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Kooo Architects creates Shanghai Freitag store in 1970s textile factory

April 5, 2023 Tom Ravenscroft 0

Japanese studio Kooo Architects has converted a 1970s textile factory in Shanghai into a store that aims to capture the ethos of messenger bag manufacturer Freitag. Located on an alley in the Xian-Suo district in central Shanghai, the store was designed to retain elements of the former state-run factory while incorporating reused material. Kooo Architects aimed

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Linehouse creates tactile restaurant with “Mediterranean soul” in Shanghai

March 27, 2023 Kate Jacobs 0

Design studio Linehouse has used natural, tactile materials for the interiors of the Coast restaurant in Shanghai for China’s casual dining brand Gaga. The restaurant is set inside a traditional mid-century Shikumen house – a blend of Western and Chinese architecture – with a renovated interior informed by its Mediterranean menu. “We aimed to create a deep

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Watch talks on the future of architecture education at the Global Dean’s Forum

January 16, 2023 Dezeen staff 0

Promotion: talks given by 13 deans and heads of department from major architecture schools at the Global Dean’s Forum hosted by Shanghai’s Tongji University are now available to stream online. Themed Design Education in a Transformational World, the forum took place on 15 December 2022 as part of the 70th-anniversary celebrations for Tongji University’s College

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Heatherwick Studio opens “first permanent overseas base” in Shanghai

December 16, 2022 Christina Yao 0

British designer Thomas Heatherwick’s studio has opened its first office outside of the UK at 1000 Trees in Shanghai, a commercial building designed by the practice that opened late last year. Its Shanghai studio will house a team of ten and be located on the fourth floor of the newly developed shopping centre, alongside the M50 art

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Tongji University’s College of Architecture and Urban Planning marks 70 years with Global Dean’s Forum

December 14, 2022 Dezeen staff 0

Promotion: Shanghai’s Tongji University is celebrating the 70th anniversary of its College of Architecture and Urban Planning with the Global Dean’s Forum, a day-long event bringing together 11 major architecture schools from around the world. Held on 15 December 2022, the event’s theme is focused on “Design Education in a Transformational World”. The event is

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Neri&Hu inserts shed into old lane house for Blue Bottle Coffee shop in Shanghai

December 9, 2022 Christina Yao 0

Chinese studio Neri&Hu has inserted a stainless-steel shed into a Shanghainese lane house for Blue Bottle Coffee’s latest coffee shop in Shanghai, which opened to the public last week. Located in Zhangyuan in one of the area’s 140-year-old traditional Shikumen mansions, Neri&Hu’s design for the coffee shop aims to evoke “an intimate and nostalgic experience

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Reflecting pool centres XC273 fashion boutique in former Shanghai towel factory

October 27, 2022 Ali Morris 0

Chinese studio Dongqi Design has turned a disused factory in Shanghai into a multi-brand fashion and lifestyle store, adding glossy marble and metal surfaces to offset its exposed concrete shell. Set across three floors, the XC273 retail space houses designer showrooms and pop-ups alongside a small cafe, as well as providing spaces for temporary exhibitions

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Atelier Tao+C creates serene timber and travertine reading room

October 12, 2022 Ali Morris 0

Two vacant ground-floor rooms and an adjoining greenhouse were knocked together and lined with bookshelves to form this private library, designed by Atelier Tao+C for a venture capital firm in Shanghai. Set in a converted 1980s house, which is home to the offices of VC fund Whales Capital, the reading room can accommodate up to

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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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