Open Architecture converts airport fuel tanks into gallery spaces
Five aviation fuel containers on the former Longhua airport in Shanghai have been transformed into art and culture park Tank Shanghai, by local studio Open Architecture. More
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Snøhetta to build Shanghai Grand Opera House with spiral staircase roof
Snøhetta has revealed visuals for a major new opera house in Shanghai, featuring a spiralling stepped roof that will connect the upper levels of the building with a riverside plaza. More
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Atelier Tao + C uses wooden structure to divide U-shape Room in Shanghai
A plywood volume that contains sleep, study and bathing spaces adds structure to this unusually-shaped Shanghai apartment, which architecture studio Atelier Tao+C has recently overhauled. More
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Cityscapes inform interiors of Shanghai fashion store Assemble by Réel
Skate ramp-style fitting rooms and church-like archways feature inside this menswear store in Shanghai, which Kokaistudios has designed to reflect the "eclecticism" of city life. More
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Jun Jie Zhang creates irregular lamp shades from woven bamboo
Hangzhou-based designer Jun Jie Zhang aims to show the softer qualities of bamboo with his series of woven light shades, which were displayed during this year's Design Shanghai. More
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Stellar Works launches furniture at Design Shanghai for first time
Shanghai furniture brand Stellar Works has for the first time launched products in China rather than Milan, unveiling pieces by Neri&Hu, Jens Risom and Space Copenhagen at the Design Shanghai fair. More
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Take a tour of Shanghai via our new Pinterest board
To coincide with Design Shanghai, we've curated a Pinterest board celebrating the best architecture and design that the city has to offer, including a shopping centre with a tessellating diamond facade by UNStudio and iridescent furniture created from electroplated stainless steel. Follow Dezeen on Pinterest ›
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8 Hour presents Clips furniture collection at Design Shanghai
Shanghai-based design studio 8 Hour has released a range of seating, which is inspired by the "changing forms" of a paperclip. More
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Buzao launches Null and Hot collections at Design Shanghai
Blue-tinted glass and iridescent stainless steel feature in Chinese design studio Buzao's latest furniture collections, which were launched at Design Shanghai this week. More
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Tour BigPixel's interactive 195-gigapixel image of Shanghai
Our latest captioned movie explores a 195-gigapixel panoramic image of Shanghai, created by Chinese technology firm BigPixel. More
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Wutopia Lab wraps visitor centre with striped wall inspired by nautical shirts
Shanghai-based architecture studio Wutopia Lab has revamped a tourism company's entrance office into the Striped House visitor centre in Qinhuangdao, China. More
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World's longest 3D-printed concrete bridge opens in Shanghai
A team led by professor Xu Weiguo at the Tsinghua University School of Architecture in Beijing has 3D-printed a 26.3-metre-long concrete bridge, which they claim is the world's longest. More
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Jade + QA unveils "groundscraper" hotel in Chinese quarry
The Shimao Wonderland Intercontinental hotel has opened within a 88-metre-deep abandoned quarry near Shanghai. More
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Genshang's Shanghai restaurant designed by Office Coastline as "gentle sequence of spaces"
A copper facade frames the grey stone interior of this dining and retail space in Shanghai designed by local firm Office Coastline. More
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195-gigapixel photo of Shanghai allows viewers to zoom in on street-level detail
Faces and licence plates are among the details that can be clearly seen in an ultra-high-resolution bird's-eye photograph of Shanghai, created by Chinese company Bigpixel Technology. More
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Linehouse adds elevated tearooms in a warehouse for Tingtai Teahouse in Shanghai
Huge elevated boxes creates private tearooms inside this cafe in a Shanghai warehouse, designed by locally based studio Linehouse. More
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Yiduan Shanghai completes serene HQ in Shanghai for local clothing brand Hemu
Interior design firm Yiduan Shanghai has transformed a 1960s building in Shanghai into a "zen-like" HQ for Hemu, a local clothing brand. More
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Archi-Union uses "cyborg fabrication" to build Venue B conference centre in 100 days
Archi-Union Architects has completed a conference centre on Shanghai's West Bund in just 100 days, using robot-assisted design and construction. More
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Office AIO's Bar Lotus in Shanghai turns from daytime cafe into evening cocktail bar
Emerald green walls and rippling rose gold ceilings feature inside Bar Lotus in Shanghai designed by Office AIO, which transitions from a coffee shop by day into a cocktail bar at night. More
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Lukstudio creates theatrical shop for Chinese fashion brand Dear So Cute
Lukstudio has designed a shop and cafe for fashion platform Dear So Cute in Haining, east China, with theatrical flourishes to engage with young shoppers. More
