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Wutopia Lab reveals “shimmering whale” Shanghai museum with arched copper shell

May 16, 2023 Christina Yao 0

Chinese studio Wutopia Lab has created Copper Blockhouse, a multi-functional cultural space located inside a copper arch in Shanghai, China. The 405-square-metre structure was designed as the centrepiece of a creative industry park located in the Pudong district and will be used to host exhibitions, performances, lectures, parties, and even skateboarding events. Wutopia Lab used

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Linehouse designs Hong Kong hotel to evoke the comfort of home

May 12, 2023 Christina Yao 0

Shanghai-based interior studio Linehouse used natural materials and a muted colour palette to give the Ying’nFlo hotel in Wan Chai, Hong Kong, the feel of an inviting home. The hotel occupies the podium of a 24-story tower on a hilly street in Hong Kong. Its ground floor holds a series of communal spaces that Linehouse

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Cliffside hotel in China features cave-like pool with sea views

May 11, 2023 Christina Yao 0

Chinese interior studio GS Design has created the nature-informed Miyue Blue and White Island Pool Homestay near Shenzhen, China. Located in Nan’ao Subdistrict, the Miyue Blue and White Island Pool Homestay was designed to reference its surrounding environment. The exterior of the five-storey building is punctuated by a series of arched windows, inviting the surrounding natural landscape

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Daniel Boddam converts Sydney warehouse into calm and plant-filled office

May 11, 2023 Christina Yao 0

Local firm Daniel Boddam Studio has transformed a warehouse in Australia into a workplace for landscape design practice Wyer & Co, bringing nature into the space by using greenery and natural materials. “I saw the project as an extension of Wyer & Co’s desire to bring in nature,” said Daniel Boddam, founder of Daniel Boddam Studio.

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3D-printed walls added to abandoned wooden home to create Traditional House of the Future

May 10, 2023 Christina Yao 0

University of Hong Kong professors John Lin and Lidia Ratoi have combined an abandoned traditional wooden house in China with a 3D-printed structure. Named Traditional House of the Future, the prototype project is part of a government plan in Nanlong Village in southwest China to renovate hundreds of old wooden houses that have become dilapidated. The original house

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Neri&Hu clads Piaget’s Hong Kong boutique in ceramic tiles and bronze

April 27, 2023 Christina Yao 0

Chinese architecture studio Neri&Hu has designed a storefront for Swiss watchmaker and jeweller Piaget in Hong Kong, using handmade ceramic tiles that reference the heritage of both the brand and the site. The bespoke ceramic tiles, glazed in nuanced shades of deep blue and framed in bronze, have been neatly arranged on the storefront of

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Open Architecture models Chinese theatre on “ever-changing body of water”

April 12, 2023 Christina Yao 0

Chinese studio Open Architecture has revealed the visuals for Yichang Grand Theatre in China, which will have an amorphous form intended to evoke flowing water. The 70,000 square-meter theatre will be located at the Pinghu Peninsula in Hubei Province, at a site where the Yangtze River meets the Huangbai River tributary. Open Architecture’s proposal comprises

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Ma Yansong picks six highlights from Blueprint Beijing exhibition he curated

March 1, 2023 Christina Yao 0

Architect Ma Yansong, the curator of Blueprint Beijing, a feature exhibition exploring the future of the Chinese capital at the 2022 Beijing Biennial, shares six of his highlight installations from the show. Ma, the founding partner of Chinese architecture studio MAD, invited 20 architects and artists of different generations from around the world to present their

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Neri&Hu adds “glowing lantern” on top of Qujiang Museum of Fine Arts in Xi’an

February 28, 2023 Christina Yao 0

Chinese architecture studio Neri&Hu has added an extension to the Qujiang Museum of Fine Arts in Xi’an, China, that was designed to “serve as a source of illumination for the surrounding urban fabric”. Neri&Hu was invited to create a new extension for the east entry of the Qujiang Museum of Fine Arts, which is located

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BIG reveals pair of “simple prismatic” skyscrapers in Shenzhen

February 14, 2023 Christina Yao 0

Danish architecture studio BIG has unveiled the Qianhai Prisma Towers in Shenzhen, China, both comprised of leaning volumes tapering towards the sky. Set to be built on either side of the Shenzhen Hong Kong Plaza, a cultural development designed by Japanese studio Sou Fujimoto known as the “green belt”, the skyscrapers will be 300-metres and

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