The transformation of a disused sugar mill into the boutique hotel Alila Yangshuo is great cinema. The team of Vector Architects has carefully adapted the industrial structure and staged a stage-ready remake.
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Delugan Meissl Associated Architects have designed the Botanical Garden for the city of Taiyuan in China. Its three timber-framed domes have lattice shells that could even be the biggest in the world.
The Smog Free Tower is a project for clean air led by Daan Roosegaarde to reduce air pollution and provide an inspirational experience of a clean future. The SMOG FREE TOWER provides a local solution of clean air parks in the public spaces.
The first thing that strikes you about the recently completed Sunac Guangzhou Grand Theatre is the intense red of its facade. Steven Chilton Architects drew inspiration from China’s flowing, embroidered silk fabrics …
There is always a buzz of interest when leading design city Shenzhen announces a new project: over 70 architectural firms from all over the world submitted designs for the new Shenzhen Natural History Museum in China. In the end, the 3XN team was awarded the contract for their truly spectacular design …
Two architectural studios are continuing the triumphal procession of hut resorts with the Mountain and Cloud Cabins. From their mirrored “spaceships”, the view will in future sweep out into the hilly landscape on the upper Yangtze River …
The Italian architecture Studio Vudafieri-Saverino Partners has designed the interiors for SKP Malls in Beijing and Xian. Over 6000 square metres of fashion, interpreted in the name of style, functionality and flexibility …
The Liyang Museum in China, designed by architecture studio CROX, takes up the culture and traditions of the region. Its flowing lines imitate the traditional musical instrument Jiaoweiqin…
At the boutique hotel The Other Place in Guilin, Southeast China, Studio 10 made the impossible room. The inspiration for the hotel design was provided by the Dutch artist Maurits Cornelius Escher…
After only four years of construction, the currently largest airport in the world has opened its gates – the “Beijing Daxing Airport”. The mega-object developed by Zaha Hadid’s architectural office not only causes a sensation because of its many superlatives, but also because of its unusual appearance…
Sometimes, islands can be really pretty lonely. At least, when they are somewhere in the caribbean or can only be accessed by private jet. But don’t worry – that’s not where we’re heading […]