Christina Yao
Christina Yao is Dezeen's China editor. She is in charge of running Dezeen's WeChat account and overseeing Dezeen's coverage of Chinese architecture and design.
She previously lived in London for six years as Europe correspondent for the weekly magazine China Business Network. She moved back to China in late 2019 as managing editor for Business of Fashion before joining Dezeen in 2021.
Stories by Christina Yao
Linehouse designs Hong Kong guesthouse to evoke the comfort of home
Cliffside hotel in China features cave-like pool with sea views
Neri&Hu clads Piaget’s Hong Kong boutique in ceramic tiles and bronze
Open Architecture models Chinese theatre on “ever-changing body of water”
BIG reveals pair of “simple prismatic” skyscrapers in Shenzhen
Atelier Deshaus completes Buddhist temple alongside Great Wall of China
Twelve Chinese architecture projects completing in the Year of the Rabbit
Chinese architects and designers confident of bounceback as Covid restrictions ease
Grimshaw and Farshid Moussavi create metaverse social spaces
Heatherwick Studio opens “first permanent overseas base” in Shanghai
All(zone) unveils bright orange fabric MPavilion in Melbourne
Dezeen’s top 10 Chinese architecture projects of 2022
Daniel Boddam converts Sydney warehouse into calm and plant-filled office
3D-printed walls added to abandoned wooden home to create Traditional House of the Future
Ma Yansong picks six highlights from his Blueprint Beijing exhibition
Neri&Hu adds “glowing lantern” on top of Qujiang Museum of Fine Arts in Xi’an
Studio Prineas adds concrete tower to fisherman’s cottage in Sydney
FOG Architecture transforms Beijing courtyard house into fragrance store
Atelier d’More designs curved concrete Sleeping Lab hotel
Time exhibition takes Melbourne’s Flinders Street Station back to its industrial past
Neri&Hu inserts shed into old lane house for Blue Bottle Coffee shop in Shanghai
RSHP unveils design for “open and welcoming” Shenzhen skyscraper
