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MVRDV completes library shaped like a giant eye in Chinese city Tianjin

November 4, 2017 India Block 0

Dutch firm MVRDV has built a public library that looks like a huge eye, as part of a new cultural district in Tianjin, China. The atrium of the Tianjin Binhai Public Library is deliberately designed to look like a 3D eyeball, staring out through the building’s glazed facade. The five-storey-high space is framed by floor-to-ceiling bookshelves, which are staggered at different levels to

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The Flagship VUE Hotel Has Opened In Beijing

November 2, 2017 Erin 0

Photography by CI&A Photography (Edward Hendricks)   Ministry of Design have recently completed the first flagship property of the VUE Hotel that’s located in Beijing, China. The designers took inspiration from the culture and heritage of the surrounding neighborhood and added a contemporary and whimsical twist.   Photography by CI&A Photography (Edward Hendricks) Surrounded by historic Hutong houses […]

The Flagship VUE Hotel Has Opened In Beijing

November 2, 2017 Erin 0

Photography by CI&A Photography (Edward Hendricks)   Ministry of Design have recently completed the first flagship property of the VUE Hotel that’s located in Beijing, China. The designers took inspiration from the culture and heritage of the surrounding neighborhood and added a contemporary and whimsical twist.   Photography by CI&A Photography (Edward Hendricks) Surrounded by historic Hutong houses […]

Stefano Boeri imagines dome-covered Mars colony with “vertical forests”

October 22, 2017 India Block 0

Stefano Boeri has suggested that a “new Shanghai” made up of “vertical forests” could be built on Mars, should rising sea levels render Earth uninhabitable. The ambitious Mars-based eco city envisioned by the Italian architect would be made up of his studio’s signature plant-covered towers built under giant sealed “space-proof” domes. The hypothetical project was dreamed up in response to

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Rural Urban Framework builds post-disaster housing in China featuring rooftop farms

October 21, 2017 Alyn Griffiths 0

Crops are planted on the roofs of these houses in China’s Sichuan Province, which were designed by Rural Urban Framework as a possible solution for accommodating people affected by natural disasters. Jintai Village is located near Guangyuan, Sichuan Province, which was one of the areas worst affected by the devastating Wenchuan Earthquake of 2008. The area also suffered floods

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Foster + Partners and Heatherwick Studio complete Shanghai skyscraper duo

October 12, 2017 Jessica Mairs 0

Foster + Partners and Heatherwick Studio teamed up to design this pair of 180-metre skyscrapers, which stand at the intersection of Shanghai’s old town and a new financial district, the Bund Finance Centre. The “landmark” towers are located on the south side of the Bund Finance Centre, a 420,000-square-metre masterplan developed by the two studios. Located on

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Latticed shell of SOM’s Beijing tower is based on traditional Chinese paper lanterns

October 3, 2017 India Block 0

The faceted exoskeleton of the tallest of these three office towers in Beijing by Skidmore Owings & Merrill is inspired by the patterns created by the folds on paper lanterns. The concertinaed external layer of the main tower of SOM’s Poly International Plaza creates a thermal envelope around office spaces, which are enclosed in a second layer of interior glazing. The

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MAD creates inflatable pavilion shaped like a rabbit’s head

October 1, 2017 Gunseli Yalcinkaya 0

For this year’s Beijing Design Week, architecture studio MAD has created an inflatable pavilion with two big floppy ears. Beijing-based MAD created the giant-rabbit-shaped pavilion in a hutong – one of the city’s old courtyard-house neighbourhoods – near Lama Temple. Titled Wonderland, it is designed to provide a public space where children in the area can meet and play

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Demand for overseas architects booms in China’s “open and free climate”

September 29, 2017 Marcus Fairs 0

China is emerging as a key destination for international architects, with experienced designers flocking to take up jobs in the country. China’s booming construction scene is fuelling the demand, with Chinese architecture studios keen to hire foreign talent both for domestic projects and for their growing work outside their home nation. “There are many foreign

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