May 06
The Kanas Lake Performance Theatre is a multi-purpose theatre designed by Broadway Maylan for the Provincial Government, located in the Xinjiang province of North West China. Set in an area of outstanding natural beauty, the theatre will provide a 1,200 seat auditoria for performance art including theatre, opera, musicals and dance.
Apr 30
Boston-based architect, Preston Scott Cohen has designed a stunning new library building in Datong, China. Description from Preston Scott Cohen: Datong Library aims to resolve the tension between the two major roles of a central library: as a place of community promenade and gathering and as an archive of knowledge and quite place of study. The form of the …
Apr 29
AZL Architects have designed a four-storey house with layered concrete walls, in Laoshan Forest to the west of central Nanjing city, China International Practical Exhibition of Architecture (CIPEA), The Number Four “Blockhouse”. The Number Four “Blockhouse” sits on a particularly valley site, nestling the house into the landscape. In the spirit of a pagoda, four cubic floors are stacked vertically, …
Apr 28
Masterplan competition for Shang Fang Mountain Three Gardens’ project. The site is located in the beautiful Stone Lake at Suzhou, adjacent to the famous Shang Fang Mountain and numbers of existing culture tourism attractions. The Masterplan framework aims to explore the natural beauty of the Stone Lake and create the contrast to the traditional Suzhou …
Apr 25
MVRDV and Aedas have started construction on a Central Business District at Shanghai?s mostly domestic airport Hongqiao. The 4.5ha site is located near Hongqiao Airport train station at the corner of Shenhai Express Way and Shenbin Road. The plan comprises of ten office towers, an underground shopping centre, cultural program, parking and a sunken plaza …
Apr 20
The latest generation of Nike Free was introduced in Beijing’s 798 art district in an environment designed to highlight the natural motion running franchise’s pedigree of athletic innovation and enhanced aesthetics. The installation was divided into three key spaces: The A-Z of Nike Free; The Track; The Finish Line. The first drew inspiration from the …
Mar 27
Under construction project in Tianjin, China, Sinosteel International Plaza is a mixed use development designed by MAD Architects, and consist of 2 towers, an 358 meters office tower and a smaller hotel of 88 meters.The design concept combines geometry, structure and cultural symbolism as a repetitive motif: a hexagonal façade, multiplying and evolving across the building. This façade is made up of …
Mar 20
PH Conditioner Skyscraper designed by Hao Tian, Huang Haiyang & Shi Jianwei has won an Honorable mention from the eVolo 2013 Skyscraper Competition. The outbreak of the Industrial Revolution in Europe, since 1750, unavoidably brought severe environmental pollution. The most explicit consequence is the Acid Deposition caused by waste of large-scale industrial production. Produced by the fossil …
Mar 19
Description from LAVA: Home of the Future, on the rooftop of a new furniture mall in Beijing, is a showcase for future living, with nature, technology and man in a new harmony. An ETFE geodesic sky dome provides a year-round microclimate that opens up the home to a garden filled with sun, light and fresh …
Mar 14
Description from Coop Himmelb(l)au: The new Grand Theater and the International Culture & Art Center are located in the Daheexi District on the northeastern side of the new Changsha Meixi Lake, opposite to “Yuelu” hill/mountain. The beautiful landscape scenery of the Meixi Lake drives the overall concept of the project by arranging the architectural parts …
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