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Shenzhen museum surveys design industry’s development with opening exhibitions

December 29, 2017 Natasha Levy 0

A timber pavilion constructed by a robot and a flat-pack chair from the 1700s are among the objects included in the first exhibitions at the Design Society museum in Shenzhen, within spaces designed by MVRDV and Sam Jacob. Design Society officially opened to the public on 2 December this year in a building designed by Japanese architect Fumihiko Maki for

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Design Society museum in Shenzhen surveys the industry’s development with opening exhibitions

December 29, 2017 Natasha Levy 0

A timber pavilion constructed by a robot and a flat-pack chair from the 18th century are among the objects included in the first exhibitions at the V&A-backed Design Society museum in Shenzhen, within spaces designed by MVRDV and Sam Jacob. Design Society officially opened to the public on 2 December 2017, in a building designed by Japanese architect Fumihiko Maki for

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Design Society museum in Shenzhen surveys the industry’s development with opening exhibitions

December 29, 2017 Natasha Levy 0

A timber pavilion constructed by a robot and a flat-pack chair from the 18th century are among the objects included in the first exhibitions at the V&A-backed Design Society museum in Shenzhen, within spaces designed by MVRDV and Sam Jacob. Design Society officially opened to the public on 2 December 2017, in a building designed by Japanese architect Fumihiko Maki for

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The Pure House Boutique Hotel By Yueji Architectural Design Office

December 27, 2017 Erin 0

  Yueji Architectural Design Office have recently completed the Pure House Boutique Hotel, located in Dali, a city in China’s southwestern Yunnan province.   The architects worked with interior design firm SIGNYAN DESIGN to complete the look of the hotel. The hotel has a variety of public spaces, like a living room with a black fireplace, and […]

The Pure House Boutique Hotel By Yueji Architectural Design Office

December 27, 2017 Erin 0

  Yueji Architectural Design Office have recently completed the Pure House Boutique Hotel, located in Dali, a city in China’s southwestern Yunnan province.   The architects worked with interior design firm SIGNYAN DESIGN to complete the look of the hotel. The hotel has a variety of public spaces, like a living room with a black fireplace, and […]

The Pure House Boutique Hotel By Yueji Architectural Design Office

December 27, 2017 Erin 0

  Yueji Architectural Design Office have recently completed the Pure House Boutique Hotel, located in Dali, a city in China’s southwestern Yunnan province.   The architects worked with interior design firm SIGNYAN DESIGN to complete the look of the hotel. The hotel has a variety of public spaces, like a living room with a black fireplace, and […]

The Pure House Boutique Hotel By Yueji Architectural Design Office

December 27, 2017 Erin 0

  Yueji Architectural Design Office have recently completed the Pure House Boutique Hotel, located in Dali, a city in China’s southwestern Yunnan province.   The architects worked with interior design firm SIGNYAN DESIGN to complete the look of the hotel. The hotel has a variety of public spaces, like a living room with a black fireplace, and […]

World Landscape of the Year 2017 teaches people about China’s farming history, says Turenscape

December 18, 2017 Sebastian Jordahn 0

The Chinese rice farm that was recently named World Landscape of the Year is designed to teach people about traditional agriculture, according to Stanley Lung of landscape architecture firm Turenscape.  Located in China’s Hunan Province, the farm forms part of the Chengtoushan Archaeological Park. It features a network of pathways that allow visitors to walk freely through paddy fields, observing

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Chengdu cafe features interiors inspired by Wes Anderson’s The Grand Budapest Hotel

December 16, 2017 Gunseli Yalcinkaya 0

Melbourne studio Biasol combined marble surfaces with geometric elevations and pastel hues as a nod to Wes Anderson’s film The Grand Budapest Hotel for this cafe in Chengdu, China. The Budapest Cafe is located in the Chengdu, capital of China’s Sichuan province, but its owners specifically chose an Australian design studio to create an environment that would appeal

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Penda inserts house-shaped opening into facade of hotel in Beijing’s XinXian Hutong

December 15, 2017 Alyn Griffiths 0

A gabled opening that references the forms of traditional hutong houses marks the entrance to this hotel in Beijing by architecture studio Penda. The XinXian Inn Hotel is located in the Dongcheng District of central Beijing, where there are many traditional courtyard houses that are now hidden behind modern commercial developments. Penda, which has offices

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