Three Cultural Centers and One Book Mall
Mecanoo designed the winning competition entry for a new 95,000 sqm cultural complex with a public art museum, science museum, youth centre and a bookshop, public square and parking in the Shenzhen district.
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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.
Chengdu Creative Centre
Creative Centre, Chinese Masterplan Design, Competition, Architecture, Architect. Images Chengdu Creative Centre Public Masterplan Development China – design by Broadway Malyan 26 Aug 2014 Chengdu Creative Centre in China Broadway Malyan-led team wins international masterplan for new district in Chengdu Design: Broadway Malyan Global architecture, urbanism and design practice Broadway Malyan has won an international competition … Read more
Window of Guangzhou, Guangdong, Chin
Window of Guangzhou, Guangdong Office Development, Chinese Architecture Window of Guangzhou, China Chinese Office Building Development – design by Atkins 15 Aug 2014 Guangzhou Office Development Location: Guangzhou, Guangdong, China Design: Atkins Atkins designs the iconic Window of Guangzhou An unusual Atkins-designed office development will become the new icon of Guangzhou, capital city of Guangdong … Read more
Prince’s Building in Shenzhen: SPARK Architects
Shenzhen Retail Building in South China, Chinese transportation hub architecture, SPARK architect images Prince’s Building Shenzhen Contemporary Chinese Retail Building design by SPARK Architects post updated 3 May 2026 Design: SPARK Architects 12 Aug 2014 Prince’s Building in Shenzhen SPARK has completed the design of Prince’s Building a 71,600-square-metre mixed-use development and transportation hub for China Merchants. Located in Shenzhen … Read more
Wine Trade Center, Zhengzhou Building
Wine Trade Center, Zhengzhou: Chinese architecture development design by Latitude architects – Chinese wine retail centre building, architecture images
Qingdao World Horticultural Expo Theme Pavilion
Design: UNStudio. Following selection in the 2011 competition UNStudio’s World Horticultural Expo Theme Pavilion in Qingdao has been realised.
Dongguan Botanical Gardens, China
Design: John McAslan + Partners (JMP)
The design is a contemporary re-interpretation of the essential characteristics of a tropical plant leaf structure, integrating architecture and landscape to provide a holistic approach for the site. The building is based around a gridshell roof structure which engages lightly with a landscaped mounded base mediating between the internal and external landscaping.
Thaihot Fuzhou Mall in China
Design: SPARK
Fuzhou Wusibei Thaihot Plaza’s central location at WuSi Bei Dajie, Jinan District makes it Fuzhou’s most successful retail mall. Its design enhanced Thaihot’s brand as a forward thinking innovative retail developer.
Library of Kunming University Building
Architect: STUDIO TWIST. The Library of Kunming University of Science and Technology is regarded as the symbolic center of the university campus.
The building form resembles stacked cubes on a plinth with bi-axial symmetry and a vertical central atrium. The central circular atrium serves as the spiritual center as well as the main vertical circulation of the library.
Vanke New City Center Nanjing Development
Spark’s sales gallery is located adjacent to Nanjing South Railway Station: the two storey building showcases the broad spectrum of residential and commercial space available at Vanke’s mixed use development.
Conceived as an abstracted reflection of railway track geometry this bold building is shaped by functional and conceptual considerations.
Hainan Cancer Hospital, Haikou City Building
Design: Zhouxiang / CANNONDESIGN / Sha. Hainan Cancer Hospital is an international cutting-edge centre of healing and research in Haikou City, China. The building will house 1,200 hospital beds and over 11,000 staff and patients. It aims to achieve the coveted ‘Luban Award’, China’s illustrious award for design and construction.
Suzhou Business School Building
Design: BDP, architects wins commission to design the International Business School in the ancient city of Suzhou which lies 80 km to the west of Shanghai. The school makes up the last building of the Xi’an Jiaotong Liverpool University (XJTLU) south campus. BDP was appointed in 2012 to masterplan the large-scale campus to provide world-class teaching, laboratory and research facilities, and has already designed five faculty buildings on the site.
Shanghai Auto Museum Exhibition Space China
The Collection Pavilion at Shanghai Auto Museum, Shanghai-Anting, China, a permanent exhibition about the milestones in automobile development from 1900 to 1975. ATELIER BRÜCKNER created a spacious room narrative representing an exclusive parking deck which displays 39 historical cars over 2300 square metres.
Dongguan Basketball Stadium, China
Design: von Gerkan, Marg and Partners (gmp)
In the southern Chinese city of Dongguan – a city of several million – a basketball stadium has been completed to plans by architects von Gerkan, Marg and Partners (gmp). The building can be seen from afar and is a landmark that provides identity and orientation to the people in the new district of Liaobu.