New Chinese architecture projects with building news and architectural images, plus architects background. China building news from across this major Asian country.
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.
The main difficulty of the project is to create an overall unity between the different buildings in a large space separated by a road. Winner of an architecture competition in April 2004.
The project totals 1,878,000 square feet and features a 180-key Park Hyatt hotel, 430,000 square feet of offices, 65,000 square feet of retail, 24 condominiums, 174 serviced apartments, and underground parking for 700 cars.
Hangzhou building design by Sheppard Robson: 6m sqft development in China – 5 office towers, five-star hotel tower, residential tower
Tianjin has north China’s leading port. The population of the area surrounding this port complex, the Tianjin Economic Development Area (TEDA), is expected to increase by at least 200,000 people over the coming decade.
The goal of the SILO development is to re-orient the site to the citizens of the city. It is replete with great potential but must be reconnected to the city.