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Modern Luxury in a Chinese Home with Classic Wooden Accents

July 2, 2024 HD Staff 0

Designed by Shexia Space Design, this home epitomizes modern luxury intertwined with classic Chinese elements. The interiors showcase an elegant blend of tradition and contemporary style, creating a serene and sophisticated atmosphere. Natural wood accents dominate the design, bringing warmth and texture to each room. The dining area features a stunning mural and sleek black […]

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CLOU Architects stacks blocks to form kindergarten in China

June 30, 2024 Jon Astbury 0

Playful openings and colourful windows brighten the pixelated exterior of West Coast Kindergarten, completed by Chinese studio CLOU Architects near Hangzhou. To maximise space on a small plot, CLOU Architects organised the 4,900-square-metre kindergarten across a series of stacked white volumes, intended to resemble children’s building blocks. This arrangement also gives rise to a pixelated form

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Dezeen Debate features conference centre in Beijing that is “quite the engineering feat”

June 18, 2024 Saudatu Bah 0

The latest edition of our Dezeen Debate newsletter features a conference centre in Beijing by architecture studio MAD. Subscribe to Dezeen Debate now. MAD has completed the ZGC International Innovation Center in Beijing, which has an undulating green roof and an organic shape with rounded, petal-like corners. Readers were captivated by the building, with one describing

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AIM Architecture transforms oil silos in China into community park

June 16, 2024 Jon Astbury 0

Chinese studio AIM Architecture has transformed a series of former oil silos in Changzhou into Cotton Park, a mixed-use community space surrounded by a public garden and play areas. Shanghai-based AIM Architecture was tasked with transforming the hollow silos into a cluster of spaces for the local community to gather and host events. The four

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MAD tops “clover-like” conference centre in Beijing with undulating green roof

June 14, 2024 Amy Peacock 0

Global architecture studio MAD has unveiled ZGC International Innovation Center in Beijing, which features a curving green roof with rippled overhangs. Located in the Haidian district, the 65,000-square-metre conference centre has an organic shape with rounded, petal-like corners that extend from the building envelope to shade outdoor public spaces. “The centre’s biomorphic, clover-like form features

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Remix Studio elevates school campus in Shanghai on public podium

June 1, 2024 Jon Astbury 0

Architecture practice Remix Studio has completed a campus for Futian High School in Shanghai, designed as a “city in the city” and linked by colourful walkways and bridges. The large campus, which measures over 120,000 square metres, was designed by Remix Studio to challenge the country’s typical hermetic educational architecture and create a more open

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MAD reveals construction progress on Hainan Science Museum in China

May 29, 2024 Cajsa Carlson 0

Architecture studio MAD has unveiled construction photos of its Hainan Science Museum, as cladding is added to the facade of the “biomorphic” building. The latest photos show the exterior of the 46,000-square-metre building being covered in silvery fibre-reinforced plastic. This facade was designed for the tropical climate in Hainan, with open seams and water-guiding grooves

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Inuce designs Mountain Church of Julong as “more than just a place of worship”

May 27, 2024 Tom Ravenscroft 0

Architecture studio Inuce has created a church in the town of Julong near Quanzhou, China, which evokes the form of a biblical ark resting on a rock. Located at the foot of a mountain surrounded by forest and with views across the town, the Mountain Church of Julong references both the form and representation of

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Van Bergen Kolpa Architecten designs Vertical Farm Beijing as a “beacon in the city”

May 18, 2024 Jon Astbury 0

Dutch practice Van Bergen Kolpa Architecten has completed Vertical Farm Beijing, an innovation centre for urban fruit and vegetable production housed in a faceted greenhouse. Created for horticultural company AgriGarden and the Chinese Academy of Agricultural Science (CAAS), the centre was designed to demonstrate to both students and the general public how food can be

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HCCH Studio creates Twisted Brick Shell Library “to cuddle visitors” in China

May 11, 2024 Jon Astbury 0

Architecture practice HCCH Studio has created a shell-like brick pavilion in Longyou County, China, which draws on its agricultural surroundings. Aptly named Twisted Brick Shell Library, the pavilion is located on an area of farmland separated from the nearby city of Quzhou by the Quijiang River. HCCH Studio designed it as a multifunctional space where

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