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TAO converts huge Beijing warehouse into moody office and exhibition space

July 9, 2018 Alyn Griffiths 0

Towering steel bookcases divided up this warehouse building in Beijing, which Trace Architecture Office converted into an office for a local magazine publisher. The office designed by Trace Architecture Office (TAO) for Lens Magazine is located in a warehouse previously operated by the Beijing Municipal Commission of Transportation. The building was constructed in 1958 and

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UNStudio references luxury yachts with marina and clubhouse on China’s Xi River

July 6, 2018 Katie de Klee 0

UNStudio’s Keppel Cove Marina and Clubhouse provides a hub for maritime activities in Zhongshan, China. The waterfront clubhouse is located on the banks of the Xi River. Designed by UNStudio’s Asian office, which is based between Hong Kong and Shanghai, it is styled to replicate the look and experience of a luxury yacht. “The concept for the clubhouse was to

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Superimpose turns Chinese revolutionary factory into exhibition centre

July 6, 2018 India Block 0

Superimpose has saved a historic factory in Changzhi, China, from demolition by renovating it into a exhibition centre for the city. The Hong-Kong-based architecture studio convinced the owner to turn the derelict industrial building into the Changzhi City Expo, which contains an exhibition space, government meeting centre, offices and an auditorium. The owner of the property, who

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Foster + Partners unveils Apple Store in Macau with translucent stone walls and bamboo

July 3, 2018 India Block 0

Tall shoots of bamboo rise through the central atrium of a new Apple Store completed by Foster + Partners in Chinese city Macau. Set in a plaza surrounded by dense thickets of bamboo, the cuboidal Apple Centre Cotai glows from within, thanks to an innovative facade made from a composite of glass and stone. Five layers of of glass

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O-office Architects reinterprets traditional Chinese courtyard house in concrete and steel

July 3, 2018 Alyn Griffiths 0

This contemporary reinterpretation of a vernacular courtyard house in the Chinese city of Guangzhou features a sequence of living areas and bedrooms arranged around a central pond. Local studio O-office Architects designed the three-bedroom Veranda Courthouse for a site on a gently sloping south-facing hillside in a northern suburb of Guangzhou. In response to the

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Studio8 looks to the landscape of eastern China for the design of Anadu Resort hotel

June 30, 2018 Natasha Levy 0

Studio8 referenced tea leaves and bamboo cane throughout the design of this hotel near Hangzhou, China, to keep guests’ attention on the surrounding rural terrain. Anadu Resort is near the city of Huzhou, nestled at the bottom of Mogan mountain. The mountain forms part of Moganshan National Park, a popular tourist destination recognised for its lush

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Neri&Hu’s atmospheric Valextra store is based upon the layout of a library

June 22, 2018 Ali Morris 0

Located in a shopping centre in Chengdu, China, this store Neri&Hu designed for Italian accessories brand Valextra, features hovering walls and a conical light funnel modelled on the Pantheon in Rome.  To create the store the existing shopfront, which was designed to match its neighbours in the shopping centre, was demolished and replaced with an imposing solid wall

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STUDIO 8 Have Recently Completed The ANADU Resort In China

June 18, 2018 Erin 0

Photography by Sven Zhang   Architecture firm STUDIO 8, have designed a luxury rural resort named ANADU, that’s located at the foot of the Mogan Mountain in China.   Photography by Sven Zhang Inspired by local inns and old villas dating back to the beginning of the 20th century, the architects used local resources to create the multi-storey resort. A large […]

Yushe Design slots office around existing trees in Shanghai suburb

June 17, 2018 Alyn Griffiths 0

Trees grow through holes in the concrete floors and ceilings of the Shen Shen Garden office in Shanghai, which was designed to preserve the site’s natural features. Local studio Yushe Design developed the project as a workspace away from the bustle of downtown Shanghai. Located in a suburb of the Chinese city, the building combines offices

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Zaha Hadid Architects unveils Morpheus hotel in Macau

June 15, 2018 India Block 0

Three holes punctuate the twisting geometric facade of the Morpheus hotel in Macau, China, designed by Zaha Hadid Architects, which opens today, 15 June 2018. According to ZHA the building is the “world’s first free-form high-rise exoskeleton”, with its structural geometric grid negating the need for internal walls, or columns, that would clutter the hotel’s interior. “Morpheus combines

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