International’ image has undergone significant transformation from the original colorful and luxurious branding into the latest clean and elegant style. Without excessive decorations, the architectural structures have become even more prominent.
Schmidt Hammer Lassen Architects win international design competition for Sino-US cooperation Wenzhou-Kean University Student Centre & Library, China
Design: Keremidski Architects. The concept is a set of green cubes “packed with sculptural surface”, as a part of the form goes beyond the main building. Green cubes symbolize the nature and provide optimum microclimate in the area.
Design: OAD, architects
This secluded and tranquil hillside resort in Yunnan, China, develops its subtle and elegant design from the architects’ understanding of local culture and geography.
Design: Lin Xueming
Every year the China Institute of Interior Design (CIID) hosts an “Open Exhibit” showcasing the world’s best creative talent and cutting edge design products.
Design: RTA-Office, architects
The project developed by RTA-Office belongs to a big masterplan that includes three different museum buildings surrounded by a big green area.
Architects Aedas recently won a competition to design Zhuhai Hengqin International Hi-tech Innovation Park, which is located at Hengqin, one of the newly announced Free Trade Zones in China.
Design: von Gerkan, Marg and Partners (gmp)
Commission for key project in the Hexi New Town expansion area. The architects won the competition for Nanjing Financial City II and has been commissioned to produce the master plan and the design for the first development stage.
Architect: UNWM HONGKONG. “The prototype of the building is from the expression of a surfaced submarine or a sailing warship cutting through the water, or like an aircraft rushing through the sky.”
Design: Raynon Chui Design. The site is located at the Northeast corner of Hengqin Island in Zhuhai, within close proximity of the Shizimen Commercial District. The site’s Northeast is in close with the sea and enjoys excellent sea view and view resources
SWA announces the landscape design for the new Performing Arts and Entertainment Center, located in the heart of Chengdu, the largest city in southwest China
Design: SWA – Landscape Architecture, Planning and Urban Design. Fuzhou Vanke City and Chongqing Dongyuan 1891 are two residential projects in China by international landscape architecture firm SWA.
Design: Gerkan, Marg and Partners Architects
In Wuzhen, 100km south-west of Shanghai in the midst of one of China’s oldest cultivated areas, this building is a rehabilitation clinic with the character of a hotel.
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Design: Schmidt Hammer Lassen Architects. The winning design organizes the entire plant, including auxiliary buildings, into one circular building – avoiding traditional rectangular layout of industrial facilities. The clear circular form minimises the footprint of the plant.