GOA completes the Earth Valley Theater in Yaohu Village near Yixing, Wuxi, as a 9,200 square metre open air venue designed around interaction between people and birds. Completed in 2025, the project occupies a naturally formed T shaped valley in the Mingling Mountains and combines a 2,300 seat amphitheater with aviaries, public spaces, planted areas […] More
Architecture often arrives with certainty. It defines edges, fixes boundaries, and imposes permanence on places that rarely remain still. Studio 10 takes a different approach with the Wetland Caves Pavilion in Longyou County, Zhejiang. Instead of resisting the wetland’s annual transformation, the project accepts change as its defining condition, creating a pavilion that participates in […] More
Studio InTo completes Sanshan Laichi Xialang Valley Retreat in Xialang Village, Huizhou, Guangdong Province, China, at the foot of Mount Luofu and southeast of Fayun Temple. Surrounded by bamboo groves, streams, and gently changing terrain, the guesthouse responds to the humid, rainy climate of the Lingnan mountain region through a spatial system built around courtyards, […] More
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