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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.
Make Architects commissioned by Wanda Group to design the unique facade for the premium Wanda Reign Hotel building in Wuhan, China. The design of the luxury hotel facade is characterised by a compilation of 902 hexagonal modules.
Dankely (Vanke alley) is the design for a public ‘street’ within Xiamen North Station Complex design by NL Architects, a fairly large residential compound in the city of Xiamen, near a major railway station.
The renowned Housing Corporation Vanke invited NL Architects to work with them on a new urban typology for combining shops with SOHO’s.
John Thompson & Partners (JTP) and Gillespies LLP are delighted to announce that they have won the Daoliu River Park Design Competition in Luzhou, China. The competition was run by the Luzhou Longma Tan District Government.
Design: 3XN
A 3XN designed IMAX theatre, retail and creative offices complex will be an iconic contribution to the 15 billion yuan (USD$2.4 billion) DreamCenter entertainment district on Shanghai’s West Bund. The DreamCenter building is being developed by DreamWorks Animation together with partners, CMC Capital Partners and Hong Kong developer Lan Kwai Fong Group.
Architect: 10 Design. This mixed use office and retail development sits centrally within the new Danzishi Central Head Quarters in Chongqing, that sits on the banks of the Yangtze River. The brief was to create an interactive retail environment that would interact and reflect with the rich topography that Chongqing is renowned for.
Design: TEAM_BLDG. For an architect, as the construction of a building is completed, it is almost the same mood of put a letter into mailbox, you write it for quite a long time. Who will read this letter? What’s the expectation of the reader for opening the envelope? Will the reader feel happy or not? Will it be kept kindly or thrown away directly?
Architecture for us is like the word for a writer, just a way of expression, the way we are good at. This is not only about expressing, the more important side is the people who will stay in the building, and the feeling of theirs for staying in the space we created.
Design: Peter Ruge Architekten
Commissioned by the buildings owner, the brief called for a unified interior de-sign throughout the common areas that included an upgrading of the main lobby, foyers, corridors and amenities. The 3 story high entrance hall spans approxi-mately 450 square meters to form the central reception, waiting and information area of the overall complex.
Design: gmp · Architekten von Gerkan, Marg und Partner. Groundbreaking ceremony for the new construction of the German Service Centre in Foshan, a city in the south of China. this competition which was open to German architectural practices with a Chinese partner.
Architecture firm Goettsch Partners designs new resort and meeting destination on China’s Hainan Island in Haitang Bay. Developed by Poly Real Estate Group, the complex features a 729-key resort hotel and serviced apartment tower, a 28,000-square-meter International Finance Forum convention center, a series of connecting retail buildings, and a modest visitors center.
Paul Davis + Partners mixed-use development has started on site in Nanjing, one of China’s ancient capital cities and the second largest commercial centre in the eastern region. La Vita is a 14-storey building, comprising three floors of retail at its base, and 11 floors of luxury apartments and clubhouse facilities above
Design: Benoy
Benoy is proud to announce the opening of the latest real estate flagship to grace western China, Chengdu International Finance Square (Chengdu IFS).
Appointed as the Masterplanner, Architect, Interior and Graphic Designer for Chengdu IFS, Benoy was part of the January grand opening ceremony to showcase the city’s new landmark complex. The major event was overseen by the world’s largest giant panda installation, “I Am Here”, by artist Lawrence Argent – highlighting the significance of the development.
Architects: Latitude Studio. The purpose of this showroom is to explain how the shopping mall next by will look like, and which functions will contain after its construction. The showroom is conceived as a journey through a ramp area.
Design: Steven Holl Architects with Li Hu. The 30,000 sqft Sifang Art Museum in Nanjing is sited at the gateway to the Chinese International Practical Exhibition of Architecture, which brings together the work of 24 designers
Design: Leo A Daly
The Ministry of Housing and Urban-Rural Development of the People’s Republic of China and China Construction Industry Association have presented a Luban Prize, the country’s premier award for design and construction, to the Huijin International Center (HIC), a project designed by international architecture/engineering firm LEO A DALY.
Ningbo Library Architecture Competition, China, by Danish architects schmidt hammer lassen architects. shl win 1st place in the competition to design a 30,000 sqm central library in Ningbo. Located in the heart of Ningbo New East Town the new library sits on the edge of a new ecological wetland area which will form a new cultural hub of the city.
Hefei ID Mall Development, China design by Broadway Malyan: Planning approval secured for 170,000 sq m retail and office development featuring a 150 m tower, in Hefei, eastern China
Hanjie Wanda Square, China
Architect: Ben van Berkel / UNStudio
Hanjie Wanda Square is a new luxury shopping plaza located in the Wuhan Central Culture Centre, one of the most important areas of Wuhan City in China. The shopping plaza houses international brand stores, world-class boutiques, catering outlets and cinemas.