News: architecture firm Farrells has won a competition to masterplan two major commercial sites in the growing Qianhai special economic zone in Shenzhen, China, with plans that include a 320-metre skyscraper. More
News: the architecture and design department at the V&A museum in London has acquired Katy Perry Lashes (pictured) and Primark jeans as part of a new "rapid response" strategy for collecting objects as soon as they become newsworthy, to reflect the changing way fast-moving global events influence society (+ interview). More
Ma Yansong of Chinese studio MAD presents a masterplan for Nanjing, China, where buildings are designed to look like mountains and public spaces overlap with the natural landscape, as part of the Shenzhen and Hong Kong Bi-city Biennale of Urbanism\Architecture. More
Thousands of hexagonal skylights bring natural light into this new terminal that Italian architects Massimiliano and Doriana Fuksas have completed at Shenzhen Bao'an International Airport in China (+ slideshow). More
News: OMA has completed the Shenzhen Stock Exchange - a skyscraper with a skirt at the heart of the city's Central Business District (+ slideshow). More
Here are the latest photographs of the OMA-designed Shenzhen Stock Exchange, set to complete next month in the Chinese city (+ slideshow). More
Belgian architect Vincent Callebaut has developed a concept to introduce natural ecosystems into cities with designs for "farmscrapers" made from piles of giant glass pebbles for a site in Shenzhen, China (+ slideshow). More
News: concrete made with unprocessed sea sand has been found in at least 15 buildings under construction in Shenzhen – including what will be China's tallest building when completed – putting them at risk of collapse. More
News: Rem Koolhaas' OMA has won a competition to design a financial office tower in Shenzhen, China, the firm's second building in the city after the soon-to-complete Shenzhen Stock Exchange. More
News: international firm SWA Group has been selected to redesign Futian District in Shenzhen, China - an area that's larger than Manhattan (+ slideshow). More
American architects Richard Meier & Partners have completed a Corian-clad club for private members in one of the largest development zones in China. More
Chinese firm Urbanus has created a cylindrical registry office in Shenzhen that looks like it's been showered with confetti. More
Here are some photographs of the 442-metre Kingkey 100 skyscraper designed by architects Farrells, currently the tallest building in Shenzhen and tenth tallest in the world. More
Photographer Cristobal Palma has sent us photographs and a movie that he shot of the Chilean Pavilion at the Shenzhen & Hong Kong biennale of urbanism/architecture 2011, where objects usually found in disaster relief shelters were used as furniture. More
Photographer Cristobal Palma has sent us these photographs and an extended movie showing how children playing on roundabouts generate electrical power to illuminate three twirling parasols at an installation by Spanish studio Clavel Arquitectos in a Shenzhen public square. More
This movie by photographer Cristobal Palma shows how children playing on roundabouts generate electrical power for three twirling parasols at an installation by Spanish studio Clavel Arquitectos in a Shenzhen public square. More
Dezeen Wire: the organisers of the Shenzhen & Hong Kong Bi-City Biennale of Urbanism/Architecture have announced the programme for the fourth edition of the fair, which begins on 11 December. More
Reed-like steel columns surround another stadium designed by German studio GMP Architekten for the World University Games in Shenzhen. More
Faceted glass triangles create glowing crowns around a trio of stadiums for the World University Games currently taking place in Shenzhen. More
Dezeen Archive: we've published a number of stories recently on projects in Shenzhen, including the series of movies we filmed at the 2009 Shenzhen & Hong Kong Architecture Biennale. Here's a roundup of all of the stories from the Dezeen archives. See all the stories »
