Christina Yao

Linehouse adds translucent sloping facade to Shanghai food market

November 25, 2025 Christina Yao 0

Architecture studio Linehouse has transformed an old railway station in Shanghai, China, into a food market by adding a series of translucent sloping screens to create a new facade. The three-storey market, named Ink Ink Market, is located within a residential neighbourhood that was formerly occupied by the Tiantong’an Railway Station. To update the building,

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BIG unveils Suzhou Museum of Contemporary Art topped with ribbon-like roof

November 11, 2025 Christina Yao 0

The Suzhou Museum of Contemporary Art in China, designed by BIG in collaboration with ARTS Group and Front Inc, has been revealed ahead of its opening later next year. Located along the Jinji Lake waterfront in Suzhou, the 60,000 square-metre museum comprises 12 pavilions under a continuous roof informed by the tiled eaves of traditional

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Open Architecture designs conical Sun Tower as “giant sundial”

November 4, 2024 Christina Yao 0

Chinese studio Open Architecture has completed the 50-metre-tall Sun Tower, which has a conical concrete form designed to follow the path of the sun, in Yantai, northeast China. Located in Yantai’s Yeda Development Zone, the cultural and community venue comprises exhibition spaces, a semi-outdoor theatre, a library, a viewing deck, a cafe and a bar. According

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Neri&Hu creates “urban oasis” for Artyzen New Bund 31 hotel in Shanghai

October 23, 2024 Christina Yao 0

Chinese studio Neri&Hu has completed a hotel in Shanghai alongside the New Bund Performing Arts Centre, which was also designed by the studio. Located in Pudong District, Artyzen New Bund 31 hotel forms part of a larger development called Qiantan, which includes an office tower and a shopping centre. The hotel, which is connected directly

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BVN tops Sydney’s brutalist Sirius building with copper-pod extensions

October 16, 2024 Christina Yao 0

Architecture studio BVN has retrofitted the 1970s brutalist Sirius building in Sydney, Australia, and extended it with a series of copper-clad pods. The studio renovated the distinctive, brutalist housing project located near Sydney Harbour, which was designed in 1979 by Dutch architect Tao Gofers. BVN a competition to redesign the building in 2019 following a campaign

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Dezeen’s Global China exhibition spotlights cultural collaboration

October 10, 2024 Christina Yao 0

Models, sketches and photos of works by architects and designers including Neri&Hu, Büro Ole Scheeren, Paul Priestman and FOG Architecture feature in Dezeen’s Global China: Connecting The World Through Design exhibition in Shanghai Taking place during the World Design Cities Conference (WDCC) in Shanghai last month, Global China: Connecting The World Through Design showcased work

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Arthur Mamou-Mani creates rattan viewing tower for AI light show in Bali

September 27, 2024 Christina Yao 0

French architect Arthur Mamou-Mani has completed the 30-metre-high, rattan and ironwood Tri Hita Karana Tower on a beach in Bali, Indonesia. Located on top of the black sand beach of Nyanyi within the resort of Nuanu City, the 30-metre-tall THK Tower officially opens to the public tomorrow. According to Mamou-Mani, the tower was informed by

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Dezeen to host Global China architecture and design exhibition in Shanghai

September 24, 2024 Christina Yao 0

Dezeen has curated an exhibition during the World Design Cities Conference in Shanghai to showcase works by Chinese and international architects and designers that successfully bridge east and west. Titled Global China: Connecting the World Through Design, the exhibition will take place from 27 to 30 September in Shanghai. It will feature six architecture and

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Schmidt Hammer Lassen’s Beijing Art Centre evokes the site’s granary history

September 8, 2024 Christina Yao 0

Danish architecture studio Schmidt Hammer Lassen has completed a multi-functional art centre in Beijing, referencing the shape of a granary that once occupied the site. Located in the Tongzhou district in east Beijing, China, the centre sits near the starting point of the over 2,500-year-old Grand Canal and comprises an opera house, a theatre and

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Various Associates creates irregular pyramid-shaped flagship store for DJI

September 3, 2024 Christina Yao 0

Chinese interior studio Various Associates has completed an irregular pyramid-shaped flagship store for drone brand DJI in Shenzhen, China. Located at OCT Harbour on the shores of Shenzhen Bay, the flagship store was designed to demonstrate the Chinese drone company’s latest technology. The 4000-square-metre store contains spaces for product display, a gallery, customer service area and

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