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MAD unveils sunken Train Station in the Forest in Jiaxing

February 7, 2024 Christina Yao 0

Chinese architecture studio MAD has rebuilt a historic train station in central Jiaxing, China, and expanded it with an underground terminal and public park. Named Train Station in the Forest, the revamp of the 354,000-square-metre building is MAD’s first station and the studio hopes it will “redefine transportation infrastructure buildings in China”. MAD created an

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Junya Ishigami designs one-kilometre-long museum emerging from Chinese lake

February 1, 2024 Christina Yao 0

Japanese architect Junya Ishigami has created the one-kilometre-long Zaishui Art Museum on a lake in China, which features openings that let water flow over the museum floor. Located on an artificial lake at the entrance of a new development zone in Rizhao in China’s Shandong Province, the 20,000-square-metre linear museum extends from one side of

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Five architecture and design events from China in January

January 18, 2024 Christina Yao 0

Heatherwick Studio’s Building Soulfulness exhibition and the inaugural edition of the Guangzhou Design Triennial are among the Chinese architecture and design events featured in Dezeen Events Guide this month. Also in the guide are the Seventy Years Leading Italian Design Trends exhibition by Compasso d’Oro, Pradasphere II and Beauty Changes: 100 Years of Italian Fashion

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Neri&Hu highlights simplicity and functionality at Shanghai art gallery

December 6, 2023 Christina Yao 0

Chinese studio Neri&Hu has designed a contemporary art gallery for Ota Fine Arts in Shanghai with a focus on the “sublime beauty of the banal”. The gallery sits on the ground floor of a mixed-use tower at Rockbund, a development amidst the historical Bund in Shanghai along the Huangpu River, where a series of restored

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Nic Brunsdon creates inflatable sphere for National Gallery of Victoria

November 22, 2023 Christina Yao 0

Australian architect Nic Brunsdon has created a giant sphere that inflates and deflates throughout the day for this year’s National Gallery of Victoria Architecture Commission in Melbourne. Called (This is) Air, the project is designed by Perth-based Brunsdon in collaboration with technology company Eness to mimic the natural rhythm of breathing. The spherical structure stands

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Seven architecture and design events in China in November

November 8, 2023 Christina Yao 0

The largest solo exhibition from MAD Architects in Shenzhen and the month-long Festival of Design in Shanghai are among the architecture and design events taking place in China featured in Dezeen Events Guide this month. Other events taking place this month in China include an exhibition documenting Renzo Piano’s work at OōEli in Hangzhou, his first

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Linehouse adds tactile textures and warm tones to coastal home in Hong Kong

October 23, 2023 Christina Yao 0

Chinese studio Linehouse has designed the interiors of Cape Drive Residence in Hong Kong to respond to the surrounding coastal views. Located on the south side of Hong Kong Island, the three-floor home is a short walk from the beaches of Stanley and Chung Hom Kok and has panoramic ocean views to the east and west

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Neri&Hu divides Shanghai fashion boutique with fabrics and marble screens

September 28, 2023 Christina Yao 0

Chinese studio Neri&Hu has completed a store interior for Ms MIN in Shanghai, China, to showcase the fashion brand’s diverse use of materials. Located at the Taikoo Li shopping complex in central Shanghai, the 195-square-metre store was designed to evoke a sense of traditional home-based atelier that places materials and craftsmanship at its centre. “Before the Industrial

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“I’m filled with dread” over climate change says Liam Young

September 27, 2023 Christina Yao 0

Future-gazing architect and filmmaker Liam Young explains why he believes humans will fail to avert climate catastrophe in this interview with Dezeen. Young spoke to Dezeen ahead of his Planetary Redesign exhibition, currently on display at the National Gallery of Victoria (NGV). This features his latest film, The Great Endeavour, which proposes a radical solution

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Eight stadiums built for the 2022 Hangzhou Asian Games

September 22, 2023 Christina Yao 0

After a year-long delay the 19th Asian Games begins in Hangzhou on Saturday. Here, Dezeen rounds up eight new stadiums built specifically to host the sporting tournament. The games were originally scheduled for September 2022, but were postponed due to the Covid pandemic and subsequent lockdown in China. They will take place across six cities

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