IILab. overhauls a former tile factory hotel in rural Beijing to become a source of cultural preservation and economic regeneration…
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MAD Architects designs kindergarten that skirts 18th-century Siheyuan courtyard in Beijing
In 2017, MAD Architects was commissioned to design a kindergarten next to a senior citizens’ apartment in Beijing, reflecting the client’s “intergenerational integration” ethos that blends pre-school education and eldercare. The subject site, covering an…
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Architecture Culture Interiors Public Institution
Neri&Hu transforms former drab sales office into Junshan Cultural Center in Beijing
Located just outside of Beijing amid the undulating mountain ranges and meandering rivers near the Miyun Reservoir, Junshan Cultural Center was formerly a two-storey sales building. Acclaimed practice Neri&Hu Design and Research Office was…
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Architecture Interiors Retail design
AIM Architecture’s interiors for Harmay in Beijing transforms industrial warehouse into fun contemporary space
Shanghai-based practice AIM Architecture, founded by Wendy Saunders and Vincent de Graaf, has designed the new retail store and warehouse for Chinese apothecary brand Harmay located in the Chaoyang district in Beijing. The new…
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Open Architecture has announced the topping out of its project Chapel of Sound, with the pouring of its broad concrete roof. The project, which is expected to open in 2020, includes a semi-outdoor amphitheater,…
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Architecture Office design
Leeza SOHO by Zaha Hadid Architects in Beijing features the world’s tallest atrium
Zaha Hadid Architects-designed Leeza SOHO is now open. Located on Lize Road in southwest Beijing, the 45-storey 172,800m² tower anchors the new Fengtai business district – a growing financial and transport hub between the…
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MAD Architects completes installation of Hutong Bubble 218 project in Beijing
MAD Architects has installed a number of organically-shaped bubbles into the urban landscape of Beijing’s Qianmen district to provide new space, new functions and incentives for young people s to return to the area.…