Shanghai

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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SOM unveils “cloud-like” headquarters for Alibaba in Shanghai

July 26, 2022 Katie Last 0

Architecture studio Skidmore, Owings & Merrill has revealed its design for a headquarters for global technology company Alibaba in Shanghai’s Xuhui District. The 75,000 square-metre building will consist of a group of cuboid-shaped modules containing office space arranged in a form that Skidmore, Owings & Merrill (SOM) liken to a cloud. “Pushing and pulling the interior spaces

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Sculptural partitions shape blue-tinged interior of Taste of Dadong restaurant in Shanghai

May 8, 2022 Natasha Levy 0

Curved partitions inside blue restaurant

Huge curving walls divide the blue-lit dining spaces inside this restaurant in Shanghai, designed by Chinese studio AD Architecture. Conceived by AD Architecture to deliver an “emotional”, dream-like dining experience, Taste of Dadong is steeped in an inky-blue light that seeps from LED panels in the walls and hidden strip lighting in the ceiling. Carving

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Linehouse designs Shanghai restaurant informed by New Wave art movement

February 18, 2022 Christina Yao 0

Design studio Linehouse has filled a restaurant in a Shanghai art museum with mirrors and arched details informed by eastern and western art and design. Located inside the UCCA Edge museum, the New Wave by Da Vittorio restaurant was named after the original UCCA museum’s opening exhibition The New Wave Art Movement, which also set the

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A snaking Shanghai bridge features in today’s Dezeen Weekly newsletter

January 27, 2022 Karen Anderson 0

The latest edition of our Dezeen Weekly newsletter features a bridge that incorporates spaces for play, rest and planting. Brearley Architects + Urbanists (BAU) created a bridge connecting two areas of wetland across Shanghai’s Yuandang Lake. The 586-metre-long bridge for cyclists and pedestrians is a “hybrid structure”, blending architecture, infrastructure and landscape with the existing

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BAU designs winding bridge in China as a “hybrid” of landscape and infrastructure

January 20, 2022 Jon Astbury 0

Aerial view of bridge over Yuandang Lake

A snaking bridge that incorporates spaces for play, rest and planting connects two areas of wetland across Shanghai’s Yuandang Lake, in this project by Brearley Architects + Urbanists. The China and Australia-based Brearley Architects + Urbanists (BAU) designed the 586-metre bridge for cyclists and pedestrians as a “hybrid structure”, blending architecture, infrastructure and landscape with

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Drone video showcases exterior of 1,000 Trees by Heatherwick Studio

January 19, 2022 Lizzie Crook 0

This drone video captures the exterior of 1,000 Trees, a shopping centre in China that Thomas Heatherwick’s studio designed to resemble a greenery-covered mountain. Recently opened in Shanghai, the building is covered with 1,000 structural columns that Heatherwick Studio has turned into planters for over 1,000 trees and 250,000 plants. In the video, the planters

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“We all need places that trigger a response” says Thomas Heatherwick

January 13, 2022 Tom Ravenscroft 0

With Thomas Heatherwick’s controversial 1,000 Trees project recently opening in Shanghai, the British designer told Dezeen why he believes the top of structural columns is “the best possible place” to plant trees in this exclusive interview. Heatherwick designed the project to be a distinctive shopping centre that he hopes will become the “heart of a

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Thomas Heatherwick unveils 1,000 Trees shopping centre in Shanghai

January 12, 2022 Tom Ravenscroft 0

British designer Thomas Heatherwick has unveiled a plant-covered shopping centre in Shanghai, China, that incorporates over 1,000 trees and 250,000 plants. Named 1,000 Trees to reference its planting, the nine-storey building was designed to resemble a greenery-covered mountain. Located alongside the M50 art district and the Suzhou Creek, the block officially opened to the public last

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Heatherwick Studio’s 1,000 Trees opens in Shanghai

December 28, 2021 Cajsa Carlson 0

Heatherwick Studio's 1,000 Trees Tian An project

The first section of the plant-covered 1,000 Trees development, designed by British designer Thomas Heatherwick’s studio, has officially opened in Shanghai, China. Described as “Shanghai’s Hanging Gardens of Babylon”, the mixed-use development features up to 1,000 pillars, each with a tree planted on top. It was designed by Heatherwick for developer Tian An. The first

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