Christina Yao, Author at 【Free Download Architectural Cad Drawings】

Neri&Hu reveals design for monumental red concrete factory for Chinese furniture brand

August 30, 2023 Christina Yao 0

Chinese architecture studio Neri&Hu has revealed its design for Chinese furniture brand Camerich’s factory in Jiaxing, China. The factory is set to be built on farmland along the branch of the Grand Canal in Jiaxing – an ancient canal with a 2000-year history that is still in use today as a key transportation route. Named

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FOG Architecture adds playful tailoring motifs to Xiaozhuo boutique in Shanghai

August 9, 2023 Christina Yao 0

Chinese architecture studio FOG Architecture has completed a shop for local fashion boutique Xiaozhuo on Julu Road in central Shanghai that features oversized buttons and zippers. The 300-square-metre shop features tactile surfaces and playful motifs that reference the process of tailoring. FOG Architecture used a glazed facade to open up the front of the shop,

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Daniel Statham Studio creates automated Future Car Park as “canopy of trees”

August 2, 2023 Christina Yao 0

Architecture firm Daniel Statham Studio has designed a vertical car park in central Hangzhou, China, where cars are stacked using a fully automated lift system. Named Future Car Park, the building is located in the city’s central business district and has a capacity of 500 parking spaces. “Future Car Park invents a new way people

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Büro Ziyu Zhuang designs Longquan Mountain Observatory to resemble “spaceship or alien form”

August 1, 2023 Christina Yao 0

German-Chinese architecture practice Büro Ziyu Zhuang has completed the Longquan Mountain Observatory in Chengdu, China, which features sweeping, meandering roofs designed in response to the natural landscape. The multifunctional building is situated in a natural forest on top of Longquan Mountain, which is the highest point in Chengdu and overlooks the city. It houses a

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Five key projects by interior designer and Dezeen Awards China judge Alex Mok

July 26, 2023 Christina Yao 0

Shanghai-based interior designer Alex Mok has joined Dezeen Awards China 2023 as a judge. Here she selects five projects that best reflect her work. Mok and Briar Hickling are the co-founders of architecture and interior design practice Linehouse. The female duo’s work has been recognised internationally and won a number of international design awards, including

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Snøhetta creates Holzweiler store informed by Norwegian coastline

July 24, 2023 Christina Yao 0

Architecture studio Snøhetta has completed a shop for fashion and lifestyle brand Holzweiler in Chengdu, China, informed by its Norwegian heritage. Located in Taikoo Li mall in central Chengdu, the 130-square-metre store is Norwegian brand Holzweiler’s first outpost outside of Scandinavia. “The store features recurring themes of currents, reflections and contrasts inspired by landscapes and coastal

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André Fu designs colourful Casetify shop in Japan informed by shoji lanterns

June 30, 2023 Christina Yao 0

Hong Kong-based architect and interior designer André Fu has completed the first global flagship store for electronic accessory brand Casetify in Osaka, combining traditional Japanese shoji paper lanterns with bright colours. The store, which marks the first retail project by Fu in Japan, was informed by the urban landscape of the Shinsaibashi neighbourhood in Osaka

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Wutopia Lab tops underground museum in China with sweeping concrete roof

June 20, 2023 Christina Yao 0

Shanghai-based studio Wutopia Lab has created Deep Time Palace, an underground museum in Changchun featuring a wavy concrete roof with eye-shaped openings. Located on the southeast corner of the Palace Museum of the Manchurian Regime site, the new museum is the largest fair-faced concrete building in northeastern China, according to the studio. Named Deep Time

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Heatherwick Studio reveals design for Shanghai exhibition hall wrapped in “ribbons” in

June 9, 2023 Christina Yao 0

British architecture firm Heatherwick Studio has revealed the design of West Bund Orbit exhibition centre in Shanghai, China, which will be wrapped in a series of curved balconies. Currently being built on the West Bund waterfront in Xuhui District, the new exhibition hall will feature a series of interwoven “ribbons” that wrap around the main exhibition

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Wutopia Lab reveals “shimmering whale” Shanghai museum with arched copper shell

May 16, 2023 Christina Yao 0

Chinese studio Wutopia Lab has created Copper Blockhouse, a multi-functional cultural space located inside a copper arch in Shanghai, China. The 405-square-metre structure was designed as the centrepiece of a creative industry park located in the Pudong district and will be used to host exhibitions, performances, lectures, parties, and even skateboarding events. Wutopia Lab used

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