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Architects in China adapting to more sustainable and culturally relevant skyscrapers after supertall ban

May 12, 2022 Christina Yao 0

China’s decision to ban supertall skyscrapers “will not hinder the potential of architecture” and is in fact leading to more sustainable, culturally sensitive buildings, architects have told Dezeen. After the Chinese government announced a full ban on skyscrapers taller than 500 metres last October, architecture firms working in the country have had to adjust their

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“Projects on hold” as China’s Covid lockdown hits architects and designers

March 21, 2022 Christina Yao 0

Coronavirus lockdowns in major cities in China are impacting architecture projects, causing design fairs to be cancelled and triggering concerns over global supply chains. With the country experiencing record levels of Covid cases, businesses in Shenzhen, Shanghai and other affected regions have had to close or switch to remote working. Rossana Hu, co-founder of Shanghai

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Neri&Hu adds mesh-clad guesthouse to Shenzhen urban village

March 1, 2022 Christina Yao 0

Chinese studio Neri&Hu has converted a nine-storey residential building in Nantou City, Shenzhen, into a guesthouse wrapped in a metal mesh. The Shanghai-based studio aimed to reflect the cultural heritage of buildings in the Nantou City urban village within its design for the guesthouse. It stripped back and cut open the original building’s structure to reveal different

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Open Architecture reveals design for Sun Tower in China

February 27, 2022 Christina Yao 0

Chinese studio Open Architecture has unveiled its design for a viewing tower in the coastal city of Yantai in the north east of China. The Beijing-based architecture studio designed the 50-metre-high tower to look like a giant sundial. The form of the tower, which will act as a landmark in the city’s new coastal district, was informed by

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Linehouse designs Shanghai restaurant informed by New Wave art movement

February 18, 2022 Christina Yao 0

Design studio Linehouse has filled a restaurant in a Shanghai art museum with mirrors and arched details informed by eastern and western art and design. Located inside the UCCA Edge museum, the New Wave by Da Vittorio restaurant was named after the original UCCA museum’s opening exhibition The New Wave Art Movement, which also set the

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Twelve Chinese architecture projects completing in the Year of the Tiger

February 1, 2022 Christina Yao 0

This week China celebrates Chinese New Year. To mark the festivities, Dezeen has rounded up 12 major Chinese architecture projects set to complete in the Year of the Tiger. DJI Headquarters, Shenzhen, by Foster + Partners Designed by Foster + Partners, this headquarters for a robotics company will have a pair of towers made of stacked

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Linehouse designs space-themed cafe in Shanghai for creator of “Australia’s most Instagrammed dessert”

January 12, 2022 Christina Yao 0

Design studio Linehouse combined stainless steel and meteorites to create a space-themed cafe in central Shanghai as Australian chain Black Star Pastry’s first Chinese outpost. The ground floor of the red-brick villa serves as a coffee and pastry shop for Black Star Pastry, which is famous for selling a Strawberry Watermelon Cake that was dubbed “Australia’s most Instagrammed

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Rossana Hu named chair of the department of architecture at Tongji University

December 30, 2021 Christina Yao 0

Rossana Hu of Neri&Hu has been appointed chair of the department of architecture at Tongji University in Shanghai, becoming the first woman to hold the position. The architect and founding partner of design studio Neri&Hu was appointed to the position at Tongi University’s College of Architecture and Urban Planning (CAUP) on 21 December. “I am

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Dezeen’s top 10 Chinese architecture projects of 2021

December 17, 2021 Christina Yao 0

At the end of yet another big year for Chinese architecture, Dezeen’s China editor Christina Yao continues our review of 2021 by picking out 10 of the most impressive projects completed in the past 12 months. Hometown Moon, Tai’an, by Syn Architects Set in the dramatic landscape surrounding Mount Tai, this ceremonial hall is topped

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Eight projects by young Chinese architects that “challenge Western understanding of sustainability”

December 9, 2021 Christina Yao 0

Long Museum West Bund by Atelier Deshaus

An exhibition highlighting a new generation of Chinese architects who prioritise social, cultural and environmental sustainability in their work is currently on display at the Museum of Modern Art in New York. Named Reuse, Renew, Recycle: Recent Architecture from China, the exhibition was curated by the Museum of Modern Art (MoMA) to spotlight emerging and

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