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BIG tops waterfront art museum in Suzhou with swooping roof planes

August 7, 2024 Amy Peacock 0

The Suzhou Museum of Contemporary Art by Danish studio BIG, engineering firm Arts Group and architecture studio Front has topped out in China, with curved metal roofs designed as a “fifth facade”. Located on Jinji Lake near the Suzhou Ferris Wheel, images of the museum’s construction progress show a series of tiered buildings connected by

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Xisui Design models metal pavilion on birds’ nests and eggshells

August 4, 2024 Cajsa Carlson 0

Shanghai studio Xisui Design drew on natural shapes for the minimalist Thin-Shell Metal Woven Pavilion, which was designed as a sunken resting space on a pond in China. The ovoid metal pavilion was made to be lightweight, wind-resistant and provide shade from the sun, while also letting some light in. “We drew inspiration from the

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RSHP designs 1.7-kilometre-long convention centre in China

August 2, 2024 Cajsa Carlson 0

British studio RSHP has unveiled its design for The Zhongyuan International Convention Centre, which will have an almost two-kilometre-long elevated floor plane and include 16 exhibition halls. Located within the Zhengzhou Airport Economic Zone (ZAEZ) in Henan, China, the Zhongyuan International Convention and Conference Centre complex was designed by RSHP and architecture studio TJAD. The

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ZZHK Architects completes bridge in China with spiralling viewpoint

July 28, 2024 Jon Astbury 0

Chinese Studio ZZHK has completed G Clef Bridge, a pedestrian walkway across the Bailu River in Chengdu, which culminates in a spiralling ramp and viewpoint informed by musical notation. The bridge connects the French-style town of Bailu – a popular tourist destination also known as Bailu Music Town – with the Diamond Music Hall on

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MORE Architecture creates Ginkgo Gallery as “antidote to the museum boom” in China

July 23, 2024 Tian Lin 0

Dutch studio MORE Architecture has completed a concrete museum on an island in a manmade lake in Jiaxing, China. Named Ginkgo Gallery after the ginkgo trees that cover the island, the contemporary art museum comprises exhibition rooms, an auditorium, a reading room and a workshop space. Designed as a small-scale museum and constructed with a

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Lakeside pavilion by Galaxy Arch sits in “gentle dialogue” with surroundings

July 22, 2024 Jon Astbury 0

Chinese studio Galaxy Arch has completed a pavilion in Suzhou Industrial Park that is modelled on an old wooden cabin and sheltered by a curved roof with large overhangs. Located alongside a grove of camphor trees, the pavilion is one of 11 on the banks of Jinji Lake, each designed to provide visitor services for

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Schmidt Hammer Lassen transforms cement factory into West Bund Art Center

July 18, 2024 Nyima Murry 0

Danish architecture studio Schmidt Hammer Lassen has adaptively reused a domed cement factory in Shanghai, China, to create a performing arts and sports venue. Now named West Bund Art Center, the factory’s central curved structure has been converted into a 300-square-metre multipurpose hall for art exhibitions, music concerts and sporting events. The renovated building, which

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Ole Scheeren reveals plans for Shenzhen skyscrapers with “waterfall” facades

July 18, 2024 Christina Yao 0

Architecture studio Büro Ole Scheeren has revealed Scenic City, its design for the headquarters of Chinese e-commerce company JD.com, which will feature facades designed to resemble waterfalls. The project is located in Nanshan District in Shenzhen, China, a newly established business and financial hub where several Chinese tech giants will reside. The site will comprise

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FOG Architecture uses grain sacks for walls of mobile bakery in China

July 14, 2024 Jon Astbury 0

Piles of grain sacks were used to create the walls of this mobile pop-up cafe and bakery in Hangzhou, China, which was designed by local studio FOG Architecture. Called the Cycle Cycle Mobile Bakehouse, the pavilion was designed following the lockdown of Shanghai during the Covid-19 pandemic as a means of exploring how food could

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Linehouse defines Shanghai office with “unexpected combinations of materials”

July 12, 2024 Christina Yao 0

Interior design studio Linehouse has renovated an office in Shanghai using numerous materials and art from a local gallery. Linehouse refurbished the ground floor of a three-storey building in Shanghai that The Independents global marketing group have occupied in Shanghai for numerous years. The 374-square-metre space was designed as a communal area for the staff

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