Local firm AAN Architects looked to skateboarding trails when designing the Moreprk Skyline skatepark within a glass-sided space in central Shanghai. More about AAN Architects creates indoor skatepark overlooking Shanghai
UK studio Zaha Hadid Architects has released photos of a sinuous high-rise building under construction in Shenzhen, which is set to become the headquarters for education charity Chen Yidan Foundation. More about Rippling charity headquarters by Zaha Hadid Architects tops out in Shenzhen
UK studio Zaha Hadid Architects has unveiled the Grand Canal Gateway Bridge, a curving footbridge in Hangzhou that weaves around a trio of arches. More about "Sinuous structural system" supports Hangzhou footbridge by Zaha Hadid Architects
Architecture practices Office for Roundtable and JXY Studio have designed an expandable greenhouse clad in polycarbonate panels that hinge open to create a space for sharing food and knowledge about urban farming in Guangzhou, China. More about Fold-out greenhouse with opening sides transforms into pavilion for agricultural education
Architecture firm X+Living has renovated a large bookstore in Tianjin, China, using layered brickwork and slatted steel to form wave-like shelves, steps and seating that flow around its central hall. More about Steel slats form sculptural shelves at Tianjin Zhongshuge bookstore by X+Living
All 27 winners of this year's Dezeen Awards China, along with the projects of the year including a wetland museum, cafe set on a cliff and an installation combining steel containers with inflatables, have been revealed at ceremony in Shanghai. More about Dezeen Awards China 2025 winners revealed at party in Shanghai
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Design studio OLA Shanghai has collaborated with toy brand Lego and sports brand Nike to create a colourful modular playground at a primary school in Shanghai, China. More about Lego and Nike add modular sports playground to Shanghai primary school
The 60,000-seat Xi'an International Football Centre by UK studio Zaha Hadid Architects has opened in central China, hosting its first matches. More about Zaha Hadid Architects completes "saddle-shaped" stadium in Xi'an
Open Architecture has risen quickly to become one of China's most influential studios and is now set to design a major exhibition in Sydney. In this interview, married founders Huang Wenjing and Li Hu explain their unusual approach. More about "If a client wants a specific style, it's kind of boring to us" says Open Architecture
Dezeen has announced the shortlisted projects for this year's Dezeen Awards China, which include a seaside pavilion on the remote island of Chaishan and a cultural centre sheltered by sloping roofs in Guangzhou. More about Over 100 architecture, interiors and design projects shortlisted for Dezeen Awards China 2025
Architecture studio All(zone) has curated the Shanghai Picnic installation for the RAM Assembles architecture biennial, which features a series of pavilions made from colourful fabrics. More about All(zone) creates fabric pavilions in Shanghai to turn the city into "a shared canvas"
Skincare brand Aesop's first store in Hainan Island, China, was designed to evoke an underwater cave and features oculi decorated with an algae-based film. More about Aesop illuminates cave-like Hainan store with ceiling oculi
A series of 3D-printed concrete boulders create bridges, tunnels and planters at Boulder Park, a playground in Shandong province, China, designed by Xisui Design. More about Xisui Design uses 3D-printed concrete to create organic-looking playscape for Chinese park
Chinese studio Wutopia Lab has completed The Lake House Life Experience Pavilion in Shanghai, wrapping two existing structures on the edge of a lake with facades of aluminium and ceramic panels. More about Wutopia Lab perches simple pavilion on banks of Chinese lake
Dutch studio MVRDV has overhauled a former industrial site in Shanghai to create the Gate M West Bund Dream Center, a riverside cultural district punctuated with bright orange circulation routes. More about MVRDV adds orange stairs to Shanghai cement factory
German practice GMP Architekten has completed the Kunshan Olympic Sports Centre in China, a 45,000-seat football stadium that "seamlessly connects" to its parkland site via a ring of elevated bridges and walkways. More about GMP Architekten uses ring of bridges and ramps to connect Chinese stadium to parkland site
A 20,000-square-metre marshmallow-like, inflated membrane has been raised over a construction site in Jinan, China, to protect neighbouring buildings from dust and noise. More about Chinese construction site enclosed in world's "largest inflatable dome"
Interior studio Linehouse has turned a historic art deco building in Macau into Kam Pek Market, a food hall designed to evoke local culture. More about Linehouse transforms historic Macau community centre into street food market
Architecture studio Schmidt Hammer Lassen has completed West Bund Grand Theatre in Shanghai, which pays homage to the movement of the Huangpu River and the site's industrial past. More about West Bund Grand Theatre celebrates Shanghai's industrial past