At This Bookstore in Wuhan, China, Light Represents Knowledge and Emotion
The first of nine case studies on lighting strategies across global interiors, the Hubei Foreign Language Bookstore considers light's symbolic nature.
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A Campus for the 2022 Asian Games Blossoms in Hangzhou
The complex sprawls over a 4.3 million-square-foot project site—with an 80,000-seat, lotus-inspired stadium at its center.
With Its Serene Amphitheater, Neri&Hu's "Introverted" Aranya Art Center Completes in China
The museum, located in Qinhaungdao and northeast of Beijing, also features an imposing facade of angled concrete panels.
Hong Kong’s New High-Speed Rail Station Aims to Become a Vibrant Public Space
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
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.
Gensler Creates a Showcase of Sustainable Design Near Shanghai
Johnson Controls' 378,000-square-foot Asia Pacific Headquarters aims to be a new symbol of China’s environmental coming-of-age.
BIG Completes Pair of Skyscrapers in Shenzhen, China
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.
Studio Libeskind’s First Building in China Honors the Past While Proposing a Future Vision
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.
Opinion: When It Comes to Being Good Neighbors, Look East
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
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
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
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
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
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
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?
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
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
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
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.
On China's Problem with "Weird" Architecture
How seriously should architects take Xi Jinping’s remarks on unusual buildings?
