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Neri&Hu converts textile factory into headquarters for Chinese pastry brand

November 9, 2022 Christina Yao 0

Chinese architecture studio Neri&Hu has inserted a concrete volume into an old brick warehouse to create a head office and retail store for pastry brand Lao Ding Feng in Beijing, China. Located near the Northeast 5th Ring Road in Beijing, Neri&Hu converted the former textile production factory into Lao Ding Feng’s headquarters as well as a

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One Plus Partnership adds sculptural stage spotlights to Shenzhen cinema

November 8, 2022 Christina Yao 0

Chinese studio One Plus Partnership used reflective bronze panels and a variety of spotlights to create a light-and-shadow effect at the Wan Fat Jinyi cinema in Shenzhen, China. The studio chose “stage lighting” as the theme of the interiors to match the concept of the cinema, which caters to both film screenings and live performances.

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Cun Panda designs escape room with tree at its centre for Chinese game company

October 25, 2022 Christina Yao 0

Chinese studio Cun Panda has created a flexible space for immersive game company Qian Hu Zhi Wu in Xiamen, China, that features a silver-foil-clad tree, acrylic seats and mirror installations. The local game company runs 14 escape rooms in China. Cun Panda’s design for its latest space measures 330 square metres and was designed with

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FOG Architecture creates kinetic display for Super Seed’s Hangzhou store

October 14, 2022 Christina Yao 0

Chinese studio FOG Architecture has added over a hundred moving display boxes to skincare brand Super Seed’s latest retail store in Hangzhou, China. The studio installed 168 kinetic semitransparent acrylic boxes in the main product display area of the 300-square-metre store. Its aim was for the boxes to help create a variety of different display

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Schmidt Hammer Lassen wraps China’s biggest library in marble-printed glass facade

September 30, 2022 Christina Yao 0

The long-awaited Shanghai Library East designed by Danish studio Schmidt Hammer Lassen Architects has opened to the public in China. The 115,000-square-metre Shanghai Library East, located in the Pudong district of Shanghai, is the biggest library in the country. Schmidt Hammer Lassen designed its monumental shape in reference to a unique type of stone from

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Neri&Hu creates “nomadic” office interiors for Shanghai media company

September 20, 2022 Christina Yao 0
Red Plus studio by Neri&Hu

Chinese architecture studio Neri&Hu has designed a flexible office space in Shanghai for the changing needs of media company Red+Plus Studio’s employees. The Shanghai-based studio stripped back the 529-square-metre space, located on the second floor of a factory building within a former industrial campus, by removing numerous layers of previous renovations. The concrete structure of the building was left exposed

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Muda Architects models Tianfu Museum of Chinese Medicine on yin-yang symbol

August 23, 2022 Christina Yao 0
Aerial visual of Tianfu Museum of Chinese Medicine

Chinese studio Muda Architects has revealed its design of a museum in Chengdu that will be dedicated to the history of Chinese medicine and arranged in the shape of the yin-yang symbol. Named the Tianfu Museum of Chinese Medicine, the 13,000-square-metre building will occupy a site beside Huitong lake in Pengzhou. Local studio Muda Architects’

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Chapel of Sound in China is given a “science-fiction vibe” in new video

August 8, 2022 Christina Yao 0
Rock-like Chapel of Sound building in China

An otherwordly character explores the Chapel of Sound, a rock-like concert hall designed by Chinese studio Open Architecture, in this science-fiction-informed video by Xia Zhi. Nestled in a valley next to the ruins of the Great Wall of China outside Beijing, the project was completed in November last year. “When I first saw the building,

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Traditional Chinese roof tiles decorate the interior of Blue Bottle Coffee shop in Shanghai

August 5, 2022 Christina Yao 0
Brick-clad bar in Blue Bottle Coffee shop

Japanese studio Keiji Ashizawa Design has used traditional Chinese roof tiles as the key material at Blue Bottle Coffee’s latest shop in Shanghai to celebrate local culture. Set to open on Friday, the cafe is located on the first and second floors of a building connected to the Kerry Centre in downtown Shanghai, close to

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Metaverse real estate community The Row launches with six architectural designs by artists

July 27, 2022 Christina Yao 0
Make room for us by Six N. Five

Designers have created a number of virtual buildings for metaverse community The Row, including a giant statue turned into a house designed by Daniel Arsham and a home that changes colour during the day. Members-only metaverse community The Row has launched with 30 virtual properties created by artists including Arsham, Misha Kahn, Andrés Reisinger, Alexis

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