China Archives - Metropolis

Hong Kong’s New High-Speed Rail Station Aims to Become a Vibrant Public Space

Petra Loho,

Designed by Andrew Bromberg at Aedas and perched next to Victoria Harbour, the station features a 700-tree green roof and a 147-foot-tall main hall.

GAME CHANGERS: Neri&Hu Is Defining Chinese Design Today

Lila Allen,

Lyndon Neri and Rossana Hu’s Shanghai-based atelier has generated a prolific output of design ranging from hospitality and retail interiors to cultural architecture and product.

Johnson Controls Asia Headquarters Gensler

Gensler Creates a Showcase of Sustainable Design Near Shanghai

Austin Williams,

Johnson Controls' 378,000-square-foot Asia Pacific Headquarters aims to be a new symbol of China’s environmental coming-of-age.

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BIG Completes Pair of Skyscrapers in Shenzhen, China

Zachary Edelson,

The facade of the office towers, which contain approximately 1,000,000 square feet of space, features a low-tech solution to resisting solar heat gains.

Daniel Libeskind Industrial Museum China

Studio Libeskind’s First Building in China Honors the Past While Proposing a Future Vision

Heather Corcoran,

For the Zhang ZhiDong and Modern Industrial Museum in central China, Daniel Libeskind creates a dramatic new urban landmark steeped in the history of Wuhan.

China Quinghai International Carpet Expo

Opinion: When It Comes to Being Good Neighbors, Look East

Susan Szenasy,

Metropolis's director of design innovation discusses her experiences at a carpet exhibition in Xinging, which demonstrated China’s efforts to connect with the livelihoods of a polyglot regional economy.

Ole Scheeren’s Guardian Art Center is a Hybrid of Culture and Commerce

Anna Fixsen,

The Forbidden City has for centuries marked Beijing’s geographic and symbolic center of gravity. Now, just two blocks East, a glimmering new…

Fumihiko Maki–designed Design Society Opens in Shenzhen

Catherine Shaw,

Working in collaboration with London's V&A Museum, the institution aims to be a “social space” for the local community and design professionals alike.

Iwan Baan Photographs MAD Architects–Designed Chaoyang Park Plaza

Zachary Edelson,

The project's architecture takes cues from traditional Chinese Shan shui paintings, with its office towers' inky, undulating exterior evoking the genre's dramatic mountain peaks.

Life in the Dying Urban Village: A Photographic Journey into Baishizhou

Frank Wang,

Less than forty years ago, Shenzhen was a small trading town of fewer than thirty thousand people. You can still find traces of its past in the twisted alleyways and crowded courtyards of Baishizhou.

The Art of Unfinished Spaces: An Interview with Pei Zhu

Vladimir Belogolovsky,

Leading Chinese architect Pei Zhu on working without a signature style, taking nature as inspiration, and crafting unfinished spaces.

Shenzhen Moves Beyond Its Manufacturing Past, Embraces Design Future

Brendan Cormier,

The young Chinese city is shedding its reputation for cheap or counterfeit goods and being recognized as an international design and manufacturing powerhouse.

Wetland Restoration: A New Driver for Development in China?

Zach Mortice,

Instead of draining a wetland to help build a city, AECOM is filling and restoring one.

Georg Jensen’s First Showroom in China: A Curated, Culinary Experience

Ray Hu,

The Georg Jensen Hus, the Danish silver purveyor's first showroom in mainland China, is a highly curated and culinary experience.

Q&A: Beijing Design Week's Beatrice Leanza

Paul Makovsky,

The creative director of the 15-day event on preserving Beijing's hutong districts, urban-renewal strategies, and China's rising design scene

Liam Casey Plans to Disrupt Manufacturing—by Producing Less

Starre Vartan,

Can making less help us innovate more? This supply-chain guru, who has worked with giants like Apple, is forging connections between sustainable manufacturing and emerging entrepreneurs.