When asked to draw up plans for a cycle-hire shop in southern China, Dutch studio NL Architects thought it would be fun to put a velodrome on the roof. More »
Tag: China
CCTV Headquarters by OMA
Shelf Hotel by 3Gatti Architecture Studio
Yingjia Club by Neri&Hu
Datong Art Museum by Foster + Partners
Construction has started on an art museum with four overlapping peaks that Foster + Partners have designed for Datong, China. More »
Xinjin Zhi Museum by Kengo Kuma
and Associates
Slideshow: this museum in Xinjin, China, by Japanese architects Kengo Kuma and Associates appears to be screened by rows of floating tiles. More »
Tea House by Archi-Union
Concrete walls twist up through the interior of this tea house and library that Shanghai architects Archi-Union have constructed in the backyard of their studio. More »
Museum of Handcraft Paper
by TAO
Slideshow: this cluster of asymmetric wooden huts houses a museum dedicated to the craft of paper-making in a mountainside village in rural China. More »
Church of Seed by O Studio Architects
Hong Kong firm O Studio Architects have completed a stark concrete church on the side of a sacred mountain in China. More »
Vanke Triple V Gallery by Ministry of Design
Here are some images of an extremely pointy pavilion in Tianjin, China, by Singapore studio Ministry of Design. More »
Greenland Group Suzhou Center by SOM
American architects Skidmore, Owings & Merrill have won a competition to design a skyscraper for China with proposals that incorporate a 30-storey-high opening window. More »
Arthouse Cafe by Joey Ho
Triangular windows pierce the faceted walls that fold around a cafe in Hangzhou, China. More »
Ordos Museum
by MAD
Ai Weiwei supporters post nude photos
online in protest against police
Dezeen Wire: supporters of Chinese artist Ai Weiwei have been posting photos of themselves naked on a website as a protest against the Beijing police's decision to question his assistant, who had taken nude pictures of the artist and four women – The Telegraph
Ai was detained for 81 days earlier this year by the Chinese government on charges of tax evasion, during which time he was also asked about the photographs that he says have no deeper political meaning.
Rollercoaster by Interval Architects
Chinese studio Interval Architects have completed a pavilion that snakes around a school square in Beijing like the tracks of a roller coaster. More »










