Chinese studio Open Architecture has completed The Chapel of Sound, a monolithic open-air concert hall in a valley next to the ruins of the Great Wall of China outside Beijing. More about Open Architecture unveils rock-like concert hall in a valley outside Beijing
Chinese studio DAGA Architects has renovated and modernised a traditional hutong residence in Beijing's Dongcheng district, adding mirrors to the walls and floor of the entrance courtyard to make the space feel larger. More about DAGA Architects adds mirrored courtyard to traditional hutong house
A playful network of large pipes containing walkways and bridges wraps around this children's community centre in Beijing by local practice We Architech Anonymous (WAA), housed in a series of refurbished 1970s industrial buildings. More about WAA transforms Beijing warehouses into a playscape for sensory learning
London studio SHH has used ribbed glass panels in graduated sunset colours to provide a sense of the outdoors in this basement dining hall in Beijing's central Chaoyang district. More about Arched glass panels suggest windows in basement canteen by SHH
Multifunctional plywood structures that create spaces for sleeping, storage and drinking tea feature in this compact apartment in Beijing designed by Rooi. More about Rooi uses plywood joinery to revamp post-war Chinese apartment for modern life
Chinese studio FOG Architecture has added curved walls, mirrored surfaces and faux stone to the interiors of aromatherapy brand ToSummer's flagship store in Beijing. More about FOG Architecture creates "modern cave" for ToSummer's Beijing store
Translucent rotating walls pivot to transform the interior of this bookshop in Beijing by Chinese architecture firm LUO Studio. More about LUO Studio uses rotating walls to create flexible Beijing bookshop
Ramps, slides and platforms made of colourful mesh feature at this youth centre near Beijing, which Rede Architects and Moguang Studio have built within a derelict garment factory. More about Rede Architects and Moguang Studio turn abandoned factory into youth activity centre
Terrazzo, wood panelling and dark red steel feature throughout this renovated hotel in a Beijing hutong, designed by Fon Studio to echo the atmospheric quality of the surrounding alleyways. More about Fon Studio designs hotel with interior courtyard in Beijing hutong
Beijing-based IS Architecture and Design has created a hair salon and cosmetic spa in Beijing with avocado-green interiors informed by space-age design. More about IS Architecture and Design creates "space age" interiors for Beijing hair salon
A striped roofscape that takes cues from tiled roofs in traditional Chinese architecture will characterise Zaha Hadid Architects' expansion of the International Exhibition Centre in Beijing. More about Zaha Hadid Architects models expansion of Beijing exhibition centre on traditional Chinese architecture
Architectural photographer Hufton + Crow has created a video of MAD's YueCheng Courtyard Kindergarten in Beijing, which incorporates a group of 18th-century buildings and is topped with a red playground. More about Hufton + Crow films MAD's playground-topped kindergarten in Beijing
Chinese studio MAD has converted an 18th-century courtyard building in Beijing into the YueCheng Courtyard Kindergarten, which is topped with a playspace for the children. More about MAD tops Beijing kindergarten with red rooftop playground
Canes of bamboo interlace across the ceiling to form a canopy above guests in this bar in Beijing, China designed by Imafuku Architects. More about Imafuku Architects completes Dongshang bar in Beijing with bamboo surfaces
A large overhanging roof shelters the expansive glass walls that front the "open and inviting" Apple Sanlitun store by Foster + Partners in Beijing, China. More about Foster + Partners designs "porous" Apple store in Beijing
The "warm sense of the future" depicted in sci-fi movie Her informed the soft grey workspaces that designer Xiaoxi Xiong has created in the Beijing office of furniture brand Fnji. More about Fnji office in Beijing boasts greyscale interiors
The stepped terrazzo floor, strip lighting and foggy mirrored walls inside this Beijing noodle bar designed by Office AIO are meant to mimic the urban makeup of the city of Chongqing. More about Chubby Girl noodle bar in Beijing takes cues from the landscape of south-west China
A century-old tree soars up through the roof of this restaurant in Beijing, which C+ Architects has decked out with rammed-earth tiles, travertine and timber. More about C+ Architects mingles old and new inside Restaurant Ya in Beijing
Guests can flick through a curated selection of contemporary publications in this Beijing hotel, which Office AIO has finished with minimal greyscale interiors. More about Read and Rest Hotel in Beijing includes a library dedicated to print magazines
Glass walls and perforated metal screens help to blur the boundaries between inside and outside for this house in Beijing by architecture studio TAOA. More about TAOA designs see-through walls for Landscape House in Beijing