Mix Architecture completed Red Box in Nanjing as a compact commercial structure defined entirely by red concrete. The project sits within the former industrial grounds of the Nanjing Combat Machinery Factory, established in the 1950s and later integrated into Red Mountain Park. The architects approached the building as a physical response to layered meanings of […] More
Located in Chengdu, South Golden Bay forms part of the central core lake area of Luxelakes and operates as a model island within the larger development. Designed by Chengdu MaiWei Landscape Architecture Studio, the 4,976-square-meter project presents an integrated approach to ecological restoration, landscape planning, and architectural coordination. Completed in July 2023 for Chengdu Wanhua […] More
Zaha Hadid Architects has been commissioned to design the Qiantang Bay Cultural District in Hangzhou, China, a large-scale civic and cultural development anchored by a new Central Water Axis along the Zhedong Canal. The project transforms former industrial areas within Hangzhou’s Xiaoshan district into a continuous green corridor, positioning landscape, culture, and public life as […] More
The Shunde Yunlu Wetland Museum is a cultural and ecological project located within Yunlu Wetland Park in Shunde, China, adjacent to an ecological island inhabited by approximately 25,000 egrets. Designed by Studio Link-Arc, the project combines a bird-watching tower and a wetland museum, positioning architecture as a quiet mediator between visitors and a fragile natural […] More
Espace Gabrielle Chanel, a new public library devoted to contemporary art, opens on the third floor of Shanghai’s Power Station of Art (PSA). Created with support from Chanel, the 18,000 square foot space offers a major resource for reading, research, and study, with more than 50,000 books and audio editions forming one of the largest […] More
Superimpose Architecture has unveiled The Culture Shift, a striking new civic landmark in Dongguan, China. Located at the core of the rapidly evolving Greater Bay Area, the project embodies the city’s dynamic urban transformation while offering a progressive vision for contemporary civic architecture. MIXED USE Conceived as a “terraced landscape for culture, work, and community,” […] More
Zaha Hadid Architects has announced the structural topping out of the Yidan Center in Shenzhen, a new cultural and educational hub that will serve as the international headquarters of the Yidan Prize and home to the Chen Yidan Foundation. Designed as a site for research, exhibitions, and public programming, the building anchors a new cultural […] More
The Dream Theater project at Shanghai Pinghe School’s Jinding Campus positions education inside the logic of the city rather than apart from it. Designed by c+d studio, the campus rejects the closed, self-contained academic model and instead treats its high-density site as an opportunity to turn the school into an active fragment of the new […] More
Zaha Hadid Architects have completed the Grand Canal Gateway Bridge in Hangzhou, China, a 390-metre-long structure that serves as the centrepiece of the city’s new 14.7-hectare River Middle public park. When it opens later this year, the bridge will link the east and west banks of the 800,000-square-metre Seamless City masterplan, reconnecting Hangzhou’s urban development with […] More
In the Lin-gang Special Area of Shanghai, c+d studio has completed Island City Life, a new campus for the Shanghai High School Senior Division that redefines the relationship between education, landscape, and urban life. Surrounded on three sides by greenery and water, the 48-class residential high school responds to the challenge of density, integration, and […] More
Located in the old town of Guangling Road in Yangzhou, Jiangnan House Yangzhou Guangling transforms a site layered with history into a modern hospitality destination. Once home to the Subei Cinema, the project is part of the first phase of Guangling Ancient City’s urban renewal program, spearheaded by Architecture and Engineering Co., Ltd. of Southeast […] More
Kengo Kuma & Associates have completed the UCCA Clay Museum in Yixing, Jiangsu Province, opening in October 2024. Known as China’s “ceramic capital,” Yixing has been renowned for over a thousand years for its purple clay pottery. The new museum, which spans 3,437 square meters across two floors and one basement level, is dedicated to […] More